6Significance of Wireless Technology in Internet of Things (IoT)
Ashish Tripathi1*, Arun Kumar Singh1, Pushpa Choudhary1, Prem Chand Vashist1 and K. K. Mishra2
1 Department of Information Technology, G. L. Bajaj Institute of Technology and Management, Greater Noida, India
2 Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, India
Abstract
In recent years, it is found that wireless technology has played a significant role in the evolution of the Internet of Things (IoT) to make the society smarter in all aspects of people’s lives. IoT is applicable in domains such as education, transportation, retail, smart farming, healthcare, smart wearable devices, smart homes, transportation, retail, and security. According to Cisco, in India by 2020, more than 50 billion devices will be connected to the Internet, including smartphones, computers, and any electronic devices/ things. Although the IoT is expanding rapidly and industries are investing money and effort to create new IoT applications, still it faces some issues such as the selection of appropriate wireless protocols, interoperability among wireless standards, security issues, inference among wireless devices, and trade-off among power consumption, rate of data transfer, and coverage range. So choosing the right wireless technology addresses the issues outlined above, for developing IoT applications can be very challenging. This chapter presents an overview of the key issues ...
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