Rethinking the Internet of Things : A Scalable Approach to Connecting Everything.
daCosta, Francis.
Rethinking the Internet of Things : A Scalable Approach to Connecting Everything. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (185 pages)
Intro -- Contents at a Glance -- Contents -- About the Author -- About the Project Manager -- About the Technical Reviewer -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Chapter 1: It's Different Out Here -- Why the Internet of Things Requires a New Solution -- It's Networking on the Frontier -- It Will be (Even) Bigger than Expected -- Terse, Purposeful, and Uncritical -- Dealing with Loss -- The Protocol Trap -- Mind the Overhead -- More Smarts, More Risk -- The Overhead of Overhead -- Humans Need Not Apply -- Economics and Technology of the Internet of Things -- Functionality Costs Money -- Inexpensive Devices Can't Bear Traditional Protocols -- Overseeing 700 Billion Devices -- Only Where and When Needed -- Security Through Simplicity (and Stupidity) -- Cost and Connectivity -- Solving the IoT Dilemma -- Inspiration for a New Architecture -- Nature: The Original Big Data -- Autonomy of Individuals -- Zones and Neighborhoods of Interest -- In the Eyes of the Beholder -- Signal Simplicity -- Leveraging Nature -- Peer-to-Peer Is Not Equal -- Transporting IoT Traffic -- Billions of Devices -- Three Functional Levels -- Propagator Nodes Add Networking Functionality -- Collecting, Integrating, Acting -- When the Scope Is Too Massive -- Functional vs. Physical Packaging -- Connecting to the "Big I" -- Smaller Numbers, Bigger Functionality -- Chapter 2: Anatomy of the Internet of Things -- Traditional Internet Protocols Aren't the Solution for Much of the IoT -- Introducing the "Chirp " -- Lightweight and Disposable -- Functionality the IoT Needs-and Doesn't -- Efficiency Out of Redundancy -- It's All Relative -- Format Flexibility -- Private Markers for Customization and Extensibility -- Addressing and "Rhythms " -- Family Types -- Applying Network Intelligence at Propagator Nodes -- Transport and Functional Architectures -- Functional Network Topology. Defined by Integrator Functions -- Harvesting Information from the IoT -- Programming and "Bias" -- Receiver-Oriented Selectivity -- Chapter 3: On the Edge -- A World of Different Devices -- Intended to be Untended: Some Examples of IoT Systems -- Temporary and Ad Hoc Devices -- Addressing an Uncertain Frontier -- Reliability Through Numbers -- Meaning from Many -- End Devices in Dedicated Networks -- Expanding to the World -- Converting States to Chirps -- "Setting" End Devices -- Cornucopia of Connections -- Chirp on a Chip -- Aftermarket Options -- RFID Integration in the Internet of Things -- End Devices with Higher Demands -- The Big Idea: "Small" Data -- Chapter 4: Building a Web of Things -- Versatility in Function and Form -- Architecting Trees and Leaves -- On Behalf of Chirps at the Edge -- Isolating and Securing the Edge -- Autonomy and Coordination -- Structuring a Networking Path -- Structuring a Tree-with Redundancy -- Housekeeping -- By Any Means -- Take Out the Thrash -- The Power of Bias and the Role of the Integrator Function -- Bias and Influence -- Degrees of Functionality -- Aggregating End Points -- Dumping the Dupes -- Loading the Bus: The Propagator Node Transit System -- Weathering the Storms -- Dodging the Collisions -- What's in a Name? -- Packaging Options -- Building Blocks of the IoT -- Chapter 5: Small Data, Big Data, and Human Interaction -- The "Brains" of the IoT -- For Once, IP Makes Sense -- Extracting the Streams -- Analysis and Control -- Chirps to "Small Data" to Big Data: An Example -- Neighborhoods and Affinities -- Public, Private, and Some of Each -- Bias Bonus -- Searching for and Managing Agents -- High- and Low-Level "Loops " -- Human Interface and Control Points -- Machines and Metcalfe -- Collaborative Scheduling Tools -- Packaging and Provisioning -- Distribut ed Integrator Functions. Location, Location, Location -- Filtering the Streams -- Accessing the Power of the Internet of Things -- Chapter 6: Architecture for the Frontier -- A Necessary Alternative to IP -- A Big Problem, and Getting Bigger -- An Alternative Inspired by Nature -- A Protocol Based on Category Classifications -- Skeletal Architecture of Chirp Packets -- Individual Information within Chirp Signatures -- "Light" Error Detection and Security -- Generic Chirp Handling -- Incognito Chirp Transport -- Transmission Agility Information within the Chirp -- Extensible, Nonunique, Pattern-driven -- Category Byte Size -- Marker Pattern Templates -- Finer Control via Agents -- Scheduling the Bus -- Routing on Category Classifications -- Managing the Load -- Propagator Node Networks and Operation -- A Tree Grows in the IoT -- Choosing Parents Wisely -- Scanning and Switching -- Specialized and Basic Routing -- Housekeeping Frames for Network Intelligence -- Latency and Throughput Tradeoffs -- Routing Table Updates -- The Power of Local Agents and Integrator Functions -- Task Scheduling within the Internet of Things -- Higher-level Interchange -- Managing Multiple Isochronous Relationships -- An Organic Solution for the IoT -- Chapter 7: Examples and Applications -- Controlling the Cacophony -- Intelligence Near the Edge -- Incorporating Legacy Devices -- Staying in the Loop(s) -- Okay on their Own -- All the World Is a Subscription -- Exploring Affinities -- Social Machines -- Agriculture -- Home Health Care -- Safe and Efficient Process Control -- Better Perimeter Security and Surveillance -- Faster Factory Floors -- True Home Automation -- Wholesale and Retail: Beyond RFID -- A Broader "Net" in Natural Sciences -- Living Applications -- Chapter 8: Pathways to the Internet of Things -- Data Drives a Change -- Classification is the Challenge, Chirp is the Answer. The Ends are the Means -- Begin at the Edge -- Making a Mark -- Acting on Markers -- Propagator Nodes Provide the "and" -- Open-Source Networking Solutions -- Gaining Access -- The Standards Conundrum -- Machine-to-Machine Communications and Autonomy -- Shared Vocabularies and de facto Standards -- Build it and End Devices will Come -- OEM Leverage -- Shared Software and Business Process Vocabularies -- Working in Groups -- Call to Constituencies for the IoT -- Semiconductor Providers -- Appliance and Other End Device Manufacturers -- Networking Equipment Vendors -- Home Automation/Entertainment Suppliers -- Carriers and Big Data Providers -- Major End-to-End OEMs -- Global Scope, Vast Numbers, Constant Adaptation, New Insights -- Index.
9781430257417
Electronic books.
TK5105.5-5105.9
004.62
Rethinking the Internet of Things : A Scalable Approach to Connecting Everything. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (185 pages)
Intro -- Contents at a Glance -- Contents -- About the Author -- About the Project Manager -- About the Technical Reviewer -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Chapter 1: It's Different Out Here -- Why the Internet of Things Requires a New Solution -- It's Networking on the Frontier -- It Will be (Even) Bigger than Expected -- Terse, Purposeful, and Uncritical -- Dealing with Loss -- The Protocol Trap -- Mind the Overhead -- More Smarts, More Risk -- The Overhead of Overhead -- Humans Need Not Apply -- Economics and Technology of the Internet of Things -- Functionality Costs Money -- Inexpensive Devices Can't Bear Traditional Protocols -- Overseeing 700 Billion Devices -- Only Where and When Needed -- Security Through Simplicity (and Stupidity) -- Cost and Connectivity -- Solving the IoT Dilemma -- Inspiration for a New Architecture -- Nature: The Original Big Data -- Autonomy of Individuals -- Zones and Neighborhoods of Interest -- In the Eyes of the Beholder -- Signal Simplicity -- Leveraging Nature -- Peer-to-Peer Is Not Equal -- Transporting IoT Traffic -- Billions of Devices -- Three Functional Levels -- Propagator Nodes Add Networking Functionality -- Collecting, Integrating, Acting -- When the Scope Is Too Massive -- Functional vs. Physical Packaging -- Connecting to the "Big I" -- Smaller Numbers, Bigger Functionality -- Chapter 2: Anatomy of the Internet of Things -- Traditional Internet Protocols Aren't the Solution for Much of the IoT -- Introducing the "Chirp " -- Lightweight and Disposable -- Functionality the IoT Needs-and Doesn't -- Efficiency Out of Redundancy -- It's All Relative -- Format Flexibility -- Private Markers for Customization and Extensibility -- Addressing and "Rhythms " -- Family Types -- Applying Network Intelligence at Propagator Nodes -- Transport and Functional Architectures -- Functional Network Topology. Defined by Integrator Functions -- Harvesting Information from the IoT -- Programming and "Bias" -- Receiver-Oriented Selectivity -- Chapter 3: On the Edge -- A World of Different Devices -- Intended to be Untended: Some Examples of IoT Systems -- Temporary and Ad Hoc Devices -- Addressing an Uncertain Frontier -- Reliability Through Numbers -- Meaning from Many -- End Devices in Dedicated Networks -- Expanding to the World -- Converting States to Chirps -- "Setting" End Devices -- Cornucopia of Connections -- Chirp on a Chip -- Aftermarket Options -- RFID Integration in the Internet of Things -- End Devices with Higher Demands -- The Big Idea: "Small" Data -- Chapter 4: Building a Web of Things -- Versatility in Function and Form -- Architecting Trees and Leaves -- On Behalf of Chirps at the Edge -- Isolating and Securing the Edge -- Autonomy and Coordination -- Structuring a Networking Path -- Structuring a Tree-with Redundancy -- Housekeeping -- By Any Means -- Take Out the Thrash -- The Power of Bias and the Role of the Integrator Function -- Bias and Influence -- Degrees of Functionality -- Aggregating End Points -- Dumping the Dupes -- Loading the Bus: The Propagator Node Transit System -- Weathering the Storms -- Dodging the Collisions -- What's in a Name? -- Packaging Options -- Building Blocks of the IoT -- Chapter 5: Small Data, Big Data, and Human Interaction -- The "Brains" of the IoT -- For Once, IP Makes Sense -- Extracting the Streams -- Analysis and Control -- Chirps to "Small Data" to Big Data: An Example -- Neighborhoods and Affinities -- Public, Private, and Some of Each -- Bias Bonus -- Searching for and Managing Agents -- High- and Low-Level "Loops " -- Human Interface and Control Points -- Machines and Metcalfe -- Collaborative Scheduling Tools -- Packaging and Provisioning -- Distribut ed Integrator Functions. Location, Location, Location -- Filtering the Streams -- Accessing the Power of the Internet of Things -- Chapter 6: Architecture for the Frontier -- A Necessary Alternative to IP -- A Big Problem, and Getting Bigger -- An Alternative Inspired by Nature -- A Protocol Based on Category Classifications -- Skeletal Architecture of Chirp Packets -- Individual Information within Chirp Signatures -- "Light" Error Detection and Security -- Generic Chirp Handling -- Incognito Chirp Transport -- Transmission Agility Information within the Chirp -- Extensible, Nonunique, Pattern-driven -- Category Byte Size -- Marker Pattern Templates -- Finer Control via Agents -- Scheduling the Bus -- Routing on Category Classifications -- Managing the Load -- Propagator Node Networks and Operation -- A Tree Grows in the IoT -- Choosing Parents Wisely -- Scanning and Switching -- Specialized and Basic Routing -- Housekeeping Frames for Network Intelligence -- Latency and Throughput Tradeoffs -- Routing Table Updates -- The Power of Local Agents and Integrator Functions -- Task Scheduling within the Internet of Things -- Higher-level Interchange -- Managing Multiple Isochronous Relationships -- An Organic Solution for the IoT -- Chapter 7: Examples and Applications -- Controlling the Cacophony -- Intelligence Near the Edge -- Incorporating Legacy Devices -- Staying in the Loop(s) -- Okay on their Own -- All the World Is a Subscription -- Exploring Affinities -- Social Machines -- Agriculture -- Home Health Care -- Safe and Efficient Process Control -- Better Perimeter Security and Surveillance -- Faster Factory Floors -- True Home Automation -- Wholesale and Retail: Beyond RFID -- A Broader "Net" in Natural Sciences -- Living Applications -- Chapter 8: Pathways to the Internet of Things -- Data Drives a Change -- Classification is the Challenge, Chirp is the Answer. The Ends are the Means -- Begin at the Edge -- Making a Mark -- Acting on Markers -- Propagator Nodes Provide the "and" -- Open-Source Networking Solutions -- Gaining Access -- The Standards Conundrum -- Machine-to-Machine Communications and Autonomy -- Shared Vocabularies and de facto Standards -- Build it and End Devices will Come -- OEM Leverage -- Shared Software and Business Process Vocabularies -- Working in Groups -- Call to Constituencies for the IoT -- Semiconductor Providers -- Appliance and Other End Device Manufacturers -- Networking Equipment Vendors -- Home Automation/Entertainment Suppliers -- Carriers and Big Data Providers -- Major End-to-End OEMs -- Global Scope, Vast Numbers, Constant Adaptation, New Insights -- Index.
9781430257417
Electronic books.
TK5105.5-5105.9
004.62