Introduction to IoT Patterns
The Internet of Things (IoT) has gained significant traction in the recent past and this field is poised for exponential growth in the coming years. This growth will span all the major domains/industry verticals, including consumer, home, manufacturing, health, travel, and transportation. This book will provide a novel perspective to those who want to understand the fundamental IoT patterns and how these patterns can be mixed and matched to implement unique and diverse IoT applications.
This introductory chapter details the architectural considerations that you must bear in mind while designing IoT solutions. Architecting IoT solutions is challenging as there are additional complexities due to the physical hardware selection, complex integrations, and connectivity requirements involved. This chapter also serves as a foundation for the patterns that will be introduced in the subsequent chapters.
In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:
- An overview of IoT
- IoT reference architecture
- Unique requirements of IoT use cases
- Recommended architecture principles and considerations
