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Internet of Things for Architects

You're reading from   Internet of Things for Architects Architecting IoT solutions by implementing sensors, communication infrastructure, edge computing, analytics, and security

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788470599
Length 524 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Perry Lea Perry Lea
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Preface 1. The IoT Story FREE CHAPTER 2. IoT Architecture and Core IoT Modules 3. Sensors, Endpoints, and Power Systems 4. Communications and Information Theory 5. Non-IP Based WPAN 6. IP-Based WPAN and WLAN 7. Long-Range Communication Systems and Protocols (WAN) 8. Routers and Gateways 9. IoT Edge to Cloud Protocols 10. Cloud and Fog Topologies 11. Data Analytics and Machine Learning in the Cloud and in the Fog 12. IoT Security 13. Consortiums and Communities 14. Other Books You May Enjoy

Cellular connectivity

The most prevalent communication form is cellular radio and specifically cellular data. While mobile communication devices, had existed for many years before cellular technology, they had limited coverage, shared frequency space, and were essentially two-way radios. Bell Labs built some trial mobile phone technologies in the 1940s (Mobile Telephone Service) and 1950s (Improved Mobile Telephone Service) but had very limited success. There were also no uniform standards for mobile telephony at the time. It wasn't until the cellular concept was devised by Douglas H. Ring and Rae Young in 1947 and then built by Richard H. Frenkiel, Joel S. Engel, and Philip T. Porter at Bell Labs in the 1960s that larger and robust mobile deployments could be realized. The handoff between cells was conceived and built by Amos E. Joel Jr. also of Bell...

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