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IoT and Edge Computing for Architects

You're reading from   IoT and Edge Computing for Architects Implementing edge and IoT systems from sensors to clouds with communication systems, analytics, and security

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781839214806
Length 632 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Perry Lea Perry Lea
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters Close

Preface 1. IoT and Edge Computing Definition and Use Cases 2. IoT Architecture and Core IoT Modules FREE CHAPTER 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. Edge Computing 9. Edge Routing and Networking 10. Edge to Cloud Protocols 11. Cloud and Fog Topologies 12. Data Analytics and Machine Learning in the Cloud and Edge 13. IoT and Edge Security 14. Consortiums and Communities 15. Other Books You May Enjoy
16. Index

Summary

This chapter covered a necessary portion of IoT communication. Using IP-based standard communication greatly simplifies design and allows for rapid and easy scaling. Scaling is critical for IoT deployments that reach into thousands or millions of nodes. Using IP-based transport allows for common tools to simply just work. 6LoWPAN and Thread demonstrate standards that can be applied to traditionally non-IP protocols such as 802.15.4. Both protocols allow for IPv6 addressing and mesh networking to massive IoT networks. 802.11 is a significant and extremely successful protocol that forms the basis of the WLAN but can also reach into IoT devices and sensors using 802.11ah or transportation systems using 802.11p. The following table contrasts a non-IP traditional protocol with an IP protocol. Typically, the difference will be in power, speed, and range.

The architect needs to balance these parameters to deploy the correct solution:

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