Zhou The Internet of Things in the Cloud

A Middleware Perspective
Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-1-4398-9302-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 391 Seiten

Although the Internet of Things (IoT) is a vast and dynamic territory that is evolving rapidly, there has been a need for a book that offers a holistic view of the technologies and applications of the entire IoT spectrum. Filling this void, The Internet of Things in the Cloud: A Middleware Perspective provides a comprehensive introduction to the IoT and its development worldwide.

It gives you a panoramic view of the IoT landscape—focusing on the overall technological architecture and design of a tentatively unified IoT framework underpinned by Cloud computing from a middleware perspective. Organized into three sections, it:

- Describes the many facets of Internet of Things—including the four pillars of IoT and the three layer value chain of IoT

- Focuses on middleware, the glue and building blocks of a holistic IoT system on every layer of the architecture

- Explores Cloud computing and IoT as well as their synergy based on the common background of distributed processing

The book is based on the author’s two previous bestselling books (in Chinese) on IoT and Cloud computing and more than two decades of hands-on software/middleware programming and architecting experience at organizations such as the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, IBM, BEA Systems, and Silicon Valley startup Doubletwist. Tapping into this wealth of knowledge, the book categorizes the many facets of the IoT and proposes a number of paradigms and classifications about Internet of Things' mass and niche markets and technologies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zhou, Honbo

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Computerkommunikation & -vernetzung Cloud-Computing, Grid-Computing
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Computerkommunikation & -vernetzung Social Media, Semantic Web, Web 2.0
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik Mensch-Maschine-Interaktion Ambient Intelligence, RFID, Internet der Dinge

Inhaltsverzeichnis

THE INTERNET OF THINGS

The Third ICT Wave
Rise of the Machines
The IoT Kaleidoscope
Defining Internet of Things
IoT: A Web 3.0 View
Summary

Ubiquitous IoT Applications
A Panoramic View of IoT Applications
Important Vertical Applications
Telematics and Intelligent Transport Systems
Smart Grid and Electric Vehicles
Smarter Planet and Smart Buildings
Summary

Four Pillars of IoT
The Horizontal, Verticals, and Four Pillars
M2M: The Internet of Devices
RFID: The Internet of Objects
WSN: The Internet of Transducers
SCADA: The Internet of Controllers
Summary

The DNA of IoT
DCM: Device, Connect, and Manage
Device: Things that Talk
Connect: Via Pervasive Networks
Wired Networks
Wireless Networks
Satellite IoT
Manage: To Create New Business Value
More Ingredients: LBS, GNSS, RTLS, and Others
Summary

MIDDLEWARE FOR IoT

Middleware and IoT
An Overview of Middleware
Communication Middleware for IoT
MTC/M2M Middleware
SCADA Middleware
RFID Middleware
WSN Middleware
LBS and Surveillance Middleware
Summary

Protocol Standards for IoT
Web of Things versus Internet of Things
Two Pillars of the Web
IoT Protocol Standardization Efforts
M2M and WSN Protocols
SCADA and RFID Protocols
Issues with IoT Standardization
Unified Data Standards: A Challenging Task
Unified Identification of Objects
Summary

Architecture Standardization for WoT
Platform Middleware for WoT
Standards for M2M
Frameworks for WSN
Standards for SCADA
Extensions on RFID Standards
Unified Multitier WoT Architecture
SOA/EAI versus SODA/MAI
OSGi: The Universal Middleware
WoT Framework Based on Data Standards
WoT Portals and Business Intelligence
Challenges of IoT Information Security
Summary

THE CLOUD OF THINGS

Cloud Computing
What is Cloud Computing?
Grid/SOA and Cloud Computing
Cloud Middleware
NIST’s SPI Architecture and Cloud Standards
Cloud Providers and Systems
Summary

The Cloud of Things
The Internet of Things and Cloud Computing
Mobile Cloud Computing
MAI versus XaaS: The Long Tail and the Big Switch
The Cloud of Things Architecture
Four Deployment Models
Vertical Applications
Fifteen Essential Features
Four Technological Pillars
Three Layers of IoT Systems
Foundational Technological Enablers
Summary

References

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Honbo Zhou, Ph.D., is currently the general manager of Foton Fleet Telematics Co. Ltd. He was chief software scientist of TongFang Co. Ltd., executive director of the board and chief technology officer of Technovator Pte. Ltd., and chief operating officer of TongFang Software Co. Ltd. Dr. Zhou worked as a research associate on grid computing at Oak Ridge National Laboratory after receiving his Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Zurich in 1993. He also worked at IBM, BEA Systems (now Oracle), and other companies in the United States as a senior engineer or manager. He participated in the ASCI Blue Pacific project building the world’s fastest supercomputer in 1996 while at IBM as a software team lead and coordinator for its job scheduler. He masterminded and built a high-performance/cloud-computing system that accomplished the complete annotation of the human genome for the first time in the world while working at a startup in Silicon Valley, which was reported by media such as the San Francisco Chronicle and CNN. He has been one of the pioneers of the Internet of Things and machine-to- machine computing, leading a team of 100-plus developers to build TongFang’s flagship ezM2M Middleware Platform for dozens of vertical IoT applications since 2003, and he has authored two related books in Chinese. He is a frequently invited speaker and evangelist of IoT and cloud computing, adjunct professor of several universities, and vice president of the Middleware Association, and he is a member of a few other related professional associations in China.