A technique to improve IoT connectivity based on NB-IoT and D2D communications

Abstract

The Internet of Things (IoT) can be defined as an environment in which object communicates with others objects to serve a meaningful purpose. The IoT is currently one of the unprecedented research areas for professionals and researchers. Every day, the unlimited benefits that it can bring to our lives and the demand for this technology is increasing. The IoT technology has the ability to improve our quality of life by connecting many objects, which we use, to communicate and cooperate. Indeed, it is possible to enable new applications, services and business opportunities in global sectors such as Smart Cities, Smart environment, Energy conservation, Home automation, Precise Agriculture, among others. This paper presents a brief overview of the IoT and provides a technique of IoT that can improve the connectivity of the objet. Our proposals consist in taking advantage of the extended coverage of the NB-IoT to extend the coverage of the Wi-Fi zone which does not exceed a few meters.