In today's world, Internet is playing a major role in fetching information from various sources. Smart devices generate valuable information and are widely available because of development in advanced protocols and cheap electronics. Manufacturers are developing smart devices keeping in mind that, in near future, these devices will have connectivity to external world for communication. It appears that in coming years, we all will be surrounded by these smart devices. To achieve the vision of connecting the smart devices for better communication, Internet of Things (IoT) has gained lot of attention. The authors are introducing various segments of IoT based on application and communication technology. The authors have described architecture and basic building blocks of IoT enabled devices followed by two applications. It is demonstrated that how IoT plays an important role in the field of healthcare application e.g. patient monitoring and connected car. In healthcare application, it is shown that how wearable devices play a key role in monitoring various medical parameters. Authors introduce the concept of connected car and the role of IoT in connected car. This will help the academic researchers in understanding and implementing the IoT not only in described domains but can also be applied in other domains as well.
Keywords:IoT; Connected car; Wearable sensor; Health care; Wireless
IntroductionThe term Internet of Things (IoT) was authored more than ten years back by industry scientists yet has risen into standard general visibility just all the more as of late. IoT speaks to a general idea for the capacity of smart devices to sense and gather information from our general surroundings, and after that impart that information over the Internet where it can be prepared and used for different fascinating purposes. Therefore, the IoT vision enhances connectivity from "any-time, any-place" for "any-one". Some also use the term industrial Internet interchangeably with IoT. Typically, IoT is required to offer propelled network of advanced devices, services, and protocols that goes beyond device-to-device communications. Due to the omnipresent nature of connected gadgets in the IoT, an uncommon number of gadgets are required to be joined with the Internet. According to Gartner, there will be nearly 26 billion devices on the Internet of Things by 2020 [1]. Integration of such gadgets/devices with the Internet will utilize an IP address as a unique identifier. However, due to the limited address space of IPv4, connected devices will have to use IPv6 to accommodate a large range of devices on the network. Therefore, for successfully developing the IoT in the future IPv6 will play a major role. The IoT is characterized in distinctive ways, and it includes numerous parts of life from connected homes/ cities to connected cars and streets to gadgets that tracks the individuals. Consider your own household and a number the quantity of cell phones, quantity of windows, entryways, electrical outlets, lights, machines, and A...