Internet of Things: Building Blocks and Business Models

This book describes the building blocks and introductory business models for Internet of Things (IoT). The author  provide an overview of the entire IoT architecture and constituent layers, followed by  detail description of each block . Various inter-connecting technologies and sensors are discussed in context of IoT networks.  In addition to this,  concepts of Big Data and Fog Computing are presented and characterized as per data generated by versatile IoT applications . Smart parking system and context aware services are presented as an hybrid model of cloud and Fog Afterwards, various IoT applications  and respective business models are discussed. Finally, author summarizes the  IoT building blocks and identify research issues in each, and suggest potential research projects worthy of pursuing.