Towards the Internet of Things

Towards the Internet of Things Architectures, Security, and Applications - EAI/Springer Innovations in Communication and Computing

1st Edition 2020

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Publisher's Synopsis

This book presents a comprehensive framework for IoT, including its architectures, security, privacy, network communications, and protocols. The book starts by providing an overview of the aforementioned research topics, future directions and open challenges that face the IoT development. The authors then discuss the main architectures in the field, which include Three- and Five-Layer Architectures, Cloud and Fog Based Architectures, a Social IoT Application Architecture. In the security chapter, the authors outline threats and attacks, privacy preservation, trust and authentication, IoT data security, and social awareness. The final chapter presents case studies including smart home, wearables, connected cars, industrial Internet, smart cities, IoT in agriculture, smart retail, energy engagement, IoT in healthcare, and IoT in poultry and farming.


  • Discusses ongoing research into the connection of the physical and virtual worlds;
  • Includes the architecture, security, privacy, communications, and protocols of IoT;
  • Presents a variety of case studies in IoT including wearables, smart cities, and energy management.

Book information

ISBN: 9783030184674
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Imprint: Springer
Pub date:
Edition: 1st Edition 2020
Language: English
Number of pages: 134
Weight: 389g
Height: 235mm
Width: 155mm
Spine width: 10mm