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Internet of Things:
Introduction

Dr. Eng. Amr T. Abdel-Hamid

Fall 2013

Table of Contents
Internet of Things

Answering the Ws
WhatisIOT?
When?(HistoryandFutureofIOT)
Where?(Applications)
Why?(Advantagesofusingit)
How?(EnablingTechnologies)

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CourseAdministrativework+Project

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Starting from the Internet

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Internetappearseverywhereintheworld
butitisstillaconnectionbetweenpeopleandpeople

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What is the Internet of Things?

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Internetconnectsallpeople,soitiscalledtheInternetofPeople
IoTconnectsallthings,soitiscalledtheInternetofThings

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Whats the Internet of Things

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Definition

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(1) The Internet of Things, also called The Internet of

Objects, refers to a wireless network between objects,
usually the network will be wireless and self-configuring,
such as household appliances.
------Wikipedia
(2) By embedding short-range mobile transceivers into a
wide array of additional gadgets and everyday items,
enabling new forms of communication between people
and things, and between things themselves.
------WSIS 2005
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Will it affect your life?

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Welcome to our NEW DIMENSION

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Table of Contents
Internet of Things

Answering the Ws
WhatisIOT?
When?(HistoryandFutureofIOT)
Where?(Applications)
Why?(Advantagesofusingit)
How?(EnablingTechnologies)

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CourseAdministrativework+Project

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Why Internet of Things?

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Table of Contents
Internet of Things

Answering the Ws
WhatisIOT?
When?(HistoryandFutureofIOT)
Where?(Applications)
Why?(Advantagesofusingit)
How?(EnablingTechnologies)

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CourseAdministrativework+Project

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History of the Internet of Things

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History
1997,TheInternetofThingsistheseventhintheseries
ofITUInternetReportsoriginallylaunchedin1997under
thetitleChallengestotheNetwork.
1999, Auto-ID Center founded in MIT
2003, EPC Global founded in MIT
2005,Fourimportanttechnologiesoftheinternetofthings
wasproposedinWSISconference.(RFID,Nano,Wireless
sensors,smarttech)

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2008,Firstinternationalconferenceofinternetofthings:
TheIOT2008washeldatZurich.

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NOW is the time

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What does 50 billion means

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EVERY Where
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The Applications of Iot

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Regional Office

House

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Transportation Vehicle

Biosensor taken by people

Network

Equipment in
public place

Virtual Environment

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2 Examples
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Forthepublicandthesociety
Forbusinessandenterprises

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Example 1: Pachube
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"The Internet of Things Real-Time Web

Service and Applications"
Platformtoconnectsensorsandother
hardware
PlatformtobuildIoTservicesandapplications
RESTfulAPIs

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After the Fukushima Disaster on Pachube

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Many People Connected Radiation Sensors

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Cool, but
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Dataqualityofvarioussources
Accuracyofeachdatapoint
Sensorreliabilityandavailability
Timeofmeasurement
Importantfortrust!
Unitjungle:
nGy/s,mSv/h,Sv/h,Bq/kg,cpm
Sometimesmisleading,sometimesjusthardto
compare
Mixofdatasources
Realsensors
Virtualsensors(datascrapingfromwebpages,e.g.,
http://www.houshasen-prefibaraki.jp/present/result01.html)
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Business Web
A Platform and Marketplace for Business Services

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TheBusinessWebisa cloud-based business environment that

providesaccesstothenecessaryinfrastructure,applications,content,
andconnectivitytodeliverend-to-end business services optimized
formobility andeaseofparticipation

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M2M Scenario Ice Cream Cabinets

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Theapplicationprovidesconsumer
productscompanieswithdetailed
informationaboutthelocationand
statusofitsicecreamcabinets.
Thisinformationcanbeusedto
findthesecabinets,supplythem
withnewicecreamintime,and
monitortheirtemperatureinorder
toavoidicecreambecomingbad
duetoadefectiveicecream
cabinet.
Theicecreamcabinetsbecome
smartitemsthatmonitortheir
energyconsumption,sendalarms,
andbecomeanactivepartinthe
companiesoperationprocessesas
wellassustainabilityefforts.
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IoT Configuration
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2.5millonicecreamcabinets
Worldwidedistributed
Biggestgrowthmarkets:Chinaand
India

Sensoring
Need to refill
Avoidstock-outs

Location
Reliablyfindandrefill

Temperature / power outage

Detectfailuresandavoidproductloss

Behavioral statistics

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Concludeconversionrate

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IoT Integration into Business Processes

Rolesandprocesses

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CPG Backend

3rd Party Supplier

Scen
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45 m rio est
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l
ated
i
on a
year
bene
dditi
onal
fit is
profi
t per
OperationalBIonsupplychainefficiency
Userbehaviormonitoringandcampaign
efficiency

3rd Party Supplier

Dispatcher:Improvedplanningofdaily
logisticsprocesses

Getrefillprioritiesandalarmsonpower
outageandtemperatures

TruckDriver:Guidanceandreal-time
integrationintoprocess

Store Owner

Pushalarmstostoreownersfor
immediateactions

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Resolvepoweroutage/closelidtosave
energy

Consumer

Guidancetonexticecreamcabinet
(sourceofhappiness)

Consumer
Augmented
Reality App:
Guide me to
the next ice
cream
opportunity

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Table of Contents
Internet of Things

Answering the Ws
WhatisIOT?
When?(HistoryandFutureofIOT)
Where?(Applications)
Why?(Advantagesofusingit)
How?(EnablingTechnologies)

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CourseAdministrativework+Project

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IoT Enabling Technologies

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Why Cloud?
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Internet of Things vs. Cloud Properties

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State of the Art of IoT

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Research Groups
1
MIT Auto-ID Lab &
EPC Global.
Stanford University
Georgia Institute of
Technology

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Cambridge Univ

2
EPFL & ETH Zurich
Information and
Communication
Systems Research
Group
Chemnitz University of
Technology
VSR Group

3
Nokia
SAP
IBM
GOOGLE
AMBIENT
Metro Group
Siemens
Sun
Cisco
GE

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State of the Art of IoT

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The Challenge of IoT

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1. Technological Standardization in most areas are still

remain fragmented.
2. Huge amount of Data
3. Managing and fostering rapid innovation is a challenge for
governments
4. Privacy and security
5. Testing of Multi-Discipline Systems
6. Absence of governance

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Privacy Example
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How
How to
to convincing
convincing users
users that
that the
the IoT
IoT technology
technology will
will
protect
protect their
their data
data and
and privacy
privacy when
when tracking
tracking

Potential Solutions

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Legal &
Regulatory

Technical
Control

Social Ethic

Market
Self-regulation

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Course Content
Introduction of the Internet of Things (IoT)

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Technology and Platforms: Introductions to electronics and micro-controllers,

Introduction to Sensors and Actuators, Operating Systems.
Overview of Wireless Technologies: Wireless channel, Channel models.
IOT Networking: MAC protocols for wireless networks, performance metrics
for MAC protocols for low power wireless networks Review the different routing
classes, basics of IPv6, Neighbor Discovery, and Stateless Address Auto
configuration, 6LowPAN, IEEE 802.15.4, Bluetooth 4.
Application Layer: Objectives of the application layer, Goals of CoAP, Review
the "development" of applications with "queries
IOT Security considerations.

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Testing and Verification of IOT: Review the different environments for

studying wireless networks, Review the characteristics of testbeds for wireless
multi-hop networks. Which steps are mandatory?

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Course Grading
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Exams
Quizzes 3 Quizzes: best 2
(15%)
Finalexam
(45%)
NOMidterm
Theoretical Assignments(0%)
Lecture/TutorialQuizzes(willsetbest%later)
ProgrammingAssignmentsovertheemulator.

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Project

(40%)

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Project
Course Project:

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The proposition and prototyping of a CREATIVE

IOT system in the following fields:
Home
Campus
Office
Projectgroupsaredueintwoweek
5personsMax.
NotfromthesameDepartment
startsin2weeks
BestProjectCompetition
FinalProjectEvaluation/Presentationwillbeannounced.
ExternalEvaluationCommittee

Smart

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In time

&

It is too LATE Policy

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Latepresentationofprojectandassignmentsis
NOTpossible.
Honor code
100%penaltyforbothcopierandcopy-giver
ofAny Report/CODE.

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