Internet of Things doesn’t have to be overwhelming
Internet of Things (IoT) represents a huge set of products, technologies and use cases. Knowing how to start is a challenge that can seem insurmountable. It’s useful to examine smart cities, smart buildings and smart utilities as these markets represent a diverse set of applications but face many of the same challenges.
In cities, buildings and utilities, physical environment can create the biggest challenge: any network that connects sensors to the internet must pass through steel, concrete and even underground in the case of utilities. These deployments are known to be difficult for many networking technologies, so it is important to choose a technology that can meet the needs of your environment. Another consideration is how much data you need to transmit. This is critical because it has a significant impact on project cost. Sensor readings are very small data transmissions, cost-effective, low power wide area networking (LPWAN) is the right approach. Power is another consideration since most end-devices need to be deployed for many years, using networking technologies that can run on very low power reduces costs (fewer batteries are needed) and maintenance requirements to change the batteries.
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