INTERNET OF THINGS AND

AWS-IOT

-Jigisha Araniya

The internet of things (IoT) is the network of physical devices,

vehicles, buildings and other items—embedded with electronics,

software, sensors, actuators, and network connectivity that enable

these objects to collect and exchange data.(From Wikipedia)

The Internet of Things links the objects of the real world with the

virtual world, thus enabling anytime, any place connectivity for

anything and not only for anyone. It refers to a world where physical

objects and beings, as well as virtual data and environments, all

interact with each other in the same space and time.(From European

Commission: Internet of Things )

Made up of sensors and smart devices.

Real-time data will be collected.

Sensors use low power and low data rate.

Sensors are grouped according to their purpose and data type(Eg.,

environmental sensors, military sensors, body sensors, home

sensors)

It must support massive data produced by sensors.

Provides reliable services .(MQTT , CoAP-Protocols)

It should be integrate different type of networks in one single IOT

platform.

Analysis and management of data

Security control(ACLs, encryptions, identity access)

Billing reporting

Application can be classified based on types of network availability,

size, heterogeneity, as well as real time and non real time application.

Examples:

E-Health, personal security, road safety, toll payment, real time traffic

monitoring and many more......

Privacy -- will be a huge issue when implementing IoT

Cloud is important -- IoT applications require end-to-end solutions

including cloud services

Sensing is complex -- sometimes it is difficult to connect sensors

with devices and internet

Identity – it is difficult to identify data and devices in huge data streamed.

It is scalable and managed cloud platform that allows devices to

connect securely and interact with AWS services.

AWS IoT makes it easier to build IoT apps

AWS IoT platform allows you to collect, store, analyze, and take

actions against large volumes of data streaming from your connected

devices.

Device Gateway – The AWS IoT Device Gateway is a highly

scalable managed service that enables devices to communicate

securely with AWS IoT.(MQTT & HTTP).

Device Registry – Device Registry stores metadata about the

devices and acts as an unique identity store of devices.

Device Shadows – Device Shadows is a unique capability provided

as part of the AWS IoT platform that creates a virtual device, or

shadow, of the device that contains its latest state.

Rules Engine – The AWS IoT Rules Engine transforms and routes

incoming messages from devices to AWS services based on

business rules you create.