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Rethinking the Internet of Things : A Scalable Approach to Connecting Everything.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: daCosta, Francis.
Other Authors: Henderson, Byron.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley, CA : Apress L. P., 2014.
Edition:1st ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents at a Glance
  • Contents
  • About the Author
  • About the Project Manager
  • About the Technical Reviewer
  • Acknowledgments
  • Foreword
  • Chapter 1: It's Different Out Here
  • Why the Internet of Things Requires a New Solution
  • It's Networking on the Frontier
  • It Will be (Even) Bigger than Expected
  • Terse, Purposeful, and Uncritical
  • Dealing with Loss
  • The Protocol Trap
  • Mind the Overhead
  • More Smarts, More Risk
  • The Overhead of Overhead
  • Humans Need Not Apply
  • Economics and Technology of the Internet of Things
  • Functionality Costs Money
  • Inexpensive Devices Can't Bear Traditional Protocols
  • Overseeing 700 Billion Devices
  • Only Where and When Needed
  • Security Through Simplicity (and Stupidity)
  • Cost and Connectivity
  • Solving the IoT Dilemma
  • Inspiration for a New Architecture
  • Nature: The Original Big Data
  • Autonomy of Individuals
  • Zones and Neighborhoods of Interest
  • In the Eyes of the Beholder
  • Signal Simplicity
  • Leveraging Nature
  • Peer-to-Peer Is Not Equal
  • Transporting IoT Traffic
  • Billions of Devices
  • Three Functional Levels
  • Propagator Nodes Add Networking Functionality
  • Collecting, Integrating, Acting
  • When the Scope Is Too Massive
  • Functional vs. Physical Packaging
  • Connecting to the "Big I"
  • Smaller Numbers, Bigger Functionality
  • Chapter 2: Anatomy of the Internet of Things
  • Traditional Internet Protocols Aren't the Solution for Much of the IoT
  • Introducing the "Chirp "
  • Lightweight and Disposable
  • Functionality the IoT Needs-and Doesn't
  • Efficiency Out of Redundancy
  • It's All Relative
  • Format Flexibility
  • Private Markers for Customization and Extensibility
  • Addressing and "Rhythms "
  • Family Types
  • Applying Network Intelligence at Propagator Nodes
  • Transport and Functional Architectures
  • Functional Network Topology.
  • Defined by Integrator Functions
  • Harvesting Information from the IoT
  • Programming and "Bias"
  • Receiver-Oriented Selectivity
  • Chapter 3: On the Edge
  • A World of Different Devices
  • Intended to be Untended: Some Examples of IoT Systems
  • Temporary and Ad Hoc Devices
  • Addressing an Uncertain Frontier
  • Reliability Through Numbers
  • Meaning from Many
  • End Devices in Dedicated Networks
  • Expanding to the World
  • Converting States to Chirps
  • "Setting" End Devices
  • Cornucopia of Connections
  • Chirp on a Chip
  • Aftermarket Options
  • RFID Integration in the Internet of Things
  • End Devices with Higher Demands
  • The Big Idea: "Small" Data
  • Chapter 4: Building a Web of Things
  • Versatility in Function and Form
  • Architecting Trees and Leaves
  • On Behalf of Chirps at the Edge
  • Isolating and Securing the Edge
  • Autonomy and Coordination
  • Structuring a Networking Path
  • Structuring a Tree-with Redundancy
  • Housekeeping
  • By Any Means
  • Take Out the Thrash
  • The Power of Bias and the Role of the Integrator Function
  • Bias and Influence
  • Degrees of Functionality
  • Aggregating End Points
  • Dumping the Dupes
  • Loading the Bus: The Propagator Node Transit System
  • Weathering the Storms
  • Dodging the Collisions
  • What's in a Name?
  • Packaging Options
  • Building Blocks of the IoT
  • Chapter 5: Small Data, Big Data, and Human Interaction
  • The "Brains" of the IoT
  • For Once, IP Makes Sense
  • Extracting the Streams
  • Analysis and Control
  • Chirps to "Small Data" to Big Data: An Example
  • Neighborhoods and Affinities
  • Public, Private, and Some of Each
  • Bias Bonus
  • Searching for and Managing Agents
  • High- and Low-Level "Loops "
  • Human Interface and Control Points
  • Machines and Metcalfe
  • Collaborative Scheduling Tools
  • Packaging and Provisioning
  • Distribut ed Integrator Functions.
  • Location, Location, Location
  • Filtering the Streams
  • Accessing the Power of the Internet of Things
  • Chapter 6: Architecture for the Frontier
  • A Necessary Alternative to IP
  • A Big Problem, and Getting Bigger
  • An Alternative Inspired by Nature
  • A Protocol Based on Category Classifications
  • Skeletal Architecture of Chirp Packets
  • Individual Information within Chirp Signatures
  • "Light" Error Detection and Security
  • Generic Chirp Handling
  • Incognito Chirp Transport
  • Transmission Agility Information within the Chirp
  • Extensible, Nonunique, Pattern-driven
  • Category Byte Size
  • Marker Pattern Templates
  • Finer Control via Agents
  • Scheduling the Bus
  • Routing on Category Classifications
  • Managing the Load
  • Propagator Node Networks and Operation
  • A Tree Grows in the IoT
  • Choosing Parents Wisely
  • Scanning and Switching
  • Specialized and Basic Routing
  • Housekeeping Frames for Network Intelligence
  • Latency and Throughput Tradeoffs
  • Routing Table Updates
  • The Power of Local Agents and Integrator Functions
  • Task Scheduling within the Internet of Things
  • Higher-level Interchange
  • Managing Multiple Isochronous Relationships
  • An Organic Solution for the IoT
  • Chapter 7: Examples and Applications
  • Controlling the Cacophony
  • Intelligence Near the Edge
  • Incorporating Legacy Devices
  • Staying in the Loop(s)
  • Okay on their Own
  • All the World Is a Subscription
  • Exploring Affinities
  • Social Machines
  • Agriculture
  • Home Health Care
  • Safe and Efficient Process Control
  • Better Perimeter Security and Surveillance
  • Faster Factory Floors
  • True Home Automation
  • Wholesale and Retail: Beyond RFID
  • A Broader "Net" in Natural Sciences
  • Living Applications
  • Chapter 8: Pathways to the Internet of Things
  • Data Drives a Change
  • Classification is the Challenge, Chirp is the Answer.
  • The Ends are the Means
  • Begin at the Edge
  • Making a Mark
  • Acting on Markers
  • Propagator Nodes Provide the "and"
  • Open-Source Networking Solutions
  • Gaining Access
  • The Standards Conundrum
  • Machine-to-Machine Communications and Autonomy
  • Shared Vocabularies and de facto Standards
  • Build it and End Devices will Come
  • OEM Leverage
  • Shared Software and Business Process Vocabularies
  • Working in Groups
  • Call to Constituencies for the IoT
  • Semiconductor Providers
  • Appliance and Other End Device Manufacturers
  • Networking Equipment Vendors
  • Home Automation/Entertainment Suppliers
  • Carriers and Big Data Providers
  • Major End-to-End OEMs
  • Global Scope, Vast Numbers, Constant Adaptation, New Insights
  • Index.

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