Internet of Things (IoT) based Smart Environment integrating various Business Applications
Internet of Things [IoT] is a prevalent technology that is being emerged in information technology today. Since 1991 when IoT was proposed by Kevin Ashton, several research works are carried out in the field of IoT and its relevant technologies. Internet of (IoT) is an integrated part of Future Internet and could be defined as dynamic global network infrastructure with self configuring capabilities based on standard and interoperable communication protocols where physical and virtual ‘things’ have identities, physical attributes and virtual personalities and use intelligent interface and are seamlessly integrated into the information network . Today, the term Internet of Things goes beyond Machine to Machine (M2M) communication by connecting of devices, systems and services that goes beyond covers variety of protocols, domains and applications. A survey by Gartner says there will be nearly 26 billion devices in IoT by 2020 .
All the physical objects are tagged and uniquely identified using RFID transponders and readers. Now, IoT has grown to the level of comprising various networks of applications, computers, devices and objects as well that are interconnected using mobile technologies like wired, wireless and mobile networks, Bluetooth, GPS systems and other evolving technologies . The intelligent identification, positioning, tracking, monitoring and management system has been put into applications in various fields .
These days IoT has gained popularity by some of its applications like intelligent transport, electric meter reading, telemedicine monitoring and so on. Health care, transport, emergency services, defense, crowd monitoring, infrastructure monitoring, environment monitoring, building management and water quality check are fewer potential applications of IoT identified by different focus groups of Melbourne city.