Connectivity
Connectivity
One of the strengths of the Internet of Things (IoT) is its capability to network things. As Greenough and Camhi say in The Internet Of Things 2015 Report of Business Insider, IoT is and will continue to change the way business, governments, and consumers are interacting with the world around us. Because of this main purpose to connect people and things in general, the most important thing is actually connectivity.
Forbes reported that during 2015 4,800 connected end points are added every minute, and a prediction of McKinsey & Company forecasts 30 billion IoT objects connected by 2020.
Nowadays, we cannot predict exactly how communication protocols will evolve, but we can breakdown wireless communication protocols in 6 standards:
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Software
Meta-Eca
meta-eca is a Yocto layer that is concentrating on networking and it ties together various open source connectivity components like ConnMan for connection management, oFono for cellular access, BlueZ for Bluetooth connectivity and neard for NFC support. ECA (Embedded Connectivity Appliance) is a platform for prototyping networking technologies. A mobile access point is created here using the meta-eca layer Meta Eca
Wireless Technologies
Technologies
Low Range
3G, GPRS, LoRa, Sigfox, 868 MHz, 900 MHz
Medium Range
ZigBee, 802.15.4
Short Range
WiFi, RFID, NFC, BlueTooth 4.0
Texas Instruments
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