IoT Architecture design Sample Clauses

IoT Architecture design. The IoT architecture comprises four major building blocks which include the sensor devices, the IoT gateway, mobile application and smart software and the cloud server. The IoT devices contain various sensors for collecting information from different sources such as the human body, environment/weather conditions, location, and communication. The gateway is also a framework that devices interact with. The gateway plays a vital role in this infrastructure by acting as a carrier between the World Wide Web (external internet) and the internal network of the nodes of sensors. It also allows the machine to machine communication since it is within the device domain. The smartphones and smart cars contain smart software applications used in monitoring and controlling end user devices. They are designed with a simple and user-friendly interface where they logically present data information collected from the various interactions in the form of graphs and other representations. Lastly, the cloud server securely stores and process information transmitted from the communication framework. Smart devices then utilize this information that performs intelligent functions. According to ▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ [49], IoT architecture is comprised of three layers (Fig. 2.2) including the application layer, perception layer and the network layer. The perception layer contains sensing devices to perceive and gather information from the surrounding. The network layer is used to create connection with other smart devices and the application layer is designed to provide users with application specific services.