Internet of Things and M2m Communications

The Internet of Things is the emerging technology which interconnects smart objects using wireless communications. After having been extensively studied in academic labs, the Internet of Things is now widely applied in the industrial world (e.g. domestic automation, smart metering, smart cities). Internet of Things and M2M Communications presents the key concepts used in the Internet of Things. In particular, Machine to Machine (M2M) communications have to be energy efficient so that all the smart objects may operate for years on a single battery. Besides, whilst constructing an efficient global digital world combining personal/private and external/general data, security and privacy issues have also to be covered adequately. Contents: Part I. Energy Constrained IoTEffect of Data Aggregation in M2M NetworksOR-AHad: An Opportunistic Routing Algorithm for Energy Harvesting WSNAn Off-line Tool for Accurately Estimating the Lifetime of a Wireless MotePart II. Transmission SchedulingDelay-Constrained Scheduling in Wireless Sensor NetworksDistributed Scheduling for Cooperative Tracking in Hierarchical Wireless Sensor NetworksTime Synchronization on Cognitive Radio Ad Hoc Networks: A Bio-Inspired ApproachPart III. Security & TestsSecure Access Control and Authority Delegation Based on Capability and Context Awareness for Federated IoTJamming and Physical Layer Security for Cooperative Wireless Communication Performance Modeling and Simulation of Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Systems