Description
This book provides a dual perspective on the Internet of Things and ubiquitous computing, along with their applications in healthcare and smart cities. It also covers other interdisciplinary aspects of the Internet of Things like big data, embedded Systems and wireless Sensor Networks. Detailed coverage of the underlying architecture, framework, and state-of the art methodologies form the core of the book.
Table of Contents
Section I Introduction to the Internet of Things: Definition and Basic Foundation
1. The IoT Vision from an Opportunistic Networking Perspective
Zoran Bojkovic, Bojan Bakmaz, and Miodrag Bakmaz
2. DEFINE—An Architecture Framework for Designing IoT Systems
S.A. Srinivasa Moorthy
3. MAC and Network Layer Issues and Challenges for IoT
Upena Dalal, Shweta Shah, and Jigisha Patel
4. Privacy and Security of Data in IoT: Design Principles and Techniques
K.V. Arya and Vishnu Prabhakaran
5. Integration of Cloud Computing and IoT: Opportunities and Challenges
Sara Ghanavati, Jemal Abawajy, and Davood Izadi
Section II Frameworks for the Internet of Things: An Architectural Perspective
6. IoT Framework Based on WSN Infrastructure with Different Topological Distributions
Marcel Stefan Wagner, Diogo Ferreira Lima Filho, Miguel Arjona Ramírez, and Wagner Luiz Zucchi
7. Semantic Complex Service Composition within an IoT Ecosystem
Grigorios Tzortzis, Charilaos Akasiadis, and Evaggelos Spyrou
8. Enabling Smart Cities through IoT: The ALMANAC Way
Dario Bonino, Maria Teresa Delgado, Claudio Pastrone, Maurizio Spirito, Alexandre Alapetite, Thomas Gilbert, Mathias Axling, Matts Ahlsen, Peter Rosengren, Marco Jahn, Raphael Ahrens, Otilia Werner-Kytölä, and Jose Angel Carvajal Soto
9. NFC in IoT-Based Payment Architecture
Alak Majumder, Shirsha Ghosh, Joyeeta Goswami, and Bidyut K. Bhattacharyya
10. Trust Management in IoT
Avani Sharma, Pilli Emmanuel Shubhakar, and Arka Prokash Mazumdar
Section III Interdisciplinary Aspects of the Internet of Things
11. Highway Safety of Smart Cities
Sándor Szénási
12. Connected Bicycles: Potential Research Opportunities in Wireless Sensor Network
Sadik Kamel Gharghan, Rosdiadee Nordin, Nor Fadzilah Abdullah, and Kelechi Anabi
13. Self-Adaptive Cyber-City System
Iping Supriana, Kridanto Surendro, Aradea Dipaloka, and Edvin Ramadhan
14. The Role of Big Data, Cloud Computing, and Mobile Technologies in the Development of IoT Ecosystems
Janusz Wielki
15. Data Processing in IoT Using an Enterprise Service Bus
Siddharth S. Prasad, Robin Singh Bhadoria, and Mohit Mittal
Section IV Future Research, Scope, and Case Studies of the Internet of Things and Ubiquitous Computing
16. Infection Tracing in i-Hospital
Mimonah Al Qathrady, Ahmed Helmy, and Khalid Lmuzaini
17. Emergency Department, Sustainability, and eHealth: A Proposal to Merge These Elements Improving the Sanitary System
Andrea Malizia, Laura Morciano, Jacopo Maria Legramante, Pasqualino Gaudio, Sandro Mancinelli, Francesco Gilardi, Carlo Bellecci, and Leonardo Palombi
18. The Contiki Operating System: A Tool for Design and Development of IoT—Case Study Analysis
B. Venkatalakshmi, A. Pravin Renold, and S. Vijayakumar
19. Novel Trends and Advances in Health Care Using IoT: A Revolution
Awanish Kumar and Archana Vimal
20. Mining Ubiquitous Data Streams for IoT
Nitesh Funde, Meera Dhabu, Ayesha Khan, and Rahul Jichkar
21. IoT toward Efficient Analysis of Aging, Cardiometabolic, and Neurodegenerative Diseases—An eHealth Perspective
Leandro Cymberknop, Parag Chatterjee, Diego Dujovne, Luis Romero, and Ricardo Armentano



