An all-in-one reference to the major Home Area Networking, Building Automation and AMI protocols, including 802.15.4 over radio or PLC, 6LowPAN/RPL, ZigBee 1.0 and Smart Energy 2.0, Zwave, LON, BACNet, KNX, ModBus, mBus, C.12 and DLMS/COSEM, and the new ETSI M2M system level standard. In-depth coverage of Smart-grid and EV charging use cases.This book describes the Home Area Networking, Building Automation and AMI protocols and their evolution towards open protocols based on IP such as 6LowPAN and ETSI M2M. The authors discuss the approach taken by service providers to interconnect the protocols and solve the challenge of massive scalability of machine-to-machine communication for mission-critical applications, based on the next generation machine-to-machine ETSI M2M architecture. The authors demonstrate, using the example of the smartgrid use case, how the next generation utilities, by interconnecting and activating our physical environment, will be able to deliver more energy (notably for electric vehicles) with less impact on our natural resources.Key Features:Offers a comprehensive overview of major existing M2M and AMI protocols Covers the system aspects of large scale M2M and smart grid applications Focuses on system level architecture, interworking, and nationwide use casesExplores recent emerging technologies: 6LowPAN, ZigBee SE 2.0 and ETSI M2M, and for existing technologies covers recent developments related to interworkingRelates ZigBee to the issue of smartgrid, in the more general context of carrier grade M2M applications Illustrates the benefits of the smartgrid concept based on real examples, including business casesThis book will be a valuable guide for project managers working on smartgrid, M2M, telecommunications and utility projects, system engineers and developers, networking companies, and home automation companies. It will also be of use to senior academic researchers, students, and policy makers and regulators.
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- The Internet of Things: Key Applications and Protocols
Reviews
Radu State
This timely book addresses its topic both in research and in operational environments. With more and more devices and utilities connected to the Internet, a plethora of communications protocols, middleware, proprietary solutions, and open standards are used to seamlessly connect a large variety of "things." With the Internet protocol (IP) seen as the converged and future infrastructure, current engineering needs to cope with the existing protocols, as well as address future IP-related compatibility. The word "things" can represent anything. It can mean a smartphone connecting over Bluetooth or 3G networks, an industrial control system (ICS) leveraging supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA)-specific protocols (ModBus, BACnet, or LonWorks), or even smart utilities such as, for instance, smart meters connected to smart power grids. In such a heterogeneous technology landscape, a larger view of the different components is easily lost, and a newcomer can be overwhelmed by the many different puzzle pieces making up the current Internet of Things. This book manages to fill a niche in the existing literature. Although several European Union (EU)-funded research projects have addressed this topic, this book is the first comprehensive overview and introduction. Hersent et al. have succeeded in writing an introduction that is both very technical and down to earth. The book is also an outstanding reference for numerous communications protocols and network infrastructures. In each of the book's five parts, the authors focus on a specific communication layer. The first part addresses the physical layer, IEEE 802.15.4, and powerline communications, while the second part covers well-known ICS protocols. Part 3 presents legacy solutions (M-Bus, serial protocols, and representational state transfer (REST) based), describing their history, detailed protocol elements, and deployment scenarios. The current state of the art (IPv6 over low-power wireless personal area networks (6LoWPAN) and machine-to-machine (M2M) architectures) is covered in the fourth part. For interested readers, the chapter on 6LoWPAN is an excellent introduction to the RPL protocol and its underlying algorithms. I especially appreciated the fifth part of the book, in which the authors consider some typical application cases, ranging from smart utilities to electric vehicles. The technical content is accurate, timely, and up to date with respect to the state of the art in the field. The book is strongly recommended for engineers, academic researchers, and network operators dealing with the Internet of Things. For these readers, the book represents a valuable and authoritative source of information and reference. Online Computing Reviews Service
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