ABSTRACT
The Internet of Things (IoT) is a distributed Information and Communication Technology (ICT) system that integrates sensors, computing devices, algorithms and physical objects known as the Things which are uniquely identifiable. This chapter introduces IoT systems and their deployment areas and discusses several major IoT application domains. It also introduces the basic IoT system design architecture, explores the functional models. Tele-health will be a major user of IoT applications where a range of medical devices both implanted and on body devices could be used to gather statistics and/or control different medical processes. IoT applications can significantly improve various utility services by using the machine to machine communication and automation system infrastructure. Agriculture and livestock monitoring are two major areas where field deployable IoT systems can make significant contributions to improve agricultural output, reduce crop failures, better farm animal’s health and safety which can benefit the industry significantly.
