The internet of things - Promise for the future? An introduction

2011 IST-Africa Conference Proceedings, IST 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Coetzee, Louis ^a   Eksteen, Johan ^b  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b Microsoft South Africa and West   (South Africa)

Author keywords

broadband connectivity; Internet of Things; standardisation; ubiquitous computing

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION DOMAINS; BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY; EMERGING ECONOMIES; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; INTERNET OF THINGS; NEW APPLICATIONS; ON-BOARD SENSORS; PHYSICAL OBJECTS; RESEARCH AGENDA; TRUST AND SECURITY;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; STANDARDIZATION; UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING;

INTERNET;

EID: 84855778569     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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