The Virtual Object as a Major Element of the Internet of Things: A Survey

IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 1228-1240

  Nitti, Michele ^a   Pilloni, Virginia ^a   Colistra, Giuseppe ^a   Atzori, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Internet of Things; IoT architectural solutions; virtual objects

Indexed keywords

INTERNET; SURVEYS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ARCHITECTURAL SOLUTIONS; COMPLEX APPLICATIONS; DIGITAL COUNTERPARTS; HISTORICAL EVOLUTIONS; INTERNET OF THING (IOT); MANAGEMENT EFFICIENCY; SCALABILITY ISSUE; VIRTUAL OBJECTS;

INTERNET OF THINGS;

EID: 84971516557     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1553877X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/COMST.2015.2498304     Document Type: Article

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