Internet of Things: A Comprehensive Review of Enabling Technologies, Architecture, and Challenges

IETE Technical Review (Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers, India)

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 205-220

  Silva, Bhagya Nathali ^a   Khan, Murad ^a   Han, Kijun ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Heterogeneous devices; IoT; Ubiquitous computing; Wireless sensor network

Indexed keywords

NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES; HETEROGENEOUS DEVICES; INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT); MACHINE-TO-MACHINE (M2M); PHYSICAL DEVICES; REAL-WORLD SCENARIO;

INTERNET OF THINGS;

EID: 85094934367     PISSN: 02564602     EISSN: 09745971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02564602.2016.1276416     Document Type: Review

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