This book presents the cellular wireless network standard NB-IoT (Narrow Band-Internet of Things), which addresses many key requirements of the IoT. NB-IoT is a topic that is inspiring the industry to create new business cases and associated products. The author first introduces the technology and typical IoT use cases. He then explains NB-IoT extended network coverage and outstanding power saving features which are enabling the design of IoT devices (e.g. sensors) to work everywhere and for more than 10 years, in a maintenance-free way. The book explains to industrial users how to utilize NB-IoT features for their own IoT projects. Other system ingredients (e.g. IoT cloud services) and embedded security aspects are covered as well. The author takes an in-depth look at NB-IoT from an application engineering point of view, focusing on IoT device design. The target audience is technical-minded IoT project owners and system design engineers who are planning to develop an IoT application.

This book presents the cellular wireless network standard NB-IoT (Narrow Band-Internet of Things), which addresses many key requirements of the IoT. NB-IoT is a topic that is inspiring the industry to create new business cases and associated products. The author first introduces the technology and typical IoT use cases. He then explains NB-IoT extended network coverage and outstanding power saving features which are enabling the design of IoT devices (e.g. sensors) to work everywhere and for more than 10 years, in a maintenance-free way. The book explains to industrial users how to utilize NB-IoT features for their own IoT projects. Other system ingredients (e.g. IoT cloud services) and embedded security aspects are covered as well. The author takes an in-depth look at NB-IoT from an application engineering point of view, focusing on IoT device design. The target audience is technical-minded IoT project owners and system design engineers who are planning to develop an IoT application.

This book focuses on the impact of secure frontend devices for the Internet of Things (IoT). It explains how to identify vulnerabilities of IoT applications and how to protect them against misuse and attacks. Provided insights will help readers to design a reliable and trustworthy IoT ecosystem ensuring a high level of user confidence and a fruitful deployment. As a starting point, the book provides guidance how to identify risks and potential threats. Then, it explains which countermeasures are available and introduces all major ingredients for an efficient implementation of IoT security measures, e.g. a bullet-proof protection of user privacy and device identities. The author outlines an efficient design approach that combines classical embedded computing with smartcard technology and wireless cellular networking like LTE-M or NB-IoT. The target audience includes industrial professionals and students focusing on low cost design and a fast time-to-market. The book is ideal for engineering-minded IoT project owners to safeguard their business goals.