Thanks to the advancement of faster processors within communication devices, there has been a rapid change in how information is modulated, multiplexed, managed, and moved. While formulas and functions are critical in creating the granular components and operations of individual technologies, understanding the applications and their purposes in the business environment only requires a basic scientific background. The third edition of Introduction to Communications Technologies: A Guide for Non-Engineers helps students in telecommunications business programs become familiar with and stay abreast of the ever-changing technology surrounding their industry. Used in the core curriculum at Ball State University's graduate professional program in Information and Communication Sciences, this textbook is designed for graduate and undergraduate students who do not necessarily have a high level of technical expertise, but need to have some understanding of the technical functions of information and communication technologies to prepare them for working in a corporate environment. See What's New in the Third Edition: Significant updates to the following chapters: Modulation Schemes; Signaling Formats, Multiplexing, and Digital Transmission; Packet Switching and Local Area Networks; Mobile Wireless Technologies; Network Security and Management Added coverage of OFDMA, Metro Ethernet, 5G pre-standard configuration, 'apps' on mobile devices, and VoIP core switching New chapters on Big Data and the Cloud Avoiding complicated equations and the need for calculus gymnastics, this textbook provides non-engineering students with a firm background and a broad understanding of the knowledge necessary to work within the fast-paced and ever-changing communications industry.

The IoT is the next manifestation of the Internet. The trend started by connecting computers to computers, progressed to connecting people to people, and is now moving to connect everything to everything. The movement started like a race—with a lot of fanfare, excitement, and cheering. We’re now into the work phase, and we have to figure out how to make the dream come true.

The IoT will have many faces and involve many fields as it progresses. It will involve technology, design, security, legal policy, business, artificial intelligence, design, Big Data, and forensics; about any field that exists now. This is the reason for this book. There are books in each one of these fields, but the focus was always "an inch wide and a mile deep." There’s a need for a book that will introduce the IoT to non-engineers and allow them to dream of the possibilities and explore the work venues in this area. The book had to be "a mile wide and a few inches deep." The editors met this goal by engaging experts from a number of fields and asking them to come together to create an introductory IoT book.

Fundamentals of Internet of Things for Non-Engineers

Provides a comprehensive view of the current fundamentals and the anticipated future trends in the realm of Internet of Things from a practitioner’s point of view

Brings together a variety of voices with subject matter expertise in these diverse topical areas to provide leaders, students, and lay persons with a fresh worldview of the Internet of Things and the background to succeed in related technology decision-making

Enhances the reader’s experience through a review of actual applications of Internet of Things end points and devices to solve business and civic problems along with notes on lessons learned

Prepares readers to embrace the Internet of Things era and address complex business, social, operational, educational, and personal systems integration questions and opportunities

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Editors

Contributors

Section I THE BASICS OF IoT

1 The Yin and Yang of IoT

REBECCA LEE HAMMONS

2 IoT System Integration

DAVID HUA, BIJU BAJRACHARYA, SAGAR KAJA, CHRISTOPHER DAVISON, AND VAMSI GONDI

3 IoT Positioning in the Verticals

RONALD J. KOVAC

4 Emerging Wireless Communication

LAUREN McNALLY, AARON KHOURY, JERRY WALKER, AND STEPHAN JONES

Section II IoT ELEMENTS AND ISSUES

5 IoT End Devices

RONALD J. KOVAC

6 IoT Architecture and Compatibility with Current Infrastructure

FRANK GROOM

7 Ethics and Policy of IoT

GERALD DeHONDT

8 Empowering Older Adults with IoT

REBECCA LEE HAMMONS

9 Data Analytics with IoT

FRANK GROOM AND ANGELIA YOUNT

10 Redefining Artificial Intelligence through IoT

AARON KHOURY

11 Launching an IoT Startup

DENNIS TRINKLE

12 IoT Future Challenges

REBECCA LEE HAMMONS

13 Security with IoT

KEVIN KEATHLEY

14 Legal Issues with IoT

GERALD DeHONDT

15 IoT: A Business Perspective

THOMAS HARRIS

Section III IoT CASE STUDIES

Case Study 1: Agile Development for IoT Applications: Lessons Learned from a Case Study on Hydrants

TIMON HEINIS, JOHANNES HECK, FILIPPO FONTANA, AND MIRKO MEBOLDT

Case Study 2: Automotive IoT

ALEX PECZYNSKI

Case Study 3: Butler University and Academic Scheduling: A Platform for IoT

RUTH SCHWER AND TIMOTHY ROE

Case Study 4: Connectible Me: On Using the Internet of Things to Collect Points for Wellness Tracking

JARED LINDER

Glossary

Index

Thanks to the advancement of faster processors within communication devices, there has been a rapid change in how information is modulated, multiplexed, managed, and moved. While formulas and functions are critical in creating the granular components and operations of individual technologies, understanding the applications and their purposes in the business environment only requires a basic scientific background. The third edition of Introduction to Communications Technologies: A Guide for Non-Engineers helps students in telecommunications business programs become familiar with and stay abreast of the ever-changing technology surrounding their industry. Used in the core curriculum at Ball State University's graduate professional program in Information and Communication Sciences, this textbook is designed for graduate and undergraduate students who do not necessarily have a high level of technical expertise, but need to have some understanding of the technical functions of information and communication technologies to prepare them for working in a corporate environment. See What's New in the Third Edition: Significant updates to the following chapters: Modulation Schemes; Signaling Formats, Multiplexing, and Digital Transmission; Packet Switching and Local Area Networks; Mobile Wireless Technologies; Network Security and Management Added coverage of OFDMA, Metro Ethernet, 5G pre-standard configuration, 'apps' on mobile devices, and VoIP core switching New chapters on Big Data and the Cloud Avoiding complicated equations and the need for calculus gymnastics, this textbook provides non-engineering students with a firm background and a broad understanding of the knowledge necessary to work within the fast-paced and ever-changing communications industry.