HOW IOT WORKS

The Internet of Things (IoT), also sometimes referred to as the Internet of Everything (IoE),
consists of all the web-enabled devices that collect, send and act on data they acquire from their
surrounding environments using embedded sensors, processors and communication hardware.
These devices, often called “connected” or “smart” devices, can sometimes talk to other related
devices, a process called machine-to-machine (M2M) communication, and act on the
information they get from one another. Humans can interact with the gadgets to set them up, give
them instructions or access the data, but the devices do most of the work on their own without
human intervention. Their existence has been made possible by all the tiny mobile components
that are available these days, as well as the always-online nature of our home and business
networks.

          

Source : https://www.embitel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IoT-Architecture_Embitel-
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 1.) Sensors & Sensor technology – They will sniff a wide variety of information ranging from
Location, Weather/Environment conditions, Grid parameters, Movement on assembly lines, Jet
engine maintenance data to Health essentials of a patient

2.) IoT Gateways – IoT Gateways, as the name rightly suggests, are the gateways to internet for
all the things/devices that we want to interact with. Gateways help to bridge the internal network
of sensor nodes with the external Internet or World Wide Web. They do this by collecting the
data from sensor nodes & transmitting it to the internet infrastructure.

3.) Cloud/server infrastructure & Big Data – The data transmitted through gateway is stored &
processed securely within the cloud infrastructure using Big Data analytics engine. This
processed data is then used to perform intelligent actions that make all our devices ‘Smart
Devices’!
4.) End-user Mobile apps – The intuitive mobile apps will help end users to control & monitor
their devices (ranging from room thermostat to jet engines & assembly lines) from remote
locations. These apps push the important information on your hand-held devices & help to send
commands to your Smart Devices!

5.) IPv6 – IP addresses are the backbone to the entire IoT ecosystem. Internet is concerned about
IP addresses only & not if you are a human or a toaster. With IPv4 we were running out of IP
addresses, but with IPv6 (launched in 2012) we now have 3.4*10^38 IP addresses!

Referensi :

https://www.embitel.com/blog/embedded-blog/how-iot-works-an-overview-of-the-technology-architecture-2
https://computer.howstuffworks.com/internet-of-things.htm