A study on IoT based Applications

Introduction Use of IoT

The Internet of Things is about objects and things, which are connected to the internet. "Things"
refers to the product’s information. The information about these objects are shared across the
earth.
The product information is embedded in the electronic tag called Radio Frequency Identification
(short RFID).
Healthcare
There are many options for IoT in health care. The health conditions of pa-
tients can be monitored or the medicine for the patients can be identified.
RFID senses the health status changes and sends it to the doctor.

Development of IoT Agriculture

In agriculture, IoT is used for monitoring plants and recognizing changes and
IoT has its roots in mobile computing, ubiquitous computing ,and information technology. The the impact of these changes, for instance, temperature or humidity changes.
new devices which have been developed over time led to new techniques built in these devices Then, the farmer or scientist will receive the information and can take action
like sensors, GPS ,and so on. from their remote place.
Moreover, physical objects get identification tags (bar codes, RFID) enabling the recognition
and data sharing in the IoT. Smartphones and other devices can be used to scan and upload
information based on these identification tags.
IoT is divided in four dimensions:

• object identification ("tagging things")

• sensors and wireless sensor networks ("feeling things")
• embedded systems ("thinking things")
• nanotechnology ("shrinking things")
Figure 2: Agriculture
These things once connected to the internet provide smart services beneficial to the environ-
ment and society.
They play a major role in the supply chain, energy, defense, health care ,and other applications. Smart Buildings

Smart Buildings can be managed by IoT. Each facility has an RFID tag that
Techniques monitors everything.
The system senses changes in the environment and sends it to the Informa-
The main motive for using IoT is sharing information automatically. For achieving this motive, tion Gathering Manager, which will be sent to the Central Control System. A
many techniques are necessary. communication mediator must be in-between.
There is no human intervention needed.

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)

RFID is a wireless technology used for the identification of objects.

Radiowaves are used to identify things and transfer the information of these
things without physical contact.
There are two main components:

• RFID tags (transponders)

• RFID readers (transceivers)

Figure 3: Smart Buildings

Problems with IoT

IoT lacks in:

Figure 1: RFID
• Privacy
• Reliability
• Data confidentiality
• Security
Wireless sensor networks

Sensors observe the environment and notice changes in it.

They are used in short distance communication.
A sensor network consists of nodes that communicate among themselves.
They work together and collect data which is sent to the sink node. The sink
node redirects the data to the destination.
Embedded systems and nanotechnology
This technology is used to let objects perform actions automatically. Informa-
tion is processed, objects self-configure ,and make independent decisions.
Conclusion
IoT is a new internet application, which can lead to an era of smart technology
with thing-thing communication. Every object in the world can be identified,
connected ,and can make decisions without human intervention.
If the issues can be addressed and eliminated IoT can help many people.
References
[1] Deeksha Jain, P. Venkata Krishna, V. Saritha A study on Internet of
Things based Applications, https://arxiv.org/abs/1206.3891

Iglisian Muslija a, Sophie Herstein b

a IEF | LEHRSTUHL FÜR WIN | WIN | Universität Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Straße 22 | 18059 Rostock, Germany
b IEF | INFORMATIK | Universität Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Straße 22 | 18059 Rostock, Germany