CSE6314: Special Topics in Systems

and Networks

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 What is IoT?

q Internet connects all people, so it is

called “the Internet of People”
q IoT connects all things, so it is called
“the Internet of Things”

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What is IoT?

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 What is IoT?

q The Internet of Things, also called

The Internet of Objects, refers to a
wireless network between objects,
usually the network will be wireless
and self-configuring, such as
household appliances.

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 What is IoT?

q By embedding short-range mobile

transceivers into a wide array of
additional gadgets and everyday
items, enabling new forms of
communication between people and
things, and between things
themselves.
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 What is IoT?

q The term "Internet of Things" has

come to describe a number of
technologies and research
disciplines that enable the Internet
to reach out into the real world of
physical objects.

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 What is IoT?

qFrom any time ,any place

connectivity for anyone, we will now
have connectivity for anything!

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 Characteristics of IoT

q Efficient, scalable & associated

architecture.
q Unambiguous naming & addressing
q Abundance of sleeping nodes,
mobile & non-IP devices
q Intermittent connectivity

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IoT Components

Device (The Thing)

Local Network

Internet

Backend Services

Applications

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Functional Components of IoT

qComponent for interaction &

communication with other IoT
devices.
q Component for processing & analysis
of operation
q Component for Internet interaction

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Functional Components of IoT

q Component for handling Web

services of application
q Component to integrate application
services
q User interface to access IoT.

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 IoT Interdependency
Embedded Devices

Application
Virtual
Real-time Kernel Machine
Power Management

Actuators
Radios HTTP
Sensors

Client

6LowPAN Bluetooth Zigbee

MQTT

Web
Client

WiFi Ethernet LOR WiFi CoAP

Client
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IoT Service Oriented Architecture
Application Application
Contract Interface
front end API
Interface Layer
Service Bus

Service Service Service

Division Integration Integration Service
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Service Layer Repository
Service Bus E
C
Business Logic U
R
I
Social Network WLAN
T
Network Layer Mobile Network
Internet Y
Database
WSN

Data sensing/acquistion protocol

Sensing Layer
RFID tags Intelligent Sensors RFID reader BLE device WSN
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 IoT Gateways
Software

Switching
Wired/wireless connections

Wired/wireless connections
Routing
Protocol Conversion

Local Firewall & VPN Global

Network Security Network

Processor

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Technical deviation from Regular
Web
IoT Stack Web Stack

Application Management Application

Binary, CBOR HTMP, XML
MQTT, CoAP, XMPP HTTP, DNS, TLS/SSL

UDP, DTLS UDP, TCP

IPv6
IPv4, IPv6, IPSec
6LoWWPAN

IEEE 802.15.4 MAC Ethernet, DSL, Wireless

IEEE 802.15.4 PHY LAN, Wi-Fi
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 Functionality-based IoT
protocols

q Connectivity (6LowPAN)
q Identification (IPv6, URLs)
q Communication/transport (WiFi,
Bluetooth, LPWAN)

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 Functionality-based IoT
protocols

q Data protocols (MQTT, CoAP)

q Semantic (JSON-LD, Web Thing
Model)

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 MQTT

q Message Queue Telemetry Transport

q It is a published-subscribe-based
lightweight messaging protocol for
use in conjunction with TCP/IP
q Designed to provide connectivity

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 MQTT

q A message broker controls the

publish-subscribe messaging pattern
qA topic to which a client is
subscribed is updated in the form of
message & distributed by the
message broker.

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 MQTT Components

Publisher • Lightweight sensors

• Applications Interested in sensor

Subscriber
data

• Connect publisher & subscriber

Broker • Classify sensor data into topic

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 MQTT Methods

q Connect
q Disconnect
q Subscribe
q Unsubscribe
q Publish

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 MQTT Methods
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 Communication

qT h e p r o t o c o l u s e s a
publish/subscribe architecture (like
HTTP request/respond).
qMQTT broker is in charge of
dispatching all messages b/n sender
& the rightful receiver.

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 Communication

q Each client that publishes a message

to a broker, includes a topic into the
message.
q Each client that wants to receive
message subscribe to a certain topic
& the broker delivers all messages
with the matching topic to client.
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 MQTT Topics

q A topic is a simple string that can

have more hierarchy levels, which
are separated by a slash
qA sample topic for sending
temperature of the living room could
be house/living-room/temperature.

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 Applications

q Facebook Messenger uses MQTT for

online chat.
q Amazon Web Service uses Amazon
IoT with MQTT.
q Microsoft Azure IoT Hub uses MQTT
as its main protocol for telemetry
messages.
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 SMQTT

q Secure MQTT is an extension of

MQTT which uses encryption.
q The protocol consists of four stages
§ Setup
§ Encryption
§ Publish
§ Decrypt
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 SMQTT

q In the setup phase, the subscribers

register themselves to broker & get
a master secret key
q When the data is published, it is
encrypted & published by the
broker.

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 SMQTT

q Then the broker sends it to the

subscriber.
q The subscriber finally decrypt it
using the same master secret key.

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 CoAP

q Constrained Application Protocols

q Web transfer protocol for use with
constrained nodes & network.
q Designed for Machine-to-Machine
(M2M) application such as
§ Smart energy
§ Building automation
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 CoAP

q Based on Request-Response model

b/n end points
qClient-Server interaction is
asynchronous over a datagram
oriented transport protocol

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 CoAP

q Built over UDP, instead of TCP & has

a light mechanism to provide
reliability.
q CoAP architecture is divided into two
main sub-layers:
§ Messaging
§ Request/response
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 CoAP

qThe messaging sub-layer is

responsible for reliability &
duplication of message
q The request/response dub-layer is
responsible for communication

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 CoAP

q CoAP has four messaging modes:

§ Confirmable
§ Non-confirmable
§ Piggyback
§ Separate

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 CoAP Position

Application

Request
CoAP
Messages

UDP

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CoAP Request-Response model

Client Server Client Server

CON Non-message

ACK

Confirmable message Non-Confirmable message

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CoAP Request-Response model

Client Server Client Server

CON CON

ACK+Data ACK

CON
CON (Data)
ACK+Data
ACK

Piggyback message Separate message

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 CoAP Messaging

q Piggyback is used for client/server

direct communication where the
server sends its response directly
after messaging, i.e. within the
acknowledgment message.

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 CoAP Messaging

q The separate mode is used when the

server response comes in message
separate from the acknowledgment.

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 XMPP

q XMPP – Extensible Messaging and

Presence Protocol.
q A communication protocol for
message-oriented middleware based
on XML.
q Real-time exchange of structured
data.
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 XMPP

q It is an open standard protocol

qXMPP uses a client-server
architecture.
q XMPP provides for the discovery of
services residing locally or across a
network.

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 XMPP

qSecurity – Authentication,
encryption, etc.
qF l e x i b i l i t y – S u p p o r t s
interoperability.

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 Core XMPP Technologies

q Core
§ Information about the core XMPP
technologies for XML streaming

q Jingle
§ Multimedia signaling for voice, videos, file
transfer

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 Core XMPP Technologies

q Multi-user chat
§ Flexible, multi-party communication

q pubsub
§ Alert & notification for data syndication.

q BOSH
§ HTTP binding for XMPP.

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 Weaknesses of XMPP

q Does not support QoS.

q Text based communications induces
higher network overheads.
q Binary data must be first encoded to
base64 before transmission.

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 Challenges

q New network traffic patterns to

handle
q Interoperability
q Energy Efficiency
q Interfacing
q Security/Privacy issues
q Lack of standardization
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 Complexity

q Growth of networks
q Interoperability among devices
q Network management
q Heterogeneity in networks
q Protocol standardization within
networks.

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 Scalability

q Flexible within Internet

q IoT integration
q Large scale deployment
q Real-Time connectivity of billions of
devices.

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 Applications

q Business – Shopping scenario

§ When entering the doors, scanners will
identify the tags on her clothing.
§ When shopping in the market, the goods will
introduce themselves.

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 Applications

§ When moving the goods, the reader will tell

the staff to put a new one.
§ When paying for the goods, the microchip of
the credit card will communicate with
checkout reader.

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 Applications

q Intelligent house
§ Remote monitor for smart house
§ Remote control for smart appliance

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 Applications

q Transportation
§ A network of sensors set up throughout a
vehicle can interact with its surroundings to
provide valuable feedback on local roads,
weather and traffic conditions to the car
driver, enabling adaptive drive systems to
respond accordingly

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IoT application
You name it, and you will have it in IoT
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Education – Partnership – Solutions
 How IoT Works?
Enabling
Technologies

RFID Sensor Smart Tech Nano Tech

To collect
To identify To enhance To make
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 Convergence of domains

q IoT breakthrough Innovation

§ E.g. Semantic Interoperability, Energy
Harvesting

q IoT Basic Research

§ E.g. Nano-Tech, Quantum Teleportation

q IoT Sustaining Innovations

§ E.g. Integration of Cloud Technologies
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 TECHNOLOGICAL CHALLENGES OF IoT
• At present IoT is faced with many challenges, such as:
Ø Scalability
Ø Technological Standardization
Ø Inter operability
Ø Discovery
Ø Software complexity
Ø Data volumes and interpretation
Ø Power Supply
Ø Interaction and short range communication
Ø Wireless communication
Ø Fault tolerance
 Why be concerned about IoT?
• It’s just another computer, right?
Ø All of the same issues we have with access
control, vulnerability management,
patching, monitoring, etc.
Ø Imagine your network with 1,000,000
more devices
Ø Any compromised device is a foothold on
the network
 Threat vs. Opportunity
• If misunderstood and misconfigured, IoT poses
risk to our data, privacy, and safety

• If understood and secured, IoT will enhance

communications, lifestyle, and delivery of services
 Recommendations
• Strengthen partnerships with researchers, vendors,
and procurement department
 THANK YOU!!

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