物联网未来的希望？毕业论文.docx

Future? An Introduction
Louis COETZEE1, Johan EKSTEEN2
1Meraka Institute, CSIR, . Box 395, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa
Tel: +27 (012) 8413036, Fax: +27 (012) 841 4570, Email: louis.******@
2Microsoft South Africa and West, East, Central Africa & The Indian Ocean Islands,
. Box 5817, Rivonia, 2128, South Africa
Tel: +27 (082) 4670854, Fax: +27 (011) 361 7004, Email: jeksteen@
Abstract: The is a living entity, always changing and evolving. New
applications and businesses are created continuously. In addition to an evolving
, technology is also changing the landscape. Broadband connectivity is
ing cheap and ubiquitous; devices are ing more powerful and smaller with a variety of on-board sensors. The proliferation of more devices ing connected is leading to a new paradigm: the of Things. The of Things is driven by an expansion of the through the inclusion of physical bined with an ability to provide smarter services to the environment as more data es available. Various application domains ranging from Green-IT and energy efficiency to logistics are already starting to benefit from of Things concepts. There are challenges associated with the of Things, most explicitly in areas of trust and security, standardisation and governance required to ensure a fair and trustworthy open of Things which provides value to all of society. of Things is high on the research agenda of several multinationals as well as the mission and countries such as China. The research conducted is driving the creation of a useful and powerful of Things. The benefits of of Things to the developing and emerging economies are significant, and strategies to realise these need to be found.
Keywords: of Things, puting, broadband connectivity,
standardisation.
1. Introduction
Through numerous technology advances, society is moving towards an “always connected” paradigm. Networks (both wired and wireless) are everywhere, open standards are defined and rolled out (