Understanding Smart Cities

Imagine a city that has a nearly zero carbon footprint. It uses analytics to determine the best routes for electric mass transit systems, reducing traffic and carbon dioxide emissions.

Crime is low due to gunshot detection systems and facial recognition systems.

Large data sets and advanced analytics are used to deter criminals and help law enforcement patrol areas statistically most likely to have problems particular times of day or after certain events.

Utilities such as water, waste removal and electricity are administered efficiently, maximizing the cities resources and reducing costs to end users. Wireless network access blankets the city and works seamlessly as you move about your day.

If you need a permit, request records or interact with the government, it happens electronically and instantly. No more waiting in line, no more dealing with flash, flash, hundred yard dash.

It sounds lovely I’m sure. The vision for “Smart Cities” is something like the above depending on who you talk to. But what is a smart city and is the future it promises achievable?

A smart city, in short, uses networked devices and data analytics to harness the power of the “IoT” and “Big Data” in order to improve the lives of people who live in heavily populated cities.

Smart cities are important to the growth of the human race. As the population of those who live in urban environments explodes, the need for good planning and infrastructure is going to become critical. The world’s urban population has grown from 746 million in 1950 to 3.9 billion by 2014.

The term ‘smart cities’ has been increasingly used over the last few years and recently more-so than ever before. With a multitude of next generation wireless technologies such as Li-Fi, 5G, LoRa and network slicing being developed alongside the emergence of IoT (Internet of Things) our experience of large towns and cities is set to be enhanced considerably.

It’s very important that these wireless technologies are developed quickly to provide the infrastructure for so many of the proposed aspects of smart cities, such as connected cars, water-systems and transport systems.

The issue that developers currently face is the existing mobile and wireless infrastructure. 3G and 4G came before the real inception of IoT and smart devices so they lag behind considerably with the technologies required to support such a complex network.

In order to cater for the devices that make up for the anticipated $1.7 trillion spend that consumers will have made by 2020, network operators are going to need to improve their infrastructure.

This poses the question, what technologies are being proposed to cater for requirements of smart cities?

Network slicing

Network slicing is the process whereby network operators will be able to divide or ‘slice’ their networks depending on the requirements of its users.

To meet the needs of smart cities, smart services will rely on low latency to offer essential real-time and ultra-reliable connectivity and interactivity. For example, autonomous drones are going to need incredibly fast response times, but won’t necessarily require fast data rates.

On the other hand, things like cloud based services will be reliant on fast data rates, but not necessarily need low latency. This is where network slicing comes in. It will allow providers to “slice up” their 5G networks to meet the different requirements of different services.

Li-Fi

Li-Fi gets its name from its similarity to Wi-Fi, only it uses visible light rather than radio waves to connect to devices. Due to its nature, it can reach staggering speeds of up to 224 gigbits per second. Something that will be very useful within a high-speed, high-demand network.

One of the most obvious benefits of Li-Fi will be its ability to connect places where Wi-Fi can’t. It uses LED (Light-emitting diode) bulbs to bring very fast and reliable connectivity to users within its proximity.

LoRa

As we move towards smart cities, millions of low power sensors will replace wide area networks and connect to provide connectivity and interconnectivity for users moving within that space.

This is where LoRa comes in.

LoRa is a low power, low range wireless network platform which is secure, highly available and highly reliable. It has been developed specifically with IoT and smart cities in mind. Importantly, it is configured to work on multiple frequencies within the free radio spectrum, which allows for applications across very wide geographical areas and connecting both indoors and outdoors.

LoRa’s most compelling opportunity lies in its ability to connect and manage cities own sub-systems such as waste-management, agriculture, parking, lighting etc. By connecting simultaneously, it will provide the platform for easy, comprehensive management.

There is no denying smart cities will be a reality very soon and the 5G technologies behind them are sure to include an array of sophisticated technologies that will enhance and add to our existing infrastructure. When this will be fully operational across the world’s major towns and cities is unclear, but Li-Fi, LoRa and network slicing are sure to provide the foundations of the fast-approaching 5G future.

IoT – Challenges

With IoT, the concept of smart cities is rapidly gaining ground. Bolstered by bullish sentiments in the tech landscape (Cisco estimates 50 billion smart connected devices by 2020), the Indian government too has grand plans for developing 100 smart cities across the nation. Once it figures out the infrastructure and ecosystem within which a smart city will work, we will truly be on the path to having a fully functioning smart city.

The premise of better safety levels, decreased pollution, efficiency in energy utilization, and superior quality urban lifestyle, have placed the spotlight on what IoT can do to enable the concept of smart cities.

IoT systems are versatile and flexible enough to support and drive a huge range of local municipal goals and government objectives. Taking just one case in point – the use of sensors can bring about a remarkable change in the way collaboration happens across different regional, state level, or national level government departments. Then, there is the concept of smart grids that ensures optimal utilization of resources, prevents wastages and enables zero shortages of basic utilities like power and water supply.

Hence, the potential of IoT for smart cities is exciting for today and exhilarating for tomorrow.

Challenges with smart cities implementation with IoT

In order to achieve this goal, it is necessary that town planners factor in the below limitations of IoT with smart solutions:

1 – Vulnerable to hacks

Most of the connections with objects will be enabled through RFID and these are vulnerable to hacks. Enabling a hack-proof IoT ecosystem will ensure a faster realization of smart cities development.

2 – Security and privacy concerns

Right from your toaster and refrigerator to your TV and car will be connected in a smart city. This magnifies the risk of leaving privacy and security vulnerabilities open to hackers. By providing a secure access mechanism, this risk can be bought down significantly.

3 – Problems with interoperability

While open standards has been around as a concept for the last 25-30 years, nothing concrete has come out of it. Rather than using interoperable systems, we see a user taking a side (think Google and Apple in case of mobility) and then building an entire ecosystem around this. This limitation posed by interoperability too will pose a problem in the future.

The continued tech advancement has led to a spurt in the number of tools, resources, and devices that can facilitate the value derived from IoT. This in turn will propel the development of smart cities at an accelerated rate. Advantages like reduced traffic congestion, better transit ecosystem between two points, can be effectively driven by smart town planning associated with smart cities.

However, this can happen only with active long term support from technology expertise and infrastructure enablers. Here, partnerships with smart IT providers and IoT experts will provide the necessary building blocks needed for the municipal town planner’s accomplishment of the smart city dream.

That Thing About Internet

We are in the midst of one of the greatest shifts in manufacturing since the Industrial Revolution. At the heart of this disruption is the IoT. Smart connected products provide manufacturers incredible insight into how customers use products and services. This new level of understanding, combined with manufacturers’ deep product knowledge, is rapidly evolving business models and creating a competitive advantage. Manufacturers can use the data collected from IoT to lower costs, reduce downtime, improve future designs, and even push new features to equipment directly via the Internet. Forward-thinking manufacturers are using IoT to transform their business models by moving from one-time product transactions to ongoing product-as-a-service offerings. 

But what is IoT?

And how did it emerge as a game changer?

The Internet of Things allows objects to be sensed or controlled remotely across existing network infrastructure, creating opportunities for more direct integration of the physical world into computer-based systems, and resulting in improved efficiency, accuracy and economic benefit in addition to reduced human intervention.

When IoT is augmented with sensors and actuators, the technology becomes an instance of the more general class of cyber-physical systems, which also encompasses technologies such as smart grids, virtual power plants, smart homes, intelligent transportation and smart cities. Each thing is uniquely identifiable through its embedded computing system but is able to inter-operate within the existing Internet infrastructure. Experts estimate that the IoT will consist of about 30 billion objects by 2020.

The concept of a network of smart devices was discussed as early as 1982, with a modified Coke machine at Carnegie Mellon University becoming the first Internet-connected appliance, able to report its inventory and whether newly loaded drinks were cold. Mark Weiser’s seminal 1991 paper on ubiquitous computing, “The Computer of the 21st Century”, as well as academic venues such as UbiComp and PerCom produced the contemporary vision of IoT. In 1994 Reza Raji described the concept in IEEE Spectrum as ” small packets of data to a large set of nodes, so as to integrate and automate everything from home appliances to entire factories”.

Between 1993 and 1996 several companies proposed solutions like Microsoft’s at Work or Novell’s NEST. However, only in 1999 did the field start gathering momentum. Bill Joy envisioned Device to Device (D2D) communication as part of his “Six Webs” framework, presented at the World Economic Forum at Davos in 1999.

The term “The Internet of Things” was coined by Kevin Ashton in a presentation to Proctor & Gamble in 1999.  Ashton is a co-founder of MIT’s Auto-ID Lab.  He pioneered RFID use in supply-chain management.  He started Zensi, a company that makes energy sensing and monitoring technology.  He later sold the company to Belkin.  He has been involved in other startups, such as ThingMagic.  He is also the author of the book How to Fly a Horse: The Secret History of Creation, Invention, and Discovery.

In a 2009 article he wrote for RFID Journal, Ashton explained the term:

“The fact that I was probably the first person to say “Internet of Things” doesn’t give me any right to control how others use the phrase. But what I meant, and still mean, is this: Today computers—and, therefore, the Internet—are almost wholly dependent on human beings for information. Nearly all of the roughly 50 petabytes (a petabyte is 1,024 terabytes) of data available on the Internet were first captured and created by human beings—by typing, pressing a record button, taking a digital picture or scanning a bar code. Conventional diagrams of the Internet include servers and routers and so on, but they leave out the most numerous and important routers of all: people. The problem is, people have limited time, attention and accuracy—all of which means they are not very good at capturing data about things in the real world.

And that’s a big deal. We’re physical, and so is our environment. Our economy, society and survival aren’t based on ideas or information—they’re based on things. You can’t eat bits, burn them to stay warm or put them in your gas tank. Ideas and information are important, but things matter much more. Yet today’s information technology is so dependent on data originated by people that our computers know more about ideas than things.

If we had computers that knew everything there was to know about things—using data they gathered without any help from us—we would be able to track and count everything, and greatly reduce waste, loss and cost. We would know when things needed replacing, repairing or recalling, and whether they were fresh or past their best.

We need to empower computers with their own means of gathering information, so they can see, hear and smell the world for themselves, in all its random glory. RFID and sensor technology enable computers to observe, identify and understand the world—without the limitations of human-entered data.”

From a remote machine of coke which could report its inventory to a city which operate on itself,  IOT has indeed come a long way.

 Rediscovering life with IOT – Internet of Things

We all know how much IOT has changed our lives, and all for the better. Turning your living room lights off with one tap on your iPhone makes life so much easier.  IOT truly defines what having everything at the tip of your finger means. With growing demand for these applications in our lives, the supply also has to play the game of catch-up.

Here are 4 trending IOT applications you should invest your time in:

1. Smart Home

The highest ranked IOT application across channels has a rapidly increasing demand. More than 60,000 people look up the words “Smart Home” each month. This is the time to invest in these applications as their startup funding currently exceeds $2.5 billion. This includes well-known names such as Nest, AlertMe along with many multinational organizations like Philips, Haier and Belkin.

Smart Home apps: Nest, SmartThings, WeMo

2. Wearables

This is a hot topic in the smart tech industry right now. The Apple watch was a pioneer in this sector when it first launched in 2015. Wearables tend to excite users because they are small, portable and efficient. It is easy to observe how the biggest tech firms are increasingly investing in wearables, as this is the market to watch.

Wearable apps/products: Apple Watch, FitBit, Jawbone

3. Connected Car

Owing to the fact that the development cycles in the automotive industry typically take 2-4 years, connected cars are coming up slowly. Tech giants like Microsoft, Google and Apple have already announced connected cars platforms. More than that, some brave startups are also investing in this recipe for future success as they also want a piece of the this cake that is going to make them billions of dollars in the near future.

4. Smart City

Smart city spans a wide variety of uses, from traffic management to water distribution, to waste management, urban security and environmental monitoring. Its popularity is fueled by the fact that many Smart City solutions promise to alleviate real pains of people living in cities these days. IoT solutions in the area of Smart City solve traffic congestion problems, reduce noise and pollution and help make cities safer.

Current projects

The Indian Government is currently investing $15 billion in an urban renewal and retrofitting program with a mission to develop 100 cities all over the country making them citizen friendly and sustainable.

With today’s tech industry giants investing in these applications, it is clear that this is the future. Join the digital revolution and enjoy the benfits you’ll reap in just a few years time!

Designing Better IOT Products

The most happening “IT” topic near the office coffee machine has to be IoT (Internet of Things). Its applications and uses are growing by leaps and bounds. In the next decade, it would not only emerge as a game changer but also a life changer. Consumers too are taking to IoT very warmly. But designing consumer centric IoT products is a totally different ball game altogether. There are many things to pay attention to. Here are some tips your company can benefit from when designing IoT products for consumers:

1) Scope and Scale of the Design

As IoT grows in momentum day by day, it becomes imperative to launch a product that evolves at it grows. Stagnation of a product’s evolution brings its downfall. For example, in the world of hand gestures, a biometric device with just thumbprint will not suffice anymore. Something more radical will be needed to captivate users and gain market share. The IoT product has to progress with each new introductions in IoT technology. The advancement and the success of the product depend on its ability to walk hand in hand with technology.

2) Superior UX

Gone are the days when a company made products according to its own comfort, style, and design. Today, the main focus of every company should be to design and launch a product that provides a superior User Experience (UX). The user should be central to the product. The company should keep every minute detail in mind for a wholesome UX performance. Consumers today have multiple choices so they will only purchase a product that gives them complete satisfaction.

3) Focus on the overall experience

IoT experiences for users designed by businesses should follow certain guidelines for a fulfilling product success. We list some of these here:

• Integration of connections should support the content.
• These should support every type of brand interaction – from sales to loyalty development

These guidelines help the IoT systems to go beyond being a mere endpoint to full-fledged interaction ‘hotspots’

4) Better online-offline integration

According to a recent Accenture study, it was found that 82% of the people still prefer to buy from brick and mortar stores. So it’s necessary to integrate all the channels for a business to run seamlessly. Here IoT comes very handy. Some of the stores have started implementing IoT-specific technologies like RFID and magic mirrors. For example, a person walking in a store immediately gets all the sales and discount offers the store is currently running. The user also gets a bill on his mobile after checkout.

5) Factor in the security aspect

Security is the primary concern and fear of every consumer today. We routinely come across news of privacy issues, data leakages, and security breaches by hackers. The company should try to make sure that the components used in the product are of extremely high quality. Also, the company should protect the communication devices with highest level security which adheres to toughest certifications. The company can keep a full-time CISM (Certified Information Security Manager) to follow the protocols across the organization.

To sign off

These tips will help you make a better IoT product for your consumers which are easy to use for a layman, but smart enough to change the way he lives his life.

Advanatges Of IOT

Today, companies across scale and size are pushing the envelope with IOT adoption to stay relevant in an intensely competitive environment. While this technology is at a nascent stage but market sentiments are increasingly being optimistic towards IOT as a success enabler. Market analysts like Gartner are highly optimistic about IOT growth and penetration – from 8.4 billion connected things in 2017 to 20.4 billion by 2020.

What is Internet of Things?

Let’s give you a cue: Think how your standard phone has turned into a smartphone? How has a TV transformed into a smart TV? How has a lock transformed itself into a smart lock? Well, the innards remain the same. The internet has hit our lives in a never before way. It is actually making us addicted and connected. This is IOT in a nutshell.

How are companies benefitting from it?

To encourage digitization and to provide uninterrupted services to the customers, today more and more companies are leaning towards this technology. In the next few lines, we will discuss about the benefits that it provides:-

• It elevates the customer experience

Today, the companies are taking unusual steps to increase the customer experience and one among them is IoT. In the hospitality sector, IoT technology is playing a profound role. Some hospitality chains like Virgin Hotels, offer an app that helps the guest to control the TV or regulate the room’s thermostat. “With the Internet of things we are looking at ways devices interact with basic functionality at the hotel, “mentioned the vice president of sales and marketing for Virgin Hotels. Other hotel chains like Mariott are planning to join the similar bandwagon.

• It simplifies business

The Internet of Things has been a buzz word for various industries including airport, theme parks and a lot more. This technology offers the chance to streamline the cost of operations and helps the company to refocus on what the business actually needs. Don’t believe?  Here’s an example of a company that needs no introduction, Disney. Recently, it has launched a Magic Band initiative in Orlando, a network of internet ready sensors inside every object in the park that further help to simplify guest transportation to lodging to itinerary planning to reservations to dining.

• It improves productivity

Productivity largely depends upon the kind of technology that you have deployed. At least, the largest manufacturer of paints, Asian Paints believes in it. In a recent interview, with Harish Lade, the general manager Systems confirmed that they have leveraged IoT technology for its packing lines. Through it they can keep a track of the containers-like whether they are packed optimally, under packed (against the norms) or over-packed (means giving the product for free), thus giving a check towards the productivity levels.

Conclusion

IoT technology is poised to bring a change in various industries like retail, logistics, FMCG, etc. It is rightly quoted, “The Internet of Things has potential to change the world, just as the internet did. May be even more.”

How to make IOT

Internet of things (IoT) has proven to be a tremendous influencer in driving the fortunes of businesses across the globe. From kitchen appliances and coffee makers to security cameras and air quality sensors, every device or appliance now holds the potential to spew valuable data by connecting to machines or systems. The number of such connected devices too is set to witness a substantial jump in the next few years. Projections range from moderate (IHS predicts 30.7 billion connected devices by 2020) to aggressive (Intel projects 200 billion connected devices by 2020). Whatever the number, the truth remains that IoT is pervading our lives whether we are ready or not.

What can a company do for IoT analytics readiness?

Here is what a company can do:

1. Factor in the intricacies of an IoT environment

The IoT environment spans multiple networking architectures like 3G/4G and peer-to-peer networks. It also covers protocols like MQTT, CoAPP, or BLE. These intricacies of the IoT environment means that your IoT analytics planning needs to have the flexibility to scale up or down depending on the load of inbound data and analytics needed.

2. Gateway level IoT analytics is needed

Inter-connected devices can grow very big very quickly. Hence, rather than overloading servers and networks, some analytics need to be done at the edge, at the gateway level. This allows faster recognition of patterns to act upon.

3. Factor in uncertainty in variables

Variables like nodes failures due to low bandwidth, duplicate messages, and latency in data collection can alter your analytics plan substantially. Be prepared and more importantly, factor in these uncertainties into your IoT framework for better management of real-time data. This means re-configuration of components like algorithms and sequence based queries to ensure the correct proportion of inbound data coming in through IoT nodes.

4. Embrace the power of prediction

IoT implementations need to go beyond basic mathematical functions and bring in predictive analytics. This will yield amazing outcomes to sectors like proactive maintenance, fraud detection, and predictive healthcare. Machine learning too can be used to complement statistical models to see patterns and learn from it.

5. Have a Plan B ready

Because of the huge data explosion from multiple sources and connected devices, we are faced with a crucial question. “Do we know which data needs to be accessed and used, to know the ‘what’, ‘where’ and ‘how’ of connected devices?” IT admins will see a quick jump in the number of devices and things that will be accessed in the IT infrastructure. Hence you need to have a Plan B in place to ensure that such load spikes can be accommodated without compromising budgets or processes.

Going Autonomous

No more does the idea of autonomous cars seem as a bleak and elusive a dream for mankind. With the rapid development and advancement in technology, and the vast amount of money, time, and brainpower being spent into this idea; it can surely be said that in the forthcoming years, mankind will be blessed with fully autonomous cars. Today we look at a few trending stories in autonomous cars.

Tesla’s Autopilot

Tesla is much ahead in the run for development of autonomous cars and has already gifted the automotive industry with many advancements. For example, in October 2015, Tesla’s autopilot feature was introduced into their version 7 software, and it can very efficiently assist a driver. In January 2016, the 7.1 version software came with another autonomous update called the “summon” feature, which allows the self-parking of the cars without the presence of the driver in the car. Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, expects a fully autonomous vehicle to be ready to be used on-road by 2021.

Google’s Self Driving Car

Google self-driving car was a much-talked story of the year 2016. Since August 2012, the self-driving car, developed by Google, has successfully completed driving over 5,00,000 km accident-free. Later on, in May 2014, Google revealed a new prototype which allowed its driverless car to have no steering wheels, brake pedals, and gas pedals; thus making it a fully autonomous version. In December 2016, the technology behind the self-driving car of Google was given to a new autonomous car development company called Waymo. Uber’s autonomous Volvo cars gained much appreciation and popularity, but the autonomous tests were soon put to rest because of an accident in Arizona. But Uber has launched its Advanced Technologies Centre in Pittsburgh which is entirely focused on advanced research into self-driving cars and mapping technology.

Others join the convoy

Apart from these, there have been many other predictions and forecasts regarding the future of driverless cars. By the end of 2018, we can expect to see self-driving taxi developed by NuTonomy in Singapore, Google’s driverless cars back on the market, and a level-4 autonomous driving capacity technology by NVIDIA. Audi has announced that by 2020, driverless Audi’s will be available in the market. Ford will be offering fully self-driven vehicle, to be used by the people by 2021. Similarly, Volkswagen has assured the masses that by 2019, there would be a self-driving car in the market. Tesla’s first fully autonomous vehicle will be made available and ready to be used by the year 2021.

What does the future of self-driving cars look like?

The future of autonomous cars and vehicles will bring about a new era of personal transportation. Although the traditional IC engines will remain dominant in the automotive industry for a decade or so, sooner than we think, there won’t be need of human interference in automobiles. Massive amount of investment is being made by various automakers in this emerging field. The aim and future goal of various companies are now shifting towards developing a fully autonomous vehicle.

Thorough and extensive research is being done for bringing about advancements in various technical fields that are crucial to the development of autonomous cars. These include web networking, sensors, and software. Ford has been making much gossip regarding autonomous cars when it made a recent announcement where it showed what the future of its company’s automobile looks like. For starters, it was missing the steering wheels, brakes, and gas pedals.

To sin off we can say that disastrous accidents caused by human errors and distractions could be wiped out with the advent of a fully autonomous vehicle that can efficiently react to the environment and roadway hazards.

The Industrial Internet of Things

With automation storming the gates of  the manufacturing sector,IIOT is set to stake its claim in a much more impactful manner. IIOT is dynamic in the truest essence and is moving forward in a way that none of us imagined it would. Encouraged by Cloud Computing: Analytics, AI and Machine Learning have taken a prominent role in the industries today. It is no longer a doubt that IIOT is in the right gear and is now a proven game changer and not just a theoretical concept.

“What companies are hoping for is that they can get to a higher level where they have an opportunity to rethink their products,” Frank Gillett, vice president and principal analyst at Forrester Research explained.

We are constantly trying to scale new peaks in technology an din the process we have realized that IIOT will soon be a pivotal technology. Our team has gone the distance and captured the essence of IIOT. Here, we bring to you in a two part blog series, the trends we foresee with inculcation of IIOT.

1. Digital Twins: Much is being discussed about this innovation. It surely is unique in its approach and needs to be explored intensively. Every time there is a new product designed, it takes a lot of time to actually test the product and further fix the issues based on the shortcomings found. However, with this innovation, the wastage of time can be minimized. The innovation allows to create a digital copy which can used for simulation and testing purposes in a virtual world and then further commit to the production accordingly. One of the biggest benefits in using this is the fact that the previous details stored in the system can be used to gauge the performance and ascertain the related shortcomings and expected resources. Also, the data gathered real-time is applied for analytic activities which helps in improvising the overall product life cycle. The digital twin makes closed-loop design a feasible option throughout the life cycle of the product.

2. Edge computing: The growth of edge computing is now enabling devices to think on their own without having to depend on any instructions from an external source. It enables them to independently gather data, sort, filter and most importantly allows them to analyse and interpret the data for further action. The devices are capable enough to perform a particular set of tasks on their own along with communicating with other devices autonomously. The availability of the Edge devices and various networks are slowly bridging the gap and making operational technology easier. The attempt now is to connect these devices to the cloud systems so that businesses can perform better and make production processes smarter. Edge machines will have the intelligence to perform tasks on their own and hence can automate most of the industry processes.

3. AR/VR: As reported by Fast Company, it is the first time that investment in AR and VR companies has topped $1 billion in any year. The piece notes that “almost $800 million of the $1.1 billion investment in AR and VR this year went to one company: Magic Leap, but $300 million has already gone to smaller companies in the AR/VR services, hardware, advertising, distribution, and entertainment markets.” AR/VR is now being used for simulator-based training development that will impart the exact material on plant operations for the fresh employees. Mixed Reality technology such as Microsoft HoloLens are bringing experiences that are as good as real and making a difference that is striking and outstanding. This trend allows organisations to create their own virtual spaces that reflect their workspaces and helps the employees understand what they have to do in real-time. This experience is considered much better for training since the employees get to experience an almost real situation of their everyday work and is easy to develop skills that they lack since they understand the real environment.

4. MQTT:  MQTT is a Machine-to-Machine (M2M) data distribution technology that reduces network bandwidth consumption and is apt for remote sensing and control. The latest version is MQTT Version 3.1.1  which encourages SCADA system to access IIOT data. Since the technology is light-weight,  it is recommended for remote locations. It is a publishled protocol where information is enabled  by Edge devices. Clients are connected to the Broker and the information is passed on accordingly. With the subscription model whoever is connected gets to share the details as and when there is anything new updated on the system.

The future seems interesting!

Stay tuned for this blog where will discuss more trends in Part 2 of the blog.