Stands for information-centric networking is a methodology to develop the internet infrastructure away from the cloud-centric paradigm, based on constant connectivity and the end to end principle, to a computing network architecture in which the main point is data or information identified.
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Internet of Things: Evolution and Potential for Preserving and Enjoying Cultural Heritage
Imran Khan (Universiyty of Aveiro, Portugal),
Lídia Oliveira (University of Aveiro, Portugal), Ana Carla Amaro (University of Aveiro, Portugal), and
Ana Melro (University of Aveiro, Portugal)
Copyright: © 2021
|Pages: 25
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-6701-2.ch002
Abstract
The potential of IoT applications is now recognized, namely the use the IoT as a technological solution for societal challenges such as in health, education, industries, tourism, agricultural, and for this chapter concern, in cultural heritage dissemination. This chapter presents the different evolutionary phases of IoT and its different generations, first-generation experienced embedded things, second-generation a complex social web of things, and third-generation experience the autonomous social objects and cloud computing. This chapter analyzes the characteristics of IoT, for example interconnectivity, intelligence, heterogeneity, safety, monitoring and control, big data and analytics, information sharing and collaboration. Furthermore, this chapter describes the different usage of IoT scenarios applications in some specific areas, such as agriculture, cultural heritage, and tourism.