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Communication Issues in the Internet of Things (IoT)

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This chapter presents the future Internet of Things from a communications and service viewpoint, showing the main directions in both the short and long term, and explaining different concepts, functions, usage, and related technologies.

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    Oladayo Bello

  2. Department of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of the District of Columbia, Washington, DC, 20008, USA

    Sherali Zeadally

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Bello, O., Zeadally, S. (2013). Communication Issues in the Internet of Things (IoT). In: Chilamkurti, N., Zeadally, S., Chaouchi, H. (eds) Next-Generation Wireless Technologies. Computer Communications and Networks. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5164-7_10

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