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Over the years, information technology (IT) has emerged as a key technology influencing developments in various civilian and military fields. Internet is at the heart of any IT architecture. Internet is the most valuable global resource which significantly impacts human life in general and social, economic and military activities in particular. At present, there are various apprehensions about security, interoperability and flexibility of the existing Internet ecosystem
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Please refer the document published by the Chief Information Officer from US DoD titled DoD Policy Recommendations for The Internet of Things (IoT), December 2016.
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Information on RFID has been collated from various web sources
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Based on concept notes and ideas floated during IEEE World Forum on Internet of Things conferences since 2014.
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This para and three and subsequent three paras are based on Goldstein [10].
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Lele, A. (2019). Internet of Things (IoT). In: Disruptive Technologies for the Militaries and Security. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 132. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3384-2_11
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