The Internet of Things

This book presents a selection of papers submitted to the 20th Tyrrhenian Workshop, which took place in September 2009 in Sardinia, Italy. The workshop focused on the "Internet of Things." This subject is quickly emerging in the wireless technology arena. It describes the pervasive presence of a variety of devices—such as sensors, actuators, and mobile phones—which, through unique addressing schemes, are able to interact and cooperate with each other to reach common goals. This novel paradigm, which originated from the idea of "smart" environments, will be sure to impact the future of logistics, Intelligent Transportation Systems, business and process management, assisted living, E-health, and other applications. The Internet of Things covers a wide array of essential topics related to this emerging paradigm, including infrastructures and applications, communication systems and network architectures, embedded systems, and location and tracking through navigation sensors. It also addresses the technological and social implications of this technology, as well as challenges that may arise.

Networking Issues
Objects Communication Behavior on Multihomed Hybrid Ad Hoc Networks	p. 3
Classification of Emerging Protocols in the Presence of Asymmetric Routing	p. 13
Performance Evaluation of Routing Protocols in WSNs Arranged in Linear Topologies	p. 27
A Distributed Procedure for IEEE 802.15.4 PAN Coordinator Election in Emergency Scenarios	p. 39
A Mobile Platform for Measurements in Dynamic Topology Wireless Networks	p. 49
Cluster-Based Irresponsible Forwarding	p. 59
Dynamic Spectrum Access Communications: Wavelet Modulation with Unequal Power Allocation	p. 69
Optimal Cross-Layer Flow-Control for Wireless Maximum-Throughput Delivery of VBR Media Contents	p. 79
A Secure MPLS VPN Infrastructure for Complex Geodata Sensor Network	p. 89
The Role of the Middleware
Making the Internet of Things a Reality: The WhereX Solution	p. 99
A Scalable Grid and Service-Oriented Middleware for Distributed Heterogeneous Data and System Integration in Context-Awareness-Oriented Domains	p. 109
InterDataNet: A Scalable Middleware Infrastructure for Smart Data Integration	p. 119
Convergence: Extending the Media Concept to Include Representations of Real World Objects	p. 129
Service Oriented Middleware Solutions for Emergency Communication Networks	p. 141
Localization and Applications
Localization Issues in a ZigBee Based Internet of Things Scenario	p. 157
Low-Complexity Audio Signal Processing for Localization in Indoor Scenarios	p. 167
Integrated GPS-Denied Localization, Tracking, and Personal Identification	p. 177
Design and Implementation of Smartphone Applications for Speaker Count and Gender Recognition	p. 187
Video Coding with Motion Estimation at the Decoder	p. 195
Inter-Vehicle Communication QoS Management for Disaster Recovery	p. 205
RFID and Sensor Networks Technologies
Beyond the ID in RFID	p. 219
Performance Characterization of Passive UHF RFID Tags	p. 229
Chipless Tags, the Next RFID Frontier	p. 239
Backscatter Communication Using Ultrawide Bandwidth Signals for RFID Applications	p. 251
Passive RFID Integrated Transponders for Automotive Applications	p. 263
Sensor-Oriented Passive RFID	p. 273
Performance Evaluation of UHF RFID Tags in the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain	p. 283
The Benefits of RFID and EPC in the Supply Chain: Lessons from an Italian Pilot Study	p. 293
RFID Data Analytics in Apparel Retail	p. 303
Towards the Future Internet of Sensors	p. 309
Energy and Distortion Minimization in “Refining” and “Expanding” Sensor Networks	p. 319
An IEEE 802.15.4 Wireless Sensor Network for Energy Efficient Buildings	p. 329
A Real Implementation and Deployment for Wine Production Management Based on Wireless Sensor Network Technology	p. 339
Performance Evaluation of an IEEE802.15.4 Standard Based Wireless Sensor Network in Mars Exploration Scenario	p. 349
The PECES Project: Ubiquous Transport Information Systems	p. 359
HYDRA: A Development Platform for Integrating Wireless Devices and Sensors into Ambient Intelligence Systems	p. 367
Probabilistic Information Dissemination for MANETs: The IPAC Approach	p. 375
Security and Privacy Issues
An Overview of Privacy and Security Issues in the Internet of Things	p. 389
Privacy Challenges in RFID Systems	p. 397
Security and Privacy Protection of Contactless Devices	p. 409
Private Location-Based Information Retrieval via k-Anonymous Clustering	p. 421
Index	p. 431
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