Internet of Things： Objectives and Scientific Challenges

• Published in: Journal of computer science and technology Vol. 26; no. 6; pp. 919 - 924
• Main Author: 马华东
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston Springer US 01.11.2011; Springer Nature B.V; Beijing Key Lab of Intelligent Telecommunications Software and Multimedia,School of Computer Science, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, China
• Subjects: 973计划; Analysis; Artificial Intelligence; China; Communication; Communications networks; Computer architecture; Computer Science; Data exchange; Data Structures and Information Theory; Information management; Information Systems Applications (incl.Internet); Information technology; Interconnection; Internet; Internet of Things; IOT; IT行业; Personal computers; R&D; Research & development; Research projects; Sensors; Software Engineering; Studies; Theory of Computation; Trends; 互联网; 基础研究; 物联网; 科学问题; 网络空间; Internet of things; data exchange; information integration; service delivery; architecture
• ISSN: 1000-9000; 1860-4749
• DOI: 10.1007/s11390-011-1189-5

The Internet of Things （IoT） is aimed at enabling the interconnection and integration of the physical world and the cyber space. It represents the trend of future networking, and leads the third wave of the IT industry revolution. In this article, we first introduce some background and related technologies of IoT and discuss the concepts and objectives of IoT. Then, we present the challenges and key scientific problems involved in IoT development. Moreover, we introduce the current research project supported by the National Basic Research Program of China （973 Program）. Finally, we outline future research directions.