Internet of Multimedia Things (IoMT): Opportunities, Challenges and Solutions

• Published in: Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 20; no. 8; p. 2334
• Main Authors: Zikria, Yousaf Bin, Afzal, Muhammad Khalil, Kim, Sung Won
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 20.04.2020; MDPI
• Subjects: Access control; Adaptation; Artificial intelligence; Bandwidths; Energy efficiency; ICN; IIoT; Internet of Things; IoMT; IoT; Machine learning; Multimedia communications; Quality of service; Radio frequency identification; Real time; Sensors; Smart cities; Smart houses; Spectrum allocation; Traffic congestion; UWSN; Wireless access points; Wireless communications; Wireless networks; WSN; Edge Computing; Smart City; WSN; Smart Home; ICN; IIoT; VANETS; UWSN; SDN; IoMT; IoT
• ISSN: 1424-8220; 1424-8220
• DOI: 10.3390/s20082334

With the immersive growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) and real-time adaptability, quality of life for people is improving. IoT applications are diverse in nature and one crucial aspect of it is multimedia sensors and devices. These IoT multimedia devices form the Internet of Multimedia Things (IoMT). It generates a massive volume of data with different characteristics and requirements than the IoT. The real-time deployment scenarios vary from smart traffic monitoring to smart hospitals. Hence, Timely delivery of IoMT data and decision making is critical as it directly involves the safety of human beings. In this paper, we present a brief overview of IoMT and future research directions. Afterward, we provide an overview of the accepted articles in our special issue on the IoMT: Opportunities, Challenges, and Solutions.