Harnessing the Internet of Things (IoT) for a Hyper-Connected Smart World

Showcasing the diverse ways that IoT can be employed for improvement in many areas of contemporary life, this new volume explores a multitude of IoT applications that provide advanced solutions for real-world problems. The selection of topics includes network on chip as the new paradigm for system on chip integration for maintaining high performance for IoT applications; new router designs to increase speed; and the challenges of wireless underground sensor networks, which have a wide range of applications in military, underground sensing, testing soil traits and moisture content, pollution control and location detection, security, and detection of natural calamities. Various state-of-the-art techniques such as optimization schemes, blockchain, machine learning, orthogonal frequency division multiplexing, etc., are also discussed in the context of cognitive IoT. The volume considers the uses of IoT in agriculture, discussing challenges along with solutions with the help of the latest technical smart tools to uplift the farming community, specifically IoT applications for information gathering to improve yield productivity, food and crop quality and sustainability, monitoring toxic substances and soil properties, etc. The book also covers a broad spectrum of IoT applications in the educational industry along with the challenges associated with them and how to facilitate the use of smart classroom technology. A chapter on IoT in the healthcare industry presents an IoT-based GPS-enabled smart jacket design to monitor heart rate, sugar level, blood pressure, fever, and stress level. The authors also present an IoT-based Peltier air conditioner design that overcomes the limitations of existing HVAC framework, a review of various energy harvesting techniques to generate electrical power from non-conventional power sources with their merits and demerits, and much more. Explores diverse IoT applications for solutions for real-world problems in agriculture, education, worke Cover 1 Half Title 2 Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 About the Editors 6 Table of Contents 8 Contributors 10 Abbreviations 14 Acknowledgments 18 Preface 20 1. Design of NoC-Based High-Speed Processor to Suit IoT for a Hyper-Connected Smart World 26 2. Internet of Things (IoT) in Education 50 3. Innovation in Digital Farming: Relevance in the Present Scenario 72 4. An IoT-Based Smart Jacket for Health Monitoring with Real-Time Feedback 88 5. Cognitive Internet of Things, Its Applications, and Its Challenges: A Survey 116 6. IoT for Underground Communication Networks: A Review 140 7. Computational Intelligence-Based Energy Efficient Clustering Protocol for Underground Wireless Sensor Networks 164 8. Smart Industry Pollution Monitoring and Control Using the Internet of Things 184 9. Wireless Underground Sensor Networks 204 10. Energy Harvesting Techniques for Future IoT Applications 222 11. IoT-Based Peltier Air Conditioner 254 12. Aspects and Use of Digital Agriculture Using IoT 268 13. Smart Sensors for Digital Agriculture 284 Index 324 cognitive,Internet,of,Things;,Computational,Intelligence;,digital,farming;,electrical,power;,energy,harvesting,techniques;,energy-efficient,clustering,protocols;,heart,rate;,Industrial,pollution;,Internet,of,Things;,machine,learning;,network,on,chip;,Peltier,air,conditioner;,real-time,feedback;,smart,jacket;,smart,sensors;,structural,health,monitoring;,technological,innovations;,traditional,educational,system;,Underground,Wireless,Sensor,Networks;,wireless,underground,communication,networks cognitive Internet of Things,Computational Intelligence,digital farming,electrical power,energy harvesting techniques,energy-efficient clustering protocols,heart rate,Industrial pollution,Internet of Things,machine learning,network on chip,Peltier air conditioner,real-time feedback,smart jacket,smart sensors,structural health monitoring,technological innovations,traditional educational system,Underground Wireless Sensor Networks,wireless underground communication networks "Harnessing the Internet of Things (IoT) for Hyper-Connected Smart World explores a multitude of diverse IoT applications that provide advanced solutions for real-world problems. IoT offers tremendous potential to incorporate data-driven decision-making into every aspect of human activity, and this volume explores its use in agriculture, education, worker safety, health care, energy harvesting, and more. In addition, several chapters explore ways to improve and maintain higher performance in IoT. The diverse selection of topics addressed in the book include network on chip (NoC) as the new paradigm for system on chip (SoC) integration for maintaining high performance for IoT applications; new router designs to increase speed; the challenges of wireless underground sensor networks (WUSNs), which have a wide range of applications in military, underground sensing, testing soil traits and moisture content, pollution control and location detection, security, and detection of natural calamities. Various state-of-the-art techniques such as optimization schemes, blockchain, machine learning (ML), orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM), etc., are also discussed in the context of cognitive IoT. The volume elucidates on the uses of IoT in agriculture, discussing challenges along with solutions with the help of the latest technical smart tools to uplift the farming community, specifically IoT applications for information gathering to improve yield productivity, food and crop quality and sustainability, monitoring toxic substances and soil properties, etc. The book also covers a broad spectrum of IoT applications in the educational industry along with the challenges associated with them and how to facilitate the use of smart classroom technology. A chapter on IoT in the health care industry presents an IoT-based GPS-enabled smart jacket design comprised of smart sensors to monitor heart rate, sugar level, blood pressure, fever, and stress level. The authors also present an IoT-based Peltier air conditioner design that overcomes the limitations existing HVAC framework, a comprehensive review of various energy harvesting techniques to generate electrical power from nonconventional power sources with their merits and demerits, and much more. The book showcases the many ways that IoT can be employed for improvement in many areas of contemporary life. It will appeal to advanced students, practitioners, and researchers working in the field of IoT to integrate IoT with other technologies to develop comprehensive solutions to real-life problems."-- Provided by publisher Explores diverse IoT applications for solutions for real-world problems in agriculture, education, worker safety, health care, energy harvesting, and more. It also discusses ways to improve and maintain higher performance in IoT. Topics include network on chip, integration, new router designs to increase speed.