×
Community Blog Introduction to Internet of Things (IoT) Network

Introduction to Internet of Things (IoT) Network

In this article, you will get some information on IoT network, including how to choose between eMTC and NB-IoT for your IoT network and how to connect IoT devices to IoT platform, and IIoT.

Features about Internet of Things (IoT) Network

With the development of IoT technology, the network has showed its importance to IoT devices. In this article, you will get some information of some features of the IoT network.

  1. UDP Network: There are two main transport layer protocols over IP: TCP and UDP. So far, TCP is crushing UDP. Practically everyone has heard of TCP/IP while only a minority of people know about UDP/IP.
  2. IP Network: The IP network can bring several obvious benefits to the Internet of Things.
  3. Co-Existing Network Topology in IoT: Based on the existing backbone network formed by Ethernet, it is likely that WSN/LPWA will have more and more applications in the Internet of Things. The low cost and low power consumption of WSN, combined with the low power consumption and wide coverage of LPWA, can cover a very wide range of IoT scenarios.

Challenges for Internet of Things (IoT) Network

In the development of IoT technology, many enterprises may face some challenges, like for IoT network. In this article, we will discuss about the challenges you may face for IoT network.

  1. Connectivity: Connectivity is the first concerning issue, i.e., how to connect devices to the Internet and the cloud computing platform. However, to a great extent, this is determined by the device application environment and the type of communication infrastructure provided to these devices.
  2. IoT security has always been a controversial issue. The first challenge to be considered is that security and privacy of IoT are fundamentally different from network security that we've known.

How to Build an IoT Network and Increase the Coverage

In this article, you will get some information on how to use javascript to build and IoT network and get some information on how to increase the coverage of your IoT network.

How to Choose Between eMTC and NB-IoT for Your IoT Network

eMTC (enhanced machine-type communication) and NB-IoT (narrowband Internet of Things) are two mobile IoT standards. Both the eMTC and NB-IoT mobile IoT network standards have often competed and created confusion over their application scope. In fact, both standards have distinct technical advantages and can work together, so there is no better choice. As a result, the competition is decided by who can reduce their module chip costs faster, who has a higher degree of commercialization, and whose network construction is better.

How to Connect IoT Devices to Alibaba Cloud IoT Platform

MQTT (Message Queuing Telemetry Transport) is a message protocol based on the TCP/IP protocol stack and supports asynchronous communication between the parties. MQTT separates the sender from the receiver in space and time, so it can be expanded in an unreliable network environment. Although it is called Message Queuing Telemetry Transport, it does not involve message queuing. It uses the publication and subscription model.

In this article, you will get some information on how to connect IoT devices to Alibaba Cloud IoT platform.

Intelligent Manufacturing in the IIoT Era

The transformation of capabilities of the existing production line is critical to intelligent manufacturing. For small- and medium-sized enterprises in China, only the combination of the industrial Internet with the IIoT can lead the way to intelligent manufacturing that fits their needs and is beneficial for them.

Related Documentation

Establish a connection between a device and IoT Platform

Alibaba Cloud IoT Platform provides device SDKs that allow devices to connect to IoT Platform. This article uses a sample program provided by IoT Platform to introduce how to connect the device to IoT Platform using the provided SDK.

Subscribe to device messages from IoT Platform

After a device is connected to IoT Platform, the device directly reports data to IoT Platform. Then, the data is forwarded to your server over an HTTP/2 connection. This topic describes how to configure the service subscription function. You can connect your server to an HTTP/2 SDK to receive device data.

Related Products

IoT Platform

Alibaba Cloud IoT Platform allows IoT companies stable communication between devices and the IoT Platform. Featuring nodes deployed globally, devices around the world can communicate with the IoT platform rapidly and with low latency. Alibaba Cloud IoT Platform also provides various security measures that guarantee individual device security as well as secure communication between devices and the IoT platform. Critical to Alibaba Cloud's IoT Platform is its data storage and processing capabilities which allow for the integration of APIs and other Alibaba Cloud services. Finally, Alibaba Cloud IoT platform is highly customizable, featuring a rules engine for rapid data collection, storage, and application development.

IoT Solutions

A cloud solution for smart technology providers to quickly build stable, cost-efficient, and reliable ubiquitous platforms

0 0 0
Share on

Alibaba Clouder

2,599 posts | 758 followers

You may also like

Comments

Alibaba Clouder

2,599 posts | 758 followers

Related Products

  • IoT Solution

    A cloud solution for smart technology providers to quickly build stable, cost-efficient, and reliable ubiquitous platforms

    Learn More
  • IoT Platform

    Provides secure and reliable communication between devices and the IoT Platform which allows you to manage a large number of devices on a single IoT Platform.

    Learn More
  • Link IoT Edge

    Link IoT Edge allows for the management of millions of edge nodes by extending the capabilities of the cloud, thus providing users with services at the nearest location.

    Learn More