Chapter 2: Wireless IoT Fundamentals

The following sections are included:

• Chapter’s Learning Outcomes

• Nascent Technologies Relating to IoT

  • QoS and QoE

  • Sustainability Through Energy Conservation

  • Network Scalability and Network Agility

  • Network Tactility

  • Virtualisation and Hypervisor

  • Software-Defined Networking

  • Network Function Virtualisation

  • Network Slicing, Virtual EPC and NaaS

  • Big Data Analytics in IoT and AaaS

  • Basic Virtual Network Infrastructure

  • Cloud Computing

  • Fog Computing

  • Infrastructure Sharing and Cloud Telecom

  • Self-Organising Network (SON)

  • Cognitive Radio: AI-Enabled Networks

  • Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality

  • Check Your Understanding

• Core Principles of the Internet

  • Packet Switching

  • Internet Protocols (IP)

  • FLSM Subnetting in IPv4 Networks

  • VLSM and Classless Subnetting in IPv4

  • Classless Interdomain Routing (CIDR)

  • WAN Connectivity Technologies

  • Check Your Understanding

• Basic Electrical Networks in Wireless Networks

  • Parameters Describing Linear Electrical Networks

  • Filters

  • Antennas

  • Oscillators for Carrier Generation

  • Mixers

  • Amplifiers: LNA and TWTA

  • Duplexer

  • Diplexer and Splitter

  • Coupler

  • Check Your Understanding

• Review of Important Terms and Acronyms

• Supplementary Reading