IoT architecture challenges and issues: Lack of standardization

Sarah A. Al-Qaseemi, Hajer A. Almulhim, Maria Almulhim, Saqib Rasool Chaudhry

2016 · 206 citations · 2 references

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TL;DR

The Internet of Things is rapidly evolving, attracting research attention to its design and architecture, yet it suffers from a fragmented ecosystem of languages, protocols, and standards that hampers interoperability across its layers. This study aims to identify IoT standardization challenges, review current standards, and propose technical solutions to address the fragmentation. The authors conduct a review of current IoT standards and propose technical solutions to mitigate standardization gaps.

Abstract

The rapid development of technology currently revolves significantly around Internet of Things (IoT) and expected to play an important role in coming days. IoT has become the focus of attention for many researchers to discover issues and challenges that related to its design and architecture. One of the many significant issues is the multitude of languages, protocols and standards, as well as the lack of agreement on which it works best for individual layers of the IoT. It does not have a single platform of standardization; it is changed due to the heterogeneity of connected things. This paper discusses Lack of Standardization issues, challenges and review existing state of the art standards to highlight and overcome it by presenting some technical solutions.

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