Reference no: EM132205913

Assessment - Evaluation of IoT networks

Purpose of the assessment (with ULO Mapping) The purpose of the assignment is to compare the communication technologies for IoT and evaluate their performance.

Students will be able to complete the following ULOs:
b. Compare standards-based technologies used in various networks;
c. Test and evaluate various wireless networks performance;

Assignment Description

The Internet of Things IoT is rapidly growing in many application areas. The aim of IoT is to ensure that everything is connected to the internet using the Internet Protocol. This idea has the potential of making homes, cities, electric grids, among others, safer, more efficient, and easier to manage. The IoT faces several challenges, with security and privacy being the major concerns. To ensure security and privacy in IoT is extremely challenging with the constraints on the IoT enabled devices

For further reading, could refer to the article "Challenges of securing Internet of Things devices: A survey" [1]. The article is available on the Wiley platform, which could be easily accessed.

The assessment requires students to compare the communication technologies, which could be used with IoT enabled devices and evaluate their performance. The students are required to submit a report, which includes:

1. Comparison of the existing communication technologies for IoT by emphasizing on the use of sensor network and wireless technologies in terms of:

a. Band of Operation
b. Modulation techniques
c. Data rates
d. Nominal range of operation

2. Evaluate the network performance of the communication technologies for IoT and comment of how wireless technologies impact the performance

3. Identify and analyse the security and privacy issues in IoT, particularly the issue of securing its wireless system.

4. Propose a communication technology for IoT enable devices in a home network.