Privacy-Preserving Information Fusion Technique for Device to Server-Enabled Communication in the Internet of Things:A Hybrid Approach

Due to the overwhelming characteristics of the Internet of Things(IoT)and its adoption in approximately every aspect of our lives,the concept of individual devices’privacy has gained prominent attention from both customers,i.e.,people,and industries as wearable devices collect sensitive information about patients(both admitted and outdoor)in smart healthcare infrastructures.In addition to privacy,outliers or noise are among the crucial issues,which are directly correlated with IoT infrastructures,as most member devices are resource-limited and could generate or transmit false data that is required to be refined before processing,i.e.,transmitting.Therefore,the development of privacy-preserving information fusion techniques is highly encouraged,especially those designed for smart IoT-enabled domains.In this paper,we are going to present an effective hybrid approach that can refine raw data values captured by the respectivemember device before transmission while preserving its privacy through the utilization of the differential privacy technique in IoT infrastructures.Sliding window,i.e.,δi based dynamic programming methodology,is implemented at the device level to ensure precise and accurate detection of outliers or noisy data,and refine it prior to activation of the respective transmission activity.Additionally,an appropriate privacy budget has been selected,which is enough to ensure the privacy of every individualmodule,i.e.,a wearable device such as a smartwatch attached to the patient’s body.In contrast,the end module,i.e.,the server in this case,can extract important information with approximately the maximum level of accuracy.Moreover,refined data has been processed by adding an appropriate nose through the Laplace mechanism to make it useless or meaningless for the adversary modules in the IoT.The proposed hybrid approach is trusted from both the device’s privacy and the integrity of the transmitted information perspectives.Simulation and analytical results have proved that the proposed privacy-preserving information fusion technique for wearable devices is an ideal solution for resource-constrained infrastructures such as IoT and the Internet ofMedical Things,where both device privacy and information integrity are important.Finally,the proposed hybrid approach is proven against well-known intruder attacks,especially those related to the privacy of the respective device in IoT infrastructures.

Dynamics modeling and optimal control for multi-information diffusion in Social Internet of Things

As an ingenious convergence between the Internet of Things and social networks,the Social Internet of Things(SIoT)can provide effective and intelligent information services and has become one of the main platforms for people to spread and share information.Nevertheless,SIoT is characterized by high openness and autonomy,multiple kinds of information can spread rapidly,freely and cooperatively in SIoT,which makes it challenging to accurately reveal the characteristics of the information diffusion process and effectively control its diffusion.To this end,with the aim of exploring multi-information cooperative diffusion processes in SIoT,we first develop a dynamics model for multi-information cooperative diffusion based on the system dynamics theory in this paper.Subsequently,the characteristics and laws of the dynamical evolution process of multi-information cooperative diffusion are theoretically investigated,and the diffusion trend is predicted.On this basis,to further control the multi-information cooperative diffusion process efficiently,we propose two control strategies for information diffusion with control objectives,develop an optimal control system for the multi-information cooperative diffusion process,and propose the corresponding optimal control method.The optimal solution distribution of the control strategy satisfying the control system constraints and the control budget constraints is solved using the optimal control theory.Finally,extensive simulation experiments based on real dataset from Twitter validate the correctness and effectiveness of the proposed model,strategy and method.

Fiber-Optic Sensors and Their Practical Research in the Internet of Things

With the rapid development of the Internet of Things(IoT)technology,fiber-optic sensors,as a kind of high-precision and high-sensitivity measurement tool,are increasingly widely used in the field of IoT.This paper outlines the advantages of fiber-optic sensors over traditional sensors,such as high precision,strong resistance to electromagnetic interference,and long transmission distance.On this basis,the paper discusses the application scenarios of fiber-optic sensors in the Internet of Things,including environmental monitoring,intelligent industry,medical and health care,intelligent transportation,and other fields.It is hoped that this study can provide theoretical support and practical guidance for the further development of fiber-optic sensors in the field of the Internet of Things,as well as promote the innovation and application of IoT.

A dynamic algorithm for trust inference based on double DQN in the internet of things

The development of the Internet of Things(IoT)has brought great convenience to people.However,some information security problems such as privacy leakage are caused by communicating with risky users.It is a challenge to choose reliable users with which to interact in the IoT.Therefore,trust plays a crucial role in the IoT because trust may avoid some risks.Agents usually choose reliable users with high trust to maximize their own interests based on reinforcement learning.However,trust propagation is time-consuming,and trust changes with the interaction process in social networks.To track the dynamic changes in trust values,a dynamic trust inference algorithm named Dynamic Double DQN Trust(Dy-DDQNTrust)is proposed to predict the indirect trust values of two users without direct contact with each other.The proposed algorithm simulates the interactions among users by double DQN.Firstly,CurrentNet and TargetNet networks are used to select users for interaction.The users with high trust are chosen to interact in future iterations.Secondly,the trust value is updated dynamically until a reliable trust path is found according to the result of the interaction.Finally,the trust value between indirect users is inferred by aggregating the opinions from multiple users through a Modified Collaborative Filtering Averagebased Similarity(SMCFAvg)aggregation strategy.Experiments are carried out on the FilmTrust and the Epinions datasets.Compared with TidalTrust,MoleTrust,DDQNTrust,DyTrust and Dynamic Weighted Heuristic trust path Search algorithm(DWHS),our dynamic trust inference algorithm has higher prediction accuracy and better scalability.

Age-Driven Joint Sampling and Non-Slot Based Scheduling for Industrial Internet of Things

Effective control of time-sensitive industrial applications depends on the real-time transmission of data from underlying sensors.Quantifying the data freshness through age of information(AoI),in this paper,we jointly design sampling and non-slot based scheduling policies to minimize the maximum time-average age of information(MAoI)among sensors with the constraints of average energy cost and finite queue stability.To overcome the intractability involving high couplings of such a complex stochastic process,we first focus on the single-sensor time-average AoI optimization problem and convert the constrained Markov decision process(CMDP)into an unconstrained Markov decision process(MDP)by the Lagrangian method.With the infinite-time average energy and AoI expression expended as the Bellman equation,the singlesensor time-average AoI optimization problem can be approached through the steady-state distribution probability.Further,we propose a low-complexity sub-optimal sampling and semi-distributed scheduling scheme for the multi-sensor scenario.The simulation results show that the proposed scheme reduces the MAoI significantly while achieving a balance between the sampling rate and service rate for multiple sensors.

Deployment Strategy of Wireless Sensor Networks for Internet of Things

This paper proposes an open hierarchical network architecture for the Internet of Things (IoT), which can provide a unified network topology by using heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs). With this proposed architecture, our research focuses on the optimal deployment strategy of the nodes on the convergence level. We aim at the maximization of the sub-network's lifetime while minimizing the deployment cost. Meanwhile, a novel metric named as the Ratio of Lifetime to Cost (RLC) is proposed to estimate the efficiency of convergence nodes deployment. Simulation results indicate that the proposed deployment algorithm can achieve the optimal number of convergence nodes. The proposed deployment strategy is able to achieve a balanced tradeoff between the network lifetime and the deployment cost.

Mining Data Correlation from Multi-Faceted Sensor Data in Internet of Things

Sensors are ubiquitous in the Internet of Things for measuring and collecting data. Analyzing these data derived from sensors is an essential task and can reveal useful latent information besides the data. Since the Internet of Things contains many sorts of sensors, the measurement data collected by these sensors are multi-type data, sometimes contai- ning temporal series information. If we separately deal with different sorts of data, we will miss useful information. This paper proposes a method to dis- cover the correlation in multi-faceted data, which contains many types of data with temporal informa- tion, and our method can simultaneously deal with multi-faceted data. We transform high-dimensional multi-faeeted data into lower-dimensional data which is set as multivariate Gaussian Graphical Models, then mine the correlation in multi-faceted data by discover the structure of the multivariate Gausslan Graphical Models. With a real data set, we verifies our method, and the experiment demonstrates that the method we propose can correctly fred out the correlation among multi-faceted meas- urement data.

Development of a Low-Cost Internet-of-Things (IoT) System for Monitoring Soil Water Potential Using Watermark 200SS Sensors

Soil moisture monitoring is one of the methods that farmers can use for irrigation scheduling. Many sensor types and data logging systems have been developed for this purpose over the years, but their widespread adoption in practical irrigation scheduling is still limited due to a variety of factors. Important factors limiting adoption of soil moisture sensing technology by farmers include high cost and difficulties in timely data collection and interpretation. Recent developments in open source microcontrollers (such as Arduino), wireless communication, and Internet-of-Things (IoT) technologies offer opportunities for reducing cost and facilitating timely data collection, visualization, and interpretation for farmers. Therefore, the objective of this study was to develop and test a low-cost IoT system for soil moisture monitoring using Watermark 200SS sensors. The system uses Arduino-based microcontrollers and data from the field sensors (End Nodes) are communicated wirelessly using LoRa radios to a receiver (Coordinator), which connects to the Internet via WiFi and sends the data to an open-source website (ThingSpeak.com) where the data can be visualized and further analyzed using Matlab. The system was successfully tested under field conditions by installing Watermark sensors at four depths in a wheat field. The system described here could contribute to widespread adoption of easy-to-use and affordable moisture sensing technologies among farmers.

An Energy-Efficient Protocol for Internet of Things Based Wireless Sensor Networks

The performance of Wireless Sensor Networks(WSNs)is an important fragment of the Internet of Things(IoT),where the current WSNbuilt IoT network’s sensor hubs are enticing due to their critical resources.By grouping hubs,a clustering convention offers a useful solution for ensuring energy-saving of hubs andHybridMedia Access Control(HMAC)during the course of the organization.Nevertheless,current grouping standards suffer from issues with the grouping structure that impacts the exhibition of these conventions negatively.In this investigation,we recommend an Improved Energy-Proficient Algorithm(IEPA)for HMAC throughout the lifetime of the WSN-based IoT.Three consecutive segments are suggested.For the covering of adjusted clusters,an ideal number of clusters is determined first.Then,fair static clusters are shaped,based on an updated calculation for fluffy cluster heads,to reduce and adapt the energy use of the sensor hubs.Cluster heads(CHs)are,ultimately,selected in optimal locations,with the pivot of the cluster heads working among cluster members.Specifically,the proposed convention diminishes and balances the energy utilization of hubs by improving the grouping structure,where the IEPAis reasonable for systems that need a long time.The assessment results demonstrate that the IEPA performs better than existing conventions.

Information freshness optimization of multiple status update streams in Internet of things:Generation rate control and service rate reservation

The Internet of things(IoT)has become a key infrastructure providing up-to-date and fresh information for policy analysis and decision-making of upper-layer applications.However,there are limited sensing and communication resources in IoT devices,which significantly affects the timeliness and freshness of the updated status.This work proposes two schemes,namely,the generation rate control and service rate reservation schemes,to improve the overall information freshness of multiple status update streams at the receiver.Specifically,using the recently proposed Age of Information(AoI)as the metric for evaluating information freshness,we characterized the overall information freshness,i.e.,the overall average AoI at the receiver for both schemes,by considering the urgency difference of status update and streams.Both schemes for status updates and streams,respectively,were formulated as two optimization problems.We proved that both problems are convex and the optimal generation and service rates for different streams are found by the standard convex optimization algorithm.Moreover,we proposed both approximate optimal generation and approximate optimal service rate for fast deployment in heavy and light load cases.Numerical results verify the theoretical findings and accuracy of the proposed approximate solutions,guiding the design and deployment of IoT.

Network Learning-Enabled Sensor Association for Massive Internet of Things

The massive Internet of Things(IoT)comprises different gateways(GW)covering a given region of a massive number of connected devices with sensors.In IoT networks,transmission interference is observed when different sensor devices(SD)try to send information to a single GW.This is mitigated by allotting various channels to adjoining GWs.Furthermore,SDs are permitted to associate with anyGWin a network,naturally choosing the one with a higher received signal strength indicator(RSSI),regardless of whether it is the ideal choice for network execution.Finding an appropriate GW to optimize the performance of IoT systems is a difficult task given the complicated conditions among GWs and SDs.Recently,in remote IoT networks,the utilization of machine learning(ML)strategies has arisen as a viable answer to determine the effect of various models in the system,and reinforcement learning(RL)is one of these ML techniques.Therefore,this paper proposes the use of an RL algorithm for GW determination and association in IoT networks.For this purpose,this study allows GWs and SDs with intelligence,through executing the multi-armed bandit(MAB)calculation,to investigate and determine the optimal GW with which to associate.In this paper,rigorous mathematical calculations are performed for this purpose and evaluate our proposed mechanism over randomly generated situations,which include different IoT network topologies.The evaluation results indicate that our intelligentMAB-based mechanism enhances the association as compared to state-of-the-art(RSSI-based)and related research approaches.

A Green Paradigm for Internet of Things: Ambient Backscatter Communications

Internet of Things (IoT) has attracted extensive interest from both academia and industries, and is recognized as an ultimate infrastructure to connect everything at anytime and anywhere. The implementation of IoT generally faces the challenges from energy constraint and implementation cost. In this paper, we will introduce a new green communication paradigm, the ambient backscatter (AmBC), that could utilize the environmental wireless signals for both powering a tiny-cost device and backscattering the information symbols. Specifically, we will present the basic principles of AmBC, analyze its features and advantages, suggest its open problems, and predict its potential applications for our future IoT.

Internet of Things (IoT): A Literature Review

One of the buzzwords in the Information Technology is Internet of Things (IoT). The future is Internet of Things, which will transform the real world objects into intelligent virtual objects. The IoT aims to unify everything in our world under a common infrastructure, giving us not only control of things around us, but also keeping us informed of the state of the things. In Light of this, present study addresses IoT concepts through systematic review of scholarly research papers, corporate white papers, professional discussions with experts and online databases. Moreover this research article focuses on definitions, geneses, basic requirements, characteristics and aliases of Internet of Things. The main objective of this paper is to provide an overview of Internet of Things, architectures, and vital technologies and their usages in our daily life. However, this manuscript will give good comprehension for the new researchers, who want to do research in this field of Internet of Things (Technological GOD) and facilitate knowledge accumulation in efficiently.

Multidiscipline Applications of Triboelectric Nanogenerators for the Intelligent Era of Internet of Things

In the era of 5G and the Internet of things(IoTs),vari-ous human-computer interaction systems based on the integration of triboelectric nanogenerators(TENGs)and IoTs technologies dem-onstrate the feasibility of sustainable and self-powered functional systems.The rapid development of intelligent applications of IoTs based on TENGs mainly relies on supplying the harvested mechanical energy from surroundings and implementing active sensing,which have greatly changed the way of human production and daily life.This review mainly introduced the TENG applications in multidisci-pline scenarios of IoTs,including smart agriculture,smart industry,smart city,emergency monitoring,and machine learning-assisted artificial intelligence applications.The challenges and future research directions of TENG toward IoTs have also been proposed.The exten-sive developments and applications of TENG will push forward the IoTs into an energy autonomy fashion.

Joint Optimization on Energy and Delay for Target Tracking in Internet of Things

Network and communications models are built for target tracking and pursuing in the Internet of Things (IoT).According to these models,two tracking schemes which jointly optimize the pursuing energy and delay are proposed.The merits of these schemes are that they can enhance energy efficiency of both the pursuing route and communication in the network.Moreover,experimental results are provided to demonstrate the benefits of the proposed schemes which will be used as optimization schemes for the IoT tracking service.

A Formal Testing Model for Operating Room Control System Using Internet of Things

Technological advances in recent years have significantly changed the way an operating room works.This work aims to create a platformto solve the problems of operating room occupancy and prepare the rooms with an environment that is favorable for all operations.Using this system,a doctor can control all operation rooms,especially before an operation,and monitor their temperature and humidity to prepare for the operation.Also,in the event of a problem,an alert is sent to the nurse responsible for the room and medical stuff so that the problem can be resolved.The platformis tested using a Raspberry PI card and sensors.The sensors are connected to a cloud layer that collects and analyzes the temperature and humidity values obtained from the environment during an operation.The result of experimentations is visualized through a web application and an Android application.The platform also considers the security aspects such as authorization to access application functionalities for the Web and the mobile applications.We can also test and evaluate the system’s existing problems and vulnerabilities using the IEEE and owasp IoT standards.Finally,the proposed framework is extended with a model based testing technique that may be adopted for validating the security aspects.

Energy Efficiency in Internet of Things:An Overview

Energy efficiency is very important for the Internet of Things(IoT),especially for front-end sensed terminal or node.It not only embodies the node’s life,but also reflects the lifetime of the network.Meanwhile,it is also a key indicator of green communications.Unfortunately,there is no article on systematic analysis and review for energy efficiency evaluation in IoT.In this paper,we systemically analyze the architecture of IoT,and point out its energy distribution,Furthermore,we summarized the energy consumption model in IoT,analyzed the pros and cons of improving energy efficiency,presented a state of the art the evaluation metrics of energy efficiency.Finally,we conclude the techniques and methods,and carry out a few open research issues and directions in this field.

Architecture of Power Internet of Things

In a smart grid system, utilizing Internet of Things technologies is an important approach to speed up the level of informatization of the system, and it is beneficial for effective management of the power grid infrastructure. Based on the construction and development features of the smart grid in China, this paper introduces the architecture of Power Internet of Things (PIoT), advanced technologies of PIoT, and the applications of PIoT in power generation, transmission, transformation, distribution and consumption in the smart grid.

Research on Intelligent Agricultural Planting System Based on Internet of Things Technology

Agriculture is the basic industry that concerns the national economy and people’s livelihood. In the process of transforming to modern agriculture, the traditional agriculture in our country faces the problems of ensuring the quality of agricultural production, adjusting agricultural industrial structures, improving the low production efficiency and low utilization rate of resources, and environmental pollution, thus it cannot meet the needs of sustainable agricultural development. Therefore, the research on intelligent agriculture technology is imperative. This paper analyzes the key technologies of Internet of things applied in the intelligent agriculture, presents the application of Internet of things technology in agricultural planting system, constructs the intelligent agricultural planting system based on the Internet of things technology, and designs the framework of the management platform.

A Systematic Review on the Internet of Medical Things:Techniques,Open Issues,and Future Directions

IoT usage in healthcare is one of the fastest growing domains all over the world which applies to every age group.Internet of Medical Things(IoMT)bridges the gap between the medical and IoT field where medical devices communicate with each other through a wireless communication network.Advancement in IoMT makes human lives easy and better.This paper provides a comprehensive detailed literature survey to investigate different IoMT-driven applications,methodologies,and techniques to ensure the sustainability of IoMT-driven systems.The limitations of existing IoMTframeworks are also analyzed concerning their applicability in real-time driven systems or applications.In addition to this,various issues(gaps),challenges,and needs in the context of such systems are highlighted.The purpose of this paper is to interpret a rigorous review concept related to IoMT and present significant contributions in the field across the research fraternity.Lastly,this paper discusses the opportunities and prospects of IoMT and discusses various open research problems.