In the previous two articles, I described the hardware and software required to build an IoT device. These devices (the “Things” in the Internet of Things) are an essential part of an IoT system.

There’s an often-impenetrable alphabet soup of protocols, standards and technologies around the Internet of Things. Here’s our attempt to wipe away some of the fog, in the hopes of making the language ...

The Internet revolutionized how people communicate and work together. It ushered in a new era of free information for everyone, transforming life in ways that were hard to imagine in its early stages.

What’s in a name? A lot when you consider communication protocols such as LoRaWAN, Bluetooth, NB-IoT and more. Each has benefits and drawbacks for the Industrial Internet of Things. The best protocol ...

Terms can sometimes play tricks on the mind. Take EtherNet/IP, for example. Many people will read “IP” as internet protocol and think that EtherNet/IP refers to plain old, standard industrial Ethernet ...

Sponsored by IDT: Energy-constrained IEEE 802.15.4 sensors and devices will form a major portion of the IoT and must meet IPv6 protocols. 6LoWPAN will make that happen. Linking all kinds of different ...

Many IT people, who are unfamiliar with IPv6, believe the responsibility for IPv6 deployment falls on the network-teams. However, those who are knowledgeable about IPv6 realize the migration to IPv6 ...

Like many words in the English language, “network” and “protocol” have different meanings, depending on the context. In the context of digital communications, Merriam-Webster defines network as “a ...

It’s an important time for connectivity with artificial intelligence. You might say that 2024 was the year of finding out about AI’s agentic capabilities. Although you might argue that most execution ...

ENAV, the air navigation service provider (ANSP) for Italy’s air traffic control (ATC) system has established a new partnership where telecommunications company Nokia and cloud data networking ...