Proposing the need for a protocol standard for Internet of Things: Internet of Things water heater case study
Gareth A. Gericke, Nicolaas Johannes Luwes · 2017
The Internet of Things (IoT) is the communication of Internet-enable devices communicating their information to each other or servers with the future desire to manipulate or use this information. One could state that no true Internet of Things exists because the manipulation/use of the information is almost never autonomous. Programmed sequences have limited the potential for Internet of Things to distinguish itself from what already has been around for years, which is wireless communication between devices. This paper argues that for true IoT to exist, one would need a standard protocol and open IoT cloud. To prove the need for a standard protocol, a model of a water heater is developed and compared to an ideal IoT scenario. This paper suggest that an IoT protocol should include a hierarchy based system for: Identification of each Internet-enabled device, with importance given to relevance, location and user connections and data being organized by importance. The hierarchy protocol should then allow for any and all devices to create informed decisions on whether to use the devices information or not. This paper discusses a true IoT environment and to open the floor for the IoT community to start developing and working together on a general IoT protocol standard.