After introducing the main architectures and paradigms for the Internet of Things, the course focuses on the technologies and protocols at the access layer (including sensor, vehicular and cellular networks for machine-to-machine communication) and network layer (with particular emphasis on IPv6-based solutions), discussing the different solutions provided to meet the most relevant functional and non-functional requirements (including routing, quality of service, and mobility support).
The course then focuses on technologies and protocols at the service and application layers which enable the integration of embedded devices in web-based distributed as well as multimedia applications. Specific standard IoT platforms are considered, including OMA LWM2M and ETSI oneM2M.