implement an internet of things access point. This access point can be accessed by smartphones,
laptops, and projectors to use the internet or local area networks.
When an access point is developed in a working system, you can integrate the internet of
things access point which is appropriate in a smart home for convenient development while also
ensuring that it also manages the access point and the gateway. Hence, the proposed internet
of things access point can help in saving consumption of energy and the hardware cost better
than an independent access point and gateway. In this IoT strategy, the internet of things access
point can be leveraged for smart spaces like to control the conventional TV automatically and
enhance the viewing experience. Similarly, it can be used with the air conditioner to cool and
warm the room for improved comfort.
Technical Depth and Challenges
Access points (AP) are generally known to get support for internet access in the form of Wi-Fi.
Often, the Internet access is not supported for handheld devices by the commercial gateways.
Instead, data exchange between two devices via the Intranets or Internets is supported by the
commercial gateways. If you compare gateway with it, the access point is more complex in terms
of hardware and firmware. As a consequence, a greater challenge is posed for embedding the
ZigBee protocol with an access point. The proposed internet of things access point is created on
the basis of conventional access point and hence borrows the advantages from an access point
while comparing the commercial gateways.
For instance, the internet of things access point oers Internet access for smartphones
along with a connection with the internet of things objects while ZigBee is used as a type of
interface for communication. You can create the internet of things access point for a solution
which has support for dierent hardware and firmware. For instance, the existing access point
hardware and firmware are usually compatible with the ZigBee protocol. In this chapter, we
explain how a ZigBee module is embedded and how the UPnP and ZigBee protocols are imple-
mented for the proposed internet of things access point. Some of the challenges you will have
to tackle with the recent IoT solutions are as follows.
Convenience
If you review the recent research and development in IoT then you can see that they used a
gateway for receiving the IoT devices’ sensing data and send it to the access point. The developed
internet of things access point integrates an access point and gateway’s main functions. This
can facilitate users with a convenient solution for the deployment of a smart home. Moreover,
it minimizes the hardware costs and reduces the deployment complex.
Efficiency
If you review the recent research and development then you can see that they used the gateway for
the collection of sensor data and sending it to an access point which uses Wi-Fi technology. But
if you use an access point and a gateway both, allocation is required for the wireless resource in
order to fulfill the extra requirements of data transmissions, increasing the contention issue, and
decreasing the throughputs. If you use the proposed internet of things access point, the sensor
data is sent to the data center or the data server through the Internet. This transfer is more ecient
because the access point and the gateway have been added into the internet of things access point.
Flexibility
Today, cities, particularly the capitals, need full coverage. This is provided mainly through the
Wi-Fi access points. For homes, full coverage is an absolute necessity because it is responsible
to power the mobile through internet access.
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