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IoT Architecture: Challenges and Open Research Issues

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Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Smart Computing and Cyber Security (SMARTCYBER 2021)

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Over the past two decades, the number of connected devices has increased dramatically and resulted in profound changes in the world through delivering new services that shift the way people and businesses interact with their surroundings and improve the overall quality of life. Although many applications of IoT, to some extent, have become reality including smart car, smart home, smart city, smart grid, smart health, smart industry, smart agriculture, etc., IoT is still in its infancy stage. There are still many obstacles that need to be addressed for fully implementation of IoT applications and services. The biggest challenge associated with the IoT is building architecture that can deal with heterogeneous smart devices, networks, operating systems, protocols, applications, etc. in a dynamic environment. This paper presents the most common existing IoT architecture models and highlights the most significant challenges that IoT is currently facing from the architectural standpoint. The paper also discussed the open issues that are of high value to researchers and can guide them for future works in IoT architecture domain.

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  1. Kyungdong University, Goseong-gun, Gangwon-do, South Korea

    Baseem Al-athwari

  2. Islamic University of Technology (IUT), Gazipur, Bangladesh

    Md. Azam Hossain

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    Mangal Sain

  3. Smart Computing Department, Kyungdong University Global Campus, Gangwondo, Korea (Republic of)

    Ahmed A. Al-Absi

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Al-athwari, B., Hossain, M.A. (2022). IoT Architecture: Challenges and Open Research Issues. In: Pattnaik, P.K., Sain, M., Al-Absi, A.A. (eds) Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Smart Computing and Cyber Security. SMARTCYBER 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 395. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-9480-6_39

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