Challenges in the Adaptation of IoT Technology

Abstract

At present, The Internet of Things (IoT) and its relevant technologies are moving towards the subsequent step of evolution where almost every object in our vicinity would be integrated with the internet allowing them to communicate and share data. This chapter begins with a brief overview of the core concept of IoT followed by various IoT based smart-environment, applications, and services areas of IoT in the smart environment. Despite the countless possibilities that IoT along with other emerging technologies has to offer, various hindrances will be encountered with such large number of devices connected to each other transmitting sensitive data. Several such challenges faced in the adoption of IoT in areas such as smart city development, smart education, healthcare and medicine sector, manufacturing, smart grid, agronomy and telecommunication are investigated next in this chapter. Blockchain technology is gaining popularity for its decentralization abilities and absence of intermediaries and hence can prove to be a panacea for the concerns related to the adaption of IoT. This chapter introduces the use of blockchain to address these challenges arising due to the centralized structure of IoT and the benefits of integrating blockchain with IoT environment. Keeping in mind the recent developments related to Covid-19 and the vulnerabilities caused henceforth, in the last segment of this chapter, we have briefly reviewed various domains where use of IoT can prove beneficial.