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Then moved to the current state called “social” or deployment of IPv6, power for sensors, and agreement
“experience” web, where companies like Facebook, on standards. Deployment of IPv6, The world ran out of
Twitter, and Groupon have become immensely popular IPv4 addresses in February 2010. While no real impact
and profitable by allowing people to communicate, has been seen by the general public, this situation has
connect, and share information (text, photos, and the potential to slow IoT’s progress since the potentially
video) about themselves with friends, family, and billions of new sensors will require unique IP addresses.
colleagues.By comparison, the Internet has been on a In addition, IPv6 makes the management of networks
steady path of development and improvement, but easier due to auto configuration capabilities and offers
arguably hasn’t changed much. It essentially does the improved security features. Sensor energy, For IoT to
same thing that it was designed to do during the reach its full potential, sensors will need to be self-
ARPANET era. For example, in the early days, there sustaining. Imagine changing batteries in billions of
were several communication protocols, including devices deployed across the planet and even into space.
AppleTalk, Token Ring, and IP. Today, the Internet is Obviously, this isn’t possible. While much progress has
largely standardized on IP. In this context, IoT becomes been made in the area of standards, more is needed,
immensely important because it is the first real especially in the areas of security, privacy, architecture,
evolution of the Internet—a leap that will lead to and communications. IEEE is just one of the
revolutionary applications that have the potential to organizations working to solve these challenges by
dramatically improve the way people live, learn, work, ensuring that IPv6 packets can be routed across
and entertain them. Already, IoT has made the Internet different network types. It is important to note that
sensory (temperature, pressure, vibration, light, while barriers and challenges exist, they are not
moisture, stress), allowing us to become more proactive insurmountable. Given the benefits of IoT, these issues
and less reactive. will get worked out. It is only a matter of time.

In addition, the Internet is expanding into places that This effort will require businesses, governments,
until now have been unreachable. Patients are ingesting standards organizations, and academia to work
Internet devices into their own bodies to help doctors together toward a common goal. Next, for IoT to gain
diagnose and determine the causes of certain diseases. acceptance among the general populace, service
Extremely small sensors can be placed on plants, providers and others must deliver applications that
animals, and geologic features, and connected to the bring tangible value to peoples’ lives. IoT must not
Internet. represent the advancement of technology for
technology’s sake; the industry needs to demonstrate
Imagine a small, wearable device that can detect a value in human terms. In conclusion, IoT represents the
person’s vital signs and send an alert to a healthcare
next evolution of the Internet. Given that humans
professional when a certain threshold has been reached,
advance and evolve by turning data into information,
or sense when a person has fallen down and can’t get knowledge, and wisdom, IoT has the potential to
up.
change the world as we know it today—for the better.
Several barriers, however, have the potential to slow

the development of IoT. The three largest are the

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