“Internet-of-Things applications in the industry, health-care, and environment”

The Internet of Things (IoT) has been considered by industries and research communities as an important element for wireless communications. It covers a wide range of applications, from telecommunications to the creation of smart communities, which improve many aspects of our daily lives. Internet of Things is powered by the latest advances in smart sensors, RFID, communication technologies and Internet protocols. This thesis provides an overview of the Internet of Things (IoT) according to application issues, enabling technologies and protocols. The following is an overview of some of the main challenges of the Internet of Things. The relationship between the Internet of Things and big data analytics and cloud computing and fog are also considered. Then, some IoT communication technologies have been studied in which Lora technology has been selected to be implemented in the tracking scenario. In the next steps, Lora is simulated in Matlab to be studied in terms of performance in the AWGN channel model with fixed gain (no fading).