Internet of Things Dictionary

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2G
2G refers to the second generation of GSM-based mobile networks.

3.5G
The term 3.5G refers to a telecommunications speed that is between 3G and 4G as a result of technological advancements. These enhancements enabled quicker download speeds and decreased latency. High-Speed Downlink Packet Access is another name for it.

3G
additions to 3G (wideband code division multiple access [WCDMA]) that enable high-speed data extensions that go beyond the 384 Kbps downlink and 64 Kbps uplink given by standard WCDMA.

4G
The fourth generation of broadband cellular networks is known as 4G.

5G
5G refers to the fifth generation of mobile networks.

6 Lowpan
Low-power Wireless Personal Area Networks and Internet Protocol (IPv6)

802.15.4
IEEE 802.15.4 enables 50 kkps connection across subGHz frequencies (868 MHz and 915 MHz) at minimal power at the radio access layer.

A

Accelerometer
an apparatus used to detect movement in one direction

Access Control
A system that controls who, when, and where individuals can access and depart a place.

Access Point
A WiFi node that allows users to connect to a network, usually a LAN.

Acknowledgement
acknowledge message receipt

Actuator
a device that generates motion by transforming energy and signals entering the system

Additive Manufacturing
The technique of 3D printing involves the formation of successive layers of a substance.

Address of Device
An address is used for finding and contacting - "talking to."

Address Resolution Protocol
A communication protocol for converting an IP address.

Advanced encryption standard
standard for data encryption based on a public/private key scheme

Advanced Message Queueing Protocol
The Advanced Message Queuing Protocol (AMQP) is a free and open protocol for exchanging business communications between applications or organizations.

Advanced Metering Infrastructure
AMI is an architecture for automatic, two-way communication between an IP-enabled smart utility meter and a utility provider. It is a forerunner or early instance of an IIOT network. Its purpose is to supply utility providers with timely data on power use and to enable customers to make educated energy usage decisions based on the pricing at the time of use.

AES encryption
AES-256, which has a key length of 256 bits, supports the largest bit size and is practically unbreakable by brute force based on current computing power, making it the strongest encryption standard.

Alternate Beacon
A proximity beacon that is open and interoperable.

Amazon Web Services
a set of remote computing services that work together to build a cloud computing platform

Android Wear
An open source platform that extends the Android operating system to wearable devices.

Anomaly detection
The detection of outliers or unusual goods

Antenna Gain
the quantity of signal growth in one or more directions

Application Agents
They move intelligence to the network's edge to aid with traffic management.

Application Program Interface
A method for computers to communicate with hardware or software platforms.

Architecture
The underlying structure of a system

Arduino
A prototype microcontroller on a single board.

Assisted GPS
GPS is aided by cell data or another external source.

Authentication Key
3GPP-specified authentication key for cellular communication.

Automatic Deployment
Deployment automation is a software deployment strategy that enables businesses to boost velocity by automating build processes, testing, and deployment workflows for developers.

Automation
the process of carrying out a task or activity without the help of a person

B

Backend App
A backend is a program that allows computers and servers to communicate with one another.

Backhaul
the section of a network between the backbone and the various local networks

Bandwidth
the most data that may be transferred through a network route

Base Station Controller
command and control of one or more base transceiver stations (BTS)

Base Station Transceiver
a radio receiver with a single or several antennas

Beacon
Devices with a low cost that transmit a unique identification

Big Data
A massive collection of data that can be studied for patterns and trends.

Blockchain
A distributed database based on a transaction ledger.

Blue Tooth Low Energy
A wireless personal area network geared towards gadgets that consume less electricity.

Bluetooth Mesh
The incorporation of Bluetooth Low Energy technologies into a mesh topology

Body Area Network
Wearable computing device wireless network

Brillo
Google's fundamental operating system for the Internet of Things.

Broadband
This is a sort of high-speed data transmission in which a single cable may carry a large amount of data at once. It enables the rapid transmission of a large number of messages.

Brownfield
An IT environment where current systems must be evaluated

Business Logic
The application code that processes and executes the function

C

Card Not Present
The merchant never sees the real card during a credit transaction.

CBOR
Finally, application data is represented as IETF CBOR, a small binary format that is becoming increasingly popular in Internet of Things settings.

Cell
a geographical region covered by a base station's frequency

Cellular Network
a land-based mobile network made up of radios placed in cells

Chirp Spreas Spectrum
Open source data frames feature private data fields and a basic checksum.

Cloud
Computer storage and memory that is highly scalable

Cloud Communications
Third-party communication services are available.

Cloud Computing
Cloud computing refers to the on-demand availability of computer system resources, particularly data storage and computational power, without the user's direct active supervision.

Code Division Multiple Access
a multiple access strategy that uses direct sequence spread spectrum to communicate

Cognitive Radio System
Intelligent equipment that can scan radio frequencies to detect which ones are quiet and quickly select one

Companion Device
A companion device in wearables requires a parent device.

Competing Customers
A communications pattern in which several consumers receive messages from a single source.

Condition Monitoring
the technique of collecting data by monitoring a machine's characteristics

Connected Devices
The elements that comprise the Internet of Things

Connected Home
Home appliances, such as utilities, are linked to the internet.

Connected Products
look at the linked gadgets

Connectivity
the Edge Layer, which ensures that device communication does not break

Connectivity Protection
Application layer protocol utilized in devices with limited resources.

Constrained Application Protocol
Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP) is a web transfer protocol designed for usage with constrained nodes and networks in the Internet of Things.

Continuous Reception
A signal that is constantly active and ready to receive

Controller Area Network
A network for general control for robust vehicle bus standard designed to allow microcontrollers and devices to communicate with each other's applications without a host computer.

Credential
A record containing authentication information. It's the common term for both the username and the password.

Crowdfunding
A innovative mechanism for bypassing standard funding methods for innovators and businesses.

Cyber Physical Systems
Different sorts of systems apply digitally specified goals to the physical environment.

Cyber Security
It's a strategy for maintaining a secure internet presence

D

Dashboard
This phrase refers to any tool that may display a data collection in a simpler manner.

Data Center
a region where the majority of the computer's memory is stored

Data driven decision management
The process of gathering and evaluating relevant information in order to make business decisions.

Data Filtration
the Edge Layer, which decreases the quantity of data transferred

Dead Reckoning
Current position is calculated using velocity from a previously established position.

Dead Zones
Areas with little or no cellphone or online access

Deep Learning
To process information, neural networks use learning algorithms.

Degrees of Freedom
A MEMS engineering concept that explains the directions in which an item can travel.

Device Agnostic Control
the Edge Layer, which offers site abstraction so that the server may be site agnostic

Device Layer
The non-web Internet is referred to as the Device Layer.

Digital out of Home
DOOH (Digital out of Home) technologies contribute to Smart Cities as an advertising idea for dynamic displays.

Digital to Analog Decoder
a device that converts digital data to analog data

Digital Transformation
The use of technology to alter or create new methods of performing things.

Digital Twin
A digital twin is a virtual representation of real goods.

Direct Messaging
A message system in which the sender and recipient are physically linked.

Discontinuous Reception
a regular repetition of "sleep mode and wake up mode"

Discovery
a technique that allows an application to connect to the IoTode

Distributed Assets
assets that are spatially scattered and require particular characteristics to find

Distribution Automation
DA refers to the installation of intelligent controls on a utility's grid's distribution part, the system of local power lines and neighborhood substations, to enable real-time monitoring and intelligent control.

Domain Model
A domain model explains things that fall into a certain category.

Dotdot
Zigbee's open, worldwide language is known by this brand name.

Downtime
The amount of time a machine is out of commission.

DTLS
IETF DTLS establishes end-to-end AES encryption and authentication for security. As a consequence, all sensor and location data submitted to the database is kept private and secure. DTLS is a cutting-edge security protocol for the Internet.

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
a management protocol that governs the assignment of internet protocol (IP) addresses

E

Edge Computing
includes computing that takes place outside of the cloud

Edge Device
In an IoT environment, this refers to the hardware that regulates data flow.

Edge Gateway
a link between device analytics and cloud data processing

Edge Layer
the initial layer of communication to which devices connect before connecting to the server

Edison
Intel's development board is around the size of a regular SD card.

Embedded Device
A computer that performs a specific purpose within a broader mechanical or electrical system.

Embedded SIM
Universal Integrated Circuit Subscriber Identifier Module or Card integrated

Embedded Software
Code that executes on hardware microcontrollers. It often performs specialized low-level operations, frequently without the need of an operating system.

Encryption
The act of encrypting and decrypting data.

End Point
A device that can connect to the internet through a TCP/IP network.

Energy Harvesting
the process of obtaining energy from outside sources

EnOcean
Wireless energy harvesting technology

Enviromental Monitoring
The process of gathering and interpreting environmental data.

Ethernet
links wired LAN devices, allowing them to interact

F

Face Recognition
A technology that analyzes visual data and the differences between photos in a sequence.

Field Programmable Gate Array
An integrated circuit (IC) that is designed to be customized after it has been manufactured.

Firewall
a network security technology that keeps unauthorized users out of the network

Firmware-Over-The-Air
After product delivery, manufacturers can use mobile technology to wirelessly correct defects or remotely install new software, features, and services on mobile devices.

Fitness Band
Wearable activity tracker with sensors that are directly relevant to exercise.

Fleet Management
the management, control, operation, and handling of a fleet of commercial vehicles

Fog Computing
Fog Computing is a method of addressing networking backhaul.

Frame
The language in which a beacon communicates

Free Over The Air
Free-to-air television and radio shows are aired to the general public and can be viewed for free.

Full Duplex
concurrent two-way communication

G

Galileo
Intel Galileo is the first in a line of Arduino-certified development boards based on Intel x86 architecture and is designed for the maker and education communities

Gas Sensor
A specialized sensor detects certain gases.

Gateway
A device that accepts data from several places on the network and delivers data to another network.

General Packet Radio
A wireless standard for 2G and 3G cellular networks that supports data speeds ranging from 56 to 114 kbps.

General user interface
The graphical user interface, or GUI, is a sort of user interface that lets users to interact with electronic devices using graphical icons and audible indicators such as main notation rather than text-based UIs, written command labels, or text navigation.

Geo Fencing
A technology for defining virtual borders around a real place.

Geofence
A virtual boundary that is imposed to a real space

Geolocation
A broad phrase for "locating" a radio transceiver with another.

Geotagging
The process of assigning a location to a photograph.

Global Navigation Satellite System
is a common word for satellite navigation systems that provide autonomous geospatial location with worldwide coverage. A device having GNSS access ensures that technologies have constant accuracy, redundancy, and availability. If one satellite's link fails, another may be established in seconds, frequently without pauses or delays.

Global System for Mobile Communications
The most extensively used digital cellular network provides the foundation for mobile communication such as phone calls and SMS (SMS).

Google Cloud
Google Cloud is a collection of Google's public cloud computing services.

Gyrometer
A device that continually displays the number of revolutions of a revolving axis.

H

Half Duplex
two-way communication that is complementing

Hall Effect Sensor
The presence of a magnetic field is detected.

Hardware Agnostic
software systems that do not require the use of certain proprietary devices to be deployed

Haze Computing
analytics apps in which a data source application examines a pooled resource

Headless Car
an autonomous vehicle, referring to the fact that no one's head is visible in the driver's seat

Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning
These systems, which are associated with Refrigeration for HVACR, encompass both vehicle and interior comfort management.

Home Automation
Hardware and software that allow you to control and manage gadgets in your house.

Home Location Register
a database containing information on authorized subscribers

Hosts
Computers that offer (host) certain services

HSDPA
Downlink packet access at high speeds

Human Machine Interface
Devices and software that enable a user to operate a piece of equipment

Hybrid Cloud
A combination of public and private clouds

I

iBeacon
A network transmitter that communicates with systems through Bluetooth low energy.

IETF
The Internet Engineering Task Force is an Internet standards body in charge of the technical specifications that comprise the Internet protocol suite.

IETF RPL
The IETF RPL creates a mesh network in which wireless mesh routers may expand connectivity beyond the capabilities of a single radio link. Because the protocols are self-healing, they are ideal for deeply embedded applications.

If This Then That
The service and framework enable the collecting of conditional statements.

IIOT
the use of the Internet of Things in an industrial setting

In Vehicle Infotainement
Vehicle-integrated systems that provide both entertainment and information

Industrial Internet
Automation of sensor data and machine-to-machine communication in industry

Industrial Scientific and Medical band
An unlicensed portion of the radio frequency spectrum used for general data transmission.

Industrial, Scientific and Medial Band (US)
An unlicensed portion of the radio frequency spectrum used for general data transmission. The ISM bands in the United States are 915MHz, 2.4 GHz, and 5.5 GHz, with 2.4 GHz being the worldwide unlicensed frequency with growing quantities of interference.

Infastructure as a Service
Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) is a sort of cloud computing service that provides on-demand computation, storage, and networking resources on a pay-as-you-go basis. IaaS, along with software as a service (SaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), and serverless, is one of four categories of cloud services.

Infra Red Distance Sensor
Infrared technology is used to calculate distance from a target.

Infrastructure as a service
an IT capacity on-demand business model

Integrator
An integrator is a component whose output signal is the time integral of its input signal.

International Telecoms Union
The International Telecommunication Union is a United Nations specialized institution in charge of numerous issues including information and communication technology.

Internet 4.0
The Fourth Industrial Revolution, also known as Industry 4.0, envisions fast change in technology, industries, and social patterns and processes in the twenty-first century as a result of increased interconnection and smart automation.

Internet of Everything
IoE is a phrase used to represent a hypothetical future in which machine-to-machine (M2M) connections are practically ubiquitous, covering people, structures, vehicles, systems, and processes. Despite the name, it does not require a global web/internet connection.

Internet of Things
A network of things that can collect data independently and intelligently configure themselves.

Internet Protocol
IP is the primary set of digital communication formats and protocols for transferring messages between computers over a single network or a network network.

Internet Protocol 4
A variant of IP in which addresses are made up of 32 bits.

Internet Protocol 6
A new version of IP in which addresses are 128 bits long.

Internet Protocol Suite
protocols for establishing a network of networks to provide a host with Internet access

Interoperability
capacity of several systems and devices to function in unison

IOMT
Internet of Things applications in medical care, gadgets, and infrastructure

IOT Cloud Platform
a bundle of services that link the processes of cloud platforms and IoT

Isotropic Sensitivity
an antenna's sensitivity in all directions

J

Java Script Notation
Used as a lightweight alternative to XML for data organization.

L

Light emitting Diode
A semiconductor that produces light by electroluminescence.

Light Fidelity
A wireless communication method that communicates by visible light.

Lightweight Protocol
Any protocol with a smaller and leaner payload

Line of Sight
a line drawn from the observer's point of view to a distant location

Link Budget
An assessment of all wireless losses (e.g., antenna losses, building attenuation, propagation loss).

Local Area Network
A local area network (LAN) is a collection of computers and related devices that share a common communications line or wireless link to a server. A LAN connection is used by computers and mobile devices to exchange resources such as printers and network storage.

Long Range Communication Protocol
Used to refer to universal long-distance radio frequencies such as 3G, 4G, and 5G.

LoRA
LoRa is a physical radio communication method that is private. It is based on chirp spread spectrum technology and spread spectrum modulation methods.

LoRaWAN
Internally implemented LPWAN standard for IoT and M2M.

Low Power and Loss
consisting of embedded devices with low power, memory, and computational capability

Low power Devices
Electronics that are intended to consume less electricity than typical ones

Low Power Wide Area Network
designed primarily for M2M communications, with long-range and low-power usage

Low-Power Wireless Sensor Network
A collection of geographically dispersed, autonomous devices that collect data by measuring physical or environmental factors while using minimum electricity.

LPWan
A collection of spatially dispersed, independent data collection devices.

LTE
a mobile communications standard for 4G

LTE-M
LTE-M is a less energy-intensive variant of the LTE cellular radio technology.

M

Machine Learning
the usage and development of computer systems that can learn and adapt without explicit instructions, by analyzing and drawing conclusions from data patterns utilizing algorithms and statistical models

Machine to Machine
a network that allows linked devices to interact with one another

Machine to Machine Communication
M2M is a wide term that can refer to any technology that allows networked devices to communicate information and conduct activities without the need for human intervention. It is a fundamental idea in internet of things applications.

Mechatronics
Term derived from the terms "mechanical" and "electronics."

Media Acess Control
The MAC address, one of two sublayers of a network, is a unique identification.

Mesh Network
A network architecture in which a device sends data while also acting as a relay for other nodes.

Message Queuing Telemetry
A lightweight messaging system based on the TCP/IP protocol suite.

Messaging Protocol
The manner in which information is transported and conveyed among devices

Micro electro mechanical System
Microelectromechanical systems, also known as micro-electromechanical systems, as well as related micromechatronics and microsystems, are the technology behind microscopic devices, particularly those having moving elements.

Microcontroller
a single integrated circuit intended for embedded use

Mobile Network Operator
Companies that run conventional mobile networks

Modbus
an open, non-proprietary communications protocol that allows machines to speak with one another

Modem
a device that can modulate and demodulate, for example, digital data from a computer and an analog signal from a phone line

Mote
This is one way of referring to a "endpoint" in North America.

N

Narrow Band Radio
Narrowbanding refers to public safety and industrial/business land mobile radio systems transitioning from 25 kHz efficiency technology to at least 12.5 kHz efficiency technology.

NB-IOT
Non-LTE side band on decommissioned GSM spectrum

Near field communication
allows devices to communicate wirelessly with other adjacent systems

Neighbour Relation
A cell automatically delivers information about its nearest neighbor cell.

Neural Network
An algorithm for modeling complicated interactions between inputs and outputs.

NODE
A communication endpoint, a connecting point, or a redistribution point. The definition varies depending on the network and protocol layer in question. A network node is an active electronic device that is connected to a network and may create, receive, or send data across a communications channel.

Not Acknowledged
message not appropriately received

O

Open Source
Anyone is allowed to edit and share the code.

Operability
the evaluation of how effectively a software system performs

over the air services
a method for remotely upgrading internet-connected gear with fresh configurations.

P

Passive Infra Red Detector
Infrared is used to detect movement.

Penetration Testing
A pentest is a means of assessing a network's security.

Personal Area Network
PAN is the connectivity of information technology devices within a person's range. It can be used to communicate between personal devices or to connect to a higher-level network and the internet. Bluetooth devices frequently provide consumer PANs, such as between a phone and a speaker or television.

Phyiscal Layer
The physical layer (also known as layer 1) handles bit-level transmission between devices and allows for electrical or mechanical interfaces to connect to the physical media for synchronized communication.

Piezo Sensor
A crystal-based gadget that detects changes in force.

Platfiorm as a service
Platform as a service (PaaS) is a cloud computing approach in which a third-party supplier provides customers with hardware and software capabilities through the internet.

Power over Ethernet
permits electrical current for each device's functioning to be transmitted by data cables

Power over WiFi
Inactive WiFi hotspots can provide a steady stream of low-power transmissions.

Predictive Maintenance
Data obtained will aid in determining whether a machine is acting abnormally.

Private area Network
Access to a private personal area network is restricted.

programmable Logic controller
used to automate industrial control systems with real-time control needs

Proof of Concept
A proof of concept, also known as a proof of principle, is the implementation of a certain approach or idea in order to establish its practicality, or a demonstration in principle with the goal of demonstrating that a particular notion or theory has practical potential.

Proof of Value
Proof of value is a mix of a Proof of Concept (POC) and communication of a solution's predicted commercial value.

Propogator
intermediate branch network components that support the network architecture tree

Pulse Oximeter
A sensor that detects blood oxygen saturation.

Pyroelectric Detector
Flame or fire measurement and detection

Q

Quality of Service
QoS regulates network capabilities and resources in order to offer a dependable foundation for IoT connection. QoS may regulate delays, bandwidth, and packet loss by categorizing traffic and setting channel restrictions in order to provide secure and predictable services.

R

Radiated Power
the total quantity of energy emitted by an antenna

Radiation Sensor
Atomic radiation is detected using a specialized sensor.

Radio Frequecny
Radio frequencies When used in IoT talks, this word often refers to "wireless communication."

Radio Frequency Identification
A method of identifying items that employs electromagnetic coupling and radio frequency.

Rasberry PI
A personal computer the size of a credit card

Real Time Operating System
program that guarantees a job is completed within a specific time frame

Received Signal Strength Indicator
RSSI, or "Received Signal Strength Indicator," is a measurement of how well a signal from an access point or router can be heard by your device. It's a handy metric for assessing whether you have adequate signal to establish a good wireless connection.

Repeater
Repeaters extend the range of a transmission.

Representational State Transfer
A web standards framework, particularly for the HTTP protocol. In comparison to SOAP, it is intended to ease the design of network applications. An architecture for describing entities accessible by a Web Service so that they may be interacted with (Create, Read, Write, Delete). Has grown in popularity as a more efficient replacement for standard SOAP Web Services.

Return on investment
a performance metric used to assess the effectiveness of an investment

Role based Access Control
For security reasons, the procedure of restricting system access to approved users.

Rotation Sensing
A MEMS notion that refers to the measurement of how fast an item turns.

Router
A router is a physical or virtual device that connects two or more packet-switched computer networks.

S

Sensor
component that receives and responds to environmental physical input

Sensor Network
A network of sensors connected by a communications infrastructure

Short Message Peer to Peer Protocal
MPP, which stands for Short Message Peer-to-Peer Protocol, is a set of rules that allows devices and software programs to send and receive text messages over the internet.

Short Message Service Centre
SMSC is an abbreviation for short message service center. It is the component of a wireless network that allows short message service (SMS) connections between network devices. SMSCs are used to transmit communications from one device to another in text messaging and many Internet of Things applications.

Signal to Noise Ratio
The relative intensity of an electrical or other desired signal to background noise.

Single Board Computer
A full computer constructed from a single circuit board.

Smart Cities
A idea aimed at creating a more intelligent municipal infrastructure.

SMART CITY
A smart city is one that shares infrastructure, costs, data and policies across departments to understand the city as a whole. It improves livability, workability, and sustainability by utilizing information and communications technology (ICT).

Smart Grid
Grids that coordinate energy use and distribution

Smart Home
This term refers to the interconnection of household gadgets and systems.

Smart Meter
A gadget that gathers and transmits data on energy use (gas, electric)

Smartwatch
A wristwatch having a display that interacts with the wearer and can connect to a network.

Software as a service
SaaS is a software distribution paradigm in which a cloud provider hosts programs and makes them available to end customers through the internet. An independent software vendor (ISV) may contract with a third-party cloud provider to host the application under this arrangement.

Software Defined Hardware
Software-defined hardware refers to the mapping of applications to Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) as an alternative to the costly creation of application-specific SoCs. However, the phrase may also refer to any domain-specific programmable and customizable SoC that is tailored for a certain set of applications.

Software Defined Network
A network that decouples information flow control from hardware and gives it to software.

Software Development Kit
a set of libraries, tools, and procedures that enable users to construct software applications

Solar Voltaic Cell
Sunlight is converted into electrical electricity.

Store and Forward
A communications technique in which a broker acts as a middleman between the sender and the recipient.

Structural Attenuation
The loss of radio wave strength while passing through a material such as a brick wall.

Sub-GHz
Sub-GHz is named for the frequency range in which it works (Sub-GHz technology operates in a frequency band less than 1 GHz, usually around 920MHz).

Supervisory Control and Data
A factory monitoring and control hardware and software system

System on Chip
An integrated chip made up of electrical circuits from several computer components.

T

Telematics
the branch of information technology concerned with the transmission of digital data over large distances

Terminology
New Definition

Thread
A thread is the information required to satisfy a single user or a specific service request.

Time of Flight
The time-of-flight concept is based on determining how long it takes a wave to travel from a source (a time-of-flight sensor) to an item and back.v

TLS Connection
TLS (Transport Layer Security) is an internet technology that encrypts email for privacy and safe delivery.

TPM CHIP
TPM (Trusted Platform Module) technology is intended to provide hardware-based security functionalities. A TPM chip is a safe crypto-processor that performs cryptographic operations. The chip incorporates numerous physical security methods to prevent tampering, and malicious software cannot interfere with the TPM's security operations.

Transmission Control Protocol
A fundamental Internet communication protocol based on the client/server concept.

U

Ubiquitous Computing
A way of increasing computer usage by having many PCs available.

Ultra Violet Sensor
A ultraviolet or sunlight detector

Ultra-wide band
generates brief, narrow pulses and might be an appealing alternative for asset tracking

Universal Asynchronous Bus
A microchip that controls a computer's serial device interface.

Universal Mobile Telecommunications Service
It refers to the family of radio technology involved with third-generation (3G) cellular networks. UMTS provides higher capacity, more efficient use of the radio spectrum, and more advanced cellular capabilities than predecessors such as GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications).

User Datagram Protocol
User Datagram Protocol (UDP) is a data-transmission protocol used on the Internet. UDP promotes speed above dependability, sending data packets to a destination via a connectionless procedure. UDP is useful for time-sensitive use cases such as video streaming, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), video gaming, and Domain Name System (DNS) lookups because to its low latency.

V

Video Motion Detection
A system that analyzes visual data and the differences between photos in a sequence.

Virtual Entity
A data element that represents a physical object

Visitor Location Register
a database containing information on subscribers

W

Wearables
many sorts of sensors that are worn on a person's body

Weightless
A collection of open LPWAN wireless technology standards created exclusively for IoT.

Wi-Fi
A radio wave used in wireless local area networks to deliver high-speed network connectivity.

Wi-SUN
Wi-SUN is an extension of IEEE 802.15.4 that provides regulatory-compliant frequency hopping across several regions (EU & US). Frequency hopping is critical for ensuring strong communication independent of any deployment's interference profile.

Wide Area Local Network
a local Wi-Fi Network connected to the internet

Wide Area Network
A wide-area network (WAN) is a broadband network that allows communication across longer distances. It necessitates a high bandwidth and low latency. Utility use cases for WAN include AMI backhaul, CCTV, WiFi, and renewable resource integration.

Z

Z-Wave
A wireless protocol for home automation that uses a low-power radio to communicate.

Zigbee
An open wireless communication protocol that use low-power digital radio.

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