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1 Introduction
The electronic revolution is a reality. Every day, more gadgets and appliances
are given the capability to interconnect and communicate using the internet. To
better understand the work done in this assignment, insight is needed into the
actual trends and problems internet connected devices face.
1.1 Internet of Things
The internet of things is a fairly new concept, yet it has become rapidly popular
in the last years. Even though an official definition for this term does not exist,
for this assignment it is defined as the attempt to equip all gadgets, objects and
appliances in the world with a way to connect and communicate between them
and the internet. To give a bit of perspective, refer to Figure 1-1, provided in a
study by Cisco [1]. The number of connected devices has already surpassed
the world population and bear in mind that 30 years ago, an internet connection
was not commercially available to the general public.
Figure 1-1: The Internet of Thing Evolution [1]
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