IoT and the Connected Home

According to Rathore et. al (2016), vehicular traffic information is the least significant source of data in a smart city.

Rathore et. al (2016) propose a 4-tier architecture to analyze IoT data in order to establish smart cities.

According to Rathore et. al (2016), this tier is responsible for handling data generation, collection and aggregation.

According to Rathore et. al (2016), this tier is responsible for communication between sensors, as well as between sensors and relay nodes.

According to Rathore et. al (2016), this tier is responsible for data processing.

According to Rathore et. al (2016), this tier represents the usage of the results of analyzed data and generation of reports.

According to Al-Fuqaha et.al. (2015), IoT devices in the connected home will be able to improve quality of life by automating related to personal lifestyle

According to Al-Fuqaha et.al. (2015), connected homes will never have to interact with the external environment

According to Hulme (2016), attacks against IoT devices may result in damage to the physical world

According to Gheorghe (2016), home gadgets do not have to worry about being overheard when transmitting sensitive data