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Internet of Things (IoT)
4.9 Green IoT
Impact of IoT in the next few years will create a mass environment surrounded by sensors,
devices, and objects. By connecting physical objects and sharing information on the wireless medium, IoT plays a remarkable role in the growing world economy. Green IoT can be
placed in two perspectives. On the one hand, it encompasses approaches that can be taken
to cut carbon emissions and pollutions to enhance energy efficiency and on the other hand
it is a way to design energy-efficient computing devices, communication protocols, and
networking approaches for interconnecting devices [14].
4.9.1 Green ICT toward Green IoT
ICT is a platform which relates any application, technology related to information, and
communication which involves transmission. Green RFID is an approach to reduce the
size of the RFID tags which decreases the amount of nondegradable material used in
manufacturing. Energy-efficient algorithm should be applied to optimize tag estimation
and adjust transmission power. Green WSNs can be achieved by making sensor nodes
sleep during idle time. Boosting energy can be done through the environment sources
like harvesting, kinetic energy, through solar panels, and through vibrations. Energyefficient routing techniques can be applied using clustering approach and multipath
routing [15].
4.9.2 Future Work
The Green IoT can be incorporated with technology-based solar panels. More future
work has to be carried out in Green IoT. The IoT solutions should give a feedback on
energy usage and has to direct the user to efficiently allocate energy. Energy-harvesting
approaches should be carried out in the environment. Energy issues such as energy
harvesting and low-power chipsets are core to the development of IoT. Current
technology support is inadequate for processing power and energy limitations in the
near future.
Although many efforts have been placed in the advancement of IoT technologies,
Green IoT still faces many significant challenges in different aspects. More research has to
be carried out in this area.
4.10 Conclusion
The vision of IoT is an omnipresent range of devices leap to the internet in shaping human
life. The prospects and benefits of IoT on the global scenario places various challenges
related to technical and societal factors. Number of potential challenges, specifically in the
area of standardization, interoperability, legal rights, protection, and privacy, have to be
addressed for the benefit of people, society, and economy. Overcoming these challenges
in industry and academia will be a prevailing approach for network and communication
research to ensure that IoT is a powerful driving force in the future.
Internet of Things (IoT)
4.9 Green IoT
Impact of IoT in the next few years will create a mass environment surrounded by sensors,
devices, and objects. By connecting physical objects and sharing information on the wireless medium, IoT plays a remarkable role in the growing world economy. Green IoT can be
placed in two perspectives. On the one hand, it encompasses approaches that can be taken
to cut carbon emissions and pollutions to enhance energy efficiency and on the other hand
it is a way to design energy-efficient computing devices, communication protocols, and
networking approaches for interconnecting devices [14].
4.9.1 Green ICT toward Green IoT
ICT is a platform which relates any application, technology related to information, and
communication which involves transmission. Green RFID is an approach to reduce the
size of the RFID tags which decreases the amount of nondegradable material used in
manufacturing. Energy-efficient algorithm should be applied to optimize tag estimation
and adjust transmission power. Green WSNs can be achieved by making sensor nodes
sleep during idle time. Boosting energy can be done through the environment sources
like harvesting, kinetic energy, through solar panels, and through vibrations. Energyefficient routing techniques can be applied using clustering approach and multipath
routing [15].
4.9.2 Future Work
The Green IoT can be incorporated with technology-based solar panels. More future
work has to be carried out in Green IoT. The IoT solutions should give a feedback on
energy usage and has to direct the user to efficiently allocate energy. Energy-harvesting
approaches should be carried out in the environment. Energy issues such as energy
harvesting and low-power chipsets are core to the development of IoT. Current
technology support is inadequate for processing power and energy limitations in the
near future.
Although many efforts have been placed in the advancement of IoT technologies,
Green IoT still faces many significant challenges in different aspects. More research has to
be carried out in this area.
4.10 Conclusion
The vision of IoT is an omnipresent range of devices leap to the internet in shaping human
life. The prospects and benefits of IoT on the global scenario places various challenges
related to technical and societal factors. Number of potential challenges, specifically in the
area of standardization, interoperability, legal rights, protection, and privacy, have to be
addressed for the benefit of people, society, and economy. Overcoming these challenges
in industry and academia will be a prevailing approach for network and communication
research to ensure that IoT is a powerful driving force in the future.