JoWUA

Abstract

The Internet of Things (IoT) concept is used to define or reference systems that rely on the autonomous communication of a group of physical objects, being each one of them individually accessible and capable of taking decisions. Many of the IoT systems and technologies are relatively novel. There are still many untapped applications areas, numerous technical challenges and issues that need to be improved and broadly explored. The aim of this special issue is to provide the latest and most innovative contributions concerning Internet of Things, Big data, and Ubiquitous Computing Technologies that interoperate with the objective of solving problems, provide functionality, or optimize tasks. Initial proofs of the potential of the IoT and Future Internet paradigms are found in the integration of the real-world information in the Internet through smart objects. Smart objects are being extended to support and enable a huge amount of solutions based on cellular infrastructures and wireless sensor networks. Some examples of smart objects in our daily life are smart watches, smart phones, tablets, building automation sensors, security networks, access control systems, etc. Their flexibility and capabilities are being enhanced with the infrastructure capacities to provide an Internet access by means of a Machine-to-Machine communication paradigm, and using Wireless Sensors Networks provided with technologies such as IPv6 Low Power Wireless Personal Area Networks. The integration with the IPv6 Internet makes these devices and possible services more ubiquitous in different environments and globally accessible by systems and users.