IoT Technologies for Embedded Computing: A Survey

Emergence of Internet-of-Things brings a whole new class of applications and higher efficiency for existing services. Application-specific requirements, as well as connectivity and communication ability of devices have introduced new challenges for IoT applications. This paper provides an overview of IoT technologies required from an embedded design perspective and specific properties associated with IoT in embedded systems' landscape. We investigate essential technologies for development of IoT systems, existing trends, and its distinguishing properties. By discussing the key characteristics, main application domains, and major research issues in IoT, this paper provides a comprehensive IoT perspective for embedded system design.