Motivation

The Internet of Things (IoT) refers to the billions of intelligent physical devices with some processing power and storage capacity, having unique identifiers which connect them to the Internet for collecting and sharing data. The main goal of IoT is to make secure, reliable, and fully automated smart environments e.g., buildings, smart homes, smart cities, smart healthcare, smart grids, smart agriculture, smart vehicles, etc. However, there are many technological challenges in deploying IoT. This includes connectivity and networking, timeliness, power and energy consumption dependability, security and privacy, compatibility and longevity, and network/protocol standards, etc., with respect to resource-constrained embedded sensors and devices.