CN BLOG ( GROUP 4 )
Use of IoT in Networks Let’s look at the role that the network will play in IoT. The number of connected devices is expected to grow to 50 billion by the year 2020. There is a more bullish estimate of this – 200 billion by the year 2020. That would be anywhere between 6 and 24 devices for every person on earth. This will be accompanied by an increase in the global spending on IoT devices and services from $656 billion in 2014 to $1.7 trillion in 2020. Homes, cars and wearables are all getting smarter…sensors and modules will constitute close to 32% of everything that connects to the network. The IoT devices will be deployed in a variety of verticals like healthcare, energy, transportation etc. The characteristics of these devices vary significantly, and the network is uniquely positioned to support the requirements for these devices to function. The network will provide connectivity, power, policy, compute, security and manageability at scale to IoT deployments. Connectivit...