Zaigham Mahmood 
Connectivity Frameworks for Smart Devices [PDF ebook] 
The Internet of Things from a Distributed Computing Perspective

Part I:  Device Connectivity in the Internet of Things .- Securing Device Connectivity in the Industrial Io T.- Security Mechanisms for Connectivity of Smart Devices in the Io T.- Agent-Based Machine-to-Machine Connectivity Analysis for the Io T Environment.- Secure Inter-Vehicle Communication.-  Part II:   Architecture and Frameworks for the  Internet of Things .- A Resource-Oriented Architecture for the Io T.- Integration Approaches for the Io T Era.- Cooperative Device Cloud.- Towards Enabling Clouds for Io T.- Performance Optimization of Intelligent Home Networks.- Network Neutrality in the Io T.-  Part III:   Security Mechanisms for the Internet of Things .- Data Security and Privacy in the Io T Environment.- Access Control and Authentication in the Io T Environment.- Io T for Developing Smart Sustainable Cities.- Connectivity of Smart Devices.

Professor Zaigham Mahmood is a Senior Technology Consultant at Debesis Education UK and an Associate Lecturer (Research) at the University of Derby, UK. He also holds positions as Foreign Professor at NUST and IIU in Islamabad, Pakistan, and Professor Extraordinaire at the North West University Potchefstroom, South Africa. Prof. Mahmood is a certified cloud computing instructor and a regular speaker at international conferences devoted to Cloud Computing and E-Government. His specialized areas of research include distributed computing, project management, and e-government. Among his many publications are the Springer titles Data Science and Big Data Computing, Cloud Computing: Challenges, Limitations and R&D Solutions,  Continued Rise of the Cloud,  Cloud Computing: Methods and Practical Approaches,  Software Engineering Frameworks for the Cloud Computing Paradigm, and Cloud Computing for Enterprise Architectures.