Daniel Giusto & Antonio Iera 
The Internet of Things [PDF ebook] 
20th Tyrrhenian Workshop on Digital Communications

Networking Issues.- Objects Communication Behavior on Multihomed Hybrid Ad Hoc Networks.- Classification of Emerging Protocols in the Presence of Asymmetric Routing.- Performance Evaluation of Routing Protocols in WSNs Arranged in Linear Topologies.- A Distributed Procedure for IEEE 802.15.4 PAN Coordinator Election in Emergency Scenarios.- A Mobile Platform for Measurements in Dynamic Topology Wireless Networks.- Cluster-Based Irresponsible Forwarding.- Dynamic Spectrum Access Communications: Wavelet Modulation with Unequal Power Allocation.- Optimal Cross-Layer Flow-Control for Wireless Maximum-Throughput Delivery of VBR Media Contents.- A Secure MPLS VPN Infrastructure for Complex Geodata Sensor Network.- The Role of the Middleware.- Making the Internet of Things a Reality: The Where X Solution.- A Scalable Grid and Service-Oriented Middleware for Distributed Heterogeneous Data and System Integration in Context-Awareness-Oriented Domains.- Inter Data Net: A Scalable Middleware Infrastructure for Smart Data Integration.- CONVERGENCE: Extending the Media Concept to Include Representations of Real World Objects.- Service Oriented Middleware Solutions for Emergency Communication Networks.- Localization and Applications.- Localization Issues in a Zig Bee Based Internet of Things Scenario.- Low-Complexity Audio Signal Processing for Localization in Indoor Scenarios.- Integrated GPS-Denied Localization, Tracking, and Personal Identification.- Design and Implementation of Smartphone Applications for Speaker Count and Gender Recognition.- Video Coding with Motion Estimation at the Decoder.- Inter-Vehicle Communication Qo S Management for Disaster Recovery.- RFID and Sensor Networks Technologies.- Beyond the ID in RFID.- Performance Characterization of Passive UHF RFID Tags.- Chipless Tags, the Next RFID Frontier.- Backscatter Communication Using Ultrawide Bandwidth Signals for RFID Applications.- Passive RFID Integrated Transponders for Automotive Applications.- Sensor-Oriented Passive RFID.- Performance Evaluation of UHF RFID Tags in the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain.- The Benefits of RFID and EPC in the Supply Chain: Lessons from an Italian Pilot Study.- RFID Data Analytics in Apparel Retail.- Towards the Future Internet of Sensors.- Energy and Distortion Minimization in “Refining” and “Expanding” Sensor Networks.- An IEEE 802.15.4 Wireless Sensor Network for Energy Efficient Buildings.- A Real Implementation and Deployment for Wine Production Management Based on Wireless Sensor Network Technology.- Performance Evaluation of an IEEE802.15.4 Standard Based Wireless Sensor Network in Mars Exploration Scenario.- The PECES Project: Ubiquous Transport Information Systems.- HYDRA: A Development Platform for Integrating Wireless Devices and Sensors into Ambient Intelligence Systems.- Probabilistic Information Dissemination for MANETs: The IPAC Approach.- Security and Privacy Issues.- An Overview of Privacy and Security Issues in the Internet of Things.- Privacy Challenges in RFID Systems.- Security and Privacy Protection of Contactless Devices.- Private Location-Based Information Retrieval via k-Anonymous Clustering.