1, Internet of Things: The Internet of Things is an important part of the new generation of information technology and an important development stage of the information age. Its English name is "Internet of things". As the name implies, the Internet of Things is the Internet where things are connected. This has two meanings:
First, the core and foundation of the Internet of Things is still the Internet, which is an extension and expansion network based on the Internet;
Secondly, its client extends to any object and exchanges and communicates information, that is, information between objects.
2. Principle: The Internet of Things is widely used in network convergence through intelligent perception, identification technology, pervasive computing and other communication sensing technologies, so it is called the third wave of world information industry development after computers and the Internet. The Internet of Things is the application expansion of the Internet. It is not so much a network as a business and application. Therefore, application innovation is the core of the development of the Internet of Things, and innovation 2.0 with user experience as the core is the soul of the development of the Internet of Things.
3. Key areas: RFID；;
Sensor network;
M2M；
The combination of industrialization and modernization.
4. Scope of use: The Internet of Things has a wide range of uses, covering intelligent transportation, environmental protection, government work, public safety, safe home, intelligent fire fighting, industrial monitoring, environmental monitoring, street lamp control, landscape lighting control, building lighting control, square lighting control, elderly care, personal health, flower cultivation, water system monitoring, food traceability, enemy situation investigation, intelligence gathering and so on.