What is a smart device? - a conceptualisation within the paradigm of the internet of things

Manuel Silverio Fernandez; Suresh Renukappa; Subashini  Suresh

doi:10.1186/s40327-018-0063-8

What is a smart device? - a conceptualisation within the paradigm of the internet of things

Manuel Silverio Fernandez, Suresh Renukappa, Subashini Suresh

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The Internet of Things (IoT) is an interconnected network of objects which range from simple sensors to smartphones and tablets; it is a relatively novel paradigm that has been rapidly gaining ground in the scenario of modern wireless telecommunications with an expected growth of 25 to 50 billion of connected devices for 2020 Due to the recent rise of this paradigm, authors across the literature use inconsistent terms to address the devices present in the IoT, such as mobile device, smart device, mobile technologies or mobile smart device. Based on the existing literature, this paper chooses the term smart device as a starting point towards the development of an appropriate definition for the devices present in the IoT. This investigation aims at exploring the concept and main features of smart devices as well as their role in the IoT. This paper follows a systematic approach for reviewing compendium of literature to explore the current research in this field. It has been identified smart devices as the primary objects interconnected in the network of IoT, having an essential role in this paradigm. The developed concept for defining smart device is based on three main features, namely context-awareness, autonomy and device connectivity. Other features such as mobility and user-interaction were highly mentioned in the literature, but were not considered because of the nature of the IoT as a network mainly oriented to device-to-device connectivity whether they are mobile or not and whether they interact with people or not. What emerges from this paper is a concept which can be used to homogenise the terminology used on further research in the Field of digitalisation and smart technologies.

Original language	English
Article number	3
Number of pages	10
Journal	Vizualization in Engineering
Volume	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/s40327-018-0063-8
Publication status	Published - 9 May 2018
Externally published	Yes

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smart devices
Internet of Things
Mobile devices
Digitalisation
Smart technologies

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