Author(s)

Yuan Li, Yu Ding, Yakun Qie, Chuntian Zhang, Wai Chen and Shuai Ma

Corresponding Author

Yuan Li

ABSTRACT

The development of technologies in digitalization and intelligentization has ushered in new areas of opportunities for the Internet of Things (IoT). This paper presents an overview of the evolution trend of the IoT, analyzes and identifies the six characteristics of IoT evolution, and outlines the typical IoT applications, and on this basis delineates the development trend of the next generation IoT. This paper attempts to provide recommendations for the development of the IoT industry and related technical research.

KEYWORDS

Next generation IoT, evolutional characteristics, IoT applications