3rd International Engineering Conference on Developments in Civil & Computer Engineering Applications (IEC2017)
Title: An Internet of Things Application through GPRS
Authors: Bakhtyar Maghdid Husain, Wrya Muhammad Ali Monnet
DOI: 10.23918/iec2017.17
Abstract: The Internet of Things (IoT) is an integration of information technology, communication and Internet technology in order to connect things to a systems and then peoples. These physical things surrounding us, are increasingly connected to the internet through sensors rendering them virtual. They can, hence, be monitored or controlled remotely. However, the internet connection is not available in all geographical areas. However, mobile wireless networks have better geographical coverage. In this work we present a way to connect the “things” to the Internet through the wireless technology General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) which covers wider geographical area and it can provide cellular internet network. We suggest an architecture for this application using a mobile phone, on the user side, with a specific application developed for the system and a GPRS modem, on the “thing” side, (here a lamp). The advantage of this architecture, from the automation aspect, with respect to a GSM automation, is that the latter consumes SMS for any command sent to or acknowledgments received from the “thing”. While the proposed system uses data transmission which can be unlimited for a given period depending on the commercial offers by the Internet Service Providers (ISPs).
Keywords: IoT, Modem, GPRS, Remote controlling.