Internet of Things (IoT): A Review of Enabling Technologies, Challenges and Open Research Issues

The creation and introduction of the Internet to the world in the mid 90’s has played a huge role in impacting the way we live. It cannot go unnoticed that presently the world is evolving and at a fast pace. This evolution can be seen when we look at the way we do some basic activities now compared to how they were done before. From the way we work, our manner of driving and even the process of making purchases have evolved into easier methods. This is as a result of the Internet of Things. The Internet previously used to be about people networking between and among people but it has now transcended into things networking between and among people or other things. In other words, we can refer to the context of the Internet as a relationship or connection between people to people, people to things and things to things. Highly developed chips and sensors that carry valuable data are embedded in almost every tangible thing that surround us. This study aims at reviewing the various technologies that enable the Internet of Things, the challenges they are likely to face and suggest research issues.