Harnessing the Internet of Things (IoT): A Review

Internet of Things (IoT) is an innovative idea which will transform the real world objects into intelligent virtual objects in the near future. The IoT enables user to identify everything in the world uniquely, take control over identified things (e. g. Lights, TV, Door Locks, Microwave, Coffee Maker etc.) and keep informed about the state of things. The term IoT describes several technologies and research disciplines which makes the internet reachable to every real world physical objects. This paper presents concept of IoT through systematic review of research papers. The main objective is to provide an overview of Internet of Things, its applications and operating system for IoT. Many other software services and hardware and network technologies for IoT and their usages are out of the scope of this paper.