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The rapid development of the IoT (Internet of Things) is bringing about a functional change of communication networks from “information transmission” to “information service”. First, the conception and characteristics of the IoT are introduced, i.e., an Internet of humans, machines, and things meant to achieve smart information services. Then, the technology requirements for realizing ubiquitous and smart information services are described. The corresponding key technologies are also discussed, including the integration of communications, computing and control technology (3C), heterogeneous network fusion theory and technology, intelligent sensor technology and short-distance networking theory, large-scale network transmission theory and technology, the network virtualization and intelligent computing technology geared toward information service, and the collaborative network system and service model geared to the application of the IoT. Finally, the development trends of information technologies and information networks in the next five to ten years are analyzed, and give some suggestions for main research areas to be explored and key issues to be resolved.
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ZHU Hongbo [corresponding author] received the B.S. degree in communications engineering from the Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, China and the Ph.D. degree in information and communications engineering from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, China, in 1982 and 1996, respectively. He is presently a Professor, and was a Vice-President at Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, China. He is also the head of the Coordination Innovative Center of IoT Technology and Application (Jiangsu), which is the first governmental authorized Coordination Innovative Center of IoT in China. He also serves as a referee or expert in multiple national organizations and committees. He has authored and co-authored over 200 technical papers published in various journals and conferences. Presently, he is leading a big group and multiple funds on IoT and wireless communications with current focus on architecture and enabling technologies for Internet of Things. His research interests include mobile communications, wireless communication theory, and Internet of Things. (Email: zhuhb@njupt.edu.cn)
YANG Longxiang is with the College of Communica-tions and Information Engineering, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, China. He is a Full Professor and a Doctoral Supervisor with NUPT. He has auteored and coauthored more than 100 technical papers published in various journals and conferences. His research interests include co-operative communication and network coding, wireless communication theories, key technologies of LTE (Long Term Evolution) mobile communication systems, ubiquitous networks, and Internet of Things. (Email: yan-glx@njupt.edu.cn)
ZHU Qi was born in 1965. received the M.S. degree in radio engineering from Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications in 1989. Now she is a professor in the Department of Telecommunication and Information Engineering, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Jiangsu, China. Her research interests include radio resource management communication.
JIN Shi received the B.S. degree in communications engineering from Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin, China, in 1996, the M.S. degree from Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, China, in 2003, and the Ph.D. degree in communications and information systems from the Southeast University, Nanjing, in 2007. He is currently with the faculty of the National Mobile Communications Research Laboratory, Southeast University. His research interests include space time wireless communications, random matrix theory, and information theory. (Email: jinshi@seu.edu.cn)
This work is supported by The National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) (NO.2013CB329005).
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Hongbo, Z., Longxiang, Y., Qi, Z. et al. Ubiquitous information service networks and technology based on the convergence of communications, computing and control. J. Commun. Inf. Netw. 1, 98–110 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03391549
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