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What happens to messages for durable subscriptions when a subscriber disconnects?
What happens to messages for durable subscriptions when a subscriber disconnects?
Which Quality of Service (QoS) level ensures that a message is delivered exactly once?
Which Quality of Service (QoS) level ensures that a message is delivered exactly once?
What is the purpose of a Last Will and Testament (LWT) in MQTT?
What is the purpose of a Last Will and Testament (LWT) in MQTT?
Which protocol primarily focuses on message delivery and reliability?
Which protocol primarily focuses on message delivery and reliability?
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What is the main difference between CoAP and MQTT in terms of communication model?
What is the main difference between CoAP and MQTT in terms of communication model?
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What is one of the primary focuses of the first week of the IoT course?
What is one of the primary focuses of the first week of the IoT course?
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Which of the following technologies is primarily related to Week 4's focus on sensor networks?
Which of the following technologies is primarily related to Week 4's focus on sensor networks?
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During which week do students learn about IoT cloud integration and sensor fusion?
During which week do students learn about IoT cloud integration and sensor fusion?
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What is a key feature of MQTT that is discussed in the course?
What is a key feature of MQTT that is discussed in the course?
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What essential concept is introduced in Week 2 regarding human-computer interaction in IoT?
What essential concept is introduced in Week 2 regarding human-computer interaction in IoT?
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Which of the following describes an aspect of cloud computing as defined in the course?
Which of the following describes an aspect of cloud computing as defined in the course?
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In the context of IoT, what is a persistent session in MQTT?
In the context of IoT, what is a persistent session in MQTT?
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What aspect of IoT is significantly addressed in Weeks 5 and 6?
What aspect of IoT is significantly addressed in Weeks 5 and 6?
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Which HTTP method is primarily used to delete a resource on a server?
Which HTTP method is primarily used to delete a resource on a server?
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What is the purpose of an HTTP response header?
What is the purpose of an HTTP response header?
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Which of the following accurately describes a PUT request?
Which of the following accurately describes a PUT request?
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In the context of REST architecture, what does a resource represent?
In the context of REST architecture, what does a resource represent?
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Which HTTP status code indicates that a request was handled without error?
Which HTTP status code indicates that a request was handled without error?
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What does an OPTIONS request typically provide?
What does an OPTIONS request typically provide?
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Which of the following URLs correctly identifies a resource in a RESTful manner?
Which of the following URLs correctly identifies a resource in a RESTful manner?
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If a client issues a HEAD request, what type of response can be expected?
If a client issues a HEAD request, what type of response can be expected?
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What is a key characteristic of REST as an architectural style?
What is a key characteristic of REST as an architectural style?
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What does the query parameters in a GET request typically allow?
What does the query parameters in a GET request typically allow?
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What is the primary advantage of virtualization?
What is the primary advantage of virtualization?
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Which cloud model provides a complete solution including applications?
Which cloud model provides a complete solution including applications?
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What does the term 'middleware' refer to?
What does the term 'middleware' refer to?
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How does cloud computing provide flexibility and elasticity?
How does cloud computing provide flexibility and elasticity?
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What does the acronym HTTP stand for?
What does the acronym HTTP stand for?
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Which of the following describes dynamic content?
Which of the following describes dynamic content?
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What does IaaS stand for in the context of cloud services?
What does IaaS stand for in the context of cloud services?
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What is the role of a hypervisor in virtualization?
What is the role of a hypervisor in virtualization?
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Which of the following describes a URL?
Which of the following describes a URL?
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What is an example of an IaaS provider?
What is an example of an IaaS provider?
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What is a key advantage of CoAP over traditional HTTP?
What is a key advantage of CoAP over traditional HTTP?
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Which of the following describes a Confirmable message in CoAP?
Which of the following describes a Confirmable message in CoAP?
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What was one of the original goals in designing the MQTT protocol?
What was one of the original goals in designing the MQTT protocol?
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How does MQTT handle the relationship between subscribers and publishers?
How does MQTT handle the relationship between subscribers and publishers?
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What does CoAP utilize for message transmission to reduce overhead?
What does CoAP utilize for message transmission to reduce overhead?
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What is a feature of the message structure in MQTT?
What is a feature of the message structure in MQTT?
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Which message type in CoAP is sent to indicate that a Confirmable message was received but lacks processing context?
Which message type in CoAP is sent to indicate that a Confirmable message was received but lacks processing context?
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What makes MQTT suitable for unreliable networks?
What makes MQTT suitable for unreliable networks?
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In the context of CoAP, what does asynchronous communication mean?
In the context of CoAP, what does asynchronous communication mean?
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Which feature of MQTT allows clients to filter the messages they receive?
Which feature of MQTT allows clients to filter the messages they receive?
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Study Notes
Internet of Things (IoT) Course Overview
- Week 1: Fundamentals of IoT, basic concepts, applications; Basic Python & Raspberry Pi programming
- Week 2: Human-computer interfaces, sensing, actuation; Sensor programming, control loops, digital/analog I/O
- Week 3: Fundamentals of computer and wireless networks; Wi-Fi and Bluetooth networks, network measurements
- Week 4: Sensor networks, mesh networks, routing, WPANs; ZigBee, WPANs, WBANs, routing, network measurements
- Week 5: Processing, IoT cloud, analytics, visualization; IoT cloud integration, sensor fusion, analytics, visualization
- Week 6: RFID, IoT ecosystem, security, privacy, ethics, case studies; Final project (CoAP, MQTT)
MQTT Essentials
- MQTT is a lightweight publish/subscribe messaging protocol
- Key parts: Broker, Subscribers, Publishers
- Goals: Simple implementation, Quality of Service Data Delivery, Lightweight & Bandwidth Efficient, Data Agnostic, Continuous Session Awareness
- Use cases: Proprietary embedded systems, IoT, enterprise scale deployments, hobby projects
- Message types: Publishes, Subscribes, Unsubscribes, QOS (Quality of Service), retained messages, persistent sessions, message queues.
- Topic filtering: Namespace hierarchy structures used to filter topics; messages can be sent to specific topics.
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Topics use
/separators; examples:/home/rooms/kitchen/temperature - Durable/Transient Subscriptions: Durable subscriptions buffer messages for clients disconnecting and reconnecting, and transient subscriptions are tied to connection lifecycles.
- QoS levels: 0 (unreliable), 1 (at least once), 2 (exactly once)
- Session Awareness: Clients maintain their connection status and last will and testament (LWT) topics are published on disconnections.
- Protocol Stack: MQTT layer over TCP/IP, potentially over SSL for securing communications
CoAP
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What is CoAP?
- A RESTful protocol built for constrained devices (IoT & M2M applications)
- Supports both synchronous and asynchronous communication
- Specialized for M2M (machine-to-machine) applications.
- Easy to proxy to/from HTTP
- CoAP message types: Confirmable (requires ACK), Non-confirmable (no ACK needed), Acknowledgement (ACKs Confirmable messages), Reset (indicates a Confirmable message has been received but context is missing for processing).
- Comparison with MQTT: One-to-one communication vs. many-to-many—UDP/IP vs. TCP/IP; unreliable vs. reliable, lightweight vs. higher overheads in protocols and processing.
Cloud Computing
- Definition: Delivery of computing services (servers, storage, databases, networking, etc.) over the internet while hiding underlying infrastructure complexity via APIs.
- Another definition: Networked, integrated hardware, software, and Internet infrastructure providing on-demand services.
- Advantages: New applications; anytime/anywhere access; homogeneity; virtualization; resilience; cost-sharing, collaboration; management/maintenance; security
- Virtualization: Creating virtual resources (servers, desktops, OS, files, etc.).
- Middleware: Bridges between OS/database and applications, crucial in network environments.
- Runtime: Software designed for executing computer programs.
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Cloud Models: Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), Software as a Service (SaaS).
- IaaS: Barebones computer (AWS, Azure, Google Compute Engine)
- PaaS: Computer + OS + development environment (Google App Engine, Heroku)
- SaaS: Complete solution including applications (Google Apps, Dropbox)
- Key Characteristics: Flexibility (scale systems); pay-as-you-go; anytime/anywhere access
Virtual Machines
- Virtual workspaces: Abstractions of execution environments dynamically available to authorized clients.
- Resource quota: CPU, memory.
- Software configuration: OS, services.
- Virtual Machines (VMs): Abstractions of physical hosts (intercepted and emulated instructions from VMs, VM management).
- Hypervisors: VMWare, VirtualBox, Xen, Denali, etc.
HTTP and Web Content
- HTTP: Clients (browsers) request content; servers respond.
- Static content: stored files (HTML, images).
- Dynamic content: generated on-the-fly (programming on the server).
- URLs: Unique names/identifiers for files on web servers.
- MIME types: Indicate content type (e.g., text/html, image/jpeg).
- HTTP request/response structure: Example given
REST
- Representational State Transfer (REST): Software architectural style for distributed hypermedia systems (like the web).
- REST principles: Resource identification (URIs), HTTP protocol, Request-Response cycle.
- REST main concepts: Resources (nouns), verbs (actions), representations (format).
- Resources: Conceptual mappings, named pieces of information (e.g., a document, service).
- Verbs: Actions performed on resources (e.g., GET, POST, PUT, DELETE in HTTP).
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Representations: Format of resource return (e.g., HTML, XML, JSON).
- HTTP methods: GET (retrieve), POST (create), PUT (update), DELETE (delete).
- Examples of requests (using different HTTP methods) for retrieving, creating and updating different resources are given.
Cloud Examples
- Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3): Unlimited storage, pay-as-you-go.
- Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2): Virtual computing environments (instances), pre-configured templates, scalable ("elastic").
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This quiz covers the fundamental concepts of the Internet of Things (IoT) and the essentials of MQTT, a lightweight messaging protocol. Explore topics such as sensor programming, networking, cloud integration, and security while diving into real-world applications and ethical considerations. Test your understanding of the key components of IoT and MQTT protocols to enhance your knowledge in this rapidly evolving field.
