This book approaches the topic area of the Internet of Things (IoT) from the perspective of the five types of human communication. Through this perspective on the human communication types, the book aims to specifically address how IoT technologies can support humans and their endeavors. The book explores the fields of sensors, wireless, physiology, biology, wearables, and the Internet. This book is organized with five sections, each covering a central theme;

Section 1: The basics of human bond communication

Section 2: Relevance IoT, BAN and PAN

Section 3: Applications of HBC

Section 4: Security, Privacy and Regulatory Challenges

Section 5: The Big Picture (Where do we go from here?)

Sudhir Dixit is cofounder and CEO of Skydoot, Inc. He is also the Director of Human Bond Communication at the recently founded CTIF Global Capsule (CGC) in Rome and is a Fellow and Evangelist of Basic Internet at the Basic Internet Foundation in Norway. He is a Life Fellow of IEEE and Fellow of IET and Fellow of IETE. He is on the editorial boards of IEEE's Spectrum Magazine, Cambridge University Press's Wireless Essentials Series, and Springer's Wireless Personal Communications journal. He is chairman of the Vision Committee and vice-chair of the Americas region of the Wireless World Research Forum (WWRF). He also chairs the IEEE ComSoc Sub-Technical Committee on Fiber and Wireless Convergence. With Wiley he has authored WiFi, WiMAX and LTE Multi-hop Mesh Networks: Basic Communication Protocols and Application Areas (2013), has co-edited Technologies for Home Networking (2008) and Content Networking in the Mobile Internet (2004), and has edited IP over WDM: Building the Next-Generation Optical Internet (2004).

Ramjee Prasad is a Professor in Multi Business Model Innovation and Technology (MBIT) in the School of Business and Social Sciences, Aarhus University, Denmark. He is a Fellow of IEEE (USA), IET (UK), and IETE (India) and a recipient of many international academic, industrial, and governmental awards and distinctions, including the Knight of the Order of Dannebrog (Ridderkorset af Dannebrogordenen, 2010) awarded by the Queen of Denmark. He is the founder president of the CTIF Global Capsule (CGC) and has been a founder Director of Center for TeleInFfrastruktur (CTIF) since 2004. He is also the founder Chairman of the Global ICT Standardization Forum for India, established in 2009. He is Editor-in-Chief of Springer's Wireless Personal Communications journal and series editor of Wireless Technology. With Wiley he has contributed to Cognitive Radio Networks (2009) and co-edited Technologies for Home Networking (2008).