Book

The Internet of Things (IoT) is transforming modern digital infrastructure by connecting devices, enabling real-time data exchange, and supporting intelligent decision-making across domains such as healthcare, smart cities, industrial automation, and intelligent transportation. However, increasing network complexity, communication overhead, and resource constraints make latency a significant challenge affecting the performance, reliability, and security of IoT systems. IoT Network Latency: Vulnerabilities, Challenges, and Mitigation explores the fundamental principles of network latency and examines the technical, architectural, and security-related factors influencing communication and data processing. It addresses challenges associated with network congestion, bandwidth limitations, heterogeneous devices, computational constraints, and distributed IoT environments. The book also examines security vulnerabilities and threats that may disrupt communication, compromise data integrity, and affect service availability. Emphasizing emerging technologies and practical mitigation strategies, the book discusses edge and fog computing, efficient routing, resource allocation, lightweight communication protocols, and network optimization. It further explores the potential of artificial intelligence and machine learning for latency prediction, anomaly detection, adaptive resource management, and performance enhancement. Particular attention is given to balancing low-latency communication with security, scalability, energy efficiency, and system reliability. By integrating foundational concepts, contemporary challenges, and emerging solutions, this book provides valuable insights into latency management in IoT networks. It is intended for researchers, postgraduate students, academicians, network engineers, and cybersecurity professionals interested in developing efficient, secure, and resilient IoT systems. The book also highlights future research directions for advancing next-generation IoT networks and intelligent connected environments.