Reliability Evaluation and Reliability Prediction for Internet of Things (IOT) Appliance

Abstract

The Internet of Things (IOT) is a concept of connecting variety of things or objects such as Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) tags, sensors, actuators, mobile phones, etc., through unique addressing schemes, to interact with each other and cooperate with their neighbors to reach common goals. Another more understandable definition is: The IOT is a physical network of physical objects, i.e., named things which contains sensors, actuator, CCTV, GPS, computer, machines, mobile phones, etc. The large amount of objects connection relies heavily on the communication technologies. IOT takes advantage of the development of wireless communication, allowing an easier and cheaper connection. Moreover, the highly integrated chip accelerates the IOT development to include more services, more applications, and even artificial intelligence in one system.