Antennas for IoT Applications: Challenges and Opportunities

Abstract

Internet of Things (IoT), no mystery is ready to proliferate the coming decade and is receiving a lot of attention over the last few decades amongst researches. Researchers predict that with a number of short-range gadgets, IoT will surpass the number of mobile devices. IoT is predicted to permeate all commercial, consumer and industrial applications. However, while doing this IoT devices face major challenges of vendor neutrality, custom hardware proprietary, standard communication protocol framework, and reliable coverage. While standard organizations are attempting to mitigate these limitations the challenge of reliable coverage for wireless communication depends on the selection of appropriate antenna for particular IoT node/device. Choosing a proper antenna system will determine the effective performance of the IoT node. In this paper,we have explored the opportunities and challenges for RF Engineers working in antenna system design.