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They (the thing) require a unique identity
– either local or global

They require wireless communication

Sensing abilities

Remote control

MMCC – IOT - 2017

Unique identity
Of course, every 'thing’ needs to be globally uniquely identifiable
among the plethora of things in the Internet of Things. Integration
with the Internet implies that the 'things’ can use IP address as a
unique identifier. However, due to the limited address space of
IPv4 (which allows for 4.3 billion unique addresses), objects in the
IoT will have to use IPv6 to accommodate the extremely large ad-
dress space requirement. In case of 'Intranet’ of things, a 'locally’
unique identifier would suffice.

Ability to wirelessly communicate
The things in IoT are not of much use unless they can interact with
each other and the user. So it is absolutely essential to be able to
communicate, preferably wirelessly, with the things. The communi-
cation could be one-way or two-way depending on the nature and
purpose of the 'thing’. And the communication protocol has to be
lightweight and efficient.