The Internet of Battle Things

• Published in: Computer (Long Beach, Calif.) Vol. 49; no. 12; pp. 70 - 75
• Main Authors: Kott, Alexander, Swami, Ananthram, West, Bruce J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 01-12-2016; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Battlefields; Computer crime; Computer hacking; Computer security; cyberattacks; Internet; Internet of Battle Things; Internet of things; IoT; military; Military communication; Technological change; the IoT Connection
• ISSN: 0018-9162; 1558-0814
• DOI: 10.1109/MC.2016.355

On the battlefields of the future, multitudes of intelligent things will be communicating, acting, and collaborating with one another and with human warfighters. This will demand major advances in science and technology. With the growth of the Internet of Things (IoT), it's clear that industry and military IoT applications need to operate at a very large scale. Here we learn about the Internet of Battle Things (IoBT) and the unique set of challenges the military faces while under threat from adversaries.