The Internet of Things : Springer : 9781441916730 : 1441916733 : 18 Mar 2010 : In the last few years, a stimulating idea is fast emergingin the wireless scenario: the pervasive presence around us of a variety of ?things? or ?objects?, such as RFID, sensors, actuators, mobile phones, which, through unique addressing schemes, are able to interact with each other and cooperate with their neighboring ?smart? c- ponents to reach common goals. This novel paradigm, named ?The Internet of Things? (IoT) continues on the path set by the concept of smart environments and paves the way to the depl- ment of numerous applications with a signi cant impact on many elds of future every-day life. In this context, logistics, Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), business/process management,assisted living, and e-health are only a few examples of possible application elds in which this novel paradigm will play a leading role in the next future. Actually,manychallengingissues still needto be addresseda