Scientific paper ID 2002 : 2020/3

Modern trends in population migration to large cities are influencing noticeable changes in the organization of life and work in cities. New needs both new technologies and new ways of managing. This article discusses the possibilities of using machine-to-machine and IoT technologies for these purposes. Machine-to-machine communications are analyzed from the point of view of their connection, communication, infrastructure of the M2M system, standardization, and protocols, as well as the application of these technologies in transport and in “smart cities”. Particular attention is paid to access networks, capillary and WAN networks. Also shown are some of the most important M2M protocols and protocols used today for general Internet needs such as FTP, HTTP, SMTP, DHCP, SSH such as Asterisk, BACnet, CoAP, DNP3, OLE for Process Control, Radius, etc. The document also presents some practical examples of the application of M2M technology in energy, traffic management and inventory. It is noted that the further development of these technologies depends only on human imagination, and that the main problem can only be the current possibilities of the achieved level of technological development.