Autonomous and self controlling smart objects for the future internet

Perez Hernandez, Marco; Reiff-Marganiec, Stephan

Abstract

Development of IoT applications relies heavily on middleware architectures. Multiple solutions have been proposed using service and agent paradigms, which consequently impose a specific application development model. We observe a trend towards a data-feeder approach in which smart objects are simple data gatherers and senders. This approach reduces the autonomy of smart objects and brings privacy concerns about the data and service manipulation by remote applications and services. We propose a new approach for middleware and application development for smart objects based on Web agents and services. Specifically, we integrate services as part of activities included in roles of a web agent allowing us to keep control of the service and data generated on-object, in contrast to delegating to remote applications or services. In addition, our P2P-inspired method for service discovery gives autonomy to smart objects since a central directory is not required to interact with others. We completed an initial implementation of our architecture and demonstrated its feasibility in a case study in the smart home domain.

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (published)
• Conference Name: 2015 3rd International Conference on Future Internet of Things and Cloud
• Start Date: Aug 24, 2015
• End Date: Aug 26, 2015
• Acceptance Date: May 10, 2015
• Online Publication Date: Oct 26, 2015
• Publication Date: Oct 26, 2015
• Deposit Date: Feb 8, 2022
• Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
• Pages: 301-308
• Book Title: 2015 3rd International Conference on Future Internet of Things and Cloud
• ISBN: 9781467381024
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/FiCloud.2015.89
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/8543437
• Publisher URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7300832