scholarly journals Design and Implementation of an Interworking IoT Platform and Marketplace in Cloud of Things

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (21) ◽  
pp. 5952 ◽  
Author(s):  
Faisal Mehmood ◽  
Shabir Ahmad ◽  
DoHyeun Kim
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Virtual Objects ◽  
Iot Applications ◽  
Iot Platform ◽  
Vital Component ◽  
Iot Platforms ◽  
Iot Devices ◽  
User Friendly ◽  
Software Services

An internet of things (IoT) platform is a multi-layer technology that enables automation of connected devices within IoT. IoT platforms serve as a middle-ware solution and act as supporting software that is able to connect different hardware devices, access points, and networks to other parts of the value chain. Virtual objects have become a vital component in every IoT platform. Virtual objects are the digital representation of a physical entity. In this paper, we design and implement a cloud-centric IoT platform that serves a purpose for registration and initialization of virtual objects so that technology tinkerers can consume them via the IoT marketplace and integrate them to build IoT applications. The proposed IoT platform differs from existing IoT platforms in the sense that they provide hardware and software services on the same platform that users can plug and play. The proposed IoT platform is separate from the IoT marketplace where users can consume virtual objects to build IoT applications. Experiments are conducted for IoT platform and interworking IoT marketplace based on virtual objects in CoT. The proposed IoT platform provides a user-friendly interface and is secure and reliable. An IoT testbed is developed and a case study is performed for a domestic environment to reuse virtual objects on the IoT marketplace. It also provides the discovery and sharing of virtual objects. IoT devices can be monitored and controlled via virtual objects. We have conducted a comparative analysis of the proposed IoT platform with FIWARE. Results conclude that the proposed system performs marginally better than FIWARE.

Internet of Things (IoT) Interoperability Success Criteria

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-105
Author(s):  
Hany Abdelghaffar ◽  
Mohamed Abousteit
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Selection Criteria ◽  
Business Value ◽  
Digital Service ◽  
Iot Platform ◽  
Digital Services ◽  
Iot Platforms ◽  
Technical Factors ◽  
The Internet Of Things

To deliver more value to customers, companies are striving to offer more digital services, and the internet of things (IOT) is the main enabler to maximize such value. However, one of the major challenges companies are facing is digital service integration with other providers, where IoT platform is playing important role to achieve such integration opening door for interoperability within actors in the IoT ecosystem. There have been a little research addressing IoT platforms interoperability from business value perspective, considering technical and non-technical factors as selection criteria to adopt such platforms. This paper uses a case study as a method. To validate the suggested interoperability criteria, interviews were conducted for IoT platform providers and two things providers. It was observed that considering technical factors alone when selecting IoT platform make companies oversee the value technology add to their business as IoT platform is not only about technology but also about business model in which this platform will be operating and the company position and role in IoT ecosystem. The paper contributes by providing criteria to achieve interoperability for IoT platform from both technical and business aspects.

scholarly journals Towards the Internet of Agents: An Analysis of the Internet of Things from the Intelligence and Autonomy Perspective

2018 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pablo Antonio Pico Valencia ◽  
Juan A. Holgado-Terriza ◽  
Deiver Herrera-Sánchez ◽  
José Luis Sampietro
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Iot Applications ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
Iot Platforms ◽  
Iot Devices ◽  
Smart Industry ◽  
The Internet Of Things ◽  
Internet Of Agents

Recently, the scientific community has demonstrated a special interest in the process related to the integration of the agent-oriented technology with Internet of Things (IoT) platforms. Then, it arises a novel approach named Internet of Agents (IoA) as an alternative to add an intelligence and autonomy component for IoT devices and networks. This paper presents an analysis of the main benefits derived from the use of the IoA approach, based on a practical point of view regarding the necessities that humans demand in their daily life and work, which can be solved by IoT networks modeled as IoA infrastructures. It has been presented 24 study cases of the IoA approach at different domains ––smart industry, smart city and smart health wellbeing–– in order to define the scope of these proposals in terms of intelligence and autonomy in contrast to their corresponding generic IoT applications.

scholarly journals Thematic Dynamics of Internet of Things (IoT): Impact on Digital Personalized Healthcare (PHC)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bongs Lainjo
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Machine Learning ◽  
Data Mining ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Personalized Healthcare ◽  
Iot Platform ◽  
Iot Platforms ◽  
Almost All

Abstract Background: Information technology has continued to shape contemporary thematic trends. Advances in communication have impacted almost all themes ranging from education, engineering, healthcare, and many other aspects of our daily lives. Method: This paper attempts to review the different dynamics of the thematic IoT platforms. A select number of themes are extensively analyzed with emphasis on data mining (DM), personalized healthcare (PHC), and thematic trends of a select number of subjectively identified IoT-related publications over three years. In this paper, the number of IoT-related-publications is used as a proxy representing the number of apps. DM remains the trailblazer, serving as a theme with crosscutting qualities that drive artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and data transformation. A case study in PHC illustrates the importance, complexity, productivity optimization, and nuances contributing to a successful IoT platform. Among the initial 99 IoT themes, 18 are extensively analyzed using the number of IoT publications to demonstrate a combination of different thematic dynamics, including subtleties that influence escalating IoT publication themes. Results: Based on findings amongst the 99 themes, the annual median IoT-related publications for all the themes over the four years were increasingly 5510, 8930, 11700, and 14800 for 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 respectively; indicating an upbeat prognosis of IoT dynamics. Conclusion: The vulnerabilities that come with the successful implementation of IoT systems are highlighted including the successes currently achieved by institutions promoting the benefits of IoT-related systems like the case study. Security continues to be an issue of significant importance.

scholarly journals Automatic Key Update Mechanism for Lightweight M2M Communication and Enhancement of IoT Security: A Case Study of CoAP Using Libcoap Library

Sensors ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 340
Author(s):  
Wen-Chung Tsai ◽  
Tzu-Hsuan Tsai ◽  
Te-Jen Wang ◽  
Mao-Lun Chiang
Keyword(s):  
Information Exchange ◽  
Iot Security ◽  
M2m Communication ◽  
Iot Applications ◽  
Data Transfers ◽  
Key Update ◽  
Iot Devices ◽  
One Time Password ◽  
Cloud Servers

The ecosystem for an Internet of Things (IoT) generally comprises endpoint clients, network devices, and cloud servers. Thus, data transfers within the network present multiple security concerns. The recent boom in IoT applications has accelerated the need for a network infrastructure that provides timely and safe information exchange services. A shortcoming of many existing networks is the use of static key authentication. To enable the use of automatic key update mechanisms in IoT devices and enhance security in lightweight machine-to-machine (M2M) communications, we propose a key update mechanism, namely, double OTP (D-OTP), which combines both one-time password (OTP) and one-time pad to achieve an IoT ecosystem with theoretically unbreakable security. The proposed D-OTP was implemented into the Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP) through the commonly used libcoap library. The experimental results revealed that an additional 8.93% latency overhead was required to obtain an unbreakable guarantee of data transfers in 100 CoAP communication sessions.

scholarly journals IoT Platform for Seafood Farmers and Consumers

Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (15) ◽  
pp. 4230
Author(s):  
Bjørn Jæger ◽  
Alok Mishra
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Operations ◽  
Information Transparency ◽  
Value Network ◽  
Iot Platform ◽  
Global Standards ◽  
Seafood Industry ◽  
Demand Information ◽  
Enterprise Level ◽  
Iot Platforms ◽  
Iot Devices

There has been a strong growth in aquatic products supported by the global seafood industry. Consumers demand information transparency to support informed decisions and to verify nutrition, food safety, and sustainable operations. Supporting these needs rests on the existence of interoperable Internet of Things (IoT) platforms for traceability that goes beyond the minimum “one up, one down” scheme required by regulators. Seafood farmers, being the source of both food and food-information, are critical to achieving the needed transparency. Traditionally, seafood farmers carry the costs of providing information, while downstream actors reap the benefits, causing limited provision of information. Now, global standards for labelling, data from IoT devices, and the reciprocity of utility from collecting data while sharing them represent great potential for farmers to generate value from traceability systems. To enable this, farmers need an IoT platform integrated with other IoT platforms in the value network. This paper presents a case study of an enterprise-level IoT platform for seafood farmers that satisfies consumers’ end-to-end traceability needs while extracting data from requests for information from downstream actors.

scholarly journals Large-Scale Software-Defined IoT Platform for Provisioning IoT Services on Demand

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
Chau Thi Minh Nguyen ◽  
Doan B. Hoang
Keyword(s):  
Resource Sharing ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Virtual Sensors ◽  
On Demand ◽  
Iot Platform ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Geographically Distributed ◽  
Iot Platforms ◽  
End To End ◽  
Iot Devices

Internet of things (IoT) has developed into an interconnected platform infrastructure for providing everyday services. Emerging end-to-end IoT services are being developed for local and multiple distributed regions. To realize the on-demand services in a timely and economically beneficial way, programmability and reusability are crucial for provisioning and reusing IoT resources. Existing IoT platforms are rigid and cannot be easily adapted to accommodate new services. This paper proposes a programmable large-scale software-defined IoT model for provisioning IoT services on demand with two levels of management and orchestration. One orchestrates services over geographically distributed clusters and the other orchestrates services over IoT devices within a cluster. The model entails the design of IoT-specific controllers, software-defined virtual sensors, and a new protocol for managing resource-constrained but enriched devices. The model allows provisioning and resource-sharing of end-to-end IoT services on demand. Implementation results demonstrate the feasibility and efficiency of the proposed model.

scholarly journals An Approach to Share Self-Taught Knowledge between Home IoT Devices at the Edge

Sensors ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 833 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ingook Jang ◽  
Donghun Lee ◽  
Jinchul Choi ◽  
Youngsung Son
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Power Consumption ◽  
Response Time ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Smart Home ◽  
Artificial Intelligence Techniques ◽  
Iot Applications ◽  
Iot Devices

The traditional Internet of Things (IoT) paradigm has evolved towards intelligent IoT applications which exploit knowledge produced by IoT devices using artificial intelligence techniques. Knowledge sharing between IoT devices is a challenging issue in this trend. In this paper, we propose a Knowledge of Things (KoT) framework which enables sharing self-taught knowledge between IoT devices which require similar or identical knowledge without help from the cloud. The proposed KoT framework allows an IoT device to effectively produce, cumulate, and share its self-taught knowledge with other devices at the edge in the vicinity. This framework can alleviate behavioral repetition in users and computational redundancy in systems in intelligent IoT applications. To demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed concept, we examine a smart home case study and build a prototype of the KoT framework-based smart home system. Experimental results show that the proposed KoT framework reduces the response time to use intelligent IoT devices from a user’s perspective and the power consumption for compuation from a system’s perspective.

scholarly journals Thematic Dynamics of Internet of Things (IoT): Impact on Digital Personalized Healthcare (PHC)

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Machine Learning ◽  
Data Mining ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Personalized Healthcare ◽  
Iot Platform ◽  
Iot Platforms ◽  
Almost All

Information technology has continued to shape contemporary thematic trends. Advances in communication have impacted almost all themes ranging from education, engineering, healthcare, and many other aspects of our daily lives. This paper attempts to review the different dynamics of the thematic IoT platforms. A select number of themes are extensively analyzed with emphasis on data mining (DM), personalized healthcare (PHC), and thematic trends of a select number of subjectively identified IoT-related publications over three years. In this paper, the number of IoT-related-publications is used as a proxy representing the number of apps. DM remains the trailblazer, serving as a theme with crosscutting qualities that drive artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and data transformation. A case study in PHC illustrates the importance, complexity, productivity optimization, and nuances contributing to a successful IoT platform. Among the initial 99 IoT themes, 18 are extensively analyzed using the number of IoT publications to demonstrate a combination of different thematic dynamics, including subtleties that influence escalating IoT publication themes. Based on findings amongst the 99 themes, the annual median IoT-related publications for all the themes over the four years were increasingly 5510, 8930, 11700, and 14800 for 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 respectively; indicating an upbeat prognosis of IoT dynamics. And finally, the vulnerabilities that come with the successful implementation of IoT systems are highlighted as part of the research. Security continues to be an issue of significant importance.

scholarly journals Design and Implementation of Decoupled IoT Application Store: A Novel Prototype for Virtual Objects Sharing and Discovery

Electronics ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 285 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shabir Ahmad ◽  
Faisal Mehmood ◽  
Asif Mehmood ◽  
DoHyeun Kim
Keyword(s):  
Physical Space ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Virtual Object ◽  
Virtual Objects ◽  
Iot Applications ◽  
Management Efficiency ◽  
Vital Component ◽  
Software And Hardware ◽  
Digital Equivalent ◽  
The Internet Of Things

The internet of things (IoT) has been growing towards the conception of a cyber-physical space in which physical things could be discovered, examined, activated, interlinked, and updated, for the realization of possible interactions in both virtual and physical space. The fundamental idea of IoT is the concept of a virtual object, which is regarded as the digital equivalent of a physical entity. Currently, in every IoT platform, the use of virtual objects has become a vital component. These virtual objects form building blocks of IoT applications, support the discovery of services, nurture the production of complex applications, foster the objects’ energy and power management efficiency, as well as address heterogeneity and scalability issues. Idea sharing and reusing are widesplread, and different solutions are built for this purpose to share applications or their components with similar domains to avoid duplication of efforts. In this paper, we design and implement a cloud-centric IoT application store that serves a purpose for hosting virtual objects of different IoT domains so that technology tinkerers can consume them and integrate them to build IoT applications. The proposed system is different than existing IoT marketplaces in the sense that they provide full-fledged IoT applications which include software and hardware that users can plug and play. The application store is aimed to be decoupled and can expose virtual objects of different IoT domains so that similar areas can use them with little or no modification. Moreover, it is also aimed to be modular, scalable, secure and support heterogeneity, which are considered vital attributes of IoT applications. An IoT testbed client application is developed to reuse some of the virtual objects from the proposed application store and to share specialized virtual objects to the proposed system for the use of other clients applications with similar goals. The performance and load of the platform are tested and found to be within an acceptable response time for up to 40 simultaneous users.

scholarly journals Potentials of Internet of Things (IoT) in Malaysian Construction Industry

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 44-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Syamsul H. Mahmud ◽  
Laromi Assan ◽  
Rashidul Islam
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Virtual Objects ◽  
Human Control ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Iot Applications ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Iot Devices ◽  
The Many ◽  
Questionnaire Method ◽  
Price Quotes

IoT is a man-made technology conceptualized by intelligent virtual objects, which capable of knowing all things and allows the devices around themselves to interact automatically without human control. Every year, the number of IoT devices usage is exponentially increasing and estimated as much as 75.44 billion devices will be connected in IoT network. In line with the expansion of the IoT network, the construction industry should take into consideration as otherwise the construction industry will be left behind by other industries. This is because the construction industry should utilize the applications offered by IoT to ensure the smoothness of the construction industry in the project. Therefore, the objective of this study is to identify the types of IoT applications used in the construction industry in Malaysia. The research method used to identify the types of IoT applications used is through the questionnaire method. The questionnaire was analysed using nominal analysis. A study was conducted on construction industry players which comprising of government agencies, developers, architects, engineers, quantity surveyors and class G7 contractors covering all states in Malaysia. The findings show that among the many types of IoT applications used by construction industry players are social media such as WhatsApp, Telegram and Facebook for discussion and communication purposes, the use of email for information and communication exchange and website usage as a source of reference to obtain data on company profiles, acts and policy, price quotes and so on.

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