Middleware for the Internet of Things, Design Goals and Challenges
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Date
2010
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Electronic Communications of the EASST
Abstract
As the number of wireless devices increases and their size becomes
smaller, there can be more interaction between everyday objects of our life. With advances
in RFID chips and the introduction of new generations of these devices that
are smaller and cheaper, it is possible to put a wireless interface on almost all everyday
objects: vehicles, clothes, foodstuffs, etc. This concept is called the Internet
of Things. Interaction with thousands of wireless devices leads to a continuous and
massive flow of events which are generated spontaneously. The question of how to
deal with this enormous number of events is challenging and introduces new design
goals for a communication mechanism. In this paper we argue that a middleware
together with suitable linguistic abstractions is a proper solution. We also point out
the challenges in developing this middleware. Moreover, we give an overview of
recent related work and describe why they fail to address these challenges.
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Keywords
Internet of Things, Middleware, Linguistic Abstractions
Citation
Koosha, P., Bainomugisha, E., Vanrompay, Y., Berbers, Y., De Meuter, W., Mokhtar, S. B., ... & Wagner, M. (2010, June). Middleware for the Internet of Things, Design Goals and Challenges. In Proceedings of the Third International DisCoTec Workshop on Context-aware Adaptation Mechanisms for Pervasive and Ubiquitous Services (CAMPUS 2010),.