Authors:
Theo Zschörnig
1
;
Robert Wehlitz
1
;
Ingo Rößner
1
and
Bogdan Franczyk
2
Affiliations:
1
Institute for Applied Informatics (InfAI) and Leipzig University, Germany
;
2
Leipzig University and Wrocław University of Economics, Germany
Keyword(s):
Internet of Things, Value-added Services, Platform Architecture.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Artificial Intelligence
;
Biomedical Engineering
;
Collaboration and e-Services
;
Complex Systems Modeling and Simulation
;
Data Communication Networking
;
Data Engineering
;
e-Business
;
Enterprise Information Systems
;
Health Information Systems
;
Integration/Interoperability
;
Internet of Things
;
Interoperability
;
Knowledge Management and Information Sharing
;
Knowledge-Based Systems
;
Ontologies and the Semantic Web
;
Sensor Networks
;
Simulation and Modeling
;
Software Agents and Internet Computing
;
Software and Architectures
;
Symbolic Systems
;
Telecommunications
;
Ubiquitous Computing
Abstract:
The Internet of Things (IoT) is based on ubiquitous smart devices equipped with sensors, actuators and tags which are connected to the Internet. Combining their sensing and actuation capabilities yields large possibilities for businesses to provide customers with value-added services in terms of energy management, entertainment, security and convenience. Businesses may use IoT data to develop innovative business models thus further increasing the value and usefulness of smart devices. Despite these potentials, providers of IoT platforms struggle to tackle some challenges which come with the design and operation of the platforms. In this paper, we propose an architectural concept which aims to bridge this gap and provides an integrated environment for smart device integration, data and analytics as well as IoT-aware processes. We also present the Smart Energy Platform (SEPL) as an instantiation of the proposed concept to evaluate it in terms of its functional feasibility and show that
it addresses the issues current IoT platforms face.
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