MAGIC Broker 2: An open and extensible platform for the Internet of Things

Author

Blackstock, Michael ; Kaviani, Nima ; Lea, Rodger ; Friday, Adrian

Author_Institution

Media & Graphics Interdiscipl. Centre, Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

fYear

2010

fDate

Nov. 29 2010-Dec. 1 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

8

Abstract

One of the challenges of creating applications from confederations of Internet-enabled things is the complexity of having to deal with spontaneously interacting and partially available heterogeneous devices. In this paper we describe the features of the MAGIC Broker 2 (MB2) a platform designed to offer a simple and consistent programming interface for collections of things. We report on the key abstractions offered by the platform and report on its use for developing two IoT applications involving spontaneous device interaction: 1) mobile phones and public displays, and 2) a web-based sensor actuator network portal called Sense Tecnic (STS). We discuss how the MB2 abstractions and implementation have evolved over time to the current design. Finally we present a preliminary performance evaluation and report qualitatively on the developers´ experience of using our platform.

Keywords

Internet; display devices; middleware; mobile computing; mobile handsets; open systems; portals; Internet-enabled things; IoT applications; MAGIC Broker 2; Sense Tecnic; heterogeneous devices; mobile phones; programming interface; public displays; spontaneous device interaction:; web-based sensor actuator network portal; Actuators; Buildings; Data visualization; Middleware; Mobile handsets; Programming; Protocols; Internet of Things; Modules and Interfaces; Pervasive computing; Software architectures;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Internet of Things (IOT), 2010

Conference_Location

Tokyo

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7413-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IOT.2010.5678443

Filename

5678443