IoT interoperability: A hub-based approach

Author

Blackstock, M. ; Lea, R.

Author_Institution

Human Commun. Lab., Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

fYear

2014

fDate

6-8 Oct. 2014

Firstpage

79

Lastpage

84

Abstract

Interoperability in the Internet of Things is critical for emerging services and applications. In this paper we advocate the use of IoT `hubs´ to aggregate things using web protocols, and suggest a staged approach to interoperability. In the context of a UK government funded project involving 8 IoT sub-projects to address cross-domain IoT interoperability, we introduce the HyperCat IoT catalogue specification. We then describe the tools and techniques we developed to adapt an existing data portal and IoT platform to this specification, and provide an IoT hub focused on the highways industry called `Smart Streets´. Based on our experience developing this large scale IoT hub, we outline lessons learned which we hope will contribute to ongoing efforts to create an interoperable global IoT ecosystem.

Keywords

Internet of Things; open systems; portals; HyperCat IoT catalogue specification; Internet of Things; IoT hubs; IoT platform; Smart Streets; Web protocols; cross-domain IoT interoperability; data portal; highways industry; hub-based approach; interoperable global IoT ecosystem; Access control; Internet of things; Interoperability; Roads; Semantics; Standards; internet of things; interoperability;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Internet of Things (IOT), 2014 International Conference on the

Conference_Location

Cambridge, MA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IOT.2014.7030119

Filename

7030119