A platform for integrated data processing from heterogeneous devices in naval field

A wide variety of new sensing technologies exist nowadays which allow remote monitoring and data acquisition also in quasi real-time conditions. Navigation´s on-board monitoring systems are one of the promising application fields, which are quickly developing new and sophisticated applications, taking advantage from the decreasing cost of sensor devices. The development of technologies with increasing performances and able to communicate, at the same time, also in critical conditions with a different type of sensors is therefore necessary. This paper proposes a software platform to manage sensor devices which provides an integrated data processing of data detected from multiple heterogeneous devices. The middleware the platform is based on is presented and the architectural choices are discussed and motivated. Specifically, this paper presents a case study where the discussed software solutions are applied to parameters monitoring in naval field.