Design and Development of a Cloud Based Cyber-Physical Architecture for the Internet-of-Things

Internet-of-Things (IoT) is considered as the next big disruptive technology field which main goal is to achieve social good by enabling collaboration among physical things or sensors. We present a cloud based cyber-physical architecture to leverage the Sensing as-a-Service (SenAS) model, where every physical thing is complemented by a cloud based twin cyber process. In this model, things can communicate using direct physical connections or through the cyber layer using peer-to-peer inter process communications. The proposed model offers simultaneous communication channels among groups of things by uniquely tagging each group with a relationship ID. An intelligent service layer ensures custom privacy and access rights management for the sensor owners. We also present the implementation details of an IoT platform and demonstrate its practicality by developing case study applications for the Internet-of-Vehicles (IoV) and the connected smart home.