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IoT-A project: designing a reference architectural for interconnected smart objects

IoT-A project:designing a reference architectural for

interconnected smart objects

Alessandro Bassi2012 Sino-EU IoT Symposium, Wuxi

October 26th, 2012

IoT-A project: designing a reference architectural for interconnected smart objects

IoT Domain - current status

Vertical silos

Fragmented architectures, no coherent unifying concepts,solutions exist only for specific application silos.

No coherent approaches to implement the IoT have beenproposed, yet.

Many island solutions do exist (RFID, Sensor nets, etc.).

Little cross-sectorial re-use of technology and exchange ofknowledge.

In essence, today we have only Intranets of Things.

Introducing the IoT-A tree:

a generic Reference Model,derived from Businessconsiderations,application-basedrequirements and currenttechnologies,

able to generate differentReference architecturesdepending ondomain-specificrequirements,

to be used as a blueprintfor concrete architecturedesign.

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Definitions

Reference Model

A Reference Model is an abstract framework for understandingsignificant relationships among the entities of some environment.It enables the development of specific referencearchitectures. A Reference Model consists of a minimal set ofunifying concepts, axioms and relationships

Reference Architecture

A Reference Architecture is an architectural design pattern thatindicates how an abstract set of relationships realises a set ofrequirements. The main purpose of a RA is to provide guidancefor the development of concrete architectures. More referencearchitectures may be derived from a common reference model.

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Architectural Reference Model

“reference Architecture” from Le Courbusier, themost influential architect (and urbanist) of our era

For most technologists, this IS anarchitecture

The final target: the IoT cookbook

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Heterogeneous Architectures

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Matching views and perspectives

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Communication Model: Channel Analysis

Standard Internet Model

IoT Model

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A gateway for IoT

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A gateway for IoT

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Gateway, Illustrated

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IoT Translator

M2M Engine - FunctionalArchitecture

M2M protocoltranslation is handledper-application andper-device

Device drivers handledevice-specificprotocols

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IoT-A is not a closed project

IoT-A consortium mainlycomposed by technologycompanies (or departments of)

As IoT-A aims at realisingsomething useful, interactionwith end users is a necessity

Therefore, we established a“Stakeholders Group”

More info atwww.iot-a.eu/stakeholders

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Thank you for your attention