Trustworthy and Secure Service-Oriented Architecture for the Internet of Things
This addresses the problem of interoperability and development complexity for IoT system developers, though it appears incremental as it builds on existing service-oriented architecture concepts.
The paper tackles the challenge of developing software applications for the diverse and heterogeneous devices in the Internet of Things (IoT) by proposing a common middleware infrastructure, which aims to simplify design, deployment, and use of services by allowing developers to focus on applications rather than low-level implementation details.
In the Internet of Things (IoT), heterogeneous devices connect to each other and to external systems to exchange data and provide services. Given the diversity of devices, it is becoming increasingly common to establish collaborative relationships between devices to provide composite services. However, due to the high degree of heterogeneity in the IoT context, one of the most significant challenges is to develop software applications that can run on a wide variety of devices and can communicate and collaborate with an even wider array of systems. A common middleware infrastructure for these devices will therefore have a significant impact on the design, deployment, and use of services in IoT systems by allowing developers to focus on the applications rather than the low-level implementation details each device.