IoTCrawler: Challenges and Solutions for Searching the Internet of Things

Iggena, Thorben; Ilyas, Eushay Bin; Fischer, Marten; Tönjes, Ralf; Elsaleh, Tarek; Rezvani, Roonak; Pourshahrokhi, Narges; Bischof, Stefan; Fernbach, Andreas; Parreira, Josiane Xavier; Schneider, Patrik; Smirnov, Pavel; Strohbach, Martin; Truong, Hien; González-Vidal, Aurora; Skarmeta, Antonio F.; Singh, Parwinder; Beliatis, Michail J.; Presser, Mirko; Martinez, Juan A.

doi:10.3390/s21051559

Record link:

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/139071

Title:

IoTCrawler: Challenges and Solutions for Searching the Internet of Things

Citation:

Iggena, T., Ilyas, E. B., Fischer, M., Tönjes, R., Elsaleh, T., Rezvani, R., Pourshahrokhi, N., Bischof, S., Fernbach, A., Parreira, J. X., Schneider, P., Smirnov, P., Strohbach, M., Truong, H., González-Vidal, A., Skarmeta, A. F., Singh, P., Beliatis, M. J., Presser, M., & Martinez, J. A. (2021). IoTCrawler: Challenges and Solutions for Searching the Internet of Things. Sensors, 21(5), Article 1559. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21051559

Publisher DOI:

10.3390/s21051559

CatalogPlus:

AC17605436

Publication Type:

Article - Original Research Article

Language:

English

Organisational Unit:

E191-03 - Forschungsbereich Automation Systems
E192-03 - Forschungsbereich Knowledge Based Systems

Journal:

Sensors

ISSN:

1424-8220

Date (published):

Mar-2021

Number of Pages:

Publisher:

MDPI

Peer reviewed:

Yes

Keywords:

Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics; Instrumentation; Biochemistry; Analytical Chemistry

Abstract:

Due to the rapid development of the Internet of Things (IoT) and consequently, the availability of more and more IoT data sources, mechanisms for searching and integrating IoT data sources become essential to leverage all relevant data for improving processes and services. This paper presents the IoT search framework IoTCrawler. The IoTCrawler framework is not only another IoT framework, it is a system of systems which connects existing solutions to offer interoperability and to overcome data fragmentation. In addition to its domain-independent design, IoTCrawler features a layered approach, offering solutions for crawling, indexing and searching IoT data sources, while ensuring privacy and security, adaptivity and reliability. The concept is proven by addressing a list of requirements defined for searching the IoT and an extensive evaluation. In addition, real world use cases showcase the applicability of the framework and provide examples of how it can be instantiated for new scenarios.

Research Areas:

Logic and Computation: 100%

Science Branch:

Informatik

License:

CC BY 4.0