Dynamic IoT data, protocol, and middleware interoperability with resource slice concepts and tools: tutorial

Abstract

Dealing with interoperability in the IoT domain is a complex matter that requires various techniques for tackling data, protocol and middleware interoperability. We cannot solve IoT interoperability problems by just developing (new) software components and (semantic) data models. In this tutorial, we will present interoperability techniques for complex IoT Cloud applications by leveraging dynamic solutions of provisioning and reconfiguring of IoT data processing pipelines, protocol bridges, IoT middleware and cloud services. First, the tutorial will examine cross-layered, cross-system inter-operability issues and present a DevOps IoT Interoperability approach for defining metadata, selecting resources and software artifacts, and provisioning and connecting resources to create various potential solutions for IoT Cloud interoperability using resource slice concepts. Second, the tutorial will present techniques for dynamically provisioning data pipelines, middleware services, protocol adapters and custom solutions to address cross-layered, cross-system interoperability for IoT Cloud applications. Such solutions also allow dynamic reconfiguration of resources to add/remove interoperability support. We will present the concepts and techniques with hands-on examples using our research tools rsiHub and IoTCloudSamples.