Enabling Things to Talk

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction to the Internet of Things

   • Thorsten Kramp, Rob van Kranenburg, Sebastian Lange

   Pages 1-10Open Access

3. General Concepts of the Architecture Reference Model (ARM)

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11

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   2. The Need for a Common Ground for the IoT: The History and Reasoning Behind the IoT-A Project

      • Alessandro Bassi, Sebastian Lange

      Pages 13-16Open Access

   3. The IoT Architectural Reference Model as Enabler

      • Martin Bauer, Joachim W. Walewski

      Pages 17-25Open Access

   4. IoT in Practice: Examples: IoT in Logistics and Health

      • Martin Fiedler, Stefan Meissner

      Pages 27-36Open Access

4. A Guidance to the Architecture Reference Model (ARM)

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 37-37

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   2. Guidance to the ARM: Overview

      • Stefan Meissner, Joachim W. Walewski

      Pages 39-44Open Access

   3. A Process for Generating Concrete Architectures

      • Mathieu Boussard, Stefan Meissner, Andreas Nettsträter, Alexis Olivereau, Alexander Salinas Segura, Matthias Thoma et al.

      Pages 45-111Open Access

   4. IoT Reference Model

      • Martin Bauer, Nicola Bui, Jourik De Loof, Carsten Magerkurth, Andreas Nettsträter, Julinda Stefa et al.

      Pages 113-162Open Access

   5. IoT Reference Architecture

      • Martin Bauer, Mathieu Boussard, Nicola Bui, Jourik De Loof, Carsten Magerkurth, Stefan Meissner et al.

      Pages 163-211Open Access

   6. The IoT ARM Reference Manual

      • Martin Bauer, Nicola Bui, Christine Jardak, Andreas Nettsträter

      Pages 213-236Open Access

   7. Interactions

      • Martin Bauer, Mathieu Boussard, Stefan Meissner

      Pages 237-247Open Access

   8. Toward a Concrete Architecture

      • Christine Jardak, Joachim W. Walewski

      Pages 249-278Open Access

   9. ARM Testimonials

      • Edward Ho, Tobias Jacobs, Stefan Meissner, Sonja Meyer, Miguel-Angel Monjas, Alexander Salinas Segura

      Pages 279-322Open Access

   10. Summary and Outlook

       • Alessandro Bassi

       Pages 323-325Open Access

5. Back Matter

   Pages 327-349

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The Internet of Things (IoT) is an emerging network superstructure that will connect physical resources and actual users. It will support an ecosystem of smart applications and services bringing hyper-connectivity to our society by using augmented and rich interfaces.  Whereas in the beginning IoT referred to the advent of barcodes and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), which helped to automate inventory, tracking and basic identification, today IoT is characterized by a dynamic trend toward connecting smart sensors, objects, devices, data and applications. The next step will be “cognitive IoT,” facilitating object and data re-use across application domains and leveraging hyper-connectivity, interoperability solutions and semantically enriched information distribution.

The Architectural Reference Model (ARM), presented in this book by the members of the IoT-A project team driving this harmonization effort, makes it possible to connect vertically closed systems, architectures and application areas so as to create open interoperable systems and integrated environments and platforms. It constitutes a foundation from which software companies can capitalize on the benefits of developing consumer-oriented platforms including hardware, software and services.

The material is structured in two parts. Part A introduces the general concepts developed for and applied in the ARM. It is aimed at end users who want to use IoT technologies, managers interested in understanding the opportunities generated by these novel technologies, and system architects who are interested in an overview of the underlying basic models. It also includes several case studies to illustrate how the ARM has been used in real-life scenarios. Part B then addresses the topic at a more detailed technical level and is targeted at readers with a more scientific or technical background. It provides in-depth guidance on the ARM, including a detailed description of a process for generating concrete architectures, as well as reference manuals with guidelines on how to use the various models and perspectives presented to create a concrete architecture. Furthermore, best practices and tips on how system engineers can use the ARM to develop specific IoT architectures for dedicated IoT solutions are illustrated and exemplified in reverse mapping exercises of existing standards and platforms.

• Business Information Systems
• Internet of Things
• IoT
• RFID
• Reference Architecture
• SCM
• Smart Homes
• Smart Objects
• Spatio-Temporal Systems
• Supply Chain Management
• Ubiquitous Computing
• Web Applications

From the reviews:

 

"If your goal is to learn or employ IoT technologies, this book serves as a worthy starting point for that journey; you will certainly benefit from having it in your library for future reference." Nicholas Loulloudes, ACM Computing Reviews, June 2014

• Alessandro Bassi Consulting, Nice, France

  Alessandro Bassi

• NEC Europe Ltd., Heidelberg, Germany

  Martin Bauer

• Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics IML, Dortmund, Germany

  Martin Fiedler

• IBM Research, Rüschlikon, Switzerland

  Thorsten Kramp

• Suite 3, Internet of People Ltd., London, United Kingdom

  Rob Kranenburg

• Deloitte&Touche GmbH, Berlin, Germany

  Sebastian Lange

• University of Surrey Centre for Communication Systems Research, Guildford, United Kingdom

  Stefan Meissner

The IoT-Architecture project (IoT-A) is the European Commission’s flagship project in the European Union’s Seventh Framework Program for Research and Development with respect to establishing an architecture for the Internet of Things. Together, the editors and contributing authors represent more than 20 large industrial companies and research institutions, including Alcatel-Lucent, IBM , Ericsson, NEC, NXP, SAP, Siemens, and the Universities of Rome “La Sapienza,” St. Gallen, Surrey, and Würzburg, as well as CEA, CFRG, FhG, and VTT.