Internet of Things

FogPi: A Portable Fog Infrastructure through Raspberry Pis

Nowadays, Fog computing is facing the requirements of time-sensitive applications in the IoT-cloud continuum. These requirements are decisive for mission-critical applications like structural health monitoring. In this paper, a portable Fog computing …

From the Edge to the Cloud: Enabling Reliable IoT Applications

This paper presents a reliable architecture for the IoT considering multiple levels: edge, fog and cloud. This architecture can help to reduce latency and improve resiliency of IoT applications. The platform is based on a set of containerised …

An edge computing architecture in the internet of things

In the last few years, the Internet of Things (IoT) has emerged as the new disruptive technology to change the world. Cloud computing has accompanied this field to overcome its processing and storage limitations. However, this evolution has …

Appdaptivity: An Internet of Things Device-Decoupled System for Portable Applications in Changing Contexts

Currently, applications in the Internet of Things (IoT) are tightly coupled to the underlying physical devices. As a consequence, upon adding a device, device replacement or user’s relocation to a different physical space, application …

On blockchain and its integration with IoT. Challenges and opportunities

In the Internet of Things (IoT) vision, conventional devices become smart and autonomous. This vision is turning into a reality thanks to advances in technology, but there are still challenges to address, particularly in the security domain e.g., …

Smart Winery: A Real-Time Monitoring System for Structural Health and Ullage in Fino Style Wine Casks

The rapid development in low-cost sensor and wireless communication technology has made it possible for a large number of devices to coexist and exchange information autonomously. It has been predicted that a substantial number of devices will be …

SocICoAP: Social Interaction with Supplementary Sensors and Actuators through CoAP in Smartphones

In the Internet of Things (IoT) a worldwide network of sensors and actuators transmit data and actuate over the Internet. Nevertheless, the deployment of sensors and actuators usually requires tools to program and configure them before they can work, …

Run-time deployment and management of CoAP resources for the Internet of Things

The continuous growth of the Internet of Things in recent years has meant it is increasingly more present, as Internet of Things scenarios such as smart homes and smart cities become part of our everyday lives. The Internet of Things devices …

State-of-the-art, challenges, and open issues in the integration of Internet of things and cloud computing

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a paradigm based on the Internet that comprises many interconnected technologies like RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) and WSAN (Wireless Sensor and Actor Networks) in order to exchange information. The current …

Lambda-CoAP: An Internet of Things and Cloud Computing Integration Based on the Lambda Architecture and CoAP

The Internet of Things (IoT) is an emerging technology that is growing continuously thanks to the number of devices deployed and data generated. Nevertheless, an upper layer to abstract the limitations of storing, processing, battery and networking …