Review on Sensor Cloud and Its Integration with Arduino Based Sensor Network

The expansion of embedded ICT infrastructure has resulted in the deployment of a wide range of embedded systems in our environment which indicate the need for reusable, manageable and flexible Wireless Sensor Network. Integration of WSN infrastructure with Cloud simplifies the system operation and maintenance as well as the cost and capable of providing services to multiple end users. The integration offers benefits whereby common processing, computational and analytical tasks can be hosted on cloud service and freeing the devices from running heavy applications, hence reducing power consumption and maximizing the lifetime of power units as well as the network itself. The sensor clouds are therefore gaining popularity for providing an open, flexible and a reconfigurable platform for many monitoring and controlling applications. This paper looks at the benefits and basic features of Senor Cloud Services and how Ethernet enabled Arduino microcontroller based sensor network can be integrated to send sensor data to them by looking at three popular cloud services.

I Introduction

The Internet of Things (IOT) [1] technology connects physical world objects to the internet and giving flexibility to monitor and manage these objects or things [2]. The term objects or things in this context are referred to as devices which sense the environment around us. The applications of IOT are vast including intelligent transportation, environment protection, government work, public security, smart home, intelligent fire control, industrial monitoring, elderly care, and personal health and so on. This sensing entity brings new perspective to the way in which we interact with the environment around us [3].