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An Ontology Based Context-Aware Architecture for Smart Campus Applications


Abstract:

With an estimated number of more than 15 billion objects, the management of architectures for the Internet of Things is a veritable challenge. The inherent mobility (in t...Show More

Abstract:

With an estimated number of more than 15 billion objects, the management of architectures for the Internet of Things is a veritable challenge. The inherent mobility (in terms of devices and users) of the IoT means that the architecture has to be resilient to appearance and disappearance of devices. In this paper, we address the problem of autonomic management of IoT architecture by the means of ontologies. The problem we address is that given a dynamic system which is built upon a multitude of entities abstracted as services and characterized by their inputs and outputs, evolving targets that aim to provide services in terms of data or in terms of control, our goal is to enable autonomic management of these kinds of systems to cope with changes and evolutions so that the specified targets are fulfilled throughout the execution according to the specifics and dynamic needs of the system's users. We propose an innovative architecture that relies on ontologies to enable context-aware application to self-compose on demand. This architecture is being deployed to two smart campuses in two universities from Toulouse, France and Wollongong, Australia.
Date of Conference: 11-13 December 2018
Date Added to IEEE Xplore: 21 March 2019
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Conference Location: Melbourne, VIC, Australia

I. Introduction

The Internet of Things (IoT) has been defined by ITU [1] as a global infrastructure for the information society, enabling advanced services by interconnecting (physical and virtual) things based on existing and evolving interoperable information and communication technologies. This simple definition shows that several networks will interact, that there will be both physical entities (such as a presence sensor or a controllable lamp) but also virtual entities (for example, all the lamps of a building) and finally, the last important point is that it will be necessary to be able to communicate and access the services proposed by all objects. The domains covered by IoT are very large: smart factory, smart grid, smart cities, etc. This article will focus on smart campus infrastructure and scenarios. Smart campuses are a great environment for experiments. They are in fact small cities inside the city. They have the problem of energy saving, mobility, optimization of space and building occupation, high level of service for students, etc. They have built smart buildings and are able to deploy real experiments for their users. The students are also good consumers of existing and new technology.

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