Smart Objects as Building Blocks for the Internet of Things

  • Authors:
  • Gerd Kortuem;Fahim Kawsar;Vasughi Sundramoorthy;Daniel Fitton

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Lancaster,;Waseda University Lancaster University , Tokyo Lancaster;Lancaster University, Lancaster;Lancaster University Lancaster University, Lancaster Lancaster

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Internet Computing
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

The combination of the Internet and emerging technologies such as near-field communications, real-time localization, and embedded sensors lets us transform everyday objects into smart objects that can understand and react to their environment. Such objects are building blocks for the Internet of Things and enable novel computing applications. As a step toward design and architectural principles for smart objects, the authors introduce a hierarchy of architectures with increasing levels of real-world awareness and interactivity. In particular, they describe activity-, policy-, and process-aware smart objects and demonstrate how the respective architectural abstractions support increasingly complex application.