The growth in the deployment of Internet of Things (IoT) devices in various industries required the use of IoT platforms to manage, automate and control devices. This introduced different commercial and open source IoT platforms for developers and researchers to deploy. As a result, selecting one of these platforms for a specific application and use case became a challenge. In this study, a guideline for selecting an open source platform is presented. The process starts by identifying a list of functional requirements that would reflect the requirements of an IoT system in general. This list of requirements is used to compare between four major open source platforms: 1) OM2M (OneM2M standard), 2) IoTivity (OCF standard), LwM2M (OMA SpecWorks LwM2M standard), and 4) FIWARE (FIWARE standard). The purpose of this comparison is to indicate the capability and limitations of the different platforms and how they satisfy each requirement. Afterwards, two examples are presented to demonstrate how this guideline is used to select the most suitable platform for an e-health and a smart city use case. This includes how to define each use case and all the required information that could affect the process of selecting the most suitable platform for the development of the IoT platform.
翻译:在不同行业内安装物联网(IoT)设备的增长要求使用IoT平台来管理、自动化和控制设备。这为开发者和研究人员引入了不同的商业和开放源IoT平台。结果,为特定应用和使用案例选择了其中的一个平台成为一项挑战。在本研究中,提出了选择开放源平台的指导方针。这一过程首先通过确定反映IoT系统一般要求的功能要求清单开始。这个要求清单用于比较四个主要的开放源平台:1)OM2M(OneM2M2M标准)、2)IoTive(OCF标准)、LwM2M(OMA SpecWorks LwM2M标准)和4)FIWARE标准。这一比较的目的是说明不同平台的能力和局限性,以及它们如何满足每一项要求。随后,举两个例子来说明如何使用该指南选择最合适的电子保健和智能城市使用平台。这包括如何为每个选择最合适的平台,以及所有需要的平台来影响开发过程。