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Towards a Generic Cloud-based Sensor Data Management Platform: A Survey and Conceptual Architecture

Authors:
Vincent C. Emeakaroha
Kaniz Fatema
Philip Healy
John P. Morrison

Keywords: Sensor Monitoring Platforms; Sensor Data Gathering; Cloud Computing; Generic Sensor Cloud Platform; Interoperable Communication

Abstract:
With the increasing numbers of sensors and smart devices being deployed worldwide, the volume of data they generate is becoming difficult to store and process on local platforms. Cloud computing provides scalable resources that could address these issues. However, platform-independent methods of gathering and transmitting sensor data to Clouds are not widely available. This paper presents a survey of Cloud-based sensor monitoring and data gathering platforms. It reviews the state-of-the-art and discusses their strengths and weaknesses. Informed by the survey, the paper further proposes a generic conceptual architecture for achieving a platform-neutral Cloud-based sensor monitoring and data gathering platform. We also discuss the objectives, design decisions and the implementation considerations for the conceptual architecture.

Pages: 88 to 95

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2014

Publication date: November 16, 2014

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4405

ISBN: 978-1-61208-374-2

Location: Lisbon, Portugal

Dates: from November 16, 2014 to November 20, 2014