A Capable Smart Sensor Interface Module for Interoperable Ocean Observatories

Abstract

Abstract. The rapid development of ocean observatories results in a great challenge to integrate so many sensors into one system. Some solutions have been proposed to address this issue, such as MBARI PUCK, IEEE 1451 and OGC SWE. This paper proposes a novel smart sensor interface module solution which is more capable than PUCK. As the interface standardization is achieved at the instrument-side in our solution, the design of ocean observatory systems is simplified. What's more, the feature of distributed intelligence of the module can benefit many in-situ applications of ocean observatories.

An Automatic Instrument Integration Scheme for Interoperable Ocean Observatories

“…The NeXOS project developed the Smart Electronic Interface for Sensors and Instruments (SEISI) to enable web-based sharing, discovery, exchange, processing, and operation of ocean observations [21]. Considering the high resource requirements of the web service, we proposed the Smart Instrument Adapter (SIA) for localized integration in an ocean observatory [22], that has great value when the connectivity between the instruments and the center node is limited. Moreover, machine-to-machine communication specially considered by SIA can also facilitate cooperation among instruments.…”