Enhancing Middleware-based IoT Applications through Run-Time Pluggable QoS Management Mechanisms. Application to a oneM2M compliant IoT Middleware

Abstract

In the recent years, telecom and computer networks have witnessed new concepts and technologies through Network Function Virtualization (NFV) and Software-Defined Networking (SDN). SDN, which allows applications to have a control over the network, and NFV, which allows deploying network functions in virtualized environments, are two paradigms that are increasingly used for the Internet of Things (IoT). This Internet (IoT) brings the promise to interconnect billions of devices in the next few years rises several scientific challenges in particular those of the satisfaction of the quality of service (QoS) required by the IoT applications. In order to address this problem, we have identified two bottlenecks with respect to the QoS: the traversed networks and the intermediate entities that allows the application to interact with the IoT devices. In this paper, we first present an innovative vision of a "network function" with respect to their deployment and runtime environment. Then, we describe our general approach of a solution that consists in the dynamic, autonomous, and seamless deployment of QoS management mechanisms. We also describe the requirements for the implementation of such approach. Finally, we present a redirection mechanism, implemented as a network function, allowing the seamless control of the data path of a given middleware traffic. This mechanism is assessed through a use case related to vehicular transportation.

Internet of Things and Its Applications: A Comprehensive Survey

“…Ouedraogo et al [150] suggested an answer for QoS management of the IoT-based HetNet scenario. The authors show a significant interest in expanding network functions through traffic-made middleware-oriented applications.…”

Implementation of Sensing and Actuation Capabilities for IoT Devices Using oneM2M Platforms

“…The oneM2M standard-based IoT platforms have shown its practical feasibility in developing home appliances [25], smart farm [26], smart office [27], medication [28], and semantic interworking in smart cities [29,30]. Recently, Ouedraogo et al considered the quality of service (QoS) required by the IoT applications as scientific challenges, and then presented a solution consisting of the dynamic, autonomous and seamless deployment of QoS management mechanism integrated with an oneM2M standard-based IoT middleware [31]. Zhao et al proposed an oneM2M-complaint stacked middleware to integrate open-source hardware and software projects for IoT development and research [32].…”

On Providing Multi-Level Quality of Service for Operating Rooms of the Future

“…The literature corpus after application of all filters includes 31 articles. The contents of these studies are further analyzed to identify the main focus of the studies, which are:Patient monitoring: [38,39,40,41,42];Device integration and data interoperability: [43,44,45,46,47,48,49];Smart hospitals: [50,51,52];Operating Room monitoring (Intelligent OR): [18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28];QoS-Aware Middlewares: [53,54,55,56,57]. …”

“…Their strategy consists of migrating clients connections of Edge Computing applications to closer brokers. In the studies [55] and [54], the authors propose the addition of QoS management modules. The strategy adds a communication layer on top of protocols such asHTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol), COaP (Constrained Application Protocol) and MQTT (Message Queuing Telemetry Transport).…”