WISE: MQTT-based Protocol for IP Device Provisioning and Abstraction in IoT Solutions

Abstract

Although numerous consumer devices use Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) protocol stack to connect and communicate over the Internet, their integration into a single Internet of Things (IoT) solution represents a challenge, primarily due to the lack of the standardized interoperability framework on the application layer. Devices produced by different manufacturers cannot operate together out of the box, thus raising the cost of system setup and maintenance. In this paper, a novel protocol is proposed that aims to bridge this gap. It is based on Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT) protocol and allows the seamless integration of different kinds of IP devices into the connected system. The proposed protocol is complete as it covers the aspects of device discovery and association in the IoT network. It provides mechanisms for IoT network maintenance and defines the abstract device model and communication patterns to enable system-wide device interoperability. The other goal of the protocol is to be portable to resource-constrained platforms. To validate the proposed protocol, it was integrated into the existing smart home hub, and for testing and validation purposes, prototype devices were developed.

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“…Communication between the Gateway and Smart Plugs based on the ZigBee protocol will be described in Section IV. This WISE protocol was described in detail by Papp, Pavlovic, and Antic [17], and we will use it in our work for the mutual communication of smart plugs and gateway.…”

“…Smart Multi-Agent Framework uses the Oblo ZigBee Smart Plug [23] to turn off the power of the device and turn it back on, restarting it in that way. The plug is part of the cloud-based Oblo IoT environment [17] and therefore can be controlled remotely using the cloud API. That is why the cloud API client application is of the softer stack on test stations.…”