Title :
Prototyping the Internet of Things for the future factory using a SOA-based middleware and reliable WSNs
Author :
Pramudianto, Ferry ; Simon, Jerome ; Eisenhauer, Markus ; Khaleel, Hussein ; Pastrone, Claudio ; Spirito, M.
Author_Institution :
Fraunhofer FIT, St. Augustin, Germany
Abstract :
In this paper, we describe a SOA-based middleware to integrate Internet-of-Things technologies in industrial setups. The middleware allows a seamless horizontal integration among heterogeneous technologies and vertical integration with applications and business systems. Using the middleware, we evaluated an approach to improve the reliability of 6LoWPAN-based sensor networks with self-configuration and self-healing capabilities to support an innovative monitoring and control framework in a manufacturing line. The sensor networks were evaluated in a test bed consisting of various physical devices that emulates a welding station.
Keywords :
IP networks; Internet of Things; factory automation; fault tolerant computing; middleware; personal area networks; service-oriented architecture; wireless sensor networks; 6LoWPAN-based sensor networks; Internet-of-Things technologies; SOA-based middleware; business systems; control framework; future factory; heterogeneous technologies horizontal integration; manufacturing line; monitoring framework; reliable WSN; self-configuration capabilities; self-healing capabilities; sensor networks; service oriented architecture; vertical integration; welding station; Logic gates; Manufacturing; Monitoring; Reliability; Service-oriented architecture; Wireless sensor networks;
Conference_Titel :
Emerging Technologies & Factory Automation (ETFA), 2013 IEEE 18th Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cagliari
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0862-2
DOI :
10.1109/ETFA.2013.6648066
