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

fYear

2013

fDate

10-13 Sept. 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Emerging Technologies & Factory Automation (ETFA), 2013 IEEE 18th Conference on

Conference_Location

Cagliari

ISSN

1946-0740

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-0862-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ETFA.2013.6648066

Filename

6648066