Title :
Towards physical mashups in the Web of Things
Author :
Guinard, Dominique ; Trifa, Vlad ; Pham, Thomas ; Liechti, Olivier
Author_Institution :
SAP Res., Zurich, Switzerland
Abstract :
Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have promising industrial applications, since they reduce the gap between traditional enterprise systems and the real world. However, every particular application requires complex integration work, and therefore technical expertise, effort and time which prevents users from creating small tactical, ad-hoc applications using sensor networks. Following the success of Web 2.0 ¿mashups¿, we propose a similar lightweight approach for combining enterprise services (e.g. ERPs) with WSNs. Specifically, we discuss the traditional integration solutions, propose and implement an alternative architecture where sensor nodes are accessible according to the REST principles. With this approach, the nodes become part of a ¿Web of Things¿ and interacting with them as well as composing their services with existing ones, becomes almost as easy as browsing the Web.
Keywords :
Web services; ad hoc networks; enterprise resource planning; wireless sensor networks; REST principles; Web 2.0 mashups; Web of things; ad-hoc applications; complex integration work; enterprise services; enterprise systems; integration solutions; physical mashups; sensor nodes; wireless sensor networks; Application software; Computer architecture; Computer industry; Enterprise resource planning; Information technology; Mashups; Pervasive computing; Sensor systems and applications; Temperature sensors; Wireless sensor networks;
Conference_Titel :
Networked Sensing Systems (INSS), 2009 Sixth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Pittsburgh, PA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6313-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6314-5
DOI :
10.1109/INSS.2009.5409925