ASSIST-IoT: A Modular Implementation of a Reference Architecture for the Next Generation Internet of Things

Author:

Szmeja Paweł1ORCID,Fornés-Leal Alejandro2ORCID,Lacalle Ignacio2ORCID,Palau Carlos E.2ORCID,Ganzha Maria1ORCID,Pawłowski Wiesław3ORCID,Paprzycki Marcin1ORCID,Schabbink Johan4

Affiliation:

1. Systems Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Newelska 6, 01-447 Warsaw, Poland

2. Communications Department, Universitat Politècnica de València, 46022 València, Spain

3. Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, University of Gdańsk, 80-309 Gdańsk, Poland

4. NEWAYS Electronics, Science Park Eindhoven 5010, 5692 EA Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Abstract

Next Generation Internet of Things (NGIoT) addresses the deployment of complex, novel IoT ecosystems. These ecosystems are related to different technologies and initiatives, such as 5G/6G, AI, cybersecurity, and data science. The interaction with these disciplines requires addressing complex challenges related with the implementation of flexible solutions that mix heterogeneous software and hardware, while providing high levels of customisability and manageability, creating the need for a blueprint reference architecture (RA) independent of particular existing vertical markets (e.g., energy, automotive, or smart cities). Different initiatives have partially dealt with the requirements of the architecture. However, the first complete, consolidated NGIoT RA, covering the hardware and software building blocks, and needed for the advent of NGIoT, has been designed in the ASSIST-IoT project. The ASSIST-IoT RA delivers a layered and modular design that divides the edge-cloud continuum into independent functions and cross-cutting capabilities. This contribution discusses practical aspects of implementation of the proposed architecture within the context of real-world applications. In particular, it is shown how use of cloud-native concepts (microservices and applications, containerisation, and orchestration) applied to the edge-cloud continuum IoT systems results in bringing the ASSIST-IoT concepts to reality. The description of how the design elements can be implemented in practice is presented in the context of an ecosystem, where independent software packages are deployed and run at the selected points in the hardware environment. Both implementation aspects and functionality of selected groups of virtual artefacts (micro-applications called enablers) are described, along with the hardware and software contexts in which they run.

Funder

European Commission

Publisher

MDPI AG

Subject

Electrical and Electronic Engineering,Computer Networks and Communications,Hardware and Architecture,Signal Processing,Control and Systems Engineering

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