Containerized Architecture Performance Analysis for IoT Framework Based on Enhanced Fire Prevention Case Study: Rwanda

Abstract

Nowadays, building infrastructures are pushed to become smarter in response to desires for the environmental comforts of living. Enhanced safety upgrades have begun taking advantage of new, evolving technologies. Normally, buildings are configured to respond to the safety concerns of the occupants. However, advanced Internet of Things (IoT) techniques, in combination with edge computing with lightweight virtualization technology, is being used to improve users’ comfort in their homes. It improves resource management and service isolation without affecting the deployment of heterogeneous hardware. In this research, a containerized architectural framework for support of multiple concurrent deployed IoT applications for smart buildings was proposed. The prototype developed used sensor networks as well as containerized microservices, centrally featuring the DevOps paradigm. The research proposed an occupant counting algorithm used to check occupants in and out. The proposed framework was tested in different academic buildings for data acquisition over three months. Different deployment architectures were tested to ensure the best cases based on efficiency and resource utilization. The acquired data was used for prediction purposes to aid occupant prediction for safety measures as considered by policymakers.