ThingVisor factory: Thing virtualization platform for things as a service

Kenji Kanai, Hidenori Nakazato, Hidehiro Kanemitsu, Andrea Detti

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contribution

Abstract

In order to provide interoperability of cross-domain IoT applications involving different IoT platforms, the authors previously proposed a virtual IoT system called VirIoT. The proposed system is composed of two functionalities: ThingVisor and vSilo, and it aims at decoupling IoT device providers and IoT application developers. ThingVisor enables to produce virtual IoT devices, or Virtual Things, from physical IoT devices for sharing the physical devices among cross-domain IoT applications. In addition, vSilo enables to bridge between such Virtual Things and IoT applications for the interoperability of cross-domain IoT devices. In this paper, in order to enhance the VirIoT system, we propose ThingVisor Factory that helps to design ThingVisors in a user-friendly way and deploy them on demand autonomously by following container orchestration methodologies, such as Kubernetes. ThingVisor Factory is based on two concepts: Dataflow programming-based Graphical User Interface (GUI) and service function chaining-based ThingVisor development.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCCIoT 2020 - Proceedings of the 2020 Cloud Continuum Services for Smart IoT Systems, Part of SenSys 2020
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery, Inc
Pages7-12
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781450381314
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020 Nov 16
Event2020 Workshop on Cloud Continuum Services for Smart IoT Systems, CCIoT 2020, held in conjunction with ACM SenSys 2020 - Virtual, Online, Japan
Duration: 2020 Nov 162020 Nov 19

Publication series

NameCCIoT 2020 - Proceedings of the 2020 Cloud Continuum Services for Smart IoT Systems, Part of SenSys 2020

Conference

Conference2020 Workshop on Cloud Continuum Services for Smart IoT Systems, CCIoT 2020, held in conjunction with ACM SenSys 2020
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityVirtual, Online
Period20/11/1620/11/19

Keywords

  • IoT platform
  • IoT virtualization
  • service function chaining
  • thing hypervisor

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Computer Networks and Communications

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'ThingVisor factory: Thing virtualization platform for things as a service'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this