Framework and Development Process for IoT Data Gathering

Abstract

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a growing area in everyday life. New applications under the umbrella term IoT are being developed continually. This development has raised the need for framework definitions for different purposes. This research introduces a special software/hardware framework for data gathering systems to be used in IoT related systems. The purpose of the research is to show the usability of a certain software/hardware combination in prototype development. The software/hardware framework has been developed during several research projects by following the same prototype development process. This is proposed as a descriptive model for the prototyping process. The main contribution of this research is the framework itself. The framework consists of a model of the system with selected components. The placement of the sensor network is also presented. The purpose of the framework is to guide and assist the construction of data gathering prototypes. Furthermore, the advantages of the framework are to support re-usability, portability, and interchangeability. This research introduces the framework, its main components, and their interconnections. In addition, the prototype development process used is presented.