Abstract
In recent years, we have witnessed a continuous increase in the number of embedded devices with communication capabilities that are changing the way we live, work and play. Smart grids, remote monitoring and control of all kinds of consumer devices and industrial equipment, vehicular telematics and e-health devices, are some examples of this revolution. The communication between those devices (Machine-to-Machine communication) is leading to a complexity explosion and a strongly fragmented market. The goal of our work is to design an architecture for a generic communication system enabling many kinds of services and devices to function together in a distributed M2M ecosystem regardless of the application domain. This paper presents an initial communication architecture design for an interoperable Machine-to-Machine (M2M) system. The architecture of the system itself is divided into three main components: gateways, distributed servers and communication overlay. Gateways are designed to enable interoperability with various external systems that are, for some reason, unable to directly become parts of the M2M overlay. Servers are required to act as central points for relaying messages, providing authorization, enforcing security policies such as channel encryption and so on. Multiple intercommunicating servers, or server federation, is supported and considered an essential part of the interoperable M2M system. The overlay component refers to the logical M2M network, which is built on top of the existing ICT infrastructure.Â
Highlights
Machine-to-Machine (M2M) refers to the automated exchange of information between servers, sensors and various end devices such as mobile phones, vending machines, vehicles and personal computers
Devices such as sensors and meters are used to capture raw data which is transferred through a network to the M2M applications
There are already dozens of existing solutions in the field of M2M, but they are always designed to work only in a specific application environment with devices that conform to certain protocols and technologies
Summary
Machine-to-Machine (M2M) refers to the automated exchange of information between servers, sensors and various end devices such as mobile phones, vending machines, vehicles and personal computers. This brings many obvious advantages such as real time data exchange, remote monitoring and operation according to real needs, business information, consumption statistics and operational data are made readily available. M2M constitute systems that enable all wireless and wired devices to communicate with other devices included in the M2M ecosystem Devices such as sensors and meters are used to capture raw data which is transferred through a network to the M2M applications. Any interoperable M2M system will obviously need to support a mixture of legacy and modern technologies and protocols, which is already a tough challenge in itself
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