Smart objects as building blocks for the Internet of things

作者：Gerd Kortuem, Fahim Kawsar, Vasughi Sundramoorthy, Daniel Fitton · 发表于：IEEE Internet Computing · 年份：2009 · DOI：10.1109/mic.2009.143 · 被引用次数：1483 · 研究领域：Context-Aware Activity Recognition Systems、Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence、IoT and Edge/Fog Computing

The combination of the Internet and emerging technologies such as nearfield communications, real-time localization, and embedded sensors lets us transform everyday objects into smart objects that can understand and react to their environment. Such objects are building blocks for the Internet of Things and enable novel computing applications. As a step toward design and architectural principles for smart objects, the authors introduce a hierarchy of architectures with increasing levels of real-world awareness and interactivity. In particular, they describe activity-, policy-, and process-aware smart objects and demonstrate how the respective architectural abstractions support increasingly complex application.