This document discusses empowering the Internet of Things (IoT) through a cloud-based approach. It proposes the uCore framework, which would provide a common cloud services platform for securely and scalably sharing IoT objects, devices, infrastructure, and applications. The uCore approach would further develop cognitive management mechanisms from previous EU projects and consolidate IoT-centric services. This could help realize a vision of smart cities with one services platform bringing together stakeholders. Potential application domains mentioned include smart living facilities, green cities, healthcare, and disaster management.

1. Ubiquitous Connected Objects for Reconfigurable Eco-Systems
Empowering a cloud based IoT
Dr.-Ing Abdur Rahim Biswas
iCore project manager/ IERC AC14 Co-coordinator
(On behalf of uCore consortium)

2. Acknowledgement
• The concept is proposed by several
partners from iCore/IoT.est and
other EU FP7 IoT projects

3. Background
Contribution to 4th EU-Japan Symposium
http://www.prime-pco.com/4thJEUsymposium/pdf/s3/s3_abdur_rahim.pdf

4. Background
21 partners
2011-2014
14.5m Euro
8 partners
2011-2014
4m Euro
18 partners
2011-2014
15m Euro
21 partners
2010-2013
14.5m Euro
Empowering a Cloud-Based IoT

5. Future Smart City Vision
One city, one service platform
Bringing communities, stakeholders
and citizens together for a more
sustainable society
Cities are treasure troves of data and
information, exploitation this "big data”
will generate new values and new
opportunities

6. Today: Internet of things and cloud
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Domain-centric solutions and applications
Infrastructure centric networks (intra-net of things)
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Representing silos that do not support interoperability
Lack of intelligent and self-management capabilities
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Require capabilities to manage large amounts of IoT
objects/data and knowledge
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Fragmented IoT and cloud technologies
Basic data storage and processing

7. Most relevant European IoT research
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Sharing resources and service provision over multiple domains and
horizontal applications- iCore
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Principle for ubiquitously available, accessible and controllable real
world objects and devices -iCore
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Encompassing cognitive control and management in the IoT -iCore
Flexible and dynamic creation of services based on user demand
and requirements - iCore/IoT.est
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Concealing technological and network heterogeneity and support
various kinds of devices and their integration- iCore/IoT-A
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User/application centric IoT - iCore/BUTLER
An interoperable architecture reference-model for the IoT - IoT-A

8. Overall%
framework%
IC or e
Empowering+ through+
IoT+
Cognitive+
Technologies
!
iCore cognitive control and management IoT architecture
Virtual user and application level
Virtual
world
Composition virtual object level
Virtual object level
Cognitive
C&M
Users
world
Object
world
8%
iCore% Butler% workshop%
+%
joint%
07th%
October%
%
2011%

9. iCore Technical approach
Alignment with EU IoT activities,
Overall cognitive process optimization,
Architecture reference model
iCore security
Context awareness,
cognitive process
technologies
Service logic
factory
Complex event prosessing, service
Cognitive
composition technologies
management and control
framework
CVO
CVO
User
context
registries
User level cognitive
processes
CVO
registries
CVO level cognitive
processes
Semantic technologies
for maintaining the
handle to Virtual Objects
VO
VO
VO
VO
Sensor
Actuator Connectivity
Real World Objects
VO
registries
VO level cognitive
processes
Soft
Sensor
Soft
Actuator
Digital World Objects

10. Future requirements
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Cognitive manageability and Self-* capabilities ( decision, learning
and reasoning capabilities in IoT and Cloud)
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Scalable and secure a large amount of resources/data sharing and
management
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“Big data” storage and processing for real-time services
Reliable and real-time communication from objects to applications
Maximum accessibility and connectivity (interoperable and
standard APIs)
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Dynamic metering – when IoT resources and services are shared
On-demand and flexible cloud-based IoT service provision
Users experience creation and enablement
Privacy and security by design/trusted solutions

11. uCore Approach
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Further realisation of iCore virtual object & composite virtual
object and cognitive management mechanisms and to follow
complementary approach with other EU projects BUTLER,
IoT.est and IoT-A
Consolidated IoT centric common cloud based services
platform taking into account future IoT vision and
requirements
Enabling secure, scalable and real-time exploitation of IoT
objects, devices, infrastructure and applications within an
internet service perspective

12. Smart Life
facility, accessibility
Building green cities
and facilitating
sustainable mobility
Healthcare and
ageing society
Disaster prevention
and management
uCore examples for potential application domains

13. uCore closing remarks
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Major opportunity for moving towards one platform for the
universal realization of the smart city vision
uCore partners have a rich portfolio of successful
collaborations with Japan
o Standards in the context of IEEE, e.g., P1900.4, P1900.6,
etc., in collaboration with NICT (Smart Wireless Laboratory).
o Research work, e.g., special issues, joint papers, etc.
o Regular visits and exchange of ideas in the context of
workshops
Major opportunity for building a success story
Aiming at a closer collaboration with Japanese side, for
instance would be happy if NICT could lead the Japanese side

14. Kiitos
Thank You!
Dr.-Ing Abdur Rahim Biswas
iCore Project Manager/ IERC AC14 Coordinator
Create-Net, Italy
Email: abdur.rahim@create-net.org