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Symbiosis of smart objects across IoT
environments
symbIoTe
Ivana Podnar Žarko, University of Zagreb, Technical Manager
ivana.podnar@fer.hr
IoT Week Belgrade, May 31st - June 2nd 2016

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Overview
• symbIoTe in a Nutshell
• Vision & Technical Challenges
• Benefits and Opportunities
• Architectural Sketch
• Use Cases and Trials

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symbIoTe in a Nutshell
interoperability and mediation framework which will
enable IoT platforms to cooperate/collaborate

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Vision & Technical Challenges
Hierarchical,
adaptive and
dynamic IoT
environments
Unified and
secure access
to physical and
virtualized IoT
resources
Resource
discovery and
mediated
access across
platforms
Security: access
scopes and
identity
management
Platform
federation for
cooperative
sensing/actuati
on tasks
Seamless
roaming of
smart objects
across smart
spaces

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Open source software for flexible IoT ecosystems that
will allow the co-creation of added value IoT services
Lower market entry costs for SMEs
Benefits and Opportunities
App developers
• rapid cross-
platform
application
development
to create
innovative IoT
applications
Infrastructure
providers
• simplified
(re)configurati
on of smart
environments
IoT platform
providers
• increased user
base
• new revenue
streams
End users
• enriched user
experience
with
specialized
apps across
domains

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Architectural Sketch

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• Smart Residence
• Smart Mobility and Ecological Routing
• EduCampus
• Smart Stadium
• Smart Yachting
Testbeds and Demonstrators

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Device Domain
Smart Space Domain
Cloud Domain
IoT Platform 1 IoT Platform 2
Domain-Specific Application 1
Sensors
Virtual sensor
representation
within a smart
space domain
Virtual sensor
representation
within the Cloud
domain
Domain-Specific Application 2
symbIoTe virtual
IoT environment
for Application 2
Application Domain
symbIoTe VE 2
filter sensor
data
aggregate sensor data actuate
symbIoTe VE 1 symbIoTe VE 1
Device Roaming
Smart Space
virtualization
Smart Residence Use Case
• Goal: Demonstrate cross-IoT domain
services in the Smart Home/Office
– From detection of user’s presence to
appropriate context setting
– Virtualization of IoT gateways and wireless
MAC
– Integration with Smart Health devices
• symbIoTe Innovations
– Local cloud and dynamic service composition
(symbIoTe middleware)
– Manage and access functions across any
available devices
– Data integration, consolidation and analysis
• Wellness
• Personal health and safety
• IoT platforms in use
– Symphony (NXW)
– nAssist (S&C)
– KIOLA (AIT)
– TarquinIoT (UNIDATA)

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Smart Mobility and Ecological Routing
• Goal: Minimize exposure of citizens to
pollutants and provide shortest route
– Fusion of environmental data from mobile
sensors and fixed stations.
– Usage of traffic data and parking
spot occupancy
• symbIoTe Innovations
– symbIoTe enabler for air quality
monitoring
– High-level symbIoTe API for ecological
routing calculations
– Calibration algorithms for mobile
sensors
– Multiple data sources used through
symbIoTe API wrapper
• Air quality (OpenUWEDAT)
• Network graph characteristics
• Traffic congestion
• IoT platforms in use
– OpenIoT (FER)
– OpenUWEDAT (AIT)
– MoBaaS (UW)
Device Domain
Smart Space Domain
Cloud Domain
IoT Platform 1 IoT Platform 2
Domain-Specific Application 1
Sensors
Virtual sensor
representation
within a smart
space domain
Virtual sensor
representation
within the Cloud
domain
Domain-Specific Application 2
symbIoTe virtual
IoT environment
for Application 2
Application Domain
symbIoTe VE 2
filter sensor
data
aggregate sensor data actuate
symbIoTe VE 1 symbIoTe VE 1
Device Roaming
Smart Space
virtualization

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EduCampus Use Case
• Goal: Federated cross-IoT
domain Campus services
– Collaboration service
– Indoor navigation service
– Room booking service
• symbIoTe Innovations
– Provide open ecosystem for
campus services across various IoT
platforms
– Device roaming
– Data integration and consolidation
• Existing building information
management systems
• Proprietary sensor management
systems
• IoT platforms in use
– OpenIoT
– Legacy building information
management systems

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Smart Stadium Use Case
• symbIoTe Innovations
– Easy and transparent use of indoor location platforms
– Sharing the same indoor location platform among different applications
• Goal: Support stadium visitors at any
time
– Linking digital and physical worlds in a
unique experience
– Visitors: enhanced full experience
– Managers: management of infrastructure
and service providers
• Expected impact, potential advances and future opportunities
– New business opportunities for third party application and services
– Potential for improving environmental impact on the city
Device Domain
Smart Space Domain
Cloud Domain
IoT Platform 1 IoT Platform 2
Domain-Specific Application
Sensors
Application Domain
aggregate sensor data actuate
Device Roaming
Smart Space
Interconnection
symbIoTe Environment
filter sensor
data
Virtual sensor
representation
within a smart
space domain
Virtual sensor
representation
within the Cloud
domain

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Smart Yachting Use Case
Device Domain
Smart Space Domain
Cloud Domain
IoT Platform 1 IoT Platform 2
Domain-Specific Application
Sensors
Application Domain
aggregate sensor data actuate
Device Roaming
Smart Space
Interconnection
symbIoTe Environment
• Goal: Automate the information
processes between megayachts and
mainland
– User’s setting follow-me from the
smart yacht to the smart home
through the smart port
– Enhanced information for mooring
services from Port Authorities
– Automated supply chain activation
for refitting, maintenance and yacht
services
– Context-driven information on
different devices (e.g. updated
public port information on kiosks,
streams from TVCC, environment
sensors, etc.)
• symbIoTe Innovations
– Smart eco-system in yachting market
• IoT platforms in use
– Symphony (NXW)
– NAVIGO DIGITALE (NAVIGO)

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The symbIoTe Consortium

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Open Calls for partners who
wish to:
• make their platforms symbIoTe-
enabled,
• develop innovative applications
on top of symbIoTe or
• deploy the symbIoTe approach
in their domain through small-
scale trials.
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