Fiware: A web of things development platform

  • Ivan A. Tot University of Defence in Belgrade, Military Academy, Department for information systems and telecommunication enginering, Belgrade, Republic of Serbia
  • Dušan Lj. Bogićević Serbian Armed Forces, Department of Telecommunications and IT, Center for C4 and IT support, Belgrade,Republic of Serbia, University of Niš, Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Niš, Republic of Serbia
  • Mladen B. Trikoš University of Defence in Belgrade, Military Academy, Department for information systems and telecommunication enginering, Belgrade,Republic of Serbia
  • Komlen G. Lalović Faculty of Management, Economy and Finance, Belgrade, Republic of Serbi
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5937/vojtehg66-17063
Keywords: Internet of Things (IoT), Web of Things (WoT), FIWARE,

Abstract


As an extension to the concept of the Internet of Things (IoT), Web of Things (WoT) represents a step towards connecting smart things to the existing web environment while considering issues such as heterogeneity, scalability, and usability. This paper is dedicated to current opportunities as well as challenges for development in the concept of WoT. The theoretical foundations of the Internet of Things concept, such as architecture, protocols, services, and things themselves, which form the basis of both concepts, are described in the paper. The paper deals with the necessary preconditions for developing the concept of Web of Things. The main contribution of the paper is a proposal of architecture based on the FIWARE platform as the basis for the development of Web of Things.The demonstration of the proposed architecture is described by a real case scenario.

Author Biographies

Ivan A. Tot, University of Defence in Belgrade, Military Academy, Department for information systems and telecommunication enginering, Belgrade, Republic of Serbia
docent
Mladen B. Trikoš, University of Defence in Belgrade, Military Academy, Department for information systems and telecommunication enginering, Belgrade,Republic of Serbia
asistent

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Published
2018/09/03
Issue
Vol. 66 No. 4 (2018): October – December
Section
Professional Papers

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