Teil eines Buches,
Resource Management in the Internet of Things: Clustering, Synchronisation and Software Agents
Architecting the Internet of Things, Kapitel 7, (2011)
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-19157-2_7
Zusammenfassung
The objects of the Internet of Things will be empowered by embedded devices whose constrained resources will need to be managed efficiently. It is envisioned that these devices will be able to form ad-hoc networks, and that the connection from these networks to the Internet of Things infrastructure will not always be possible. In this chapter we propose the use of clustering, software agents and synchronisation techniques in order to overcome the challenges of managing the resources of the Internet of Things objects. We argue that clustering will be beneficial to reduce the energy expenditure and improve the scalability and robustness of the object networks. Software agents will aide in the automation of task, both for the objects and the Internet of Things users. Finally, synchronisations techniques will be necessary to address the various challenges of harmonising plenty of copies of object data with potentially partially disconnected Internet of Things architecture components.
