A Case Study on Self-configuring Systems in IoT Based on a Model-Driven Prototyping Approach

Abstract

[Context and motivation] In the last years, the development of the Internet of Things (IoT) with self-configuring systems (SCS) became more important. Consequently, many different solutions have been developed. [Question/problem] We observed a lack of common benchmarks, in particular for the IoT domain to evaluate and compare solutions. There are very few accessible cases (examples) for SCSs published at all. [Principal ideas/results] We propose a case from the IoT domain, smart cities in particular, which comprises of hardware and software components. Starting point is a smart street lighting system with communication between the lamps and passing cars. [Contribution] First, in this paper we present our initial results of running a case study with a model-based prototyping framework on the smart street light. The framework includes a software simulation of the street lamp and the events from the passing cars. Second, an engineer can use the case as a benchmark to compare several approaches in order to make a more informed decision which approach to choose.