A Condition-Action Rule-Based Integration Platform for the Internet of Things

The vigorous development of micro-electro-mechanical systems has enabled the possibility of Internet of Things that envisions interactions between tens of, or possibly hundreds of, smart things such as computers, sensors, and actuators to realize a cyber-physical environment. With the number of devices, it will become tedious and difficult to configure and management the interactions between these things. Therefore, this paper presents an integration platform which allows smart things to be plug-and-play and condition-action rules to be established between things visually. We describe the specifications and architecture of the proposed platform, and also illustrate the implementation. We believe our work will alleviate the complexity of managing and configuring medium-scale of smart things, and pave the way for the solution of large-scale Internet of Things.