Design and implementation of a Gateway for Pervasive Smart Environments

Wireless sensor and actuator networks play an important role in the Internet of Things (IoT) as they are key for the creation of Pervasive Smart Environments. These networks are developed through the interconnection of various heterogeneous devices. Due to the heterogeneity of the devices in terms of the communication protocols and the technologies used, the interconnection between them is still difficult. Particularly, interconnection and interoperability in IoT are two of the great challenges that needs to be faced in order to implement pervasive smart environments. We present the design and implementation of a Smart IoT Gateway which allows technical and syntactic interoperability in IoT using standard open protocols and standard data representation formats. We evaluated and demonstrated the effectiveness of the Smart IoT Gateway in terms of interoperability through its application to a use case in the industry sector.