%0 Journal Article
%T A DHT-Based Discovery Service for the Internet of Things
%A Federica Paganelli
%A David Parlanti
%J Journal of Computer Networks and Communications
%D 2012
%I Hindawi Publishing Corporation
%R 10.1155/2012/107041
%X Current trends towards the Future Internet are envisaging the conception of novel services endowed with context-aware and autonomic capabilities to improve end users¡¯ quality of life. The Internet of Things paradigm is expected to contribute towards this ambitious vision by proposing models and mechanisms enabling the creation of networks of ¡°smart things¡± on a large scale. It is widely recognized that efficient mechanisms for discovering available resources and capabilities are required to realize such vision. The contribution of this work consists in a novel discovery service for the Internet of Things. The proposed solution adopts a peer-to-peer approach for guaranteeing scalability, robustness, and easy maintenance of the overall system. While most existing peer-to-peer discovery services proposed for the IoT support solely exact match queries on a single attribute (i.e., the object identifier), our solution can handle multiattribute and range queries. We defined a layered approach by distinguishing three main aspects: multiattribute indexing, range query support, peer-to-peer routing. We chose to adopt an over-DHT indexing scheme to guarantee ease of design and implementation principles. We report on the implementation of a Proof of Concept in a dangerous goods monitoring scenario, and, finally, we discuss test results for structural properties and query performance evaluation. 1. Introduction The research roadmap towards the Future Internet is envisaging novel services endowed with context-aware and autonomic capabilities to support end users in daily living activities (e.g., work, leisure time, travel). In such a perspective, the technological landscape is expected to be populated by a wide range of functional capabilities offered by heterogeneous types of devices (PCs, mobile phones, household appliances, smart textiles, etc.). Several research fields are expected to contribute towards this ambitious vision, including the Internet of Things, the Internet of Services, and Cloud Computing. The ¡°Internet of Things¡± paradigm aims at providing models and mechanisms enabling the creation of networks of ¡°smart things¡± on a large scale by means of RFID, wireless sensor and actuator networks, and embedded devices distributed in the physical environment [1]. This paradigm will open up the possibility to create novel value-added services by dynamically assembling different types of capabilities (sensing, communication, information processing, and actuation on physical resources, just to mention a few examples). Nonetheless, it is also well-known that the
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