Iot interoperability framework for smart home: MDA-inspired approach.

Internet of Things (IoT) technology is a revolutionary paradigm that aims to transform physical objects into connected devices that can be accessed ubiquitously. Due to heterogeneous manufacturers and supported infrastructures, IoT technology introduces a wide range of communication protocols. Device interoperability is a significant problem when two or more IoT applications are developed using different application-layer protocols. Conspicuously, a formalization of the system design is proposed using the Model Driven Architecture (MDA) approach for IoT interoperability. Specifically, a comprehensive MDA-based approach is proposed that reduces the processing time and effort to develop IoT interoperable systems. Metamodel, UML profile, and transformation rules are developed to make heterogeneous application-layer protocols interoperable using devices as intermediates. The objective is to elucidate the extent to which various layers of the MDA framework are encompassed. Furthermore, the smart home-based power consumption analysis environment is presented as the application scenario. For validation purposes, the proposed model is simulated using a challenging dataset obtained from an online UCI repository. Results depict that the proposed technique is more effective as compared to state-of-the-art techniques in terms of Temporal Delay (109.68s), Data Classification Accuracy (92.06%), Statistical Efficiency (92.36%), Reliability (86.23%), and Stability (71.23%). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]