Authors:
Noura Faci
1
;
Zakaria Maamar
2
;
Thar Baker
3
;
Emir Ugljanin
4
and
Mohamed Sellami
5
Affiliations:
1
Université Lyon 1, Lyon and France
;
2
Zayed University, Dubai and U.A.E.
;
3
Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool and U.K.
;
4
State University of Novi Pazar, Novi Pazar and Serbia
;
5
ISEP Paris, Paris and France
Keyword(s):
IoT, Lua, Mutation, NodeMCU, and Policy.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Data Communication Networking
;
Enterprise Information Systems
;
Internet of Things
;
Sensor Networks
;
Software Agents and Internet Computing
;
Software and Architectures
;
Telecommunications
Abstract:
This paper discusses mutation as a new way for making things, in the context of Internet-of-Things (IoT), active instead of being passive as reported in the ICT literature. IoT is gaining momentum among ICT practitioners who see a lot of benefits in using things to support users have access to and control over their surroundings. However, things are still confined into the limited role of data suppliers. The approach proposed in this paper advocates for 2 types of mutation, active and passive, along with a set of policies that either back or deny mutation based on specific “stopovers” referred to as permission, prohibition, dispensation, and obligation. A testbed and a set of experiments demonstrating the technical feasibility of the mutation approach, are also presented in the paper. The testbed uses NodeMCU firmware and Lua script interpreter.