FRAMESELF: an ontology-based framework for the self-management of machine-to-machine systems

摘要

Machine-to-machine (M2M) systems need to connect thousands of heterogeneous machines that are widelyrndistributed and frequently evolve according to their environment changes. Keeping such systems alive isrncostly in terms of time and money. The increasing complexity of M2M communications places M2M developmentrnand research under strain. Autonomic computing paradigm is widely believed to be a promisingrnsolution to self-manage this complexity. This paper proposes FRAMESELF, an ontology-based frameworkrndesigned for the self-configuration ofM2M communications. A variety of communication modules based onrnservice-oriented and event-driven communication patterns is dynamically selected and configured in deploymentrnplans. A generic and extensible control loop components diagram detailing the monitoring, analyzing,rnplanning, and executing processes are provided. Ontology models describing the M2M architecture andrnM2M communication patterns are proposed. A smart metering use case is experimented to validate thernproposed approach and to calculate the overload generated by FRAMESELF facing scalability.