BMP: Toward a Broker-less and Microservice Platform for Internet of Thing

Abstract

The Internet of Things (IoT), currently, is one of the most interesting technology trends. IoT is the foundation and driving force for the development of other scientific fields based on its ability to connect things and the huge amount of data it collects. The IoT Platform is considered the backbone of every IoT architecture that not only allows the transfer of data between user and device but also the feed of high-level applications such as big data or deep learning. As a result, the optimal design of the IoT Platform is a very important issue, which should be carefully considered in many aspects. Although the IoT is applied in multiple domains, there are three indispensable features including (a) data collections, (b) devices and users management, and (c) remote device control. These functions usually come with some requirements, for example, security, high-speed transmission, low energy consumption, reliable data exchange, and scalable systems. In this paper, we propose the IoT Platform,called BMP (Broker-less and Microservice Platform) designed according to microservice and broker-less architecture combined with gRPC protocol to meet the requirements of the three features mentioned above. Our IoT Platform addresses five issues: (1) address the limited processing capacity of devices, (2) reduce energy consumption, (3) speed up transmission rate and enhance the accuracy of the data exchange, (4) improve security mechanisms, and (5) improve the scalability of the system. Moreover, we describe the evaluation to prove the effectiveness of the BMP (i.e., proof-of-concept) in three scenarios. Finally, a source code of the BMP is publicized on the GitHub repository to engage further reproducibility and improvement.