Machine-to-machine platform architecture for horizontal service integration

Abstract

Nowadays, machine-to-machine (M2M) communication is being considered as the most promising solution for revolutionizing the future intelligent pervasive applications. This article presents the design of an M2M service platform architecture and prototype implementation of a home automation system based on the designed M2M platform. The proposed service platform consists of three subsystems: M2M service enablement, M2M device management, and M2M communication management. These subsystems include the essential function blocks and interact with each other to horizontally accommodate various M2M applications. The prototype implementation of the full "smart home automation" system, including the M2M service platform, M2M area network, and user/administrator domains, shows the feasibility of the proposed M2M platform architecture. © 2013 Kim and Youm.