Semantic Internet of Things (IoT) Interoperability Using Software Defined Network (SDN) and Network Function Virtualization (NFV)

Abstract

In the coming few years, there is going to be rapid advancement in terms of technology like 5G, 6G, etc. When we think about 5G, the performance of the internet is going to increase multifold. The 5G i.e. fifth-generation network is going to be very heterogeneous. There is a need for a standardized solution to the issues in this technology. In this work, we are trying to understand the problems specifically in IoT (Internet of Things) area of 5G. In the literature survey, we found out that various solutions have been proposed in the area of the Internet of Things, but there is a lack of some generic solutions for all IoT projects. Every project works excellent in its closed and specified environment. When we try to connect multiple IoT projects, there is a big problem of interoperability. Some ICT standardization organizations have proposed some solutions to interoperability to overcome this scenario. Few solutions have been proposed by some authors to provide interoperability using semantic technologies. The solution for this problem of heterogeneous IoT can be provided using the semantic technologies in combination with that of SDN (Software Defined Network), NFV (Network Function Virtualization), and Cloud infrastructure.