A softwarization architecture for UAVs and WSNs as Part of the cloud environment

Mohamed Sara, Imad Jawhar, Mohamed Nader

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    Abstract

    The development of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) and wireless sensor network (WSN) applications depends on the availability of resources in UAVs and sensor nodes. In traditional applications, UAVs obtain the required data from specific sensors. However, this tightly coupled architecture restricts the usage of the infrastructure for specific applications. This paper proposes a softwarization architecture for UAVs and WSNs. In addition, the higher layers are proposed to be part of the cloud to benefit from the various cloud opportunities. The proposed architecture is based on the network softwarization concept and the Software Defined Networks (SDN) concept along with the Network Functional Virtualization (NFV) technologies. These concepts are associated with decoupling the hardware infrastructure from the control layer that virtualizes the infrastructure resources for the higher layers. The architecture is illustrated with an agricultural example for a cooperative system of a WSN and UAVs. We implement a prototype system that consists of a sensing node, UAV, WSN controller, UAV controller, and orchestration layer to provide a proof of concept for the proposed architecture.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationProceedings - 2016 IEEE International Conference on Cloud Engineering Workshops, IC2EW 2016
    PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
    Pages13-18
    Number of pages6
    ISBN (Electronic)9781509019618
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Aug 1 2016
    Event2016 IEEE International Conference on Cloud Engineering Workshops, IC2EW 2016 - Berlin, Germany
    Duration: Apr 4 2016Apr 8 2016

    Publication series

    NameProceedings - 2016 IEEE International Conference on Cloud Engineering Workshops, IC2EW 2016

    Other

    Other2016 IEEE International Conference on Cloud Engineering Workshops, IC2EW 2016
    Country/TerritoryGermany
    CityBerlin
    Period4/4/164/8/16

    Keywords

    • Cloud Computing
    • IoT
    • NFV
    • SDN
    • Softwarization
    • UAVs
    • WSN

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Computer Networks and Communications
    • Control and Systems Engineering
    • Hardware and Architecture

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