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Harmonization Model & Implementation of Interactions among IoT Devices

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Author(s)

Yuyin Song, Thomas Roth, Peter Waher, Helbert da Rocha, Riccardo Brama, Hiroaki Nishi, Antonio Espirito-Santo

Abstract

The Internet of Things (IoT) is highly heterogeneous regarding smart sensors/devices, connectivity, communication protocols, and data formats. The major challenges of IoT ecosystems are fragmentation (or disintegration) and cross-domain interoperability. To overcome the challenges of interoperability, standardized interfaces and protocols, harmonized interactions, and interoperability testing are essential. This paper introduces a harmonization model of interactions among IoT devices with diverse interfaces/connectivity and communication protocols to achieve interoperability by harmonizing their interactions. A harmonization implementation of interactions of the IEEE 1451-based IoT devices and MODBUS devices has been provided in the paper to test and verify that the proposed harmonization model works well. This harmonization model and implementation of interactions among IoT devices will provide a solid foundation for the IEEE P1451.99 standard specification.
Proceedings Title
Proceedings of the 51 Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society - 2025 IECON
Conference Dates
October 14-17, 2025
Conference Location
Madrid, ES
Conference Title
The 51 Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society - 2025 IECON

Keywords

Harmonization, Harmonization Model, Interactions, IoT, IoT Devices/Systems

Citation

Song, Y. , Roth, T. , Waher, P. , da Rocha, H. , Brama, R. , Nishi, H. and Espirito-Santo, A. (2025), Harmonization Model & Implementation of Interactions among IoT Devices, Proceedings of the 51 Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society - 2025 IECON, Madrid, ES (Accessed November 22, 2025)

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Created June 25, 2025, Updated November 21, 2025
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