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Ambient Intelligence Based on the Internet of Things

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A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Internet of Things".

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Dr. Antonio Guerrieri

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ICAR-CNR, Institute of High Performance Computing and Networking of the Italian National Research Council, 87036 Rende, Cosenza, Italy
Interests: Internet of Things; wireless sensor and actuator networks; WSN frameworks; multi agent systems
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Dr. Xiuwen Fu

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Institute of Logistics Science and Engineering, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai 201306, China
Interests: Internet of Things; wireless sensor networks; unmanned systems; swarm intelligence; network reliability; network modeling
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Dr. Franco Cicirelli

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ICAR-CNR, Institute of High Performance Computing and Networking of the Italian National Research Council, 87036 Rende, Cosenza, Italy
Interests: Software Engineering tools and methodologies for the modeling; analysis and implementation of complex time-dependent systems; agent-based systems; distributed simulation; parallel and distributed systems; real-time systems; workflow management systems; Internet of Things and cyber-physical systems; smart cities; Petri Nets; Timed Automata and the DEVS formalism
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Dr. Andrea Vinci

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ICAR-CNR, Institute of High Performance Computing and Networking of the Italian National Research Council, 87036 Rende, Cosenza, Italy
Interests: Internet of Things and Cyber-Physical Systems; definitions of platforms and methodologies for the design and implementation of cyber-physical systems; distributed algorithms for the efficient management of urban facilities; swarm intelligence and peer-to-peer techniques; and Data Mining; Ambient Intelligence; edge computing; GPU computing; smart cities
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Dear Colleagues,

Nowadays, the Internet of Things and its pervasiveness are opening new and very interesting scenarios. Such scenarios, also favored by new advancements in terms of hardware (new sensors/actuators/computing devices), communication protocol, infrastructure and technologies, and algorithms, are leading to the realization of novel smart cities and smart environments applications.

In this context, it is very important the exploration of new solutions which leverages wireless sensor networks, smart objects, digital twin, edge-fog-cloud computing, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and reinforcement learning for reaching ambient intelligence.

Ambient intelligence is the capacity of a smart environment to sample itself, become aware of its context (by extracting knowledge), and react accordingly, taking also into consideration the presence, needs, and behaviors of the people operating and living in such environments. Ambient intelligence is also at the basis of the so-called cognitive buildings, which are the buildings of the future capable to exhibit self-learning and self-managing behaviors in order to reach high-level goals like environmental comfort, sustainability, safety, and resource optimization.

This Special Issue wants to involve both academic and industrial communities operating in the fields of computer science, human–computer interactions, electronics, control systems, and telecommunications, and that aim to give novel contributions to the above-mentioned topics, so introducing new paradigms, algorithms, methodologies, and applications for ambient intelligence based on the Internet of Things.

Dr. Antonio Guerrieri
Dr. Xiuwen Fu
Dr. Franco Cicirelli
Dr. Andrea Vinci
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Keywords

Internet of Things
smart and cognitive environments
edge, fog, cloud computing
smart building
architectures, methodologies, and infrastructures for IoT ambient intelligence
cognitive IoT ambient intelligence
digital twin for IoT ambient intelligence
green and sustainable IoT ambient intelligence
low energy and battery-less systems
machine learning and artificial intelligence for the IoT ambient intelligence
wireless sensor and actuator networks
standards and protocols for the IoT ambient intelligence

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A Deep Anomaly Detection System for IoT-Based Smart Buildings

by Simona Cicero, Massimo Guarascio, Antonio Guerrieri and Simone Mungari

Sensors 2023, 23(23), 9331; https://doi.org/10.3390/s23239331 - 22 Nov 2023

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In recent years, technological advancements in sensor, communication, and data storage technologies have led to the increasingly widespread use of smart devices in different types of buildings, such as residential homes, offices, and industrial installations. The main benefit of using these devices is the possibility of enhancing different crucial aspects of life within these buildings, including energy efficiency, safety, health, and occupant comfort. In particular, the fast progress in the field of the Internet of Things has yielded exponential growth in the number of connected smart devices and, consequently, increased the volume of data generated and exchanged. However, traditional Cloud-Computing platforms have exhibited limitations in their capacity to handle and process the continuous data exchange, leading to the rise of new computing paradigms, such as Edge Computing and Fog Computing. In this new complex scenario, advanced Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning can play a key role in analyzing the generated data and predicting unexpected or anomalous events, allowing for quickly setting up effective responses against these unexpected events. To the best of our knowledge, current literature lacks Deep-Learning-based approaches specifically devised for guaranteeing safety in IoT-Based Smart Buildings. For this reason, we adopt an unsupervised neural architecture for detecting anomalies, such as faults, fires, theft attempts, and more, in such contexts. In more detail, in our proposal, data from a sensor network are processed by a Sparse U-Net neural model. The proposed approach is lightweight, making it suitable for deployment on the edge nodes of the network, and it does not require a pre-labeled training dataset. Experimental results conducted on a real-world case study demonstrate the effectiveness of the developed solution. Full article

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DGTTSSA: Data Gathering Technique Based on Trust and Sparrow Search Algorithm for WSNs

by Walid Osamy, Ahmed M. Khedr, Bader Alwasel and Ahmed Salim

Sensors 2023, 23(12), 5433; https://doi.org/10.3390/s23125433 - 08 Jun 2023

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Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) have been successfully utilized for developing various collaborative and intelligent applications that can provide comfortable and smart-economic life. This is because the majority of applications that employ WSNs for data sensing and monitoring purposes are in open practical environments, where security is often the first priority. In particular, the security and efficacy of WSNs are universal and inevitable issues. One of the most effective methods for increasing the lifetime of WSNs is clustering. In cluster-based WSNs, Cluster Heads (CHs) play a critical role; however, if the CHs are compromised, the gathered data loses its trustworthiness. Hence, trust-aware clustering techniques are crucial in a WSN to improve node-to-node communication as well as to enhance network security. In this work, a trust-enabled data-gathering technique based on the Sparrow Search Algorithm (SSA) for WSN-based applications, called DGTTSSA, is introduced. In DGTTSSA, the swarm-based SSA optimization algorithm is modified and adapted to develop a trust-aware CH selection method. A fitness function is created based on the nodes’ remaining energy and trust values in order to choose more efficient and trustworthy CHs. Moreover, predefined energy and trust threshold values are taken into account and are dynamically adjusted to accommodate the changes in the network. The proposed DGTTSSA and the state-of-the-art algorithms are evaluated in terms of the Stability and Instability Period, Reliability, CHs Average Trust Value, Average Residual Energy, and Network Lifetime. The simulation results indicate that DGTTSSA selects the most trustworthy nodes as CHs and offers a significantly longer network lifetime than previous efforts in the literature. Moreover, DGTTSSA improves the instability period compared to LEACH-TM, ETCHS, eeTMFGA, and E-LEACH up to 90%, 80%, 79%, 92%, respectively, when BS is located at the center, up to 84%, 71%, 47%, 73%, respectively, when BS is located at the corner, and up to 81%, 58%, 39%, 25%, respectively, when BS is located outside the network. Full article

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Implementing Dual Base Stations within an IoT Network for Sustaining the Fault Tolerance of an IoT Network through an Efficient Path Finding Algorithm

by J. K. R. Sastry, Bhupati Ch and Raja Rao Budaraju

Sensors 2023, 23(8), 4032; https://doi.org/10.3390/s23084032 - 17 Apr 2023

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The IoT networks for implementing mission-critical applications need a layer to effect remote communication between the cluster heads and the microcontrollers. Remote communication is affected through base stations using cellular technologies. Using a single base station in this layer is risky as the fault tolerance level of the network will be zero when the base stations break down. Generally, the cluster heads are within the base station spectrum, making seamless integration possible. Implementing a dual base station to cater for a breakdown of the first base station creates huge remoteness as the cluster heads are not within the spectrum of the second base station. Furthermore, using the remote base station involves huge latency affecting the performance of the IoT network. In this paper, a relay-based network is presented with intelligence to fetch the shortest path for communicating to reduce latency and sustain the fault tolerance capability of the IoT network. The results demonstrate that the technique improved the fault tolerance of the IoT network by 14.23%. Full article

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MIA-NDN: Microservice-Centric Interest Aggregation in Named Data Networking

by Muhammad Imran, Muhammad Salah Ud Din, Muhammad Atif Ur Rehman and Byung-Seo Kim

Sensors 2023, 23(3), 1411; https://doi.org/10.3390/s23031411 - 27 Jan 2023

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The named data networking (NDN)-based microservice-centric in-network computation poses various challenges in terms of interest aggregation and pending interest table (PIT) lifetime management. A same-named microservice-centric interest packet may have a different number of input parameters with nonidentical input values. In addition, the same-named interest packet with the same number of parameters may have different corresponding parameter values. The vanilla NDN request aggregation (based on the interest name, while ignoring the input parameters count and/or their corresponding values) may result in false aggregation. Moreover, the microservice-centric requested computations may fail to accomplish in the default 4s PIT timer due to the input size. To address these challenges, this paper presents MIA-NDN: microservice-centric interest aggregation in named data networking. We designed microservice-centric interest-naming to enable name-based communication. MIA-NDN develops a robust interest aggregation mechanism that not only performs the interest aggregation based on the interest name but also considers the input parameter counts and their corresponding values in the interest aggregation process to avoid false packet aggregations. A dynamic PIT timer mechanism based on input size was devised that avoids the PIT entry losses if the execution time exceeds the default PIT timer value to avoid computation losses and uphold the application quality of service (QoS). Extensive software-based simulations confirm that the MIA-NDN outperforms the benchmark scheme in terms of microservice-centric interest aggregation, microservice satisfaction rate, and communication overhead. Full article

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A Survey of Authentication in Internet of Things-Enabled Healthcare Systems

by Mudassar Ali Khan, Ikram Ud Din, Tha’er Majali and Byung-Seo Kim

Sensors 2022, 22(23), 9089; https://doi.org/10.3390/s22239089 - 23 Nov 2022

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The Internet of medical things (IoMT) provides an ecosystem in which to connect humans, devices, sensors, and systems and improve healthcare services through modern technologies. The IoMT has been around for quite some time, and many architectures/systems have been proposed to exploit its true potential. Healthcare through the Internet of things (IoT) is envisioned to be efficient, accessible, and secure in all possible ways. Even though the personalized health service through IoT is not limited to time or location, many associated challenges have emerged at an exponential pace. With the rapid shift toward IoT-enabled healthcare systems, there is an extensive need to examine possible threats and propose countermeasures. Authentication is one of the key processes in a system’s security, where an individual, device, or another system is validated for its identity. This survey explores authentication techniques proposed for IoT-enabled healthcare systems. The exploration of the literature is categorized with respect to the technology deployment region, as in cloud, fog, and edge. A taxonomy of attacks, comprehensive analysis, and comparison of existing authentication techniques opens up possible future directions and paves the road ahead. Full article

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