A platform for lightweight deployment of IoT applications based on a Function-as-a-Service model

Abstract

[eng] The use of Cloud computing for the development of Internet of Things (IoT) applications has emerged during the last years. But there is a lack of a platform which facilitates the deployment and the interoperability of this type of applications. This paper presents a platform to facilitate the deployment of Cloud-based applications to devices in IoT domains. The platform allows the programmers to use a Function-as-a-Service programming paradigm which is managed and configured in a Platform-as-a-Service web tool. The tool also allows establishing interoperability between the functions of the applications. The platform is validated by developing a Cloud application that orchestrates two IoT devices, one with a movement sensor and another one with a camera. Finally, a performance study is also performed. The proposed platform obtains faster and easier deployments of the applications. The resource usages of the IoT devices are also lower with regard to a deployment process based on Docker containers.</p>