TY - GEN
T1 - Sensing as a service
T2 - 11th IEEE SENSORS 2012 Conference
AU - Sheng, Xiang
AU - Xiao, Xuejie
AU - Tang, Jian
AU - Xue, Guoliang
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Sensors on (or attached to) mobile phones can enable attractive sensing applications in different domains such as environmental monitoring, social networking, healthcare, etc. We introduce a new concept, Sensing-as-a-Service (S2aaS), i.e., providing sensing services using mobile phones via a cloud computing system. An S2aaS cloud should meet the following requirements: 1) It must be able to support various mobile phone sensing applications on different smartphone platforms. 2) It must be energy-efficient. 3) It must have effective incentive mechanisms that can be used to attract mobile users to participate in sensing activities. In this paper, we identify unique challenges of designing and implementing an S2aaS cloud, review existing systems and methods, present viable solutions, and point out future research directions.
AB - Sensors on (or attached to) mobile phones can enable attractive sensing applications in different domains such as environmental monitoring, social networking, healthcare, etc. We introduce a new concept, Sensing-as-a-Service (S2aaS), i.e., providing sensing services using mobile phones via a cloud computing system. An S2aaS cloud should meet the following requirements: 1) It must be able to support various mobile phone sensing applications on different smartphone platforms. 2) It must be energy-efficient. 3) It must have effective incentive mechanisms that can be used to attract mobile users to participate in sensing activities. In this paper, we identify unique challenges of designing and implementing an S2aaS cloud, review existing systems and methods, present viable solutions, and point out future research directions.
KW - Mobile phone sensing
KW - cloud computing
KW - energy-efficiency
KW - incentive mechanisms
KW - sensing as a service
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U2 - 10.1109/ICSENS.2012.6411516
DO - 10.1109/ICSENS.2012.6411516
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84873978372
SN - 9781457717659
T3 - Proceedings of IEEE Sensors
BT - IEEE SENSORS 2012 - Proceedings
Y2 - 28 October 2012 through 31 October 2012
ER -