Sensing as a service: Challenges, solutions and future directions

Xiang Sheng; Jian Tang; Xuejie Xiao; Guoliang Xue

doi:10.1109/JSEN.2013.2262677

Sensing as a service: Challenges, solutions and future directions

Xiang Sheng, Jian Tang, Xuejie Xiao, Guoliang Xue

Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science

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Abstract

Sensors on (or attached to) mobile phones can enable attractive sensing applications in different domains, such as environmental monitoring, social networking, healthcare, transportation, 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 needs to 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; and 3) it must have effective incentive mechanisms that can be used to attract mobile users to participate in sensing activities. In this vision 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.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	6515322
Pages (from-to)	3733-3741
Number of pages	9
Journal	IEEE Sensors Journal
Volume	13
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2013.2262677
State	Published - 2013

Keywords

Mobile phone sensing
cloud computing
energy-efficiency
incentive mechanisms
sensing as a service

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Instrumentation
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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