A proxy framework for API interoperability in the Internet of Things
Satoshi Asano, Takeshi Yashiro, Ken Sakamura · 2016
We propose a novel framework for the Internet of Things (IoT) devices, which aims to realize interoperability among devices without modification to the devices. Our framework works as a proxy that accepts standard API requests, which are translated into device-specific requests using the conversion rules defined as device-specific profiles. Application programmers are not required to be aware of the difference of the APIs of devices thanks to the standard API provided by the framework. We evaluated our framework and found that our framework can standardize two different device APIs in practical scenarios with a negligible impact on response time.