Organization and management of Semantic Sensor information using SSN ontology: An energy meter use case

Abstract

In cyber-physical systems (CPS), sensors play a major role in observing and measuring physical world parameters. Capturing sensor semantics aids in search and discovery of the most suitable sensor for detecting specific physical events. This paper describes organization of general sensor information and its management and particularly elaborate the case for energy sensor using Semantic Sensor Network (SSN) ontology. Use of such sensor knowledge representation satisfies spatio-temporal and thematic queries, and at the same time, provides semantic enabled value added services for various smart and green energy aware Internet-of-things (IoT) applications.