Integration of Embedded Devices Through Web Services: Requirements, Challenges and Early Results

Integration of the currently available computing systems and platforms is one of the most envisaged goals achieved by computer scientists, which starts to become a reality nowadays. System integration technologies, such as Web Services, can provide a middleware for systems that were originally independent. This technology is being employed successfully for the integration of business software, allowing the interaction between systems run by different companies. Despite the high level of integration achieved in business to business interactions, the same integration is not always obtained at different levels within a corporation. The factory floor is an important example of lack of system integration. At this environment, several independent devices and communication systems coexist, and their integration often relies on customized solutions. Our goal in this paper is to investigate the adequacy of Web Services for the integration of the numerous devices that are found in a manufactur...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2006
• Where: ISCC
• Authors: Guilherme Bertoni Machado, Frank Siqueira, Robinson Mittmann, Carlos Augusto Vieira e Vieira
• Keywords: Communications, ISCC 2006, System Integration Technologies, Systems, Web Services