Christof Bornhoevd

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Towards a Viable Sensor Network Industrial
Ecosystem

• Christof Bornhoevd
• Brian Mo
• Thomas Odenwald
• Presenter Asuman Suenbuel
• SAP Research Labs, Palo Alto

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Five Key Elements of Enterprise Services
Architecture
PEOPLE PRODUCTIVITY
ANALYTICS/REPORTING
SERVICE COMPOSITION
SAP NetWeaver
SERVICE ENABLEMENT
PartnerServices
SAPs Enterprise Services
Business Objects, Components, and Engines
Bus. Partner
Legacy
LIFE-CYCLE MGMT
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SAPs Blueprint for Sustainable Success
Enterprise Services Architecture is a
Web-services based architecture for adaptive
business solutions

• Business solutions for 27 industries
• mySAP Business Suite, SAP xApps
• SAP NetWeaver
• Adaptive computing infrastructure

Smart Items Research Program Vision A holistic
service-oriented architecture for the seamless
integration of real world data and events into
enterprise software that efficiently exploits the
capabilities of current, emerging and future
ubiquitous computing technologies like embedded
systems and wireless sensor networks
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Real-Time Information for the Real-Time Enterprise
Devices
People
collaboration
roles
roles
embeddedanalytics

alerts
A2A
B2B
Information
CRM
PLM
SRM
SCM
CRM
PLM
ERP
Leg-acy
PhysicalWorld
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How the Internet came about?
1993 the first proper web-browser, Mosaic
1960 Foundation of the Internet, Sending/compressi
on of data packages
1982 TCP/IP
1984 DNS
1968/69 ARPANET
1979/1980 USENET
1995 Java
1991 WWW
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341,634 annual growth rate! Important sites like
the White House and Pizza Hut appeared. Online
shopping sites showed up.
standard linked information system accessible
across the range of different computers in use.
Spirit of freedom of speech, information sharing,
introduction of PCs
Used NCP as transmission protocol 1982 replaced
by TCP/IP First large-scale Internet was created
as a set of interconnected US-Military
computers, Services email etc.
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Development of the Internet
Technology basis
Prototype systems and applications
Definition of Standards
Widespread business use
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What can we learn from this development for
sensor networks?

• So, the first large-scale Internet was created
  (1969 to 1982) a set of interconnected US
  military computers (e.g. for e-mail exchange).
• Why did it take more than 25 years to
  revolutionize the world and
• And what factors made the revolution finally
  happen?
• The first applications stem from defense research
  projects with government. Outside defense, the
  industrial applications are slowly moving
  forward. Why slowly?

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Revolution barriers of sensor networks

• Lack of tools and testbets for application
  development
• Lack of standards at software and hardware level
  industry is reluctant to invest or to do
  development
• for non standardized languages, tools,
  applications and operating systems.
• in non standardized languages other than their
  own one
• Lack of basic service standards (security,
  location, name service)
• Sometimes nonproprietary nature The risks for a
  software company is that nonproprietary products
  are in the public domain and anyone can produce
  or distribute them. This also means there is no
  one to blame for if hardware level alterations
  need to be performed
• Lack of hardware for reasonable prices
  reasonable quality Wireless nodes and sensors
  are still pricey, leaving the early
  implementation to those who can afford the
  initial outlay.

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Revolution barriers of sensor networks

• Lack of industrial application. The technology is
  too new to refer to industrial success stories.
  Pioneering spirit required from initial
  users/customers. Low return on investment in
  immediate future due to high technology
  introduction costs. Lack of industry partners.
• Lack of separation of business logic from device
  logic and network logic no proper
  abstraction layers, too low level programming
  required ? business application developers
  are not used to deal with low level
  programming
• Lack of consumer products as a result of
  reluctance of industry to adopt the new
  technology ? reduced demands for sensor devices

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Learn Lessons from the Internet History?

• With sensor networks, we are in a similar
  situation like the internet in the early stages.
  In order to accelerate the technology
  maturation, we should learn from the history of
  the internet. Key factors for success for both
  internet and sensor networks are
• standards,
• tools, and
• affordable hardware
• ?marketable business applications and adaptions