Smart Cities: An Autonomic Management Architecture in the Context of IoT

• Pablo Tibúrcio UFPE
• Marcelo Santos UFPE
• Stênio Fernandes UFPE

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/wpietf.2017.3607

Abstract

Network infrastructure management is a critical area for the maintenance of the network and quality of services provided by networks. This management has become quite complex as networks become larger and more heterogeneous. Thus, it increases the costs of management and the possibility of human error as well. Internet of Things (IoT) is an environment that offers these challenges. Management in IoT combines network infrastructure and node (end devices) management. Smart City (SC) is another environment with these management challenges because it is comprised by IoT, but even more complex, owing to large scale and the single administrative domain. In such regard, traditional mechanisms of network and devices management are not efficient. Thus, this work proposes AutoManIoT an architectural solution for autonomic network and devices management to the IoT and SC environments. The proposed architecture use an approach of dynamic and elastic network services provisioning through Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) technologies. These technologies improve the network control and operation efficiency and narrow the network management to application requirements.

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