A service-oriented edge platform for cyber-physical systems

The purpose of this paper is to present an edge pervasive platform supporting the development, deployment and management of flexible, context-aware pervasive applications. This platform, named iCasa, is built on top of the OSGi/iPOJO service-oriented component model. It includes an autonomic context module connected to the physical environment and providing information as a dynamic set of services. This context is dynamic in order to reflect the changing nature of the execution environment but also to deal with applications evolving needs. ICasa also comes with an Eclipse-base development environment including a source code editor, build automation tools, automated deployment facilities, and a smart home configurator and simulator. ICasa has been validated on a variety of applications, mostly in collaboration with Orange Telecom company and Schneider Electric. It is available on the Internet (self-star.net) and is heavily used today for teaching purposes, in addition to industrial developments.