Model-Driven IoT App Stores: Deploying Customizable Software Products to Heterogeneous Devices

ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Generative Programming: Concepts and Experiences (GPCE), pp. 108–121

Abstract

Internet of Things (IoT) devices and the software they execute are often strongly coupled with vendors preinstalling their software at the factory. Future IoT applications are expected to be distributed via app stores. A strong coupling between hard- and software hinders the rise of such app stores. Existing model-driven approaches for developing IoT applications focus largely on the behavior specification and message exchange but generate code that targets a specific set of devices. By raising the level of abstraction, models can be utilized to decouple hard- and software and adapt to various infrastructures. We present a concept for a model-driven app store that decouples hardware and software development of product lines of IoT applications.

Authors 6

1. Arvid Butting Aachen

   RWTH Aachen University

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   RWTH Aachen University, Germany

2. Jörg Christian Kirchhof Aachen

   RWTH Aachen University

   Affiliation as printed

   RWTH Aachen University, Germany

3. Anno Kleiss Aachen

   RWTH Aachen University

   Affiliation as printed

   RWTH Aachen University, Germany

4. Judith Michael Aachen

   RWTH Aachen University

   Affiliation as printed

   RWTH Aachen University, Germany

5. Radoslav Orlov Aachen

   RWTH Aachen University

   Affiliation as printed

   RWTH Aachen University, Germany

6. Bernhard Rumpe⋆ Aachen

   RWTH Aachen University

   Affiliation as printed

   RWTH Aachen University, Germany