Darach Cawley

The Components of a Smart Space Platform for Smart Service Deployment

Telecommunications Software and Systems Group (TSSG)
Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT)

A Smart Space Service is currently defined as a service offered to a person or computing entity in a Smart Space. The Smart Space Service may originate inside the Smart Space or from outside the Smart Space. A service such as this needs to be deployed in an environment where the service itself can avail of a number of fundamental services. Conceptually a platform providing such fundamental service components may be realised to fulfil the services needs. This paper will investigate the requirements of smart services and their users within Smart Space environments and from these requirements identify the core components needed within a platform to support the services and their users. It will also consider candidate technology platforms and their components and look at their applicability to smart space environments.