Overview

IoT environment and MBP

Smart environments or IoT environments consist of several Devices, which are connected through the Internet to a certain software system called IoT platform, for example the MBP. Consequently, users can monitor, manage and control these Devices through an IoT platform.

Let's understand some MBP concepts so that you can start configuring your IoT environment! The diagram below shows how IoT components interrelate with each other in the MBP:

In the following, we provide a brief description of each component managed in the MBP:

• The Multi-purpose Binding and Provisioning Platform (MBP) is an IoT platform developed for the easy installation and management of IoT environments.
• A Device is usually a compact computer providing some (limited) processing power. A Device is connected to or contains Sensors and Actuators. For example: Raspberry Pis, personal computers, and smartphones.
• A Sensor measures physical characteristics of the environment. For example, light, heat, motion, moisture or pressure.  
• An Actuator can change the physical characteristics of the environment. For example by opening a valve or turning on a ventilator.
• An Extraction operator is a piece of software to extract data from a Sensor and it also handles the communication between the Device connected to the Sensor and the MBP.
• A Control operator is a piece of software to activate an Actuator and it also handles the communication between the Device connected to the Actuator and the MBP.
• A Rule is an event-condition-action statement. By defining rules, users are able to specify how to react to pre-defined events based on sensor data that might occur within their IoT environments.

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We wish you an amazing experience using the MBP and don't forget to share with us your doubts, wishes and compliments! We look forward to improve the MBP!