An Architecture Model of Sensor Information System Based on Cloud Computing

Abstract. Sensor networks are identified as one of the most important technologies for this century. It is widely used in many applications, such as industry manufacturing and environment monitoring. One key research topic concerning it is sensor information system which aims to effectively process, manage and analyze data emanating from sensor networks so as to benefit the users. Recently, with development of sensor networks, sensor information system encounters many challenges, such as large data volumes, cost controlling, data diversity and scalability. In this paper, we propose a general architecture model for sensor information system based on cloud computing. In particular, we introduce the structure and operating mechanism of the architecture model. This architecture fully utilizes the cloud service characteristics and sensor virtualization technology to build a user-centric platform environment supplying scalable, flexible, reliable and on-demand services, which helps solve the challenges encountered by present sensor information system