Title: Implementation of two fuzzy-based systems for IoT device selection in opportunistic networks: effect of storage parameter on IoT device selection

Authors: Miralda Cuka; Donald Elmazi; Elis Kulla; Tetsuya Oda; Makoto Ikeda; Leonard Barolli

Addresses: Graduate School of Engineering, Fukuoka Institute of Technology (FIT), 3-30-1 Wajiro-Higashi, Higashi-Ku, Fukuoka 811-0295, Japan ' Graduate School of Engineering, Fukuoka Institute of Technology (FIT), 3-30-1 Wajiro-Higashi, Higashi-Ku, Fukuoka 811-0295, Japan ' Department of Information and Computer Engineering, Okayama University of Science, 1-1 Ridai-cho, Kita-Ku, Okayama 700-0005, Japan ' Department of Information and Computer Engineering, Okayama University of Science, 1-1 Ridai-cho, Kita-Ku, Okayama 700-0005, Japan ' Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Fukuoka Institute of Technology (FIT), 3-30-1 Wajiro-Higashi, Higashi-Ku, Fukuoka 811-0295, Japan ' Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Fukuoka Institute of Technology (FIT), 3-30-1 Wajiro-Higashi, Higashi-Ku, Fukuoka 811-0295, Japan

Abstract: Recently, there are many research works on opportunistic networks and internet of things (IoT). In this paper, we integrate these two technologies by using fuzzy logic. We propose a fuzzy-based approach and implement two fuzzy-based systems for IoT device selection in opportunistic networks. We call the implemented systems: FSIO1 and FSIO2. For FSIO1, we use three input parameters: IoT device speed (IDS), IoT device distance from task (IDDT) and IoT device remaining energy (IDRE). The output parameter is IoT device selection decision (IDSD). For FSIO2, we consider four input parameters by adding IoT device storage (IDST) as a new parameter. Comparing complexity of FSIO1 and FSIO2, the FSIO2 is more complex than FSIO1. But, the FSIO2 is more flexible and makes a better selection of IoT devices than FSIO1.

Keywords: opportunistic networks; internet of things; IoT; IoT device selection; fuzzy logic; delay-tolerant networks.

DOI: 10.1504/IJCNDS.2018.093400

International Journal of Communication Networks and Distributed Systems, 2018 Vol.21 No.1, pp.95 - 114

Received: 28 Oct 2017
Accepted: 24 Nov 2017
Published online: 25 Jul 2018 *

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