Internet of Things Architecture

Figure 68 : IoT architecture generation (expansion of Figure 67 )

This figure gives a detailed view of the actions taking place within each activity and what parts of this document contribute to these
activities and actions. The rectangular dark-red boxes represent sections in this document while <> represents information flow.

Architecting
activity

Architecting

action

Pertinent ARM

module

Type of activity Guidance/information provided in ARM module

Create IoT
Context View

Domain-model

analysis

IoT Domain-Model

(Section 3.3)

Create an IoT Domain Model of the

envisaged IoT system. Use

information provided in the context

view for an identification of system

boundaries and system scope.

The IoT Domain Model including a thorough discussion of all

its entities.

Reference Manual

pertaining to the IoT

Domain Model

(Section 5.4.1)

In-depth information on the entities in the IoT Domain Model

together with examples of how to model these entities and

entire systems.

Requirement
process

Threat analysis Threat analysis

(Section 5.2.9)

Perform a threat analysis for the

envisaged system.

List of system aspects to be taken into account during the

threat analysis and what importance they carry.

Design choices

(Section 5.2.10)

Link identified security risks to

design choices for mitigation of

said risks.

Lists of design choices for mitigating security threats to IoT

systems.

Requirements

engineering

How to use Unified

Requirements

(UNIs) (Section

5.2.8)

Generation of system

requirements.

Insight of how the high-level UNIs can support the generation

of system requirements.