Internet of Things Architecture

Interface Definition: Subscribe Association Discovery

Input:
Illustrative
Action

Calling

Component

Called

Component

Name of the

functionality

Parameters Prerequisite

―Subscribe
to discovery
of
Associations
based on VE
Specification
and VE
Service
Specification
‖ Use Case

IoT Service

Client

Virtual

Entity

Resolution

subscribeAssociatio

nDiscovery: given

the VE

Specification and

the VE Service

Specification

asynchronously

notify the IoT

Service Client

about the fitting

associations – as a

result of the

subscription and on

any change of the

fitting associations

VE

Specification

VE Service

Specification

Notification-

Callback

VE

Specification

available

VE Service

Specification

available

Notification-

Callback and

notify-

Association-

Discovery

implemented

on the IoT

Service

Client side

Output:
Functionality
Output

Impacted

Components

Return value Exception

Subscription
identifier

• SubscriptionID Subscription
  failed

Interface Definition: Notify Association Discovery

Input:
Illustrative
Action

Calling

Component

Called

Component

Name of the

functionality

Parameters Prerequisite

―Subscribe
to discovery
of
Associations
based on VE
Specioficatio
n and VE
Service
Specification
‖ Use Case

Virtual

Entity

Resolution

IoT Service

Client

notifyAssociation-

Discovery: an update

with those

Associations is

provided, which, on

the one hand, fit the

subscription and, on

the other hand, have

changed or have not

previously been

provided. The

subscription to which

the notification

Subscriptio

nID,

Association

[]

Notification-

Callback

available

and IoT

Service

Client

reachable

using the

Notification-

Callback