Federated Lab (FedLab): An Open-source Distributed Platform for Internet of Things (IoT) Research and Experimentation

Max Meijer; Giacomo Tommaso Petrucci; Matthijs Schotsman; Luca Morgese Zangrandi; Thijs van Ede; Andrea Continella; Ganduulga Gankhuyag; Luca Allodi; Savio Sciancalepore

doi:10.1109/WF-IoT54382.2022.10152136

Federated Lab (FedLab): An Open-source Distributed Platform for Internet of Things (IoT) Research and Experimentation

Max Meijer
, Giacomo Tommaso Petrucci
, Matthijs Schotsman
, Luca Morgese Zangrandi
, Thijs van Ede
, Andrea Continella
, Ganduulga Gankhuyag
, Luca Allodi
, Savio Sciancalepore

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Abstract

This paper introduces the Federated Lab (in short, FedLab), a virtual platform enabling shared research and experimentation on Internet of Things (IoT) devices, protocols, and functionalities in a network of geographically-distributed peers. In a nutshell, the FedLab allows multiple peers to share heterogeneous IoT hardware (devices) and software functionalities (capabilities) with a set of authenticated partners, easing the design of geographically-distributed experiments and providing a platform that enables joint research. The FedLab is conceived with ease of deployment and use in mind, focuses on compatibility-by-design, and it is easily deployable on multiple host operating systems as a plug-and-play tool. Besides motivating the design of the FedLab and its requirements, the paper also provides two use cases of the FedLab for the IoT Security research domain, demonstrating the potential of the FedLab to enable actual joint research. Finally, we release the source code of the components of the FedLab as open-source, to foster its independent adoption, deployment, and extension by the research community.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2022 IEEE 8th World Forum on Internet of Things, WF-IoT 2022
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-6654-9153-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/WF-IoT54382.2022.10152136
Publication status	Published - 22 Jun 2023
Event	8th IEEE World Forum on Internet of Things, WF-IoT 2022 - Hybrid, Yokohama, Japan Duration: 26 Oct 2022 → 11 Nov 2022

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Conference	8th IEEE World Forum on Internet of Things, WF-IoT 2022
Country/Territory	Japan
City	Hybrid, Yokohama
Period	26/10/22 → 11/11/22

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This work has been supported by the INTERSCT project, Grant No. NWA.1162.18.301, funded by Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). The findings reported herein are solely responsibility of the authors.

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This work has been supported by the INTERSCT project, Grant No. NWA.1162.18.301, funded by Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). The findings reported herein are solely responsibility of the authors.

Keywords

Experimentation
IoT
Open Platform
Testbed

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Meijer, M., Petrucci, G. T., Schotsman, M., Morgese Zangrandi, L., van Ede, T., Continella, A., Gankhuyag, G., Allodi, L., & Sciancalepore, S. (2023). Federated Lab (FedLab): An Open-source Distributed Platform for Internet of Things (IoT) Research and Experimentation. In 2022 IEEE 8th World Forum on Internet of Things, WF-IoT 2022 Article 10152136 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1109/WF-IoT54382.2022.10152136

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