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Simeoni, EzequielCorresponding AuthorGaeta EAuthorGarcía-Betances RiAuthorMedrano-Gil AmAuthorCarvajal-Flores, Diego FAuthorFico GAuthorCabrera-Umpiérrez MfAuthorWaldmeyer MtaAuthor

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June 4, 2021
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A secure and scalable smart home gateway to bridge technology fragmentation

Publicated to: Sensors. 21 (11): 3587- - 2021-06-01 21(11), DOI: 10.3390/s21113587

Authors:

Simeoni, Ezequiel; Gaeta, Eugenio; Garcia-Betances, Rebeca I; Raggett, Dave; Medrano-Gil, Alejandro M; Carvajal-Flores, Diego F; Fico, Giuseppe; Cabrera-Umpierrez, Maria Fernanda; Arredondo Waldmeyer, Maria Teresa
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ETSI Telecomunicac Univ Politecn Madrid, Life Supporting Technol LifeSTech, Av Complutense S-N, Madrid 28040, Spain - Author
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Author
W3C ERCIM, Route Lucioles, F-06410 Sophia Antipolis, Biot, France - Author
W3C/ERCIM - Author
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Abstract

Internet of Things (IoT) technologies are already playing an important role in our daily activities as we use them and rely on them to increase our abilities, connectivity, productivity and quality of life. However, there are still obstacles to achieving a unique interface able to transfer full control to users given the diversity of protocols, properties and specifications in the varied IoT ecosystem. Particularly for the case of home automation systems, there is a high degree of fragmentation that limits interoperability, increasing the complexity and costs of developments and holding back their real potential of positively impacting users. In this article, we propose implementing W3C’s Web of Things Standard supported by home automation ontologies, such as SAREF and UniversAAL, to deploy the Living Lab Gateway that allows users to consume all IoT devices from a smart home, including those physically wired and using KNX® technology. This work, developed under the framework of the EC funded Plan4Act project, includes relevant features such as security, authentication and authorization provision, dynamic configuration and injection of devices, and devices abstraction and mapping into ontologies. Its deployment is explained in two scenarios to show the achieved technology’s degree of integration, the code simplicity for developers and the system’s scalability: one consisted of external hardware interfacing with the smart home, and the other of the injection of a new sensing device. A test was executed providing metrics that indicate that the Living Lab Gateway is competitive in terms of response performance.
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Keywords

gatewaymodelsemanticssmart environmentsystemstechnology fragmentationweb of thingsArchitectureGatewayInternet of thingsSemanticsSmart environmentTechnology fragmentationWeb of things

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Sensors due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2021, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Analytical Chemistry.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2025-12-21:

  • Google Scholar: 10
  • WoS: 7
  • Scopus: 9
  • Europe PMC: 2
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-12-21:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 44.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 45 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 1.

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: France.

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (SIMEONI, EZEQUIEL) and Last Author (ARREDONDO WALDMEYER, MARIA TERESA).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been SIMEONI, EZEQUIEL.

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