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Internet of Things (IoT) Agent (IoTA) Framework for Evaluating Effectiveness and Efficiency

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Navy
Contract: N68335-18-C-0357
Agency Tracking Number: N18A-027-0268
Amount: $124,999.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: STTR
Solicitation Topic Code: N18A-T027
Solicitation Number: 2018.0
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2018
Award Year: 2018
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2018-06-04
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2018-12-04
Small Business Information
591 Camino de la Reina
San Diego, CA 92108
United States
DUNS: 010681380
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Robert McGraw
 (619) 398-1410
 rmcgraw@ramlabs.com
Business Contact
 Ms. Sullivan
Phone: (619) 398-1410
Email: msullivan@ramlabs.com
Research Institution
 Mississippi State University
 Dr. John Hamilton
 
2 Research Boulevard
Starkville, MS 39759
United States

 (662) 325-8278
 Nonprofit College or University
Abstract

The Internet of Things (IoT) is increasingly being used to create smart platforms where operators are being removed from the loop. These smart capabilities include collaborative IoT sensors and platforms that are self-aware and provide capabilities of self-prediction, self-configuration, and self-maintenance. To fully take advantage of these advances, however, testbeds and frameworks are needed to evaluate IoT approaches in representative laboratory and operational environments that allow for a fly before you buy approach when replacing traditional sensors and networked platforms with smart IoT alternatives.In response to these needs, we propose to develop an IoT Agent (IoTA) Framework that provides a path to evolve and evaluate intelligent agent designs that interface with Naval IoT sensors and platforms. This path supports early stages of design driven by behavioral simulation environments, through interaction with hardware in a laboratory setting, with eventual support for interaction with actual hardware in an operational setting.The proof of concept will demonstrate several scenarios in Joint Semi-Automated Forces (JSAF) or a similar simulation environment and show how IoTA is used to test and evaluate IoT solutions by driving hardware sensors and systems from actual, emulated, and simulated environments while extracting key performance metrics from the IoT target.

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