A FIWARE IoT Agent for ECHONET Lite Protocol

FIWARE is an open-source platform that aims to gather, manage, and provide access to information from different sources to accelerate the development of smart solutions. This paper introduces a concept that integrates the ECHONET Lite protocol, a leading protocol for home appliances in Japan, into the FIWARE ecosystem. It includes mechanisms to (i) convert ECHONET device object to FIWARE smart data model and (ii) expose device resources and services for third-party applications via the FIWARE context broker. The integration of commercial ECHONET Lite lighting devices into FIWARE has been conducted to prove the feasibility of the proposed solution.