Design and Implementation of Multi-Protocol Data Networks Interface Detector in Heterogeneous IoTs

Abstract

In Internet of Everything (IoE) or heterogeneous IoTs, there exist a plethora of protocols and inter-connected Internet of Things. For every network protocol, the complexity of communication and wiring at the physical interface becomes more and more challenging. In this work, an automated interface detector (or gateway) is proposed using a novel port, that scans the physical layer parameters, interpolates with Electronic Industry Association/Telecommunication Industry Association (EIA/TIA) standards specification parameters and compares packet format initiates communication. In this approach, line impedance, voltage, current, SNR, power, and network capacity are used as the coefficients of merit for physical layer detection by interpolation and averaging methods. Standard packet architectures are the key parameters for communication initiation and network fastening at both ends of the data line. The serial protocols such as CANopen, Ethernet, UART, I2C, and SPI are tested and verified. Results have shown that the proposed system can detect any physical layer interface and initiate a data network regardless of connector pinouts and interface wiring complexities. The implementation results exhibit a fertile resource for redundancy handling in-line parameters of data networks.