International Journal of Reconfigurable and Embedded Systems (IJRES)
Vol 15, No 3: November 2026

Heterogeneous internet of things device interoperability using fog-based adaptive semantic mechanism

Devamekalai Nagasundaram (Universiti Sains Malaysia)
Selvakumar Manickam (Universiti Sains Malaysia)
Mahmood A. Al-Shareeda (Southern Technical University)
Huda Mohammed Alsayednoor (Shatt Al-Arab University College)
Ali A. Yassin (University of Basrah)
Shankar Karuppayah (Universiti Sains Malaysia)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Nov 2026

Abstract

With the rapid growth of heterogeneous internet of things (IoT) ecosystems, insufficient semantic interoperability caused by non-uniform communication protocols, data formats, and semantic representations has become a core challenge in the field. Existing cloud-based, static ontology schemes have defects including high latency, large overhead, and poor adaptability. This paper proposes the dynamic semantic fog (DSF) framework, which performs semantic processing at the fog layer to achieve real-time interoperability. The framework integrates four core modules: workload offloading, resource description framework (RDF) generation, semantic representation, and adaptive ontology expansion. It supports dynamic access to newly added IoT devices. Tests were completed using iFogSim in a smart city traffic scenario. Compared with traditional cloud solutions, the framework reduces latency, energy consumption, and network usage rate by 51.7%, 41.3%, and 55.6% respectively, and can support dynamic semantic interoperability for heterogeneous IoT environments.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

IJRES

Publisher

Subject

Economics, Econometrics & Finance

Description

The centre of gravity of the computer industry is now moving from personal computing into embedded computing with the advent of VLSI system level integration and reconfigurable core in system-on-chip (SoC). Reconfigurable and Embedded systems are increasingly becoming a key technological component ...