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In the Internet of Things, digital business model patterns inevitably mix with those from the non-digital world to form a hybrid construct, as is particularly evident from the value creation stages of an abstract Internet of Things application. Elgar Fleisch et al. have developed a multi-layer IoT architecture model: [1]

The model is based on the following five levels: [1]

  • Level 1: Physical Thing The physical part of a solution delivers the first direct and physical benefit to the user.

  • Level 2: Sensor/Actuators Adds a minicomputer with sensors and actuators to the real thing.

  • Level 3: Connectivity It provides the lower levels, especially sensors and actuators, with access to the Internet and thus global access.

  • Level 4: Analytics Connectivity per se provides no added value. It collects, stores, plausibilities and classifies sensor data, incorporates findings from other web services and calculates consequences for the actuators.

  • Level 5: Digital Services At this highest level, the possibilities from the lower levels are structured into digital services and packed in a suitable form.

In our Living Lab Process, we are applying our IoT development under the architecture method of Fleisch et al. (2015), which can be seen in IoT Architecture.

Source: [1] Decker, C.: Lecturer Slides: Chapter 00 - IoT Intro (2019)