Newe, T,O'Connell, E,Meere, D,Yuan, HW,Leen, G,O'Keeffe, S,Lewis, E,Lewis, E

Optical fibre multi-parameter sensing with secure cloud based signal capture and processing

SIXTH EUROPEAN WORKSHOP ON OPTICAL FIBRE SENSORS

2016

January

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Cloud Computing Virtualisation VMware Optical Fibre Sensing Sensing-as-a-Service

Recent advancements in cloud computing technologies in the context of optical and optical fibre based systems are reported. The proliferation of real time and multi-channel based sensor systems represents significant growth in data volume. This coupled with a growing need for security presents many challenges and presents a huge opportunity for an evolutionary step in the widespread application of these sensing technologies. A tiered infrastmctural system approach is adopted that is designed to facilitate the delivery of Optical Fibre based "SENsing as a Service-SENaaS". Within this infrastructure, novel optical sensing platforms, deployed within different environments, are interfaced with a Cloud-based backbone infrastructure which facilitates the secure collection, storage and analysis of real-time data. Feedback systems, which harness this data to affect a change within the monitored location/environment/condition, are also discussed. The cloud based system presented here can also be used with chemical and physical sensors that require real-time data analysis, processing and feedback.

10.1117/12.2236632