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oneM2M Orchestrator for gateway deployments

Company: Exacta Global Smart Solutions

Major(s):
Primary: CMPSC
Secondary: CMPEN

Non-Disclosure Agreement: NO

Intellectual Property: NO

Problem Statement: Modern Internet of Things (IoT) systems increasingly require edge deployment of standards-based services while maintaining centralized visibility and control from the cloud. In oneM2M-aligned architectures, this often involves deploying Middle Node Common Service Entities (MN-CSEs) and Application Entities (AEs) onto resource-constrained edge platforms such as single-board computers (SBCs), while relying on a cloud-hosted Infrastructure Node CSE (IN-CSE) for global coordination and device management. However, reproducible, secure, and standards-aware mechanisms for orchestrating these edge deployments remain limited, particularly in environments constrained by network address translation (NAT), mobility, and heterogeneous edge hardware. Project Concept: This capstone project designs and implements an application-level orchestration view for deploying and managing ACME oneM2M MN-CSEs and AEs on SBCs using container-based execution and VPN-secured connectivity. The system introduces a cloud-hosted Infrastructure Node Application Entity (IN-AE) that expresses deployment intent and observes execution state through standard oneM2M resources hosted on an existing IN-CSE. Edge execution is performed by a lightweight Edge Agent AE that securely connects to the cloud via a VPN, retrieves orchestration intent, deploys containerized MN-CSEs and AEs using Docker, and reports operational status back to the IN-CSE. This project generalizes and automated work described in this hackster.io article (https://www.hackster.io/vibetribe/workspace-mood-monitor-c71c26).