A context-aware dispatcher for the Internet of Things: The case of electric power distribution systems

•Detailed explanation of an automatic dispatcher, its components and functions.•Framework structure is based on context-awareness integration. with IOT middleware•Framework tested in electrical distribution systems as a case study.•High progress in the system performance in terms of cost, time and effort.•Acceleration in faults repairing and increased user satisfaction.

Automating actions based on collected context from Internet of Things (IOT)-controlled systems is one of the most important requirements of IOT systems; this paper seeks to satisfy this requirement by offering a context-aware service framework on top of IOT controlled systems. The fault management process in electric power distribution networks is taken here as a case study and used for implementing our proposed framework. We discuss the different aspects that need to be covered in such a framework and its components. The obtained results from simulating and testing the framework show a significant improvement in the task management process compared to the traditional approach.

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