Social Internet of Things: architectural approaches and challenges

Abstract

Social Internet of Things takes a step forward over the traditional IoT, introducing a new paradigm that combines the concepts of social networks with the IoT, to obtain the benefits of both worlds, as in the case of Social Internet of Vehicles. With the emergence of Social Internet of Things, new challenges also arise that need to be analyzed in depth. In this article, the key architectural components and challenges that the implementation of Social Internet of Things must address have been identified through the analysis of available literature, and the architectures that have been proposed in recent years. Challenges include trustworthiness, navigability, scalability, security, and reliability of the system.