Bridging protocols
The concentrator abstraction is versatile and can be used in many different use cases. Another common task that suits the model well is the implementation of Protocol Bridges. There are many advantages of building a protocol bridge that bridges devices and services from one protocol to and from XMPP using concentrators. The implementation would be seamless. Actors on the different sides would not have to know anything about the protocol on the other side. They would not even know that they are communicating with entities that use another protocol. The reason for this flexibility, is the versatility of the XMPP protocol in supporting the different communication patterns typically used in IoT-based protocols.
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