ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the functional and performance requirements of Internet of Things (IoT) name services. Functional requirement means the functionality and services that a system should provide. Nonfunctional requirements include the constraints on the system functionality such as performance, quality, safety, etc. The chapter identifies the following high-level functional, scalability, performance, and robustness requirements of an IoT name service. It briefly discusses the role of naming service and the high-level requirements of the name service. The chapter also discusses naming, addressing, and profile server (NAPS), which is a middleware to support device naming, application addressing, and profile storage and lookup services in Internet of Things (IoT) environments. Earlier approaches are only focusing on specific standard/protocol, but the NAPS works in any platform. The chapter further briefly discusses its complete design including its functionalities, system flows, interfaces, etc.
