A survey paper published in Electronics

Paper Title

Quality of Life, Quality of Experience, and Security Perception in Web of Things: An Overview of Research Opportunities

Authors

• Sabina Baraković
  • Faculty of Traffic and Communications, University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Jasmina Baraković Husić
  • Department of Telecommunications, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Dardan Maraj
  • Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
• Arianit Maraj
  • Faculty of Computer Sciences, AAB University, Prishtinë, Kosovo
• Ondrej Krejcar
  • Faculty of Informatics and Management, University of Hradec Kralove, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
• Petra Maresova
  • Faculty of Informatics and Management, University of Hradec Kralove, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
• Franciso Jose Melero
  • Technical Research Centre of Furniture and Wood of the Region of Murcia, Yecla, Spain
  • Telecommunication Networks Engineering Group, Technical University of Cartagena, Cartagena, Spain

Abstract

The Web of Things (WoT) is a technology concept that allows the integration of the Internet of Things (IoT) with the World Wide Web (WWW). It will vastly affect our lives in the near future given that it offers new services and applications via the well-known web window. In todays’ world where one can hardly imagine everyday life without access to various online services and applications via a plethora of devices, one can notice that technology has a huge impact on our day-to-day quality of living. That is why a user’s Quality of Experience (QoE) towards used technology in general plays a crucial role in their Quality of Life (QoL). Furthermore, security perception in terms of technology is the feature that vastly affects QoE and, consequently, QoL, as the number of security and privacy threats, risks, and vulnerabilities in cyber space, i.e., the technology environment that we increasingly use, is constantly rising. In order to reach the ultimate goals—the adoption of WoT technology and improvement of our QoL—we must know how this important aspect of security is so far addressed and analyzed. Therefore, this paper gives a comprehensive and structured analysis of the existing literature in this field through a proposed framework and provides an overview of research opportunities that should be addressed and elaborated in future investigations.