Systems and methods for executing sensor applications on network platforms

A method comprising:

• receiving a sensor application by a network platform, the network platform comprising a processing module and a plurality of ports, and wherein a first portion of the processing module is allocated to an operating system of the network platform;
• allocating a second portion of the processing module to the sensor application by the network platform;
• executing the sensor application by the second portion of the processing module;
• emulating a port of the plurality of ports by the second portion of the processing module;
• and
• allowing the executed sensor application to interact with the operating system through the emulated port.

A method comprising:

• providing information about a plurality of sensor applications by a computing device, wherein each sensor application emulates the operation of a sensor device connected to a port of a network platform;
• receiving a selection of a sensor application of the plurality of sensor applications by the computing device;
• in response to the selection of the sensor application, causing the selected sensor application to be installed on the network platform by the computing device, wherein the network platform comprises a first processing module and a second processing module;
• receiving data associated with the execution of the sensor application on the network platform by the computing device, wherein the sensor application was executed by the second processing module and an operating system of the network platform was executed by the first processing module;
• and
• generating a report based on the received data by the computing device.