The Integration of Wireless, Wired Access and Embedded Agents in Intelligent Buildings

This paper presents many different challenges related to Intelligent-Building (IB) communication. The purpose of this research is to determine the best network architecture for IB by the integration of mobile intelligent agents, wireless and wired networks. IBs need to be adaptable to the demands of people using them. For this reason it is necessary to provide an open network architecture with free conversion between protocols and high-speed communication. This paper justifies the use of open technologies such as the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) and open platforms such as CORBA and Jini. In addition it considers wireless technologies such as Bluetooth, Wireless 802.11, etc. The paper concludes by presenting a combination of UMTS and IPv6 mobile environments as possible solutions to the needs of Intelligent-Building.