With the ICT technology making great progress in the smart home environment, the ubiquitous environment is rapidly emerging all over the world, but problems are also increasing proportionally to the rapid growth of the smart home market such as multiplatform heterogeneity and new security threats. In addition, the smart home sensors have so low computing resources that they cannot process compl...

Authentication is the most important issue to control the home networks remotely. In this paper, a strong authentication and key agreement method for a smart home network system is presented. The proposed scheme uses a smart card which stores private information and performs cryptic operations. It also uses a modified 3GPP security system that is suitable for the home network. Our scheme provid...

Smart-homes will play an important role in the near future improving living conditions for people. In this paper, we present the application of a multiagent platform Magentix2 for the development of MAS in smart-homes. The use of Magentix2 platform facilitates the management of the multiple occupancy in smart living spaces. Virtual organizations provide the possibility of defining a set of norm...

The Internet of Things (IoT) is the network of physical objects or "things" embedded with electronics, software, sensors, and network connectivity, which enables these objects to collect and exchange data. Smart home is the application of Internet technology in household life, and it combines data acquisition, data communication, data storage, data analysis, software design, electrical design, ...

OBJECTIVES With large predicted increases of the older adult (65 years and older) population, researchers have been exploring the use of smart home information technologies (IT) in residential care (RC) facilities to enhance resident quality of life and safety. Older adults' perceptions of privacy can inhibit their acceptance and subsequent adoption of smart home IT. METHODS This qualitative ...

Smart home technology provides benefits for the elderly in six primary categories: safety, health and nutrition, physical activity, personal hygiene and care, social engagement, and leisure. Safety is about detecting and mitigating, if not removing, hazards from the user’s environment. Social engagement relates to the smart home functions that allow the elderly to combat social isolation, such ...

This paper showcases the different technologies available for making one’s home a smarter one. Lately the world has witnessed a great surge in the field of automation. With the increase in living standards of people the demand for smart homes has accentuated. So keeping in mind three main concepts of a smart home that is energy, safety and comfort, the paper brief’s about smart homes as an appl...

Software product line (SPL) is an approach that develops the family of similar software by maximizing the reusability of development artifacts. As devices have become smarter and diverse the role of middleware for managing such devices has become important and complicated in smart environments such as smart ship, smart home, and smart factory. In this kind of middleware interworking with variou...