In this paper, we discuss the design and implementation of a smart home application for remote monitoring and control home devices via internet and messaging services of the cellular networks. Current smart home devices can be accessed by its remote control, within a limited coverage span of a personal area network, normally at around a 100m radius. In utilizing a mobile device and the Internet...

To use smart home services efficiently, semantic modeling of different layers of home network resources as well as environment data and user's personal data is required. This suggests that a smart home system must be able to support data fusion and derive the context where services are operating in order to classify the new information provided by network agents correctly. Following the recent ...

This paper considers the role of smart home technology in relation to current housing design principles. Initially the changing role and function of the house are explored and discussed. The concepts of barrier free 'lifetime homes' and universal design 1 are considered and UK community care and Building Regulations are investigated in relation to the design process. It is contended that the cu...

In smart home environment, different kinds of system components including hardware elements, software components, network connections, and sensors are required to cooperate with each other to reduce environmental burden by energy management and to support human’s life allow for a comfortable lifestyle. This paper proposes a concept of an agent-oriented middleware for smart home that consists of...

Smart home is composed of several controllers with different plants in control. If each controller works independently, without considering the mutual effect of the others in the control process, the whole system could definitely not converge to an optimum desired status and may not ever reach the demanded condition. The function of different controller system may has conflict In some condition...

The application scenario for the ubiquitous home environment is proposed in this paper. The scenario is made using smart home appliances and an intelligent agent. The smart home appliances can communicate with each other through sensor networks and share the context via a home server. The intelligent agent autonomously learns preference of the house owner by analyzing the context data, and cont...

This paper proposed a new smart home system that is designed based on ZigBee network and STM32F407 microprocessor. The system architecture, the basic circuit diagram and the flowchart of the software system are also provided. This smart home system integrates home appliances, lighting system, entry guard system, smoke sensors, automatic curtains and other equipment by connecting them to a ZigBe...

The goal of the MavHome (Managing An Intelligent Versatile Home) project is to create a home that acts as an intelligent agent. In this paper, we introduce the MavHome architecture and two learning algorithms that play central roles in the smart home. The first algorithm predicts actions the inhabitant will take in the home. The second algorithm learns a policy to control the home. Effectivenes...

Due to the rapid advances in wireless communication and information technologies it is now possible to embed various levels of smartness in the home. These smart homes are ones that can interact intelligently with their inhibitors to provide comfort and safe living. This interaction may range from simple control of ambient temperature to context-aware and mobile agent based services. An example...