SMART HOME

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Outline

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Introduction Smart Home System Future Home Research Challenges Concluding Remarks

Introduction

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What is a Smart Home?“A house incorporating a communications network that connects the key electrical and services, and allows them to be remotely (both within the house and outside of the house) controlled, monitored or accessed.”

Elements of a Smart Home Communication network: wire/wireless/mixed. Intelligent control: system management. Home automation: Components and systems

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Smart Home Environment: What does it do? It improves comfort level for the user It senses situations through sensor network. It ensures security and controlled access. It assists the user with special needs. It reduces operational cost of a home.

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Major Areas of Application Home application: oven, fridge, … etc. Environment: lighting, water,… etc. Health care: care for elderly and disable people. Entertainment: multimedia distribution. Security: person recognition, alarms, … etc. Information and communication: telephone, internet.

Samsung Video Intercom System

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Smart Home System

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Smart Home System

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Typical example of a smart home environment [2, 3].

Smart Home System

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Typical architecture for smart home system [4].

Smart Home System

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Networking TechnologiesPower Line (Example: X-10, HomePlug, …) Low installation cost. Only suitable for fixed application.

Wireless (Example: Bluetooth, Zigbee, …) Higher installation cost. Suitable for both mobile and fixed applications.

Future Scenarios

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Integration with e-learning

Research Issues

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Privacy and secrecy: as smart home is Privacy and secrecy: as smart home is connected to Internet. connected to Internet.

System complexity: various kind of System complexity: various kind of networks exist within a smart home networks exist within a smart home environment. For example wireless sensor environment. For example wireless sensor network and body area network (BAN).network and body area network (BAN).

Cost effectiveness. Cost effectiveness. Bandwidth managementBandwidth management Social impact: Smart home may have some Social impact: Smart home may have some

impacts society. For example some people impacts society. For example some people might be isolated from society.might be isolated from society.

Concluding Remarks

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Smart home deals with multiple aspects of Smart home deals with multiple aspects of life. life.

There is no worldwide acceptable There is no worldwide acceptable standards for smart home standards for smart home implementations.implementations.

It is not necessary to implement all the It is not necessary to implement all the features of smart home in every home. It features of smart home in every home. It should be implemented based on should be implemented based on occupants’ need. occupants’ need.

Smart home is a user friendly technology.Smart home is a user friendly technology.

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