Interoperability framework for smart home systems

Author

Perumal, Thinagaran ; Ramli, A.R. ; Leong, Chui Yew

Author_Institution

Inst. of Adv. Technol., Univ. Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia

Volume

57

Issue

4

fYear

2011

fDate

11/1/2011 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1607

Lastpage

1611

Abstract

Recent advancements in smart home systems have increased the utilization of consumer devices and appliances in home environment. However, many of these devices and appliances exhibit certain degree of heterogeneity and do not adapt towards joint execution of operation. Hence, it is rather difficult to perform interoperation especially to realize desired services preferred by home users. In this paper, we propose a new intelligent interoperability framework for smart home systems execution as well as coordinating them in a federated manner. The framework core is based on Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) technology that provides platform independent interoperation among heterogeneous systems. We have implemented the interoperability framework with several home devices to demonstrate their effectiveness for interoperation. The performance of the framework was tested in Local Area Network (LAN) environment and proves to be reliable in smart home setting¹.

Keywords

access protocols; computer network performance evaluation; consumer products; domestic appliances; home automation; local area networks; open systems; consumer device utilization; heterogeneous system; home device; home environment; independent interoperation; intelligent interoperability framework; local area network; simple object access protocol technology; smart home system; Databases; Home appliances; Performance evaluation; Simple object access protocol; Smart homes; XML; Interoperability; SOAP; Smart Home; WebServices.;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Consumer Electronics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0098-3063

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TCE.2011.6131132

Filename

6131132