Technology independent interoperation of domotic devices through rules

Nowadays domotic systems have the potential of providing low cost, readily available services and intelligence comparable to futuristic Smart Homes. However they suffer from serious interoperation problems, which are currently preventing their wide spread adoption in real-world intelligent homes. This paper proposes a rule-based approach to interoperation between different domotic networks, with a device-to-device granularity. The approach builds upon the DogOnt ontology and the DOG home gateway and provides the ability to interoperate a virtually infinite number of different domotic devices. Experimental results involving two real word domotic plants confirm the approach feasibility.