Home network development based on CORBA middleware

In this paper we propose a home network infrastructure based on CORBA middleware in order to enable the connection and integration of multiple home devices by giving communication, control, monitoring, and management services. The home network´s connections and services are developed based on the CORBA event channel using client-server configuration. Several functions are developed in the home network such as; remote controlling, remote monitoring, manual or automatic device configuration and devices management. Several services and functions are provided to examine the network performance. The proposed design is evaluated using a testbed based on the PLC Ethernet and Wi-Fi communication media. Finally, network connection from small number of clients until one hundred clients also has been simulated to observe the overall performance.