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Smart Homes: What’s Next?

ELG 5121: Multimedia Communications Course Instructor: Prof. Dr. A. El Saddik Project Presentation: Fall 2010 Md. Mahmud Hasan (Group No. 12). Smart Homes: What’s Next?. Outline. Introduction Smart Home System Current Scenarios Future Scenarios Research Challenges Concluding Remarks.

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Smart Homes: What’s Next?

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  1. ELG 5121: Multimedia Communications Course Instructor: Prof. Dr. A. El Saddik Project Presentation: Fall 2010 Md. Mahmud Hasan (Group No. 12) Smart Homes: What’s Next?

  2. Outline • Introduction • Smart Home System • Current Scenarios • Future Scenarios • Research Challenges • Concluding Remarks ELG 5121 Md Mahmud Hasan

  3. Introduction What is a Smart Home? • “A dwelling incorporating a communications network that connects the key electrical appliances and services, and allows them to be remotely (both within the dwelling and outside of the dwelling) controlled, monitored or accessed.”[1] • Elements of a Smart Home: • Communication network: wire/wireless/mixed. • Intelligent control: system management. • Home automation: relevant components and systems. ELG 5121 Md Mahmud Hasan

  4. Introduction Smart Home Environment: What does it do? • It improves comfort level for the occupants. • It senses situations through sensor network. • It adapts with both variation of situation and occupants’ preferences. • It ensures security and controlled access. • It detects emergency situation and takes necessary actions. • It assists the occupants with special needs. • It reduces operational cost of a home. ELG 5121 Md Mahmud Hasan

  5. Introduction Major Areas of Application • Home appliances: oven, fridge, … etc. • Environment: lighting, HVAC, water,… etc. • Health care: care for elderly and disable people. • Entertainment: multimedia distribution. • Security: person recognition, alarms, … etc. • Information and communication: telephone, internet. ELG 5121 Md Mahmud Hasan

  6. Smart Home System Typical example of a smart home environment [2, 3]. ELG 5121 Md Mahmud Hasan

  7. Smart Home System Typical architecture for smart home system [4]. ELG 5121 Md Mahmud Hasan

  8. Smart Home System • Candidate Networking Technologies: • Power 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. ELG 5121 Md Mahmud Hasan

  9. Current Scenarios • Smart home applications for home appliances and environment are used for a long time. • In Europe, power line technology (PLT) based implementations of smart home are more popular. • There are numerous projects in industry and academia to focus on smart home research and development. ELG 5121 Md Mahmud Hasan

  10. Current Scenarios • It is drawing much attention in the area of health care. It is considered as a promising solution for patient monitoring, therapy delivering, and supporting disable persons [5]. • The scope of smart home is expanding day by day. New implications are added continuously. Some industrial projects are devised to combine smart home with green energy [6]. It will reduce electricity consumption. • It is widely used for security, surveillance, and safety [7]. ELG 5121 Md Mahmud Hasan

  11. Current Scenarios • A good number of smart home multimedia products are available in market [8, 9]. Example: mirror TV. Mirror TV ELG 5121 Md Mahmud Hasan

  12. Future Scenarios Personal assistant robot ELG 5121 Md Mahmud Hasan

  13. Future Scenarios Integration with Tele-presence and Haptics ELG 5121 Md Mahmud Hasan

  14. Future Scenarios Integration with e-learning ELG 5121 Md Mahmud Hasan

  15. Research Issues • Integration and interoperability: smart home will be integrated with different kind of technologies to meet future demand. • Privacy and secrecy: as smart home is connected to Internet. • System complexity: various kind of networks exist within a smart home environment. For example wireless sensor network and body area network (BAN). • Cost effectiveness. ELG 5121 Md Mahmud Hasan

  16. Research Issues • Bandwidth management: in future, Internet traffic intensity will be increased severely due to smart home applications. • Protocol issues: new communication protocols are required to exchange information with heterogeneous type of networks. • Social impact: Smart home may have some impacts society. For example some people might be isolated from society. ELG 5121 Md Mahmud Hasan

  17. Concluding Remarks • Smart home deals with multiple aspects of life. Therefore, human perception is important for smart home environment. • There is no worldwide acceptable standards for smart home implementations. • It is not necessary to implement all the features of smart home in every home. It should be implemented based on occupants’ need. • Smart home is a user friendly technology. ELG 5121 Md Mahmud Hasan

  18. References [1] Smart home a definition: http://www.its-rtc.com [2] J. Cheng and T. Kunz, “A Survey on Smart Home Networking,” TR-SCE-0910, Carleton University, Sept. 2009. [3] www.andproperties.com/smarthouse [4] L. Ngo, “Service-oriented Architecture for Home Networks,” TKK T-110.5190 Seminar on Internetworking, 2007. [5] M. Chan, D. Esteve, C. Escriba, E. Campo, “A Review of Smart Homes- Present State and Future Challenges,” Elsevier Journal of Comp. Met. and Prog. in Biom. Issuse 9, 2008, pp. 55-81. [6] www.smartideas.com [7] M. Seaman, “Modelling and Implementation of Smart Homes,” NCL EECE MSD TR-2009-148, New Castle University, 2009. [8] www.platinumTV.co.uk [9] www.smarthouseuae.com [10] www.dom-iris.si ELG 5121 Md Mahmud Hasan

  19. Thank you! Questions??? ELG 5121 Md Mahmud Hasan

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