Made by:FB-12 Karabinskiy Vasiliy
Outline
 Introduction
 Smart Home System
 Current Scenarios
 Future Scenarios
 Research Challenges
 Concluding Remarks
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Introduction
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Introduction
Smart Home Environment: What does it do?
 It improves comfort level for the occupants.
 It senses situations through sensor network.
 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.
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Introduction
Major Areas of Application
 Home appliances: 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.
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Smart Home System
Typical example of a smart home environment
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Smart Home System
Typical architecture for smart home system
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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.
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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.
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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 .
 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 . It will reduce electricity consumption.
 It is widely used for security, surveillance, and safety .
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Current Scenarios
 A good number of smart home multimedia products are
available in market . Example: mirror TV.
Mirror TV
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Future Scenarios
Personal assistant robot
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Future Scenarios
Integration with Tele-presence and Haptics
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Future Scenarios
Integration with e-learning
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Research Issues
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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.
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Concluding Remarks
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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.
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Thank you!
Questions???
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