Safety andSecurity ofRemoteMonitoring andControl ofintelligent HomeEnvironments
Lili Yang · 2006
Intelligent homeenvironments areoneofthe majorapplication areasofpervasive computing. Safety and security aretwomostimportant issues intheremotemonitoring andcontrol ofintelligent homeenvironments. Thisarticle takes safety andsecurity into consideration together andproposes a phone-out-only policy forensuring security andvirtual home environments forsafety. A remotemonitoring andcontrol systemfora security cameraisusedtoillustrate thenew methodologies forsafety and security. By usingthe demonstration systempeople areabletoeasily monitor and control asecurity camera, central heating, microwave ovenand washerfromanywhere byusing mobile phones. Oursystem distinguishes fromtheexisting DTI(Department ofTradeand Industry intheUK)nextwavetechnologies anda fewof on-going EU projects inthewaysofdealing withsafety and security anditssimplicity. Remotemonitoring andcontrol of intelligent homeenvironments canbeofgreatbenefits tothe workingfamilies andholiday makersand hasa great commercial potential. I.INTRODUCTION