Smart Connected Homes
Joseph Bugeja, Andreas Jacobsson, Paul Davidsson · 2018
Nowadays, a growing interest from industry has caused the smart home to evolve from a place that was focused on automation of home appliances to an intelligent Internet-connected environment. This environment features sensors, actuators, and systems implementing services that enhance the comfort and convenience as well as contribute to a more energy-efficient and safe society. The modern home has become a complex information system with huge potential gains, but also in need of a broad scientific approach. This chapter introduces smart connected homes, describing their underlying technologies, architectures, and offered services that surround this domain. Based on the idea of the smart connected home as a system of systems, a discussion of ongoing and emerging research challenges with respect to security and privacy, interoperability support, reliability, and usability, is also provided.