Enhancing security in IoT based Home automation using Reed Solomon Codes

Internet of things (IoT) seems to be the next big thing. The scope of IoT is constantly evolving while engulfing technologies like smart grids, smart homes, smart cities etc. Talking about smart homes, the operations invoked by the user may malfunction and hence can prove catastrophic if an error gets introduced in the bit pattern in data repository/communication channel due to noise or other factors. In this paper, we propose a novel model for averting any such possible catastrophe in IoT based home automation by implementing Reed Solomon Codes for error detection and correction before any operation invoked by the user gets executed. We have implemented our proposed framework using Raspberry Pi computer.