Wireless-based remote monitoring and control of intelligent buildings

Wireless technologies have witnessed a surge in recent years, making them more appealing for a wide range of applications, such as intelligent buildings. The purpose of this paper is to present a domotic system which integrates such wireless technologies. In order to remotely monitor and control the intelligent building, the authors have proposed an approach based on PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) Smartphones which include the functionalities required by such applications (e.g. processing power, multi-modal communication). Through this paper, the authors try to prove that wireless technologies can be successfully integrated into domotic environments and that the capabilities of high performance PDAs can be fully exploited.