Networking Mobile Devices and Computers in an Intelligent Home

This paper presents the prototype of a universal model for implementing the smart home. In this model, computers and various digital devices form a single network that operates at a high level of intelligence to provide and manage common services. The universal model includes a standard framework that will enable hardware and software vendors to develop consumer electronic (CE) devices that connect easily to the smart home network. An eHome server stores and controls data while various information technologies connect home devices and appliances to the network's PC. A set of definitions is formulated for the user interface (UI), operations and management (OM) and artificial intelligence (AI) modules. For each component, a set of standard properties and interfaces was defined to create a seamless experience. The main contribution of this model is that it offers a possible solution to many of the hardware and software design issues in the eHome environment.