Domotic house gateway

ABSTRACT

This paper presents a domotic house gateway capable of seamlessly interacting with different devices from heterogeneous domotic systems and appliances. Such a gateway also provides the possibility to automate device cooperation through an embedded rule-based engine, which can be dynamically and automatically updated to accommodate necessities and anticipate users' actions. Some practical applications will show the effectiveness of the system.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  D. Software
  D.2 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
        D.2.10 Design**

Additional Classification:
  D. Software
  D.2 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
        D.2.11 Software Architectures
            Subjects: Domain-specific architectures
        D.2.12 Interoperability

General Terms:
Design, Experimentation, Human Factors, Management

Keywords:
ambient intelligence, domotics, gateway, house, rules, ubiquitous computing