Paper Info
Title
An online approach for the service interaction problem in home automation
Abstract
Home automation is maturing with the increased deployment of networks and intelligent devices in the home. Along with new protocols and devices, new software services will emerge and work together releasing the full potential of networked consumer devices. Services may include home security, climate control or entertainment. With such extensive interworking the phenomenon known as service interaction, or feature interaction, appears. The problem occurs when services interfere with one another causing unexpected or undesirable outcomes. Whereas previous approaches to solving service in- teraction have focused on the service, the technique presented here concentrates on the device and its surrounding environment, as some interactions may happen through conflicting effects on the environment. The concept of environmental variables is introduced, a variable may be room temperature, movement or perhaps light. Drawing inspiration from the Operating Systems domain, access to the device and environmental variable is controlled. Using this technique, undesirable interactions are avoided. On their own networked appliances add limited value to the home. Added value comes from services using a series of different devices. These services may include home security, entertainment or energy saving services. Safety services may be used in homes for the elderly or infirm. This allows them to spend more time in their own homes with the knowledge that if anything were to happen to them, the home would alert a carer, thus giving them more independence and improving their quality of life. It is envisioned that these services will be run from a central point within the home, a residential gateway which may take the form of a set top box. The OSGi (Open Services Gateway Initiative) gateway (3) is one such gateway which is able to run and manage services. Devices will
Year
DOI
Venue
2005
10.1109/CCNC.2005.1405178
consumer communications and networking conference
Keywords
DocType
ISSN
Internet,home automation,home computing,operating systems (computers),protocols,feature interaction,home automation,intelligent device,online approach,operating systems domain,service interaction problem
Conference
2331-9852
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
0-7803-8784-8
8
1.02
References 
Authors
9
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Michael Wilson19616.49
Evan H. Magill281.02
Mario Kolberg350343.73