Ecological Design of Smart Home Networks : Technologies, Social Impact and Sustainability.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (131 pages)
- Woodhead Publishing Series in Electronic and Optical Materials Series .
- Woodhead Publishing Series in Electronic and Optical Materials Series .
Front Cover -- Related titles -- Ecological Design of Smart Home Networks: Technologies, Social Impact and Sustainability -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Woodhead Publishing Series in Electronic and Optical Materials -- Part 1 - Principles and technologies -- 1 - The concept of an ecological smart home network -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Historical transitions -- 1.3 Moving toward sustainability -- 1.4 Technology elements -- 1.5 Design considerations -- 1.6 Future trends -- References -- 2 - Power line communications and hybrid systems for home networks -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Power line technologies -- 2.3 Hybrid wireless/power line systems -- 2.4 Future trends -- 2.5 Sources of further information -- 3 - Middleware platform for smart home networks -- 3.1 Standardization of home networks and devices -- 3.2 Problems with standardization regarding home networks and devices -- 3.3 PUCC peer-to-peer/overlay networking protocols and device metadata technologies -- 3.4 PUCC middleware platform -- 3.5 Smart home applications using the PUCC middleware platform -- 3.6 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Part Two - Applications -- 4 - The ecology of home sensor networks for telecare -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Context of telecare -- 4.3 Telecare networks -- 4.4 Telecare systems -- 4.5 Conclusion -- References -- 5 - Smart home networking for content management -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Operational modes -- 5.3 Technology analysis -- 5.4 Contextual awareness and intelligence -- 5.5 Conclusions -- References -- 6 - Case study of an ecological, smart home network: iZEUS-intelligent Zero Emission Urban System -- 6.1 Overview of smart home businesses today (by Isshiki and Umejima) -- 6.2 Overview of ECHONET Lite (International Open Standard for Home appliances and utilities) (by Murakami). 6.3 Overview of Smart House Businesses 1: Panasonic activities (by Murakami) -- 6.4 Overview of Smart House Businesses 2: Toshiba activities (by Hirahara and Minemura) -- 6.5 Open source software and related activities for ECHONET Lite with web technology (by Owada) -- INDEX.