Service-Oriented Smart-Home Architecture Based on OSGi and Mobile-Agent Technology

Author

Wu, Chao-Lin ; Liao, Chun-Feng ; Fu, Li-Chen

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Inf. Eng., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei

Volume

37

Issue

2

fYear

2007

fDate

3/1/2007 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

193

Lastpage

205

Abstract

The architecture of a conventional smart home is usually server-centric and thus causes many problems. Mobile devices and dynamic services affect a dynamically changing environment, which can result in very difficult interaction. In addition, how to provide services efficiently and appropriately is always an important issue for a smart home. To solve the problems caused by traditional architectures, to deal with the dynamic environment, and to provide appropriate services, we propose a service-oriented architecture (SOA) for smart-home environments, based on Open Services Gateway Initiative (OSGi) and mobile-agent (MA) technology. This architecture is a peer-to-peer (P2P) model based on multiple OSGi platforms, in which service-oriented mechanisms are used for system components to interact with one another, and MA technology is applied to augment the interaction mechanisms

Keywords

client-server systems; home automation; internetworking; mobile agents; network servers; peer-to-peer computing; OSGi; Open Services Gateway Initiative; dynamic services; mobile devices; mobile-agent technology; peer-to-peer model; service-oriented smart-home architecture; Appropriate technology; Chaos; Computer architecture; Computer science; Distributed computing; Home appliances; Home computing; Peer to peer computing; Service oriented architecture; Smart homes; Agent-based system; Open Services Gateway Initiative (OSGi); mobile agent (MA); multi-agent system; service-oriented architecture (SOA); smart home;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part C: Applications and Reviews, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1094-6977

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TSMCC.2006.886997

Filename

4106037