Title :
Towards Plug and Play in Home and Building Automation Networks
Author :
Neugschwandtner, Georg
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Comput. Aided Autom., Vienna Univ. of Technol.
Abstract :
High configuration cost hampers the adoption of powerful home automation solutions. Automating the necessary configuration steps will alleviate this problem. The article defines the task of "plug and play" in the context of a distributed control system built from smart sensors and actuators and the network management services involved. It gives an overview of existing approaches and outlines the requirements for a comprehensive plug and play solution as well as work-in-progress toward this goal.
Keywords :
building management systems; computer network management; distributed control; home automation; intelligent actuators; intelligent sensors; building automation networks; distributed control system; home automation networks; network management services; smart actuators; smart sensors; Automatic control; Computer networks; Costs; Electrical equipment industry; Hardware; Home automation; Intelligent actuators; Intelligent sensors; Plugs; Process control;
Conference_Titel :
Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, 2006. ETFA '06. IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Prague
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9758-4
DOI :
10.1109/ETFA.2006.355254
