Design of a distributed system using mobile devices and workflow management for measurement and control of a smart home and health

The paper presents design of a distributed system for measurements and control of a smart home including temperatures, light, fire danger, health problems of inhabitants such as increased body temperature, a person falling etc. This is done by integration of mobile devices and standards, distributed service based middleware BeesyCluster and a workflow management system. Mobile devices are used to measure the parameters and are coupled with computers for remote access. The latter is made possible by exposing services in the distributed middleware. Such services can then be integrated into complex workflow applications for constant monitoring and analysis of input data, instant feedback such as turning off lights or heating or notification of medical emergency. Interfaces are defined for particular system components and implementation hints for measurements using the Java Mobile Sensor JSR 256 API are provided.