Smart home interoperability: the DomoEsi project approach

Abstract

The home automation market is characterized by the great number of systems available to the end user. The recent bubble in the building industry made the situation even worse due to the birth of new proprietary systems. The success of the digital home concept depends on the ease of integration between home automation systems and other consumer electronic equipment pre-existing in the home. In this paper the interoperability issue is addressed and the approach followed in the project DomoEsi is presented.