Smart Home Automation: Methods and Challenges

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Smart Home Automation
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Table of Contents
Smart Home Automation.................................................................................................................0
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Challenges....................................................................................................................................2
Literature Survey.............................................................................................................................3
Central controller based automation system:...............................................................................3
Home based automation system using Bluetooth:.......................................................................3
Home automation system using GSM or mobile based:.............................................................4
SMS based smart home system:..................................................................................................4
Home automation using Raspberry pie and wireless sensors:.....................................................5
Home automation system using IoT:...........................................................................................5
Cloud based home automation system:.......................................................................................6
Automation of smart home using Android ADK :......................................................................6
Automation system based on ZigBee:.........................................................................................6
Radio Frequency based wireless smart home automation system:..............................................7
Smart home automation using micro computers:........................................................................7
Summery..........................................................................................................................................8
References......................................................................................................................................10
Appendix 1.....................................................................................................................................13
Appendix 2.....................................................................................................................................15

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Introduction
In the era of advance technology one of the emerging concept is smart home automation
system. It refers the ability of controlling home appliances remotely by using advanced internet
technology. Appliances at the home needs to be network enabled so that it can be controlled by
the other devices. Sophisticated technical devices such as microphones, contact sensors, camera
and alarms have enabled the users to control any devices at the home remotely.. There are
various home automation system and those have different features. The technologies used in the
different method of home automation are different. The control of the home appliances are done
through the smart devices such as smart phones. There are certain advantages of the smart home
that is making this concept popular gradually. The smart home reduces cost, power
consumptions of devices. It also ensures the security issues related with the system. This paper
discusses about the various methods of controlling the smart home activities such as central
controller based, Bluetooth based, SMS based, mobile based, RF module based, ZigBee based.
This paper discusses certain challenges about the smart hoe system along with the comparison of
different smart home automation system.
Challenges
There are four main challenges for the smart home automation system inflexibility, poor
manageability and constraint in achieving the security and high cost. The effectiveness of a smart
home system depends on these factors or challenges. In a case if the system can resolves these
challenges in a proper way, it can be said, that specific smart home automation system is
beneficial and useful.