IoT Smart Home Ecosystem: Architecture and Communication Protocols

Abstract

The goal of Internet of Things is to facilitate human life, by collecting information from the physical environment using sensing objects, process this information locally and transmit it to the Internet for decision making respecting an IoT architecture. IoT can be applied in different sectors of activity, in our work we focus on the Smart Home ecosystem, which use a lot of sensors and actuators inside the home to make life more secure and enjoyable for its occupant and to hold the user aware of any changes inside the home.