Design of a hybrid multi-occupant visitor communication and door control system

Abstract

Door phone systems, allowing occupants of a building to communicate with visitors at the door, have evolved over the years, with the current advancements being a fully internet protocol (IP) based solution. In order to adopt newer IP based solutions, current analogue systems can be replaced, yet this may be costly and cumbersome, especially in a conventional multi-occupant building. We therefore propose an architecture which supports current analogue door phone systems, and also provides IP based functionality. We have implemented the proposed architecture based on SIP, WebRTC and an IoT gateway system connected to the multi-occupant conventional video door phone system.