A Survey on the Applications of Smart Home Systems

Smart home systems have gained importance nowadays owing to the various applications they provide to the users. Applications of smart home systems cover many aspects of our daily life and help to reduce the cost of living via controlling and managing home appliances as an example. Currently, there are a huge number of studies on smart home systems; these studies mostly cover smart home visions, enabling technologies, etc. So far, a limited number of surveys point out, comprehensively, the applications and services of smart home systems. This paper presents a survey on smart home applications alongside many directions. The applications are classified into many categories each with a brief discussion on its purpose, advantages, and limitations.