Evaluating design approaches for smart building systems

Abstract

Abstract-As we are moving towards to the Internet of Things (IoT) era, Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) in smart buildings delineate the heart of such systems' architecture. WSN systems are mature enough to support the IoT vision and different architectural designs and communication protocols are developed to realize this vision. In this paper, two different WSN architectural approaches for smart building systems are presented. In the first one, IPv6 over Low power Wireless Personal Area Networks (6LoWPAN) deployment is used, which is designed specifically for constrained embedded devices. In the second one, the system is developed without the usage of IP. To evaluate these two approaches we implemented a scenario of a smart building environment on top of them. We analyze and compare them, both from theoretical and practical point of view. Finally, as a proof of concept we evaluated them experimentaly in our testbed and we reported our conclusions.

Microlocation for Internet-of-Things-Equipped Smart Buildings

“…Rime cannot provide transport layer services, so a combined transport and application layer service is implemented via the exchange of JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) objects for the handling of application layer messages. The IP based system performs better in terms of latency and energy consumption however the non-IP based system outperforms the IP based architecture in terms of memory footprint [1].…”

“…The WSNs are mainly designed for control and automation of smart buildings. There are two different WSN architectural approaches, the IP based and non-IP based approaches [1]. The Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) based Low power Wireless Personal Area Network (6LoWPAN) is the IP based system.…”

“…Internet of Things (IoT) is defined as the ability of various things to be connected to each other through the Internet [1]. The number of Internet equipped devices overtook the human population in 2011 [2].…”

Application-derived communication protocol selection in M2M platforms for smart cities

“…Despite the fact that IP-based protocols requires large memory footprint, the IP-base approach for home automation is gaining more momentum in large-scale deployments in the context of IoT. This is due to the interoperability and auto-conguration supported features of IPv6 protocol [165]. A survey of wide range of Smart Grid standards, proposed for home and building automations systems, is presented in [166].…”

Syndesi: A Framework for Creating Personalized Smart Environments Using Wireless Sensor Networks

“…The state-ofthe-art protocol suit 6LoWPAN [12], [15], [13] deployed by the 6LoWPAN working group of Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) has defined the frame format for transmission of IPv6 packets to be sent and received over IEEE 802.15.4 networks. The authors in [8] present an analysis of smart building systems design approaches and implementation with WSN to conclude that the IPv6/6LoWPAN prevails against the IPv4. The 6LoWPAN stack enables each device to be directly connected to the Web.…”