A wireless networked appliances interoperability architecture

Abstract

In recent years, advances in multimedia applications, services and intelligent networked appliances have been making ubiquitous home environments a reality. Broadband is becoming a part of our household infrastructure, in the same way we receive water, gas and electricity. It is envisaged that every device will have a network interface that allows it to be accessed and controlled from anywhere in the world. This idea is generating a great deal of interest where sound business models are being developed to realise such applications based on market and user needs. That will map the future direction of Internet and home technologies. However, despite the long list of advantages of enabling these choices, they produced many other consequences and challenges; notably, interoperability and the difficulties associated with the integration of combined functionalities. In this paper we detail our approach in solving the interoperability problem presented in our wireless networked appliances interoperability architecture (WNAIA). We present the architecture components design and our implementation details that prove the functionality of the architecture.