A Generic Model for Smart House Remote Control Systems with Software and Hardware Simulators Amir Rajabzadeh Department of Computer Engineering Razi University of Kermanshah Kermanshah, Iran rajabzadeh@razi.ac.ir Ali Reza Manashty Department of Computer Engineering and IT Shahrood University of Technology Shahrood, Iran a.r.manashty@gmail.com Zahra Forootan Jahromi Department of Computer Engineering and IT Shahrood University of Technology Shahrood, Iran zahra.forootan@gmail.com Abstract— In this paper, a generic model for smart house remote control systems is proposed, implemented and tested using the software and hardware simulators presented with it. Smart house systems currently available lack a generic model for neither supporting different remote control modules nor standard testing beds. The comprehensive model presented in this paper supports both web and mobile remote access along with hardware and software simulator for testing and parameter estimation before actually building the house. Scenarios can be defined both in the system and simulator to test the long-term effects of different automation schemes, while supporting manual simulation speed control. With the proposed model in use, the analysts no longer need to rely on a physical house to analyze and design economic plans; leading to highly reduced design costs and time consumption. Keywords-smart house; model; remote control; simulator; web; mobile; anlaysis; I. INTRODUCTION Digital era introduces a new controllable device nearly every day. New wireless technologies also help the integration of remote controls into regular mobile devices for easy access to networks simply from everywhere. This increasing number of devices makes it harder for manufacturers to adopt a universal standard for controlling home devices. So a generic model for remote control of the devices in a smart house is needed. Most of end-users can’t simply choose a smart house system off-the-shelf which can rely on as a comprehensive system. This is because although recent works are done in designing the general overview of the possible remote access approaches for controlling devices [1], or in cases simulating the smart home itself [2, 3], and designing the main server [4], the design and implementation of an off-the-shelf smart home remote control application has been limited to simply the computer applications and just in cases mobile and web application development. These efforts has been designed and implemented separately from each other, using all different models. It is a difficult job to join the different platforms and models so that a comprehensive and general model can be developed for remote control of smart digital homes. For example, in [5-8], some remote monitoring systems are designed and implemented to allow remote access through Internet, while in [9-14] some mobile applications are presented for remote access and monitoring systems. None of the systems mentioned earlier follow a comprehensive model so that other possible design and implementation of additional modules can be added to the general system. In this paper, a generic model for smart house remote control systems is proposed, implemented and tested using the software and hardware simulators presented with it. Smart house systems currently available lack a generic model for neither supporting different remote control modules nor standard testing beds. The comprehensive model presented in this paper supports both web and mobile remote access along with hardware and software simulator for testing and parameter estimation before actually building the house. Scenarios can be defined both in the system and simulator to test the long-term effects of different automation schemes, while supporting manual simulation speed control. With the proposed model in use, the analysts no longer need to rely on a physical house to analyze and design economic plans; leading to highly reduced design costs and time consumption. II. PROPOSED MODEL ARCHITECTURE A. Preface Due to the great importance of a precise and comprehensive design for smart houses, first we must design the principle parts of the system. The main modules of the system are (1) the processing and controlling center, (2) display and remote control module, (3) hardware module, and (4) simulator module. If these sections are correctly and efficiently connect to each other while perfectly functioning, it can be expected to have a firm baseline for further investments and improvements. 262 2013 5th Conference on Information and Knowledge Technology (IKT) 978-1-4673-6490-4/13/$31.00 ©2013 IEEE