Design Framework for Reliable and Environment Aware Management of Smart Environment Devices

Adja Ndeye Sylla (1) , Maxime Louvel (1) , Eric Rutten (2)

1 CEA-LETI - Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives - Laboratoire d'Electronique et de Technologie de l'Information
2 CTRL-A - Control for Autonomic computing systems

A smart environment is equipped with numerous devices (i.e., sensors, actuators) that are possibly distributed over different locations (e.g., rooms of a smart building). These devices are automatically controlled to achieve different objectives related, for instance, to comfort, security and energy savings. Controlling smart environment devices is not an easy task. This is due to: the heterogeneity of devices, the inconsistencies that can result from communication errors or devices failure, and the conflicting decisions including those caused by environment dependencies. This paper proposes a design framework for the reliable and environment aware management of smart environment devices. The framework is based on the combination of the rule based middleware LINC and the automata based language Heptagon/BZR (H/BZR). It consists of: an abstraction layer for the heterogeneity of devices, a transactional execution mechanism to avoid inconsistencies and a controller that, based on a generic model of the environment, makes appropriate decisions and avoids conflicts. A case study with concrete devices, in the field of building automation, is presented to illustrate the framework.

Mots clés: Reliability; Transactional Middleware; Automata language; Smart Environments

Domaines: Informatique ubiquitaire; Calcul parallèle, distribué et partagé [cs.DC]; Systèmes et contrôle [cs.SY]

Adja Ndeye Sylla, Maxime Louvel, Eric Rutten. Design Framework for Reliable and Environment Aware Management of Smart Environment Devices. Journal of Internet Services and Applications, 2017. ⟨hal-01650737⟩