IoT in Smart Homes
A special issue of Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292). This special issue belongs to the section "Networks".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 August 2024) | Viewed by 4045
Special Issue Editors
2. Instituto de Telecomunicações, Rua Marquês d’Ávila e Bolama, 6201-001 Covilhã, Portugal
3. AMA—Agência para a Modernização Administrativa, Rua de Santa Marta, n° 55, 1150-294 Lisboa, Portugal
Interests: vehicular networks; delay-/disruption-tolerant networks; Internet of Things; smart cities; smart farming
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2. Instituto de Telecomunicações, Rua Marquês d’Ávila e Bolama, 6201-001 Covilhã, Portugal
Interests: mobility support for wireless sensor networks; Internet of Things; smart cities; smart farming
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Interests: software-defined networking; unmanned aerial vehicles; 5G; edge–fog computing; network function virtualization
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Interests: swarm systems; artificial intelligence; computer engineering; service-oriented architectures; expert systems
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Smart homes are an Internet of Things (IoT) application domain that uses internet-connected devices to enable the remote monitoring and intelligent management of household appliances and systems. Moreover, smart home systems and devices can operate together to automate actions based on the homeowners' preferences. The advantages of smart homes are numerous. They provide homeowners with convenience, comfort, security, and energy efficiency. Smart homes can also help to reduce the carbon footprint.
This Special Issue aims to bring together researchers, academicians, scientists, and students to exchange and share their experiences and research results on the most recent innovations, trends, and concerns as well as practical challenges encountered, and solutions adopted in the fields of the IoT in smart homes. The topics of this Special Issue include but are not limited to the following:
- Smart homes: recent trends, methodologies, and applications;
- IoT in smart homes;
- Artificial Intelligence in smart homes;
- Cloud computing in smart homes;
- Smart buildings;
- Smart meters;
- Smart meter networks;
- Smart lighting systems;
- Monitor and control renewable energy sources;
- Electrical energy saving and smart energy management;
- Wireless technologies for IoT networks.
Prof. Dr. Vasco N. G. J. Soares
Dr. João M. L. P. Caldeira
Dr. Jaime Galán-Jiménez
Prof. Dr. Jesús Ángel Román Gallego
Guest Editors
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