R-OSGi-based architecture of distributed smart home system

IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1166-1172

  Wu, Jiankun ^a   Huang, Linpeng ^a   Wang, Dejun ^a   Shen, Fei ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Consumer electronics; OSGi; R OSGi; Residential service gateway; Smart home

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER ELECTRONICS; DOMESTIC APPLIANCES; MIDDLEWARE; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; PERSONAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SENSOR NETWORKS; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

DISTRIBUTED ARCHITECTURES; HOME APPLIANCES; HOME NETWORK SYSTEMS; NATURAL BOUNDARIES; OPEN SERVICE GATEWAY INITIATIVES; OSGI; POTENTIAL BOUNDARIES; PRACTICAL; R-OSGI; RELIABLE; RESIDENTIAL SERVICE GATEWAY; SMART HOME; SMART HOMES; SOFTWARE MODULES;

GATEWAYS (COMPUTER NETWORKS);

EID: 54349107013     PISSN: 00983063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCE.2008.4637602     Document Type: Article

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