Home Automation

Abstract

Availability of high speed mobile networks like 4G and Voice over Long Term Evolution
(VoLTE) coupled with cheaper and accessible smart phones, mobile industry has seen a
tremendous growth in terms of providing various services and applications at the fingertips of
the citizens. Internet of Things (IoT) is one of the promising technologies which can be used
for connecting, controlling and managing intelligent objects which are connected to Internet
through an IP address. This paper discusses about IoT and how it can be used for realizing
smart home automation using a micro-controller based on Node mcu and Android mobile
app.

A smart phone application is used to control and monitor the home appliances using different
type of communication techniques. In this paper the working principle of different type of
wireless communication techniques such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth are studied and their features
are compared with each other so the users can choose their own choice of technology to build
home automation system. Moreover in this research work the survey of different home
automation systems is discussed and their advantages and drawbacks are also highlighted.