QoS support for real-time home automation networks management via high-speed Internet connection

This paper presents a novel architecture for home automation network management through high speed Internet connections ensuring QoS support. These connections can be ADSL links, an emerging technology which provides the user of the local loop with broadband speeds. So, a remote end-user who manages a home automation network can use an ADSL connection to assure the real-time transmission of images, video, signals, etc. Since ADSL is a technology in the local loop, the presence of a signalling mechanism based on RSVP is necessary to maintain the high speed links through the network.