UbiSpace: Prototypical Smart Space Built upon Swarm Intelligence Middleware Platform

A prototype of smart space consisting of network-enabled and intelligence-equipped building components is proposed in this paper. These smart building blocks could be integrated through a Swarm Intelligence Middleware Platform (SIMP) in which simple rules and local interactions are concurrently performed by taking the inspiration from the self-organized behaviors of social animals, and this would allow the formation of collective behavior for various applications of smart space. This paper shows the process of creating a smart space plus representative user scenarios based on the collaboration of these smart building components coordinated through SIMP.