A convergence service oriented architecture in smart homes

Smart home has become a popular application all over the world. However, the service to interact with smart grid, and the service to guide residents utilize power, are ignored. In this paper, we propose an effective convergence service oriented architecture to give a solution for supplying a convergence service in smart homes. This architecture not only supports diversified service integrated with smart power consumption service and bi-directional interaction service but supports convergence communication service. The architecture is evaluated in practice, and the initial result shows that convergence service makes life more comfortable, healthy and energy efficient.