Smarter home networks with simple gateways

Users demand smarter home networks that conveniently provide networking features. Previous attempts focus on pushing more features into the gateways and making them smarter. Home gateways, however, have limited resources and cannot accommodate resource-demanding features. In this paper, in contrast, we delegate most gateway functionalities to a shared, consolidated control platform, and keep the gateway as simple as possible. Using this framework, we are not restricted by resource limitations of home gateways and thus are able to provide services such as device discovery or troubleshooting with less effort and better quality.