NeO-Domotics: Network Operation for Domotics

Abstract

The market for Domotics, most commonly known as Home Automation, has exponentially grown in the past few years. In brief, Domotics allows users to monitor and control various devices/appliances within a smart home. From entertainment to security, several devices have become more accessible. However, the underlying network infrastructure in this environment has remained the same despite the recent revolution brought about by Software-Defined Networking (SDN).For the past decade, SDN has shown great potential for providing more network flexibility and programmability in both the control and data plane. However, most of the use cases are thought for enterprise and Data-Center Networks, while its application closer to the end-users (i.e., Home environments) is still under-exploited. Therefore, this research introduces the Network Operations for Domotics (NeO-Domotics) notion, which uses Next-Generation SDN components (e.g., P4, NG-SDN interfaces) in the context of Home Automation. This paper describes the overall design and showcases preliminary use cases using a Raspberry Pi.