Thesis Title
Domotic Module for the Internet-of-Things Marco Soudo Cunha Thesis to obtain the Master of Science Degree in Information Systems and Computer Engineering Supervisor: Prof. Renato Jorge Caleira Nunes Examination Committee Chairperson: Prof. Ricardo Jorge Fernandes Chaves Supervisor: Prof. Renato Jorge Caleira Nunes Member of the Committe: Prof. Alberto Manuel Ramos da Cunha May 2017 The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress. Charles Kettering Acknowledgments First of all, I would like to thank the Academy, that helped me growing as an engineer student, but most important, developing my scientific habits of reasoning and stimulate my critical thinking. Additionally, I would like to thank my advisor, Prof. Renato Nunes, for all the cooperation and clever advice. And last but not least, I would like to thank my parents, Marco and Isabel, my brother, Bernardo, as well as my girlfriend, Darlene, for all the patience, attention and care over during my entire academic journey. Thank you all. Abstract With the exponential growth of Internet-of-Things (IoT) usage and devices and with the increasing interest of users in acquiring these devices to improve comfort and optimize their household chores, it is necessary to develop a robust and secure home automation system that allows users to connect all these devices and manage their information in a flexible way, with low implementation costs. Thus, the objective of this work is to present a solution for a smart home system that only uses the WiFi network for communication, avoiding intrusive installations (it does not need to add physical wiring), and allows to connect and control different devices, from any vendor, remotely from a mobile phone, a tablet or any other device with an internet connection.
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