Smart Home Technologies: A Preliminary Review

In recent years, smart homes have become increasingly popular with the deployment of Internet of Things (IoT). Rapid diffusion of sensing technology also enabled advancement in smart homes. The advancements in these technologies surroundings smart homes have produced many convenient products and services for the smart home consumers. Contradicting to the term convenience, there are still areas to improve to achieve an effective and simple smart home environment. In this paper, a literature survey on the smart home definition, purpose, benefit, and technology are discussed. Furthermore, there is an emphasis on the challenges faced to make smart home an ideal and simple environment to live. There are also proposed solution for some of its challenges.