This dissertation was written as a part of the MSc in ICT Systems
at the
Intern
a-
tional He
l
lenic University.
It is generally accepted that
the wireless commun
ication has become very popul
ar
and
its
everyday u
se has increased.
Many
d
evices have been developed that
provide users a
large number of servi
ces, aiming to make
their lives easier.
Their incre
ase rate has a d
i-
rect result at
their domination on the market replacing the wired communic
ation.
We
live
in the era of “smart”. S
mart phones, smart
televisions, smart cars, and of course
smart homes, i.e.
, they can take decisions and
acting alone without the need of human
pre
s
ence.
The home networking market is growing rapidly and wireless
tech
nologies pl
ay an i
m-
portant role in the smart
home
networks.
Using
service
-
oriented approach
es
, we
dete
r-
mine one of
the main challenges
of the home networking, the spectrum management.
Several
wireless technologies of varying bandwidth, ope
r
ating range,
and
form factor
currently exist or are emerging for the home
network
ing (e.g. Wi
-
Fi, Bluetooth
,
ZigBee
,
WiMAX etc.)
and thus may
interfere with each other, if some str
ategy for the manag
e-
ment of the
spectrum i
s not provided.
Recent analysis shows that this s
pectrum is not being utilized efficiently.
So, this thesis
will involve a literature
search of the topic and then the proposal of a strategy for spe
c-
trum
management
.
The
main scope of this dissertation
is to
search and create a strategy
on how to avoid
dif
ferent wireless systems sharing the same frequency band and opera
t-
ing in the same environment, to interfere with each other and experience a severe d
e-
crease in throughput.
In the conclusion, we analyze
the
future of smart
home
as well as
the possible spect
rum management strategies should be followed
.
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