Globally Distributed Locally Centralized Architecture: an Efficient and Convenient Architecture on Home Network

摘要

Technologies currently available for home network only electronically connect devices in various forms and functions, and provide simple interaction and communication among devices. However, these technologies fail to provide mechanism for efficient and effective interoperation among devices in home network. In this paper, an architecture — Globally Distributed Locally Centralized Architecture (or GDLC Architecture for short) together with its middleware -is represented, which can seamlessly integrate home devices and effectively interoperate devices. Moreover, it provides a good way to manage a huge amount of data.