Automation System Architecture for a Smart Hotel

摘要

Purpose. Smart technologies are now being integrated into many places and buildings. Different technologies use their own cloud services, which are suitable for use in a smart home but whose use might be problematic in a building with a higher density of persons, such as a hotel. The purpose of this research is to design and create an architecture for a smart control system that can be used in a hotel environment. Methodology. The current trends of using different cloud services in the smart environment are discussed, and the pros and cons of these solutions are outlined. The functionality of our smart control system is based on possible smart hotel scenarios. Findings. The use of different cloud services in the smart hotel environment might be very demanding for the connection resources. There are also issues with the apps/devices that control the systems because they are designed to control smart homes and they are not designed for hotel rooms. A regular change of user might also be problematic. Based on these findings, our smart control system has been designed with a three layer architecture. Value. The value of this research is to propose an architecture for a smart system that can be used in a smart hotel environment. The designed system focuses on privacy, the possibility of connecting many rooms that can be controlled independently, and the speed of the system's responses.