Home Area Networking for Energy Management and Control
Student Projects
"enable communication within home appliances and remotely control the individual device within the home area network via a smart phone device to the end user."
"...we would be able to construct a network with which we would be able to monitor the power consumption of each appliance and other electrical device."
"Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) will play a key role in the extension of the smart grid towards residential premises, and enable various demand and energy management applications"
"...by being able to observe the total energy consumption daily, consumers will be able to compare the usages each day and plan ways to effectively improve their usage of electricity."
"Home Area Networking, HAN, provides consumers with a system to analyze and reduce their energy use within the home or even in their businesses and schools."
"...the paper will introduce today’s smart grid home network for energy management and control, the software and hardware associated with its key technologies."
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