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IoT in Smart Homes

A special issue of Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292). This special issue belongs to the section "Networks".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 August 2024 | Viewed by 1640

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Vasco N. G. J. Soares

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1. Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, Av. Pedro Álvares Cabral No 12, 6000-084 Castelo Branco, Portugal
2. Instituto de Telecomunicações, Rua Marquês d’Ávila e Bolama, 6201-001 Covilhã, Portugal
Interests: vehicular networks; delay/disruption-tolerant networks; Internet of Things; smart cities; smart farming
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Dr. João M. L. P. Caldeira

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1. Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, Av. Pedro Álvares Cabral No 12, 6000-084 Castelo Branco, Portugal
2. Instituto de Telecomunicações, Rua Marquês d’Ávila e Bolama, 6201-001 Covilhã, Portugal
Interests: mobility support for wireless sensor networks; Internet of Things; smart cities; smart farming
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Dr. Jaime Galán-Jiménez

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Department of Computer and Telematic Systems Engineering, School of Technology, University of Extremadura, Avda. de la Universidad s/n, 10003 Cáceres, Spain
Interests: software-defined networking; unmanned aerial vehicles; 5G; edge–fog computing; network function virtualization
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Prof. Dr. Jesús Ángel Román Gallego

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Escuela Politécnica Superior de Zamora, University of Salamanca, Av. Requejo 33, C.P. 49022 Zamora, Spain
Interests: swarm systems; artificial intelligence; computer engineering; service-oriented architectures; expert systems
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Smart homes are an Internet of Things (IoT) application domain that uses internet-connected devices to enable the remote monitoring and intelligent management of household appliances and systems. Moreover, smart home systems and devices can operate together to automate actions based on the homeowners' preferences. The advantages of smart homes are numerous. They provide homeowners with convenience, comfort, security, and energy efficiency. Smart homes can also help to reduce the carbon footprint.

This Special Issue aims to bring together researchers, academicians, scientists, and students to exchange and share their experiences and research results on the most recent innovations, trends, and concerns as well as practical challenges encountered, and solutions adopted in the fields of the IoT in smart homes. The topics of this Special Issue include but are not limited to the following:

  • Smart homes: recent trends, methodologies, and applications;
  • IoT in smart homes;
  • Artificial Intelligence in smart homes;
  • Cloud computing in smart homes;
  • Smart buildings;
  • Smart meters;
  • Smart meter networks;
  • Smart lighting systems;
  • Monitor and control renewable energy sources;
  • Electrical energy saving and smart energy management;
  • Wireless technologies for IoT networks.

Prof. Dr. Vasco N. G. J. Soares
Prof. Dr. João M. L. P. Caldeira
Dr. Jaime Galán-Jiménez
Prof. Dr. Jesús Ángel Román Gallego
Guest Editors

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Smart Waiting Room: A Systematic Literature Review and a Proposal
by Daniele Spoladore, Marta Mondellini, Atieh Mahroo, Irene Alice Chicchi-Giglioli, Stefano De Gaspari, Daniele Di Lernia, Giuseppe Riva, Elena Bellini, Nicoletta Setola and Marco Sacco
Electronics 2024, 13(2), 388; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics13020388 - 17 Jan 2024
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In the past decade, Internet of Things (IoT) technologies have become more and more pervasive, allowing the development of Ambient Intelligence and Context Awareness applications. While the smart home is the chosen scenario for such technologies, a variety of environments could potentially benefit [...] Read more.
In the past decade, Internet of Things (IoT) technologies have become more and more pervasive, allowing the development of Ambient Intelligence and Context Awareness applications. While the smart home is the chosen scenario for such technologies, a variety of environments could potentially benefit from the synergies between IoT and digital applications. Among them, the clinical waiting rooms is an environment facing several challenges, particularly after the COVID-19 pandemic. Clinical waiting rooms are crowded places associated with stress and anxiety, often linked to patients’ idling time. Nonetheless, the rise of IoT-enabled telehealth has focused attention on the possibility of changing the functions of clinical waiting rooms. In this work, we conducted a systematic literature review to identify the existing solutions for “smart waiting rooms”. The review process started with 278 works, and it identified 16 papers relevant to the topic of smart clinical waiting rooms. Moreover, the results of this review underlined that waiting rooms are a neglected research area that could take advantage of IoT and Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies to enhance patients’ experience and support the diagnostic process. Leveraging the research directions identified in the review process, this work proposes a “Smart Waiting Room” that exploits virtual reality (VR), AI, and IoT technologies to support the diagnostic process (via a cognitive assessment) and the personalization of the patient’s context—taking into account the features of the physical environment. The prototypical smart waiting room constitutes an example of the potentialities of novel technologies applied to healthcare and can contribute to shaping the future of clinical waiting rooms. Full article
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