Lightweight Architecture for IoT Devices with Context-aware Autonomous Control

The integration of the Internet of Things (IoT) devices in our buildings is already a reality and the dissemination of such devices would grow in the future. However, much of these devices deal with remote monitoring and/or control without an intrinsic context-aware control. This paper proposes hardware and software architectures for the development of IoT devices with context-aware autonomous control. The efficient and effective control, of the proposed architectures, is demonstrated using two scenarios where one television and one air conditioner unit are controlled according to their contexts. The context-aware control can increase users’ comfort while decreases the use of appliances and resources, resulting in a decrease in energy consumption.