DESIGN OF THE WIRELESS FRONT-END FOR REMOTE ADMINISTRATION OF DOMOTIC EQUIPMENT

This paper introduces open-hardware wireless equipment designed for a medium scale Internet of Things and Internet of Services experiment, in a rural - digitally divided - village in the Italian Countryside. A wide band wireless network has been built, to provide several remote services: Internet access, intelligent house (garden) control, security surveillance. Internet of Things and Internet of Services activities are realized by means of low cost, open hardware wireless technology. The results obtained during the first eighteen months of experimentation demonstrate a strong participation of the local population, a reduction of the house management costs, together with an increase of safety and security.