L ong the futuristic domain of hobbyists, home automation is now moving from the bleeding edge to the mainstream. Utility service providers offer specialized and valuable applications such as energy load management to retain customers in the face of competition. More new homes are wired for intelligent control, with security, comfort, and convenience systems becoming networkaware. Homeowners ca...

Smart home is a house that uses technology to monitor the environment with the help of various sensors, control the electrical appliances and communicate the outer world. Now-a-days the demand for home automation systems in homes and offices are invariably increasing. The home automation system is a key for energy conservation that can be equipped in normal buildings. As there are many benefits...

The major design challenge of home automation is to choose best standard for controlling devices in existing home environments without any changes in infrastructure. In recent years Zigbee was the promising technology for home automation. But, nowadays there are some other standards which give their best for controlling home devices. This paper presents an overview of different wireless communi...