ForeSight
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The ForeSight project follows the approach of an open platform which
integrates AI-based solutions, interoperability, context-awareness and established building automation technologies into a flexible multi-domain and multicomponent system ranging across different manufacturers and industries [6]. Furthermore, ForeSight will provide the flexibility to add new services and offers
corresponding tools for service providers. In Europe, privacy and security issues
play an important role [7]. Data needs to be handled carefully. To ensure this,
ForeSight will create an adequate IAM mechanism and be as restrictive as possible to ensure privacy concerns, i.e. we will try to keep data stored locally,
whenever it is possible.
2 State of the Art
These days, systems for energy management, classic smart home use cases like
lighting as well as health applications exist. To optimize residents’ benefits it is
useful to combine these three domains and make them controllable by one single
platform, which allows domain and vendor independence. In other areas like
manufacturing industry reference architecture models have been established to
visualize needs to improve interoperability in general. We adapted these models
like RAMI 4.0 [8] to the smart living domain (see Fig. 1). Accordingly, we strive
to enable an interoperability level on the business model layer.
Applications &
Business Models
AI Functions
Smart Services
Data and
Information
Connectivity
Components
Digital
Economies
Electric
Industry
Housing
Industry
Heating
Industry
Interoperability Layers
Device
Room
Flat
Building
Avenue
City
Energy
Management
Safety
Assistance
AI-based
Innovations
Building
Management
Predictive
Maintenance
Smart
Living
Fig. 1. Proposed reference architectural model of smart living.
After describing necessities of interoperability, privacy and security, we need
to introduce the concepts of IAM to ensure a solid base for reaching our goals.
433
The ForeSight project follows the approach of an open platform which
integrates AI-based solutions, interoperability, context-awareness and established building automation technologies into a flexible multi-domain and multicomponent system ranging across different manufacturers and industries [6]. Furthermore, ForeSight will provide the flexibility to add new services and offers
corresponding tools for service providers. In Europe, privacy and security issues
play an important role [7]. Data needs to be handled carefully. To ensure this,
ForeSight will create an adequate IAM mechanism and be as restrictive as possible to ensure privacy concerns, i.e. we will try to keep data stored locally,
whenever it is possible.
2 State of the Art
These days, systems for energy management, classic smart home use cases like
lighting as well as health applications exist. To optimize residents’ benefits it is
useful to combine these three domains and make them controllable by one single
platform, which allows domain and vendor independence. In other areas like
manufacturing industry reference architecture models have been established to
visualize needs to improve interoperability in general. We adapted these models
like RAMI 4.0 [8] to the smart living domain (see Fig. 1). Accordingly, we strive
to enable an interoperability level on the business model layer.
Applications &
Business Models
AI Functions
Smart Services
Data and
Information
Connectivity
Components
Digital
Economies
Electric
Industry
Housing
Industry
Heating
Industry
Interoperability Layers
Device
Room
Flat
Building
Avenue
City
Energy
Management
Safety
Assistance
AI-based
Innovations
Building
Management
Predictive
Maintenance
Smart
Living
Fig. 1. Proposed reference architectural model of smart living.
After describing necessities of interoperability, privacy and security, we need
to introduce the concepts of IAM to ensure a solid base for reaching our goals.