Network Function Virtualization with Software Defined Network in Smart Home Networks

Network Function Virtualization with Software Defined Network in Smart Home Networks

Abstract

The discussion seeks to analyze the essential roles of a software-defined network and network function virtualization in smart homes. The smart home encompasses lighting, heat and electronic devices that can get controlled by the use of a smartphone or a computer [1]. The analysis is essential for the comparison and contrasting of SDN and NFV work through covering primary areas such as security, internet of things, and how smart homes play a role in-home health care. The essay highlights and expounds on SDN and NFV roles in smart homes.

[1] Both NFV and SDN work hand in hand, but they do not depend on each other. [2]The NFV provides a platform which SDN software can run. [2] Besides, the SDN assist in controlling of the computerized devices through network automation.

Security

Based on security, the SDN and NFV displays their role in providing a condition of being free from threats and danger in smart homes. [1-2]We note that multi-service and multi-tenancy is a concept that has been addressed in many research 5G slicing projects. [1-2]The statement justifies the need for using 5Gsoftware applications and technologies as it improves the running of security applications in smart house control gadgets. [3] The SDN helps in providing the Open Network Foundation, where a control plane controls several devices.[3] In this case, the statement explains that security control gets done by the use of one device as the central point of control. [4] NFV and SDN are independent and complementary to each other.[5] But they can provide an open environment to fasten the innovation and can be easily integrated with new services and infrastructure like controlled and automated network resources.

[6] The 5G technology application in the smart home improves the security department of smart homes as it enhances the control of security devices using the smartphone or a computer of an individual. [7] Confidentiality, Integrity, Authorization, Non-repudiation and Availability play significant roles in ensuring the Smart Home-internal network security. [8] The notion explains the need of SDN and NFV in the section of security in the smart home as it impacts the five elements, such as, confidentiality, Integrity, Authorization, Non-repudiation, and Availability to an individual hence no worry or fear of any threats and dangers that may harm an individual. [9] Also, the environmental conditions determine the need for security of an individual. Confidential documents and data get secured through cloud computation which is relevant in smart homes. In this case, the SDN provides a platform for cloud computing to provide services such as

[10] A Smart Home is a living environment that incorporates the appropriate technology, which is Smart Home technology, that helps to meet the resident goals of comfort living, life safety, security and efficiency. [11] The statement justifies that smart homes involve the technologies that make an individual’s life comfortable, hence a threat-free environment. [12] The technology application in smart houses ensures that an individual can control the level of security in the house. It is by computation of SDN or NFV technology notions. [13] The software-defined network and network function virtualization interact hand in hand with the network service providers via the internet, which enables an individual to control and manage the security of the smart home.

[14] It is essential the introduction of security policies which the decisions made by people who have the authority and set boundaries under which the staff could operate.[15] The notion justifies that the SDN and NFV are distinct features of the technology that enables an individual to set boundaries which workers at home may operate. It provides a platform for one to manage and supervise the activities done in the within the smart home of an individual. [16] A smart home security has a significant application of electronic wiring, which provides a platform for the need for SDN and NFV to operate and interact with an individual’s computerized gadget. [17] Hence, SDN and NFV play a role in operating and controlling the security level by interacting with the wirings applied smart homes.

Internet of Things

[18] The internet of things is a system of interrelated computerized devices, people or animals provided with a unique identifier and the skill to transfer data over a network without interactions such as human to human nor human to computer. [18] SDN and NFV play a significant role as it provides such platform of operation where the computerized devices interact without the aid of a human. [19] However, SDN requires networking devices to perform specific complex operations and protocols that are not supported by constrained IoT devices. Based on the statement, the software-defined network relies on networking devices to set a platform of appealing complex performance. [19] NFVenables the rapid development of the functionalities of real devices in the form of a software package and its convenient deployment in the cloud environment.

[19-20] The SDN encompass separate data and control plans, which plays a role of network configuration and maintenance that interact with personal network devices which further displays changes to the internet routing tables.[19-20] The acts as a controller of a network operating system controller, which is a significant role that helps expound the operation of IoT in smart homes. In this case, it decouples the network control from the underlying data plane, hence eases in the operation of the internet of things.[20]NFV for IoTcomprises solutions which virtualize IoT precise roles in the whole ecosystem. [20] The SDN provides a platform for a faster operation of programs computed in devices, which validates the IoT notion and its significance to a smart home.

[21] The IoT application in smart home gets supported by the SDN in the sense that data recorded gets transferred directly for display without delay. In this case, an individual can improve several computerized departments and devices such as cameras and analysis of conditions in the smart home. [22] It works for hand in hand with NFV which enables the individual to operate and relate with the IoT which is a significant factor since it makes work of an individual easier and also provides a comfortable life. [22] Based on the application of SDN and NFV in the smart home, they play an essential as the internet of things increase with time and provides a free atmosphere for the user not to control the happenings of the connectors.

The main idea of having the internet of things is to provide a secure environment, which is the primary wants of an individual’s life for proper mobility and operation of activities. [22] The SDN and NFV provides a more straightforward form of using computerized devices through the application of IoT notion. [22] An individual can operate effectively through the computation of the local area network to access the internet, which is a fundamental root for data transfer in this case.

Home Health Care

            Based on the analysis of SDN and NFV, the two factors have significant roles in health perspectives in an individual’s smart home. [22] In health perspective, an individual can get a detailed and precise analysis of health conditions by the use of SDN and NFV technology in a smart house. [23] The role of SDN and NFV is to ensure that the medical analysis and details are accurate and properly recorded. In this case, it can get concluded that the software-defined network and network functions virtualization have a minimum error when it comes to health analysis of an individual in smart homes. [23] Smart Home (SH) technology aims to support people to have a better quality of life and to ensure the elderly to live comfortably and independently. In this case, the SDN and NFV play a significant role by providing a platform for an older individual to have a quality and comfortable life as they assess their health status technologically.

[24] A smart home monitoring and analysis platform that enables the automatic assembly of rich databases of behavioral information in a manner that is clear to an individual. [24] The SDN plays a role of controlling the operations of assessment and analysis of health issues which provides a platform for the NFV to transfer information to the relevant destination and back. [25] The SDN and NFV ensures that the data analyzed for the owner of the smart home gets secured. It prevents unauthorized access, which creates a conducive environment for the storage of confidential health results and documents.

[26] The use of 5G technology enables the SDN and NFV to provide a proper communication platform between an individual with the healthcare givers, which is an important role when it is applied to a smart home. [26] The SDN and NFV provides a platform for an individual monitorization in smart homes on different occasions. [26] The main approach that the concept does is to control the monitor through the use of SND and provides flexibility and reliability to the individual as the NFV helps in virtualization of data to the healthcare givers or personal nurses and doctors. [26] The use of hybrid SDN in smart homes is to provide a hygienic atmosphere for an individual to stay and live. The network technologies application in smart homes also plays a role in ensuring that pollution of the environment gets controlled.

Pure and hybrid SDN/NFV

[27] The essential role of both pure and hybrid SDN is that they provide a proper management platform which is significant when it comes to smart homes. The owner of the house can access information in a fast and precise manner. [27] Also, it provides a platform for proper content delivery to the owner of the smart house. In this case, the individual can receive direct and automated data which is relevant and significant when it comes to smart homes. [28] The other role of having hybrid and pureSDN in a smart home is managements. The network enables management of devices installed in the smart house, which gives a comfortable atmosphere for operation in the smart house.

The other important role of pureSDN in a smart home is centralization. [29]Also, hybrid SDN has a role in speeding up services and provide more agility for physical and virtual network provisioning, which gets done by a central location. Based on the pure NFV, the network decouples its function proprietary hardware appliance to enable software run. [30] The hybrid NFV virtualizes the whole classification of function into connected blocks that create services essential for an individual in a smart home.

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