Smartappliancesandrenewableenergyresourcesarebecominganintegralpartofsmarthomes.Nowadays,homeappliancesarecommunicatingwitheachotherwithhomegateways,usingexistingshort-rangehomeareanetworkcommunicationprotocolssuchasZigBee,Bluetooth,RFID,andWiFi.AGatewayallowshomeownersandutilitiestocommunicateremotelywiththeappliancesvialong-rangecommunicationnetworkssuchasGPRS,WiMax,LTE,andpowerlinercarrier.ThispaperutilizestheInternetofThings(IoT)conceptstomonitorandcontrolhomeappliances.Moreover,thispaperproposesaframeworkthatenablestheintegrationandthecoordinationofHuman-to-Appliance,Utility-toAppliance,andAppliance-to-Appliance.UtilizingtheconceptsofInternetofThingsleadstoonestandardcommunicationprotocols,TCP/IPV6,whichovercomesthemanypersehomeareanetworksandneighborhoodareanetworksprotocols.ThisworkproposesacloudbasedframeworkthatenablestheIoTsintegrationandsupportsthecoordinationbetweendevices,aswellaswithdevice-humaninteraction.Aprototypeisdesigned,implemented,andtestedtovalidatetheproposedsolution.1IndexTermsInternetofthings(IoT),Internetofthings(IoT)cloudframework,smarthomes,smartappliances.
