Green Smart Home by Fog Computing

IoT devices are incomplete without a cloud server. Without cloud services, we cannot collect and process the data that is sent from each IoT sensor, then execute and send back the result. Implementation of a fog node near an IoT device results in storing and processing data at the fog node rather than sending it to the cloud. This study proposed multiple sensors for a smart home that is connected to a cloud server with a fog node and without a fog node. A smart home consists of 10 sensors like motion, gas, light, vibration, location, water leak, air, video, and humidity. The evaluation is done by comparing the energy consumption and network usage of sensors that are connected to the cloud with a fog node and without a fog node. The energy consumption and network usage of sensors with fog computing are lower than without fog computing, so these will lead to a green smart home. If more sensors are added, then also energy consumption and network usage of fog computing will be lower.