Carlos Manuel Rodrigues Machado Autonomic Ubiquitous Computing

presented in Figure 15. This flat is the home of 3 people: a man, a woman and a little child and it is
used every day.
6.2 Objectives
Figure 15 – Case Study, Flat plan
The case study implemented was created to test the philosophy previously presented in this
thesis, putting into practise the requirements, characteristics and orientations presented in the
development of a ubiquitous system.
The main objectives when implementing the case study are:
• To test the robustness – the robustness and reliability of the system designed is
examined, i.e., the distributed network of devices that control the lighting system has
to guarantee that the basic functionality is always available. The system is supposed
to be placed in between the traditional light electrical circuit and therefore it must be
as robust and reliable as a standard circuit. The basic functionality can not be
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