Cloud based management and control system for smart communities: A practical case study

• Our research is the first attempt to study one such real life system of cloud based control and management in a smart housing community in India.
• The implementation of such an application requires the creation of an ecosystem consisting of the application service provider, community administration, cloud services provider, utility services providers, mobile services providers and payment gateways in a multi layered system.
• The main contribution of our research is to understand the framework of cloud computing based smart community services in India and the emerging cloud computing ecosystems.
• This research has wide ranging implications on the future of Internet of Things, and can be extended to elderly health and support, energy efficient systems and smart cities.

In this study, the implementation of cloud based smart community management and control system was undertaken. SmartComunity.in is a flexible platform to manage and control the affairs of a condominium or society with thorough participation, visibility and transparency. Our research is the first attempt to study one such real life system of cloud based control and management in a smart housing community in India. There is a dearth of exploratory studies that explain the diffusion and adoption of cloud computing in different contexts and from a multiple stakeholder perspective. So, the main contribution of our research is to understand the framework of cloud computing based smart community services in India and the emerging cloud computing ecosystems. This research has wide ranging implications on the future of Internet of Things, and can be extended to elderly health and support, energy efficient systems and smart cities.