A smart community is a virtual environment
composed of networked smart homes located in
a local geographic region. It is formed upon the
agreement of participating homeowners, with
respect to local geographic, terrain, and zoning
features. For example, enclave homes should
participate in the community of surrounding
homes rather than become a separate one; iso-
lated (e.g., by major streets) homes should not
belong to the same community. Architecturally,
a smart community consists of three domains:
the home domain, community domain, and ser-
vice domain, as shown in Fig. 1.