1.1 Purpose: Mission Statement

Making residential enhancements that will pave the way for an easy and relaxed transition into retired life.

Document prepared for the Smith family home, a pre-existing building.

1.2 Scope

The "Smart Home" system, herein referred to as "The System," will be a combination of hardware and software that will provide an escape from daily routines and mundane tasks. This product seeks out the items that consume the most time but do not need to. The goal is to automate that which does not really need human interaction, to free the occupants to enjoy themselves in their retirement. The system will not free the mundane household chores from any human interaction, but it will require only as little as needed.

1.3 Definitions, Acronyms, and Abbreviations

• pH see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PH

• RFID Radio Frequency Identification

• SH Smart Home

• SAN Storage Area Network

• SRS System Requirements Specification

• WPA Wi-Fi Protected Access

• WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy

• USB Universal Serial Bus

1.4 References

802.11 IEEE Specification http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/servlet/opac?punumber=4248376

1.5 Overview

Requirements have been divided into key functional areas, which are decomposed into features within those functional areas. Functional and nonfunctional requirements exist within the laid-out document format. The order of the leading sections and the corresponding requirements should be interpreted as priority.

2.1 Product Perspective

This system consists of many standalone devices. At this time it is not known if these devices exist in the commercial market or not. The document has a holistic approach, intermingling the demand for devices with the functions of the system. The...