Toward Large-Scale and Interoperable Smart Home Emulator with Cyreal Framework

Abstract

In the prior work, a smart home IoT area network emulator was developed that accurately mimics real smart appliance behavior and generates realistic network traffic datasets. However, the emulator remains limited in scalability, scenario diversity, and interoperability with external simulators and real systems. This paper presents an approach to extending the smart home emulator as a large-scale and interoperable component of the Cyreal framework. Cyreal envisions the integration of simulators, emulators, and real systems over large-scale computing infrastructures, supported by middleware that simplifies deployment, management, and experiment control across a large number of physical machines. Moreover, integration with wireless network simulators, as part of the Cyreal framework, enables richer network parameterization and more flexible scenario evaluation. We discuss the overall architectural design, current limitations, and open research challenges, as well as opportunities to foster more integrated scenarios for the CyReal framework.