Home automation system including shareable capacity determining hub devices and related methods

A hub device from among a plurality thereof for a home automation (HA) system to be used within a structure, the HA system comprising a communications network extending within the structure, a plurality of HA operation devices within the structure, and a plurality of HA user interface devices for respective users within the structure, the hub device having a processing capacity associated therewith and comprising:

• a processor and a memory coupled thereto, the processor configured to
• provide communications via the communications network for a respective one of the plurality of HA user interface devices and at least one of the plurality of HA operation devices,
• determine a shareable processing capacity for sharing with at least one other of the plurality of HA hub devices based upon a current processing capacity and the at least one of the plurality of HA operation devices,
• communicate the amount of shareable processing capacity to another one of the plurality of HA hub devices, and
• perform processing operations for the other one of the plurality of HA hub devices based upon the communicated shareable processing capacity.

A method of performing processing operations in a home automation (HA) system to be used within a structure and comprising a communications network extending within the structure, a plurality of HA operation devices within the structure, a plurality of HA user interface devices for respective users within the structure, and a plurality of HA hub devices within the structure to provide communications via the communications network for the plurality of HA user interface devices and the plurality of HA operation devices, the method comprising:

• using a given one of the plurality of HA hub devices having a processing capacity associated therewith to
• determine a shareable processing capacity for sharing with at least one other of the plurality of HA hub devices based upon a current processing capacity and at least one of the plurality of HA operation devices,
• communicate the amount of shareable processing capacity to another one of the plurality of HA hub devices, and
• perform processing operations for the other one of the plurality of HA hub devices based upon the communicated shareable processing capacity.