The European Application Home Alliance

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The European Application Home Alliance
TAHI Conference (Henley-On-Thames, 17th Nov
2004) Enrique Menduiña (efmm_at_tid.es)
info_at_teaha.org www.teaha.org
HUCL is a trademark belonging to Koninklijke
Philips Electronics NV
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Project Objective

• Specify, design and develop an open,
  interoperable and seamless global home platform
  which integrates Networked Home Control and
  Multimedia Applications

White goods Energy Management Security and
Safety Home Controls Lighting Control Health Care
for Elderly and Disabled Infotainment
Networked Audio-Video Applications
Networked Home Control Applications
AV Mobile MMI
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TEAHA Partners

• Technology Ikerlan, Trialog, WRAP
• Research K.U. Leuven, U. Twente
• Telcos Utilities Telefonica ID (coordinator),
  EDF
• Consumer Electronics Philips Digital System Lab
• White Goods Fagor, Merloni through WRAP
• Associations Konnex, TAHI through Advantica
• Market Research Homega Research

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TEAHA aims (RD activities)

• The initiatives main objectives are to develop
• An open, secure framework for seamless
  interoperability and interworking in a global
  home platform
• An advanced low-cost RF solution
• An ultra-low cost powerline solution supporting
  this framework
• Advanced residential gateway subsystems

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Input to Framework

• TAHI Open Architecture
• Methodologies for service delivery
• Guidelines on how to construct and deploy
  platforms for pervasive delivery of services
• HUCL Home Uniform Control LanguageTM
• Facilitates cross-domain interworking
• Provides a common method for device control
• Suitable as common intermediate language
• XML-based
• CECED Appliance Interworking Specification
• Covers several household appliances (e.g. washing
  machines, oven, refrigerator )
• Network independent approach
• mapping on top of EHS, Lonworks, KNX
• ("HUCL is a trademark belonging to Koninklijke
  Philips Electronics NV)

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Open Secure Framework

• Features
• Multi-cluster / Multi-network Interworking
• Cluster grouping appliances with similar
  properties
• Security
• Secure Service Discovery
• Approach
• Cluster based classification
• Interworking achieved at gateway level (HUCLTM
  OSGi)

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Cluster-based classification

• A Cluster represents stakeholders commercial
  interest
• household appliance industry
• content provider industry
• An intra-cluster Classification is what it takes
  to ensure interworking within the cluster
• list of devices
• list of constants
• list of conventions
• list of policies
• Inter-cluster and intra-cluster relationships is
  what it takes to ensure seamless interworking

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Open Secure Framework Multicluster/Multinetwork
Interworking
UPnP
Zigbee
EHS
Multicluster
RF
KNX
Powerline
Multinetwork
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Low-cost RF Communication

• Validate low-cost, low-power wireless networking
  solutions (Zigbee)
• Definition of a white goods profile in ZigBee
• Integration of Zigbee in TEAHA demonstrators
• Integration in to a White Goods Appliance
• Integration in to Smart Adapter (See Ultra
  Low-Cost Powerline)
• Look for improvements in range by optimising the
  existing technologies

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Ultra Low-cost Powerline

• Dedicated connection from appliance to a network
  adapter

Home Network
X
X
Network Adapter (Proxy)
Ultra-low cost connection
X/10?
Appliance A
Appliance B
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Ultra Low-cost Powerline
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Residential Gateway System Implementation

• Objective
• Define and develop an end-to-end solution for the
  dynamic delivery of managed services and
  applications into the home
• Architecture ? Main components

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End-to-End Gateway Solution

• Implementation of Interworking Framework taking
  HUCL, CECED TAHI as starting points
• Integration of Telefonica End-to-end solution
• Supports dynamic delivery of managed services and
  applications
• Could involve several gateways
• Involves a RG, a Gateway Operator-Aggregator,
  Service Providers.
• Focus on
• Addition of Business Intelligence to the
  Aggregator
• Interconnection with legacy systems
• Exchange of information among subsystems by means
  of Web Services
• Based on open architectures (TAHI)

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TEAHA Demonstrator
Merloni Washing-Machine CECED interworking Ultra-l
ow cost powerline connection Proxy
device HUCL/CECED interworking Zigbee/EHS/KNX Ultr
a-low cost powerline connection Philips
Gateway OSGi framework UPnP/Zigbee/EHS/KNX HUCL/CE
CED interworking Ethernet / Wifi / ADSL EDF
Meter Serial line interface Telefonica
Back-End OSGi based platforms for Aggregating
services (ContentService Provision/Service
Aggregator/Network Operator).
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2004 TEAHA Events

• Euro-China WorkshopPromoted by EC. April 2004
  (Beijing)
• Metering 2004 September 28-30, Berlin
• OSGi World Congress, October 12-14, Barcelona
• TEAHA Open Forum. November 30, 2004, Nice
• Net-atHomeTM, Nice Nov 30th - Dec 3th 2004

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Backup SlideWhat do we mean by the TEAHA Cluster
Classification ?

• Cluster Classification
• A system of classification of entities into
  groups or categories, with a structure that
  indicates the relationships between them.
• Why do we need a TEAHA Classification?
• To group (or cluster) TEAHA entities according
  to common characteristics (attributes and
  services), in order to simplify description and
  interworking
• To express inheritance relationships between
  the groups (resulting in a semi-hierarchical
  structure)
• To provide a set of high level common
  characteristics that allows interworking between
  entities on different networks, protocols and
  device description mechanisms
• To express common and individual characteristics
  at all levels of the hierarchy
• To allow the establishment and control of
  interworking between TEAHA entities based on the
  above
• What TEAHA entities do we need a Classification
  for?
• Appliances / Devices and their characteristics /
  services
• Controllers
• Remote Services
• Actors (service providers / consumers etc.) ?