The European Application Home Alliance

1. The European Application Home Alliance TAHI Conference (Henley-On-Thames, 17th Nov 2004) Enrique Menduiña (efmm@tid.es) info@teaha.org www.teaha.org HUCL is a trademark belonging to Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV

2. 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 Home Control Applications Networked Audio-Video Applications AV & Mobile MMI

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

4. TEAHA aims (R&D activities) • The initiative’s 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

5. 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“)

6. 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)

7. 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

8. Service Providers Applications Devices Multimedia Cluster Household Appliance Cluster Security Cluster Open & Secure FrameworkMulticluster/Multinetwork Interworking UPnP Zigbee EHS Multicluster RF KNX Powerline Multinetwork

9. 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

10. 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

11. Ultra Low-cost Powerline

12. 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

13. 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)

14. Multimedia Cluster UPnP Gateway Backend Zigbee EHS Household Appliance Cluster ULC Powerline Energy mgt Cluster Serial TEAHA Demonstrator • Merloni Washing-Machine • CECED interworking • Ultra-low cost powerline connection • Proxy device • HUCL/CECED interworking • Zigbee/EHS/KNX • Ultra-low cost powerline connection • Philips Gateway • OSGi framework • UPnP/Zigbee/EHS/KNX • HUCL/CECED interworking • Ethernet / Wifi / ADSL • EDF Meter • Serial line interface • Telefonica Back-End • OSGi based platforms for Aggregating services (Content+Service Provision/Service Aggregator/Network Operator).

15. 2004 TEAHA Events • Euro-China Workshop–Promoted 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

16. 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.) ?