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Transforming Homes:
Next step towards a heterogeneous
user centric scenario, new
opportunities and challenges
Josu Bilbao
IKERLAN Technological Research
Center
London, September 23rd
Outline
INTRODUCTION
ENVIRONMENT
KEY FACTORS
SCENARIOS
QUESTIONS
Introduction
Environment
Key Factors
Scenarios
Conclusions
Introduction
• Nowadays: Important role of multimedia.
Most of Multimedia @ Home
Services
Consumed
• Home entertainment is one of the biggest market.
• 1st framework for the Ambient Intelligence (AmI) era
services bloom.
Introduction
Environment
Key Factors
Scenarios
Conclusions
Environment
…Trajectory…
Broadcasted audiovisual
contents
Streamed (IP) services
Digital era
Kick-off.
(90’s)
Interactive
Services (MHP)
Innovative AmI
Services
Stored contents (DVD,
BluRay, etc.)
Static Business Model (2008)
STB controlled by content & service
providers
Evolution needed
Transforming Services…
Introduction
Environment
Key Factors
Scenarios
Conclusions
Environment
 Specific equipment to
access each service
 Controlled by service
providers, NOT by the users.
 NOT Flexible!!
 Service consumption only
where receivers are placed.
Introduction
Environment
Key Factors
Scenarios
Conclusions
Key Factors
• Progressive and scalable home infrastructure
that will Allow users to:
▫ Incorporate new bouquet of services
▫ WITHOUT huge investment (end user)
▫ Infrastructure available for incoming services
• User must assume the infrastructure’s cost!!
▫ Technology adoption slow-down.
Introduction
Environment
Key Factors
Scenarios
Conclusions
Key Factors
Important milestone: Consume services
wherever the user is placed in the extended-home
Home
Interface
Interactivity &
Control
Remote
Control
TV1
TV2
DVB
MPEG
IP
PC
• Descentralized services.
• Condominium services bloom
Others
Bidirectional
Lift
Home Interface
Bidirectional
• More Flexibility
• New locations – New Applications
• Important DRM related aspects
TV1
Storage
Descentralized consumption (different
location).
Introduction
Environment
Key Factors
Scenarios
Conclusions
Key Factors
Intelligent Multimedia Home
IMOH Project
Next step towards a heterogeneous scenario
User Centric environment
2 Key Scenarios
New opportunities and Challenges
Follow-me
High scientific-technological capacity
e-Health
Covered by the support of industrial partners
Home networking expertise
Aligned with European challenges: NEM, emobility
Introduction
Environment
Key Factors
Outcome:
Transformation
Scenarios
Conclusions
Key Factors
Protocol Convergence:
 IP Networks
 IEEE-1394
 Industrial Ethernet
 …
Physical media convergence:
 UTP Cable
 Fiber Optics
 Coax
 PLC (Powerline)
 UWB (Ultra Wide Band)
 WiFi
 …
No-new-Wires + ICT
Introduction
Environment
Warning: Lost
Opportunity!!
Standalone devices.
No inter-device
connectivity
Key Factors
Scenarios
Conclusions
Key Factors
Domotic
Services
Complementary
Wireless Network
Multimedia
Network
Home Backbone:
heterogeneous &
no-new-wires
Access
Network
Access
Control
Data
Network
Introduction
Environment
Key Factors
Scenarios
Conclusions
Key Factors
Home Architecture:
 Bridging Techonologies
 QoS
 No-New-Wires
Upper OSI layers:
 Services discovery
 DRM
 Ubiquitous
 User-Centric
Introduction
Environment
Key Factors
Scenarios
Conclusions
Scenario (a): Follow-me
Convergence of Location Mechanisms
Convergence of Protocols
Convergence of Physical media
Ubiquitous
User friendly
User Centric services (Follow-me TV).
Introduction
Environment
Key Factors
Scenarios
Conclusions
Scenario (b): e-Health
Introduction
Environment
Key Factors
Scenarios
Conclusions
Conclusions
QoS over Heterogeneous & User Centric Extended-Home Network.
Robust + DRM
High Capillarity (Wired & Wireless)
Easy technological adoptión without user’s huge investment.
Importance of localization methods.
User centric
New opportunities and Challenges
e-Society based on disposed network infrastructure:
oe-Health
oe-Administration
oe-gobernment
oe-Learning
Reduce the social “Digital Gap”
Sustainable development of the XXI century’s society.
Introduction
Environment
Key Factors
Scenarios
Conclusions
Questions?
Introduction
Environment
Key Factors
Scenarios
Conclusions