“home ict services” with osgi-hgw at ntt - takefumi yamazaki

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Home ICT Services with OSGi-HGW at

NTT

Takefumi YAMAZAKI

NTT/Cyber Solutions Laboratories

20th September, 2011

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Agenda

(1) NTT’s view of Home ICT Services & Platform

(2) Why has NTT adopted OSGi technology as a platform to provide Home ICT services?

(3) Use cases with NTT’s Home ICT platform


（1）NTT’s view of Home ICT Services & Platform

4

ＮＴＴ’s view on Home ICT Services

Healthcare

Daily health data can be auto-accumulated and graphed. Advice from experts can be given from remote places.

Visualizing power usage and controlling energy consumption.

Entertainment

Security/Disaster prevention Save energy

Easy-to-use for anyone

Easy-to-use operation interface

Pictures/videos can be shared between home appliances and remote places

Locks, keys, lights, sensor and home appliances can be controlled with mobile devices and from remote places

One Stop Support

Remote support for set-up

“Home ICT services”are various types of connected home services realized with the managed service gateway.

Managed Service Gateway


NTT’s Home ICT platform

Home appliances

Home Security

SOH devices

Enter- tainment

ＨＧＷ

ＰＩ

Center Server

Tele- communication

OSGi Framework For Entertainment

For SOH devices

For Home appliances

Bundles developed by 3rd parties

For Security Services

NGN

Key components: Home gateway (HGW) installed with OSGi framework. Center server that manages / delivers software modules (bundles).

Various kinds of services by 3rd parties can be provided flexibly on this platform.

The collaboration with 3rd parties is one of the essential keys to expand Home ICT services.

Home ICT Platform


（2）Why has NTT adopted OSGi technology as a platform to provide Home ICT services?


Expand service coverage with open, common APIs

◆ API (Application Programming interface) on HGW should be open, common, and standardized to enable various service providers to use the platform easily.

OSGi technology meets these requirements.

HGW

OSGi-PF

App by

Provider A

Open, common, & Standardized

ＡＰＩ

HGW

OSGi-PF

HGW

OSGi-PF

User X User Y User Z

App by

Provider B

App by

Provider C

（Security） (Home appliance control) （Home contents）

・・・

・・・


Reduce the cost for installation of services

HGW

OSGi-PF

App

Home appliance

Control BOX

UTM-BOX

UTM：【Unified Threat Management】

HEMS：【Home Energy Management System】

HEMS-BOX

Control boxes can be eliminated by installing the corresponding functional software into HGW.

◆ The cost for installation of services will be reduced when a single shared service gateway is used instead of separate multiple service control boxes. When providing various functionalities on the single gateway, software modularity is a key point on embedded devices because available resources are limited. OSGi is an excellent software module technology.

Win&Win&Win

User

3rd Party

Teleco carrier

Improve convenience （Reduce the number of control boxes at home）

Reduce service provision cost

Expand sale opportunities

×

×

×


Reduce the cost for application development

Service providers have to create different application software for the different vendors’ HGWs unless a common application platform is available.

Common application platform is effective to reduce the cost.

Java virtual machine is suitable for this platform since it can conceal the differences in operating systems.

OSGi platform provides modularity for Java.

【Without a common AP-PF】【With a common AP-PF (OSGi-PF)】

App soft Vendor A Vendor B Vendor C

HGW

App soft

HGW

App soft

HGW

App soft

Vendor A Vendor B Vendor C

HGW HGW HGW

OSGi-PF OSGi-PF OSGi-PF

Common app

Common app

Common app

Service Provider Service Provider


（3）Use cases with NTT’s Home ICT platform


Platform service for service providers: “FLET'S Joint”

NTT started the platform service for service providers in August 2011. Service providers can use NTT’s Home ICT facilities to provide their own services. NTT charges service providers according to the file size of their application software modules.

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Service provider Home ICT

Platform

Customer devices

(home appliances, etc.)

NTT East/West

Center

server Request software delivery

Invoice

[Indoors]

Payment

Provide services

Mobile

phone

[Outdoors]

SNI

NGN

Deliver, control

Software

Modules

Application

server

Ap

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for s

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Invo

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Home Gateway Customers


A service example on “FLET'S Joint” ： Picture sharing service for pet lovers（NEC BIGLOBE, Ltd.）

Internet

WWW. WWW.

server

Check their pets from remote places

Sharing pictures with families and friends

ＨＧＷ

bundle

NEC BIGLOBE Ltd. , a major Internet provider in Japan, started the service on “FLET’S Joint” in August 2011. Pet lovers can watch their pets anytime from remote places and can share their favorite pictures with their families and friends.

Upload pictures

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http://www.google.co.jp/imgres?imgurl=http://www.h4.dion.ne.jp/~a-clinic/pic/mikaerimit9.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.h4.dion.ne.jp/~a-clinic/pic/illustp4.htm&usg=__FUkdVeAzaXvCF6DWCDEYxwYHjFs=&h=472&w=295&sz=11&hl=ja&start=2&zoom=1&tbnid=gqsosc7E3Yi4VM:&tbnh=129&tbnw=81&ei=LkbeTZzNE4vEvgOhquTMBQ&prev=/images?q=%25E3%2583%258D%25E3%2582%25B3+%25E3%2582%25A4%25E3%2583%25A9%25E3%2582%25B9%25E3%2583%2588&um=1&hl=ja&lr=&tbm=isch&um=1&itbs=1

http://www.google.co.jp/imgres?imgurl=http://www.nigaoe-market.com/dog/web_anim/anim_dog001.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.nigaoe-market.com/dog/gokansou.html&usg=__Y_b5dDPdpH4vtOLcTngU7MBszyI=&h=80&w=80&sz=7&hl=ja&start=20&zoom=0&tbnid=_Qa3V_2T0aRnZM:&tbnh=74&tbnw=74&ei=nEbeTfzND4vCvgOM_qTQBQ&prev=/images?q=%25E3%2582%25A4%25E3%2583%258C+%25E3%2582%25A4%25E3%2583%25A9%25E3%2582%25B9%25E3%2583%2588&um=1&hl=ja&lr=&tbm=isch&um=1&itbs=1

http://www.google.co.jp/imgres?imgurl=http://www.h4.dion.ne.jp/~a-clinic/pic/mikaerimit9.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.h4.dion.ne.jp/~a-clinic/pic/illustp4.htm&usg=__FUkdVeAzaXvCF6DWCDEYxwYHjFs=&h=472&w=295&sz=11&hl=ja&start=2&zoom=1&tbnid=gqsosc7E3Yi4VM:&tbnh=129&tbnw=81&ei=LkbeTZzNE4vEvgOhquTMBQ&prev=/images?q=%25E3%2583%258D%25E3%2582%25B3+%25E3%2582%25A4%25E3%2583%25A9%25E3%2582%25B9%25E3%2583%2588&um=1&hl=ja&lr=&tbm=isch&um=1&itbs=1


Home security & home appliances control

Home security service and home appliance control services can be provided with bundles on HGW instead of using the home equipment network panel that is needed on the conventional service. Trial service is being provided as an alliance service with an electronic manufacturer.

■ Security(break-in info) warning service

■ Home device remote control Service

Internet

WWW.

bundle

Break-in warning

Air-cond’ /lights ON/OFF HGW

Home Equipment Network Panel


Health care ■ Measurement is aggregated via HGW into the application server. ・ Application bundles collect data with Continua Guideline v.1.0 and control HGW based on data received and transmits data to the server.

The service is being provided as an alliance service with a healthcare device manufacturer.

Customer

Application server Healthcare

devices USB

receiver

Internat

WWW.

ＨＧＷ

bundle


Energy visualization Visualization service of the entire electric supply data and consumption is provided

with an NTT tablet terminal. Future option: visualize energy data including solar energy generation and control

home appliances intelligently with the Home ICT platform.

Visualizes energy supply&consumption(from July 2011) Utilize more ICT at home (planned for 2012)

Power company

Collects measurement info

NGN

Energy visualization

server

Consumption power measure

Power supply status

Wireless adapter

Power distribution measer

Power tap (for each home appliance

昨日より６０ｗ多

く消費しています

。

以下の操作を推奨

します。

●ｴｱｺﾝ１℃ＵＰ(▲8

0w)

●冷蔵庫強⇒中(▲7

0w)

●テレビ①を消す

(▲150w)

変更

変更

変更

昨日より６０ｗ多く消費しています。以下の操作を推奨します。

●ｴｱｺﾝ１℃ ＵＰ(▲80w)

●冷蔵庫強 ⇒ 中(▲10w)

●テレビ①を消す(▲150w)

変更

変更

変更

１℃ ＵＰ

NGN

Energy

Control server

Uploads home energy consumption

ＵＳＢ bundle

Center

Server

Internet Visualizes the status of home power demand & supply including solar power generation

Upload functions & transmit to servers

Sends bundles

Controls home appliances Connected to the network based on home energy consumption info

Sends real-time info of power supply status/home power consumption

bundle “NTT’s tablet terminal”

Trial service started in July 2011.

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Summary

• NTT has adopted OSGi technology to provide Home ICT services by considering merits for both the users and service providers.

• NTT has conducted some trial services on the platform and started the platform service for home ICT service providers called“FLET’S Joint” in August 2011.

• We will take advantage of this platform to expand NTT’s Home ICT services.

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