1) OSGi technology has matured and can now support applications in both enterprise and residential markets. 2) The OSGi Residential Specification provides standards for remote management of home networks through services like configuration, device management, and TR-069 connectivity. 3) Multiple standards organizations are collaborating through the OSGi Alliance to define interoperable specifications for the connected home ecosystem.

1. OSGi in the Residential Market
Andreas Kraft
Deutsche Telekom Innovation Laboratories
November 16th, 2011
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2. A much clearer view
• A lot happened in the last 10 years.
• In-House LAN’s and wireless technologies became ubiquitous.
• Capable equipment is much more affordable today.
• Credible functional and business requirements exist.
• Smart Grid and Energy Savings.
• Health Care and Ambient Assisted Living.
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3. A mature technology
• OSGi technology matured in the enterprise market
while still being compatible with embedded devices.
• OSGi plays a vital part in the implementation of the
residential ecosystem.
• The Residential Expert Group provides answers to
residential requirements.
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4. Why remote management?
• Millions of households, millions of different
infrastructures.
• Customers are challenged to plan, operate
and maintain small-office-like networks.
In their free time.
Frustrating and expensive.
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5. Why remote management?
• Remote management helps operators to manage home
networks for their customer.
• Remote management pushes structured approaches to
configuration data and component representation.
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6. Newsflash!
Standards co-operate!
• The OSGi Alliance cannot provide all solutions alone.
• Experts from various consortia are working together to
build a remote management infrastructure for the home.
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7. Newsflash!
Standards co-operate!
• Home Gateway Initiative
• Defines requirements for the home gateway’s Software Execution Environment.
• Organizes test events for the integrated hardware and software.
• Broadband Forum
• Amended the TR-069 suite of protocols to enable the remote management of
software execution environments.
• UPnP Forum
• The Device Management WG works on specifications to manage software
modules on connected home devices and configurations.
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8. The OSGi Residential Specification
• Public review draft available now!
OSGi Service Platform, Residential
Specification Release 4, Version 4.3
• The specification bundles the services required by the
HGI’s HG Requirements for Software Execution
Environment.
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9. The OSGi Residential Specification
• Three new and revised services
• Configuration Admin Service Specification, Version 1.4
• Dmt Admin Service Specification, Version 2.0
• TR-069 Connector Service Specification, Version 1.0
• Two guidelines & specifications
• Residential Device Management Tree Specification
• TR-157a3 Software Module Guidelines
• And more
Log Service, Http Service, Device Access, Metatype Service, User Admin Service,
Initial Provisioning, UPnPtm Device Service, Declarative Services, Event Admin,
Tracker, XML Parser Service
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10. What makes a residential platform?
• An open and managed execution environment.
• Application security and reliability is ensured.
The customer’s privacy is cared about.
• An open domain-specific SDK to enable interoperability.
• Continuous support for future connected home
technologies.
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11. The road ahead
• Support customers to choose proper technologies.
Ensure and maintain a high level of interoperability.
• Operators need to prepare for the diversity of
connected homes.
• Integrate commodity hardware characteristics in future
service gateways.
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12. The road ahead
• More than one application vendor will deploy and
operate services on a service gateway.
• How to manage and monitor resources and the correct operation?
• How to ensure security and privacy for the data?
• The OSGi Residential Expert Group will continue to
work on specifications to build the residential market.
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13. Thank you!
Andreas Kraft
Deutsche Telekom Innovation Laboratories
Winterfeldtstraße 21-27
10781 Berlin, Germany www.laboratories.telekom.com
a.kraft@telekom.de www.twitter.com/t_labs
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