OSGi World Congress 2003

1. Full Service Residential Gateway for Connected Home
Daqing Zhang, Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R), Singapore
08.28.2003

2. Outline
OSGi Activities in Singapore: A Historic Review
OSGi Compliant RG Reference Design
Home Trial
Possible Areas for Future Projects

3. OSGi Activities in Singapore: A Historic Review
I2R Started OSGi Activities in Sept. 2000
I2R Delivered Residential Gateway for NSC in April, 2001
I2R, IDA (Infocomm Development Authority) proposed the OSGi
Compliant RG in Sept. 2001
Completed Requirement Specification in May, 2002 in consultation with
MNCs and Small/Medium Enterprises:
E.g. chip makers, infrastructure providers, device manufacturers, telcos,
ISPs, broadcasters, security service providers (20 members)
I2R appointed by IDA to Develop OSGi RG in June, 2002
I2R completed RG Prototype and OSGi Services in June, 2003
IDA hosted OSGi Seminar and Tutorial in Singapore on 26-27 Aug
2003, with support from the OSGi Alliance

4. Reference Design of RG (I)
Residential
Gateway
ADSL/Cable
modem
Internet
Ethernet /V.90
Ethernet / HPNA/Powerline/IEEE 1394
Bluetooth
802.11b

5. Reference Design of RG (II)

6. Reference Design of RG (III)
RG Hardware
Processor: Intel Celeron 400MHz processor
Memory: Up to 256 MB of SDRAM, IDE 32 MB of
flash, and optional IDE HDD
Network support:
• Built in: 10/100 Mbs Ethernet, USB, WLAN, V.90,
ADSL
• Optional: HPNA, Powerline, IEEE 1394, Bluetooth,
Cable
Interfaces: one PCI slot, one or two RS232 serial port,
one or two RJ 45; one RJ 11; one Type II PCMCIA
card slot, two USB ports, one DC power adapter

7. Reference Design of RG (IV)
L o g http user . . . S urveillance H o m e
A uto m atio n
Internet
A pp licatio ns,
V oIP /V ideo
O ver IP P ro xy
O S G i Fram ew o rk
O ptim ized T C P /IP stack w ith D N S , D H CP ,
N A T , V P N and F irew all
E m bedded L inu x and JV M
W A N drivers
(A D S L , C able,
E thernet)
S erial po rt /
U S B drivers
L A N drivers
(E thernet, H P N A , W L A N ,
Po w erline, B luetooth)
RG Software Architecture

8. Reference Design of RG (V)
RG Software Features
Operating System: based on Linux 2.4.17 kernel and Redhat
file system 7.1
OSGi Platform: ProSyst mBedded Server, OSGi 2.0 certified
Security Support: stateful firewall, VPN and SSL
Supported Protocols: TCP/IP, PPPoE, PPP, DHCP, SNMP,
SIP and H.323 for VoIP
OSGi Demo Services: home automation service, building
auto. service, home surveillance service, remote file
management service
Others: web-based configuration,system logging, remote
firmware upgrading

9. Reference Design of RG (VI)
OSGi Services
X-10 home automation service: Home appliances and sensors
connected to RG using X-10 protocol, an OSGi service bundle
for appliances control
Building automation service: Control the ST Sentinel system
Home surveillance service: Web camera connected to RG
through USB, an OSGi service bundle for home monitoring
Remote file management service: remotely manage file system
in RG.
Other Services
VoIP, Voice-enabled service

10. Home Trial
• Home Trial Started in Aug. 2003
• To Make Sure that RG Works with Different ISPs
• To Test Home Networking Functionality of RG
• To Test the Services

11. Possible Areas for Future Projects
Media distribution and Context-aware extraction
Convergence between Home Networking and Home
Entertainment

12. Questions?
For further info, please contact:
Dr. Daqing ZHANG
Head, Connected Home Lab
Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore
+65 6874 7860
daqing@i2r.a-star.edu.sg