How the OSGi Residential Specifications can help to build an ecosystem for smart home - Kai Hackbath, Andreas Kraft
- 1. COPYRIGHT © 2009-2015 OSGi Alliance. All Rights Reserved OSGi Residential Specification Release 6 Andreas Kraft & Kai Hackbarth Co-chairs Residential Expert Group
- 2. COPYRIGHT © 2009-2015 OSGi Alliance. All Rights Reserved Agenda • The War of Smart Home Protocols • Smart Home Ecosystem • The Role of OSGi • Overview OSGi Residential Specification Release 4.3 • Overview OSGi Residential Specification Release 6 • EnOcean Device Service Specification • USB Device Service Specification • Serial Device Service Specification • Network Interface Information Service Specification • Resource Monitoring Specification • Device Abstraction Layer Specification • Device Abstraction Layer Functions Specification • Conclusion Page 2
- 3. COPYRIGHT © 2009-2015 OSGi Alliance. All Rights Reserved The War of Smart Home Protocols Page 3 IEEE 802.3 IEEE 802.11 IEEE 802.15.4 Bonjour Wired Protocols Wireless Protocols IP-Device(s) (Discovery) EHS/Konnex proprietary non-proprietary non-IP-based IP-based IPv6-capable IPv4-capable mDNS
- 4. COPYRIGHT © 2009-2015 OSGi Alliance. All Rights Reserved Smart Home Ecosystem ge 4 Application and platform developers Operators OEMs and vendors Semiconductors Operators OEMs and vendors Semiconductors HAN technology owners and vendors Application and platform Developers OEMs and vendors Application and platform Developers OEMs and vendors
- 5. COPYRIGHT © 2009-2015 OSGi Alliance. All Rights Reserved The Role of OSGi Page 5
- 6. COPYRIGHT © 2009-2015 OSGi Alliance. All Rights Reserved Overview Residential Specification Release 4.3 Page 6 2012: OSGi Residential Specification 4.3 published Fulfills HGI SWEX Requirements e.g., • BBF TR069 Connector Service Specification • BBF TR157 Amendment 3 Software Module Guidelines • DMT Admin 2.0
- 7. COPYRIGHT © 2009-2015 OSGi Alliance. All Rights Reserved Overview Residential Specification Release 6 2015: OSGi Residential Specification 6 published • EnOcean Device Service Specification • USB Device Service Specification • Serial Device Service Specification • Network Interface Information Service Specification • Resource Monitoring Specification • Device Abstraction Layer Specification • Device Abstraction Layer Functions Specification Page 7
- 8. COPYRIGHT © 2009-2015 OSGi Alliance. All Rights Reserved EnOcean Device Service Specification • API of an EnOcean Base Driver according to OSGi Device Access specification • Discovery and control of EnOcean devices as OSGi services • Support for event handling • OSGi services exported as EnOcean devices Page 8
- 9. COPYRIGHT © 2009-2015 OSGi Alliance. All Rights Reserved USB Device Service Specification • Home Gateway use USB Dongles to support additional HAN technologies • USB Device Services Spec. allows to get detailed information about connected USB devices • Realized as an OSGi USBInfoDevice service Page 9
- 10. COPYRIGHT © 2009-2015 OSGi Alliance. All Rights Reserved Serial Device Service Specification • The Serial Device Service specification defines an API for establishing communication between an OSGi bundles and a serial device, such as a ZigBee coordinator or Z-Wave controller • No common abstraction from serial interface library in Java today • Javax.comm is old • RX/TX not carrier friendly Page 10
- 11. COPYRIGHT © 2009-2015 OSGi Alliance. All Rights Reserved Network Interface Information Service Specification • Java today is not able to recognize and notify about changes in low level IP functions • Network interface • IP adresss / version • MAC address Page 11
- 12. COPYRIGHT © 2009-2015 OSGi Alliance. All Rights Reserved Resource Monitoring Specification • Monitoring bundles resource usage • Granular activation • per Bundle • per set of Bundles • Five resource type are specified • CPU, memory, disk storage, alive threads and in use sockets • Resource types can be extended and query-able • Eventing mechanism Page 12
- 13. COPYRIGHT © 2009-2015 OSGi Alliance. All Rights Reserved Resource Monitoring Specification – Typical Use Case Page 13
- 14. COPYRIGHT © 2009-2015 OSGi Alliance. All Rights Reserved Device Abstraction Layer Specification Basic Functions of a Device Abstraction API • Discovery: Notification mechanism when adding or removing smart appliances • Control and query: Set and retrieve state values of appliances • Eventing: Notification mechanism upon change of state values • Management: Inclusion/exclusion of appliances, key management, firmware upgrades etc. Page 14
- 15. COPYRIGHT © 2009-2015 OSGi Alliance. All Rights Reserved Device Abstraction Layer...not 11/4/15
- 16. COPYRIGHT © 2009-2015 OSGi Alliance. All Rights Reserved Device Abstraction Layer Specification • API applicable for all relevant device protocols ● General device data model ● Device operations • Access control based on user and application permissions • Fine-grained security control • Full flexibility of OSGi security model • A notification mechanism is needed for: • Device state monitoring • Device data model monitoring • Device operations monitoring Page 16
- 17. COPYRIGHT © 2009-2015 OSGi Alliance. All Rights Reserved Device Abstraction Layer Specification Page 17
- 18. COPYRIGHT © 2009-2015 OSGi Alliance. All Rights Reserved Device Abstraction Layer Functions Specification Page 18 Functions flexibility Implementations of org.osgi.service.dal.Function These functions can be • reused in a specific domain, • extended if required functionality is missing, or • replaced in a specific domain. • BooleanControl • BooleanSensor • MultiLevelControl • MultiLevelSensor • Meter • Alarm • Keypad • WakeUp
- 19. COPYRIGHT © 2009-2015 OSGi Alliance. All Rights Reserved Conclusion • OSGi REG delivered 2 specification releases for smart home • Collaboration with other SDOs • REG specification helped to drive adoption • REG Specifications are also applicable to many other IoT verticals 11/4/15