The Connected Home

Enabling Technologies and New Service Models Creating a Connected Home

• Interest stems from triple play service delivery » IPTV initially, RF overlay added » Began with set top devices

• “Connected home” has different connotations: » Connecting services (voice, data, video) » Utilization of in-home wiring for service distribution » Creating a ubiquitous » “Smart home”

• Connected home is both a technology choice and service architecture decision » Where the service provider demarcation is » How and where service management extends Strategies for Connected Home Creation

• Fiber to the premise for bandwidth • distribution • Multi-Service, Multi-Play • Service Provider has ROI – can make money from it

Competing Interests: • 4G as the connected home technology • Everything transitions to the Internet – no new service opportunity for the carrier except bandwidth Connected Home Needs Often ROI Based

CAPEX OpEx Revenues

Reduce in home wiring Service management Bundling services Lower installation time Fewer truck rolls Enhanced services Lower labor costs Interface outside home Quality of services Lower equipment costs Customer retention Less materials costs In-Home Wiring Has Been the Driver

 Re-use existing in home wiring for voice, data & video service

 Less labor and time inside the home

 Cross connect & bridge onto home wiring at side of home

 Minimized disruption

 Maintenance needs outside the premise Varying Technology Approaches

1. Have a broad ONT product line » Features, functions, ports based on many needs 2. Build integrated or modular ONT » Put many features, functions, ports in one device to meet many needs 3. Develop a “hybrid” architecture » Verizon FIOS model 4. Focus on consumer electronics solution » Residential gateway/STB » Functions becoming integrated in appliance » Adapters customer installed Examples of Connected Home Devices Today

Residential Gateway STB Intelligent Multi-Service Gateway

• Multiple decoders • RF or RFoG • Re-use existing coax • HPNAv3 over coax networking • Integrated (HSIA) • Multiple 10/100TX LAN ports • Derived voice ports • Multiple FXS voice ports • Centralized home networking • Layer 2/3 IP functionality • Fully managed • Connected home from outdoor ONT Foundation for a True Connected Home

 IP/Ethernet

Coax Jacks  Service provider enabled

 Consumer managed

 Convergence

 Multimedia

 Broadband - bandwidth Web Enabled Connected Home with Consumer Electronics

The U.S. average is $1000 per year in home Communications expenditures…exceeding That spent on dining out. Movies or other Family entertainment. This number is Expect to double over the next ten years.

New York Times article, 2/14/2010 Capturing a Piece of the Pie

• The Internet » More content, applications, service developing on Web » Is the only carrier play to provide the pipe? • 4G broadband Wireless » More data services on mobile networks » More home devices communicating via mobile network » Do wireline exchange carriers lose connected home services to wireless? • Google Effect » Building its own FTTH networks » Open access architecture » Web service/content driven » Do they become the “glue” for the connected home? Enabling Technologies HomePNA

• ITU-T G.9954 standard • or phone line • Latest iteration supports up to 320 Mbps. (v 3.1) • Supports newly created G.hn • Provides QoS and TR69 support • Widely adopted in Telco applications » Bandwidth for IPTV » Integrated in many IP STB’s » Adapters in retail for PC’s » Coax choice for IPTV » Phone line occasionally for HSIA The HPNA v3 Over Coax Vision Enabling Technologies MoCA • Not an open standard » Incorporated into DOCSIS • Developed by MoCA Alliance • Provides Ethernet over coax 100 Mbps. + • Based on RF 1 Ghz. Microwave frequency using ODFM • Designed primarily for cable systems » Two-way communication channel » For VoD, DVR type applications • Widely used in cable set tops • Used in RFoG for two-way channel • Part of Verizon FIOS • Support PQoS The MoCA Connected Home Vision Enabling Technologies HomePlug AV • Ethernet over power line » Turns home electrical outlets into Ethernet ports • Tied to BPL and PLC » IEEE P1901 » TIA-1113 • AV standard provides up to 200 Mbps. • Uses adapter or routers in home for connectivity • Widely available routers and adapters through retail and vendors • Now supporting G.hn standard for interoperability HomePlug AV Vision

An outlet on every wall and every room Wherever an electronics device is plugged in No new wires, no new outlets Outlet adapter have security/password to protect from intrusion Enabling Technologies

G.hn • ITU-T G.9960 G.hn standard adopted • ITU-T G.9961 adoption 2010 • Designed as up to 1 connection independent of media (coax, power line, phone line, etc.) • Can interoperate with any other technology incorporating G.9961 » HomePNA Alliance supporting » HomePlug Alliance supporting » Home Grid Forum promoter • A number of chip vendors introducing silicon in 2010 • Includes Layer 2 QoS and management layer Enabling Technologies

802.11n Wireless • Improved performance over b/g with MiMO (multi-streaming modulation technique) • 230 feet indoor range – optimum conditions • Operational maximum of 600 Mbps. – useful range today 150 Mbps. • Uses multiple antennas with SDM (Spatial Division Multiplexing) • Steps up wireless performance to ranges needed to support HD video • Many suppliers introducing 802.11n enabled CPE The Good and the Bad

HPNAv3.1 HomePlug MoCA G.hn 802.11n AV Bandwidth High: 320 Mbps High: 200 Mbps High: 100+ Mbps High: 300 Mbps High: 150-600 Mbps

Performance Consistently good Inconsistent at Consistently good Theoretically good Depends on on coax times on AC on coax location and structure Interference No problems Noise/electrical No problems Theoretically no Walls, other motors can affect interference devices can affect

New wiring If coax present no Electrical wiring If used for cable Can support any Only requires an – does often and outlets exist RF, coax exists type of in-home Ethernet LAN require coax re- wiring connection layout Cost Modest (adapters, Slightly high still Modest – in line Initial chips and More than 802.11 chips, etc.) (adapters, chips, with HPNA devices will be b/g but greater routers) higher (volume) benefit Availability Many suppliers, in Many suppliers, in Widely available TBD as products Suppliers, retail retail stores retail stores but within cable are released availability domain primarily Commercially Available Home Networking Silicon

Multiple vendors and volume production means lower costs What We Can Conclude

1. No connected home technology is perfect 2. Each solution has its use and place 3. G.hn may become the best solution to overcome media- specific technologies and proprietary standards 4. 802.11n in combination with other technologies appears destined 5. Bandwidth has improved • As well as QoS • More management Where to Launch the Connected Home Network

Outside

Inside Location…Location….Location!

• Access for craft/maintenance • Requires scheduling for service • Adjacent to NID • Not every indoor location • Traditional network termination accessible to the network interface • More complex to power • Able to support wireless networking • Not suitable to use wireless • Allows flexibility to choose product, • Ability/flexibility to support the many features and functions to need wiring and service options • Economic: cost of upgrade or • Economics replacement Thinking Beyond Triple Play

• Services and application enabled by smart devices and appliances • Lifestyle and consumer needs creating service opportunity • Evolving public policy and political issues creating demand » Eco initiatives » to Smart Home » Ties to universal broadband • If not home phone/POTS service, what then replaces the revenue? • New service models: » Managed Services » Wholesale services » Open access » Applications within services Next Generation Medical Care

• Lowering cost of hospital care and stay • Elderly, recovery, medical condition

• Ethernet • 802.11n • ZigBee • Smart Grid – Smart Home

• Eco-energy management • Smart meter reading • Home Appliance, HVAC and energy control and management

• Ethernet • 802.11n • ZigBee • Bluetooth Home Security Services

• Alarm monitoring • Video monitoring • Emergency notification

• Ethernet • 802.11n • ZigBee • Bluetooth Next Generation Connected Home Router

• Ethernet Interface • Wireless • Home networking interface(s) • Smart device applications interface A Connected Home Service Model

Smart Meter (utility) Utility fee or network access Home Security Become an “ADT” or network access Eco Energy Management Subscriber service or network access Broadband HSIA Subscriber service, open access Video (IPTV or RFTV) Subscriber service, wholesale, open access Voice Subscriber service, wholesale, open access Content Hosting Subscriber service, network access Possible Next Generation Architecture

• Fiber to the premise • Bandwidth for triple play – next generation video (like 3D TV) » IP or RF TV over coax • Ethernet to inside smart router • Features to support wide range of applications and services for revenue opportunity • Layer 3 IP intelligence to support: » Multiple services and service providers » Managed service business model » Wholesale and/or open access business models » Security and partitioning to allow service provider and subscriber network domains A New Approach

Low Cost L2 Fiber bridge ONT Smart Router Inside Home

Ethernet

• O/E fiber termination • 10/100/1000 WAN • 10/100/1000 port(s) to home • G.hn (or HomePlug or HPNAv3.1) • Layer 2 bridging functions • Zigbee chip • G.hn interface • Bluetooth support • Coax: RF overlay, RFoG • 802.11n wireless • Coax (RF or IP) video • 10/100 ports Drivers for a New Architecture

1. Economics » Lower cost to replace or upgrade a fiber ONT » Allow indoor router to be chosen based on service need 2. Functionality » Functionality where needed in home » Access to home wiring 3. Intelligence » Extends service and OAM to the end device » Ability to see all services at all points in the network » Enables managed services » Enables partitioning and security levels 4. Revenues » Means to capitalize on connected home needs The Last Hurdle

TDM POTS • Lack of fit into the IP/Ethernet scheme • Added cost to support in ONT or router • Lifeline/battery backup burden • Support over FTTx burdens costs

The sooner VoIP is adapted the quicker cost-effective implementation occurs