Emerging Technology and Standards — Publish Date: OCT 98   Purchase Report Online
The Residential Gateway Report (Second Edition) — Publish Date: JUL 99   Purchase Report Online

1.0 Foreword

2.0 An Industry Overview
      2.1     The In-Home Network Landscape
                2.1.1 Initial In-Home Network Forays
                2.1.2 The In-Home Network Landscape Today
      2.2    Sizing the Marketplace
      2.3    The Basic and Advanced Control Marketplaces
      2.4    The Players

3.0 North American Standards Efforts
      3.1     Electronic Industries Alliance’s Consumer Electronics Bus® (CEBus®)
                Communication Standard
                3.1.1 Background & Evolution
                3.1.2 Goals & Philosophy
                3.1.3 Notable Supporters
                3.1.4 Current Activities
                3.1.5 The CEBus Industry Council
                3.1.6 Technical Information
                        3.1.6.1 Transmission Media and Communications Protocol
                        3.1.6.2 Node 0
                        3.1.6.3 Control and Data Channels
                        3.1.6.4 Application Language
      3.2 Echelon Corp.’s LONWORKS® Control Network Technology
                3.2.1 Background & Evolution
                3.2.2 Goals & Philosophy
                3.2.3 Notable Supporters and Their Activities
                3.2.4 Current Activities
                3.2.5 Future Outlook
                3.2.6 Technical Information
                        3.2.6.1 The Neuron® Chip
                        3.2.6.2 Transmission Media and Communications Protocol
                        3.2.6.3 Neuron C Application Language
                        3.2.6.4 LONWORKS Network Services Architecture
      3.3 The De Facto Powerline Standard: X-10
                3.3.1 Background & Evolution
                3.3.2 Goals & Philosophy
                3.3.3 Notable Supporters and Their Activities
                3.3.4 Current Activities
                3.3.5 Distribution
                3.3.6 Future Outlook
                3.3.7 Technical Information
                        3.3.7.1 Transmission Media and Communications Protocol
                        3.3.7.2 Control and Data Channels
      3.4 The IEEE 1394 Serial Bus Standard
                3.4.1 Background & Evolution
                3.4.2 Goals & Philosophy
                3.4.3 Notable Supporters of IEEE 1394
                3.4.4 Current Activities
                3.4.5 Future Outlook
                3.4.6 Technical Information
                3.4.7 The OpenCable™ Effort
                        3.4.7.1 Current Activities
                        3.4.7.2 Future Outlook
                        3.4.7.3 Technical Information
                3.4.8 Digital Harmony
      3.5 Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA)
                3.5.1 Background & Evolution
                3.5.2 Goals & Philosophy
                3.5.3 Notable Supporters of VESA
                3.5.4 Current Activities
                3.5.5 Future Outlook
                3.5.6 Technical Information
      3.6 Home Plug & Play™
                3.6.1 Background & Evolution
                3.6.2 Goals & Philosophy
                3.6.3 Current Activities
                3.6.4 Distribution
                3.6.5 Future Outlook
                3.6.6 Technical Information
                        3.6.6.1 Communication Protocol Independence
                        3.6.6.2 Device and Subsystem Interaction
                        3.6.6.3 HomeP&P Architecture for Interoperability
                        3.6.6.4 Basic CAL Building Blocks Used in HomeP&P
                        3.6.6.5 HomeP&P Building Blocks
                        3.6.6.6 Intersystem Interoperability
                        3.6.6.7 Intrasubsystem Interoperation
                        3.6.6.8 State Vector Overview
      3.7 Radio Frequency-Based Standards
                3.7.1 IEEE 802.11 Wireless LAN Standard
                        3.7.1.1 Background & Evolution
                        3.7.1.2 Goals & Philosophy
                        3.7.1.3 Current Activities
                        3.7.1.4 Future Outlook
                        3.7.1.5 Technical Information
                3.7.2 HomeRF
                        3.7.2.1 Background & Evolution
                        3.7.2.2 Goals & Philosophy
                        3.7.2.3 Current Activities
                        3.7.2.4 Future Outlook
                        3.7.2.5 Technical Information
                3.7.3 ShareWave Inc.’s Digital Wireless Technology
                        3.7.3.1 Background & Evolution
                        3.7.3.2 Goals & Philosophy
                        3.7.3.3 Notable Supporters
                        3.7.3.4 Technical Information
                                        WhiteCap Network Protocols
                                        NAMI™ Compression
                                        ShareWave Digital Radio
                        3.7.3.5 Future Outlook
                3.7.4 Bluetooth
                        3.7.4.1 Background & Evolution
                        3.7.4.2 Goals & Philosophy
                        3.7.4.3 Technical Information
      3.8 HomePNA
                3.8.1 Background & Evolution
                3.8.2 Goals & Philosophy
                3.8.3 Current Activities
                3.8.4 Future Outlook
                3.8.5 Technical Information
      3.9 ANSI/EIA/TIA-570-A
                3.9.1 Background & Evolution
                3.9.2 Future Outlook
      3.10 Universal Serial Bus
      3.11 Proprietary/Single Company Solutions
                3.11.1 Intelogis Inc.’s Powerline Networking™
                        3.11.1.1 Background & Evolution
                        3.11.1.2 Goals & Philosophy
                        3.11.1.3 Future Outlook
                        3.11.1.4 Technical Information
                3.11.2 PHASTLink Partners Program
                        3.11.2.1 Background & Evolution
                        3.11.2.2 Current Participants
                        3.11.2.3 Future Outlook
                        3.11.2.4 Technical Information
                3.11.3 Adaptive Networks Inc.
                        3.11.3.1 Background & Evolution
                        3.11.3.2 Future Outlook
                        3.11.3.3 Technical Information

4.0 International Standards Efforts
      4.1 Japan’s Home Bus System (HBS)
                4.1.1 Background & Evolution
                4.1.2 Goals & Philosophy
                4.1.3 Notable Supporters and Their Activities
                4.1.4 Current Activities
                4.1.5 Technical Information
                        4.1.5.1 Protocol Structure
                        4.1.5.2 Command and Application Language
                        4.1.5.3 Home Bus Controller
                        4.1.5.4 Sub-Buses
                        4.1.5.5 Gateways
                        4.1.5.6 Super HBS
      4.2 Europe’s Home and Building Electronic Systems
                4.2.1 Background & Evolution
                4.2.2 Goals & Philosophy
                4.2.3 Current Work Toward Convergence
                4.2.4 Convergence Partners
                        4.2.4.1 BatiBUS
                                4.2.4.1.1 Background & Evolution
                                4.2.4.1.2 Technical Information
                        4.2.4.2 European Installation Bus (EIB)
                                4.2.4.2.1 Background & Evolution
                                4.2.4.2.2 Supporters and Current Activities
                                4.2.4.2.3 Technical Information
                                        4.2.4.2.3.1 The EIB OSI Communication Protocol
                                        4.2.4.2.3.2 Network Management
                                        4.2.4.2.3.3 Group Addressing for Run-Time Efficiency
                        4.2.4.3 European Home Systems (EHS)
                                4.2.4.3.1 Background & Evolution
                                4.2.4.3.2 Supporters of EHS
                                4.2.4.3.3 Technical Information
      4.3 The International Home Electronic System Standard
                4.3.1 Background & Evolution
                4.3.2 History
                4.3.3 Committee Scope and Goals
                4.3.4 Evolutionary Paths
                4.3.5 Key Participants
                4.3.6 Current Activities
                4.3.7 Architecture
                        4.3.7.1 Classification of Interfaces
                        4.3.7.2 Universal Interface
                        4.3.7.3 Simple Interface
                        4.3.7.4 Universal Applications Language
      4.4 Digital Audio Visual Council (DAVIC)
                4.4.1 Background & Evolution
                4.4.2 Background & Evolution
                4.4.3 Goals & Philosophy
                4.4.4 Notable Supporters of DAVIC
                4.4.5 Current Activities
                4.4.6 Future Outlook
                4.4.7 Technical Information
      4.5 HAVi
                4.5.1 Background & Evolution
                4.5.2 Goals & Philosophy
                4.5.3 Technical Information
                        4.5.3.1 Control Model
                        4.5.3.2 Device Classification
                        4.5.3.3 HAVi Software Architecture
                        4.5.3.4 Software Element Identifiers
                        4.5.3.5 Message-Based Communication
                        4.5.3.6 Software Elements
      4.6 Nortel’s NOR.WEB DPL

5.0 The Residential Gateway
      5.1 Background
      5.2 The Benefits of an RG
                5.2.1 Benefits to Consumers
                        5.2.1.1 Easy Access to Multiple Networks
                        5.2.1.2 Lower Prices of Services
                        5.2.1.3 More Services and One-Stop Shopping
                5.2.2 Advantages to Service Providers
                        5.2.2.1 Reduced Costs and Easier Network Management
                        5.2.2.2 Enabling Technological Updating/Upgrading Capabilities
                        5.2.2.3 Increased Revenues
                5.2.3 Advantages to Manufacturers
                        5.2.3.1 Reduced Costs of Design and Production
                        5.2.3.2 Convergence of Network and End-Device Development
      5.3 Issues Surrounding the RG
                5.3.1 Necessity for an RG
                5.3.2 Technical Feasibility
                5.3.3 Field Support
                5.3.4 Regulatory Issues
                5.3.5 Payment and Ownership
      5.4 Inhibitors to the RG
                5.4.1 Consumer Education
                5.4.2 The High Costs of Market Entry and Failure
      5.5 RG Standards Under Development
                5.5.1 The TIA’s RG Approach
                        5.5.1.1 The TIA’s Conceptual Residential Gateway Architecture

© October 1998

1.0 Executive Summary

2.0 What is the Residential Gateway?
    2.1 The Origin of the Concept
    2.2 Definition
    2.3 Physical Format Options
    2.4 The Benefits of an RG
        2.4.1 Benefits to Consumers
        2.4.2 Advantages to Service Providers
        2.4.3 Advantages to Manufacturers
    2.5 Question Marks
        2.5.1 Necessity for an RG
        2.5.2 Technical Feasibility
        2.5.3 Marketing and Field Support
        2.5.4 Regulatory Issues
        2.5.5 Payment and Ownership
        2.5.6 Consumer Acceptance
        2.5.7 Cost of Market Entry and Failure

3.0 Implications for Industry Stakeholders
    3.1 The Telephone Industry
        3.1.1 Benefits of Telcos' Participation in RG Development
        3.1.2 Inhibitors to Telcos' Participation in RG Development
        3.1.3 The Wireless Factor
    3.2 The Cable Television Industry
        3.2.1 Benefits of Cable's Participation in RG Development
        3.2.2 Inhibitors to Cable TV's Participation in RG Development
        3.2.3 The Broadcast TV Factor
    3.3 Satellite TV
        3.3.1 Benefits of DBS Industry's Participation in RG Development
        3.3.2 Inhibitors to DBS's Participation in RG Development
    3.4 The Energy Utility Industry
        3.4.1 Benefits of Utilities' Participation in RG Development
        3.4.2 Inhibitors to Energy Utilities' Participation in RG Development
    3.5 Other Industries
        3.5.1 The Computer Industry
        3.5.2 The Home Systems Industry
        3.5.3 The Home Networking Industry

4.0 Views from the Industry: The Residential Gateway Survey
    4.1 Involvement in Residential Gateways
    4.2 Importance of Development of Centralized Residential Gateway
    4.3 Entities Most Likely to Own the Residential Gateway Box
    4.4 School of Thought: Distributed or Centralized?
    4.5 Industries That Will Drive the Residential Gateway Concept
    4.6 Residential Gateway and the Competitive Landscape
    4.7 Industries to Benefit from Widespread Gateway Diffusion
    4.8 Greatest Threat to the Success of the Residential Gateway
    4.9 Companies Believed to be Major Players in RG Development

5.0 Residential Gateway Developments
    5.1 Centralized Intelligent Gateways
        5.1.1 Ericsson's Broadband HFC Access System
        5.1.2 Next Level Communications' N3 Residential Gateway
        5.1.3 ShareGate's Premise Gateway
    5.2 Centralized Non-Intelligent Gateways
    5.3 Energy-Management-Centric Gateways
        5.3.1 Scientific-Atlanta's MainGate
        5.3.2 Coactive Networks' Connector 2000 Series
        5.3.3 Comverge Technologies' Customer Connection
        5.3.4 Energy Connections' Information Gateway
        5.3.5 Emerald Gateway's ESG 400
        5.3.6 TeCom's HomeManager
    5.4 Telco-Centric Gateways
        5.4.1 Global Converging Technologies' Cendis
        5.4.2 Axlon's PalmPal
        5.4.3 Home Wireless Networks' HWN308 system
        5.4.4 xDSL
    5.5 TV-Centric Gateways
        5.5.1 Cable Modems
        5.5.2 Set-Top Boxes
        5.5.3 WebTV
    5.6 RG Standards Initiatives
        5.6.1 TIA
        5.6.2 Open Services Gateway
        5.6.3 Others

6.0 Making the Business Case
    6.1 Scenario 1: The Centralized Gateway
    6.2 Scenario 2: The Distributed Gateway
    6.3 Conclusion

© July 1999

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