DHWG_WhitePaper

Digital Home White Paper

Digital Home Working Group Final Version June 2003

F i g u r e 1. Interest in Networking Consumers are acquiring, viewing,

and managing an increasing amount Abstract

Members of the Digital Home Working Group (DHWG) share a vision of i n t e r operable networked devices in the home that provide new value A scenario

Introduction

Connor and Elysia enjoy all forms of home entertainment. As such, they have amassed an impressive collection of home electronics, including a DVD

The digital home vision integrates the Internet, mobile, and broadcast islands through a seamless, interoperable network which will provide The problem

Consumer challenges

Product developer’s dilemma

? Digital home products should be easy to install, provide obvious user value, and be affordable.

? Open industry standards are often too flexible—products built by dif-ferent vendors many times do not interoperate well. Therefore, design Today, three islands exist in the home (see Figure 3).

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The vision

PC Internet World CE Broadcast World

Mobile World

Figure 3. PC and CE Mobile Islands in the Home

The approach

In order to deliver on interoperability in the digital home, a common a p p r oach to the problem is re

For digital interoperability to succeed, consumers, manufacturers, service providers, and content providers must all see a strong value proposition.Value proposition

DHS/DHR Devices

DHR Devices

The digital home will consist of a network of CE, mobile,and PC devices that cooperate transpare n t l y , delivering Interoperability framework

Usage scenarios

Starting now on the path to digital home intero will one day make all of the following usage scenarios

Additional elements

In addition to the building blocks described above, other capabilities and issues need to be investigated and

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Design guidelines scope

In order to deliver on digital interoperability in the home, a common set

of industry design guidelines is re q u i r ed that allows vendors to participate

Table 1. Preliminary Functional

The IPv4 family of protocols is the foundation for net-working and connectivity in the digital home. IP also Device and service discovery and control enables devices on the home network to automatically self-

Networking and connectivity Device and service discovery and control

Media format and transport model

The digital home media format model is intended to achieve a baseline for network interoperability while

The digital home offers significant new opportunities for the CE, mobile,

and PC industries. The vision articulated here for digital interoperability

mation needed to build interoperable digital home platforms, devices,

and applications. This collaborative effort will result in the creation of a

networked media products category for the home, providing new busi-

ness opportunities for the industry and new experiences that benefit

consumers.

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Putting it all together

(volume/mute, brightness, etc.).

Figure 7. Digital Home Vision

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The individuals featured in the scenario of this document are fictitious, any likeness to a living individual is merely coincidental. Copyright ? 2003 Digital Home Working Group. SKU# 252895-002