Autonomic Home Networks in the BMBF project AutHoNe Heiko - PDF document

Lehrstuhl für Netzarchitekturen und Netzdienste Institut für Informatik TU München – Prof. Carle “aus dem verfügbaren Wissen die beste Entscheidung treffen, damit passende Aktionen einleiten, um die definierten Ziele zu erreichen“ Autonomic Home Networks in the BMBF project AutHoNe Heiko Niedermayer (University of Tübingen, Computer Networks and Internet) The Project and the Partners AutHoNe BMBF funded � started in October 2007 with a planned duration of 36 month � Partners � � Fraunhofer FOKUS � Hirschmann AC � Siemens CT � TU Munich (at project start University of Tübingen) As part of the CELTIC cluster within the EUREKA initiative � � Partners from France (Ginkgo Networks, France Telecom, Université Pierre et Marie Curie) and Sweden (Sony-Ericsson, Lunds Universitet) Website � www.authone.de EuroView 2008 2

Project Goal � Advance in the field of autonomic networks for home areas Today, � Social and technical barriers � No interconnection of mobile devices and other technical equipment Degree of freedom for the � Users are no experts in the field of networking (will not change) Autonomic Network Control � Introduction of autonomic behavior important AutHoNe � self-management and manual interaction Self- Manual Management interaction � adaption to users and environment EuroView 2008 3 Vision of an Autonomic & Secure Home Network AutHoNe - Home Network • Self management Mobile Devices • Visualization of Network State WLAN, • Autonomic Control Bluetooth Full Control • “Plug and Play” PC Monitoring Probe Home Gateway Landlord Monitoring Probe Appliances Distributed Distributed Sensor/Actuator Sensor/Actuator Trust determines Network Access Rights Network Visitor EuroView 2008 4

Home Networks of Tomorrow Future home networks � A home gateway � connected to the Internet or service provider network. � Multimedia devices � video, CD, DVD players, TVs, amplifiers, … � Computers and peripherals � Communication devices � Body area devices � Home appliances � lighting, heating, oven, … � Networked sensors � temperature, acoustic, optical � Networked actuators EuroView 2008 5 AutHoNe AutHoNe supports � User interaction through a Multi Client System to be developed. � with a variety of devices � Autonomous self-configuration and operation � in accordance with policies and defined objectives � Autonomous self-protection and self-healing � Security according to user needs � Local / remote access to the resources � legitimate traversal of middleboxes (NAT, firewall) Additional Benefit � Similar structures can be found in industrial networks � broadening the applicability of AutHoNe results EuroView 2008 6

Architecture Planes Knowledge Plane � � Collect Information, Derive Knowledge � Autonomic Functions Intelligence � Global Decision Information Knowledge Control Plane � � Control Agents � QoS, Security, Mobility Data Plane � � Network Services and Elements Sensor Network Autonomic Home Appliances need sensor input to observe � non-network parameters. Service Platform to easily introduce new sensor applications. � Sensor Description Language to describe capabilites and � policies. EuroView 2008 7 Scenarios Facility and Energy Efficiency Building Control Multimedia Remote Access Autonomic Management Mobile Devices Full Control W L A AutHoNe - Home Network PC N • Self management , • Visualization of Network State • Autonomic Control B • “Plug and Play” M Home Gateway L l o a Appliances u M i n Example Remote Access n t e Distributed o t d o Sensor/Actuator Distributed n o l o o Sensor/Actuator Network i t r r t Network o i Visitor d Trust determines h r n Access Rights i g n g P r P o r b o e Mobile Devices b e WLA Full Control N, AutHoNe - Home Network Bluet • Self management ooth • Visualization of Network State PC • Autonomic Control • “Plug and Play” � Access from Outside Mon itori Landl ng Home Gateway ord Mon Prob Appliances itori e ng Pro be Distributed Sensor/Actuator Distributed Sensor/Actuator Network Trust determines Network Visitor Access Rights � Allowed? Security � By whom? secure No remote access Only remote access by owner • Only owner? (no administrative control) … • Also friends? � Issues Remote access by friends … � Firewall, NAT, etc. less secure EuroView 2008 8

In Use � How it may look like… EuroView 2008 9 Conclusions AutHoNe � Project, still 1st year � Autonomic Home Networks � Some User Interaction � Knowledge Plane and Architecture www.authone.de � Scenarios and Application AutHoNe - Home Network Mobile Devices • Self management WLAN, • Visualization of Network State Full Control Bluetooth • Autonomic Control • “Plug and Play” PC Monitoring Probe Home Gateway Landlord Monitoring Probe Appliances Distributed Distributed Sensor/Actuator Sensor/Actuator Trust determines Network Network Access Rights Visitor EuroView 2008 10