TY - GEN
T1 - Services in the Digital Home
AU - Pentikäinen, Heikki
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - This paper discusses the future of the Digital Home as a
technical platform for end user services at home and in
houses, and proposes new service concepts to serve home
inhabitants. The paper was written based on the digital
home-related research work we have conducted since 2001.
The focus in the research work has been on the end user's
home services, including welleness, energy monitoring and
conservation services in the Digital Home environment. As
a technical platform, we introduced the Internet, IP,
UPnP, Web and mobile and wireless technologies. We
conclude that the office-based IP-networking technology
is suitable for home services and it reduces the amount
of investments in networks to the level of CE (Consumer
Electronics) products for the home. In the paper, we also
identify potential service approaches, introduce a
technology solution, highlight new interesting commercial
trends and propose research priorities for future service
challenges in the Digital Home.
AB - This paper discusses the future of the Digital Home as a
technical platform for end user services at home and in
houses, and proposes new service concepts to serve home
inhabitants. The paper was written based on the digital
home-related research work we have conducted since 2001.
The focus in the research work has been on the end user's
home services, including welleness, energy monitoring and
conservation services in the Digital Home environment. As
a technical platform, we introduced the Internet, IP,
UPnP, Web and mobile and wireless technologies. We
conclude that the office-based IP-networking technology
is suitable for home services and it reduces the amount
of investments in networks to the level of CE (Consumer
Electronics) products for the home. In the paper, we also
identify potential service approaches, introduce a
technology solution, highlight new interesting commercial
trends and propose research priorities for future service
challenges in the Digital Home.
M3 - Conference article in proceedings
SN - 978-951-38-6329-6
T3 - VTT Symposium
SP - 141
EP - 149
BT - VTT Symposium on Service Science, Technology and Business
PB - VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
CY - Espoo
T2 - VTT Symposium on Service Science, Technology and Business
Y2 - 19 August 2008 through 19 August 2008
ER -