TY - GEN

T1 - Position paper: the role of platforms and operating systems in supporting home networks

AU - Davies, Nigel

AU - Raverdy, Pierre-Guillaume

PY - 2000

Y1 - 2000

N2 - As researchers look beyond the PC there is increasing interest in developing and deploying sophisticated home networks. Such networks might allow the seamless integration of information and services produced both within the home and externally, enabling applications such as the purchase of on-line AV content, tight coupling between kitchen sensors and "Web Van" order forms, and home remote control. From a manufacturers perspective, particularly those manufacturers traditionally associated with business computing, the home market is perceived as a major new opportunity to expand sales. As a consequence, home networks have been an area of intense activity in recent years with the emergence of a range of network solutions (e.g. HomeRF, HomePNA, IEEE 1394, Bluetooth) and middleware to support device interoperability (e.g. HAVi, Jini, UPnP). This focus on networking technologies and middleware platforms suggests that the area of operating systems for home networking devices has received relatively little attention. In this paper we discuss the reasons behind this apparent omission and consider the technological landscape within which operating systems for the home must be researched, developed and deployed.

AB - As researchers look beyond the PC there is increasing interest in developing and deploying sophisticated home networks. Such networks might allow the seamless integration of information and services produced both within the home and externally, enabling applications such as the purchase of on-line AV content, tight coupling between kitchen sensors and "Web Van" order forms, and home remote control. From a manufacturers perspective, particularly those manufacturers traditionally associated with business computing, the home market is perceived as a major new opportunity to expand sales. As a consequence, home networks have been an area of intense activity in recent years with the emergence of a range of network solutions (e.g. HomeRF, HomePNA, IEEE 1394, Bluetooth) and middleware to support device interoperability (e.g. HAVi, Jini, UPnP). This focus on networking technologies and middleware platforms suggests that the area of operating systems for home networking devices has received relatively little attention. In this paper we discuss the reasons behind this apparent omission and consider the technological landscape within which operating systems for the home must be researched, developed and deployed.

U2 - 10.1145/566726.566761

DO - 10.1145/566726.566761

M3 - Conference contribution/Paper

T3 - EW 9

SP - 165

EP - 170

BT - Proceedings of the 9th workshop on ACM SIGOPS European workshop: beyond the PC: new challenges for the operating system

PB - ACM

CY - New York, NY, USA

ER -