Home Networking Working Group W. Wang
Internet Draft Fudan University
Intended status: Standards Track September 20, 2016
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Home Network Device Interconnection, Control and Management
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Abstract
This specification is applicable to home network. It provides a
scheme for home device interconnection with multiple protocols.
Furthermore, it provides a unified and flexible platform for home
network device management within the home network.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction ................................................. 2
2. Conventions used in this document ............................ 3
3. General Framework ............................................ 3
3.1. General requirements .................................... 3
4. Access of home network devices ............................... 3
4.1. The design requirements.................................. 3
4.2. Reference model of multi-protocol device access ......... 4
4.2.1 Private logical link protocol .......................... 4
4.2.2 Control network mapping protocol (CNMP) ................ 4
4.2.3 Variable secure operation protocol (VSOP) .............. 4
4.2.4 Device description protocol ............................ 4
4.2.5 Device discovery protocol .............................. 5
4.3. Basic communication protocol between devices ............ 5
4.4. Functional Description of home network devices........... 5
4.4.1 Functional classification of devices ................... 5
5. Home network devices intercommunication ...................... 6
5.1. Discovery and query protocol between devices ............ 7
5.2. The description definition of home network devices ...... 7
5.2.1 The description definition of devices .................. 7
5.2.2 The document format of device description .............. 7
6. Security Considerations ...................................... 7
7. IANA Considerations .......................................... 7
8. References ................................................... 8
8.1. Normative References .................................... 8
8.2. Informative References .................................. 8
1. Introduction
Home network interconnects a number of home devices with wireline or
wireless access technology. Home network may include a diverse range
of devices, e.g. multimedia devices, smart appliances, laptops,
network gateways. Therefore it is necessary to design a management
system for the home network to enable remote control, energy
management and data sharing.
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2. Conventions used in this document
o UPnP Universal Plug and Play
o XML Extensible Markup Language
o HTTP HyperText Transfer Protocol
3. General Framework
3.1. General requirements
This specification includes two aspects in home network: device
access control and device interconnection.
o Device access control provides a unified and flexible platform for
the home network, which can manage device access in a large-scale
home network and deal with a wide range of access protocols.
o Device interconnection is based on the home network platform, and
supports the identification of different devices, the transmission
and processing of data and control messages among the
interconnected devices.
4. Device access control
4.1. Design requirements
o Home network devices can connect to the platform through various
wireless or wireline access protocols(for example, Cable,
Bluetooth, WiFi, ZigBee). The platform needs to manage the
devices through different network interfaces. When the home
network devices join the home network, the platform can
automatically provide authentication and configuration.
Furthermore, it can report errors or exceptions when a device
cannot work properly. In summary, the platform provides a unified
portal to manage and control the devices.
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o The platform also provides flexible application layer interfaces
for the applications. The interfaces implement device
identification, routing, addressing, management, and other
functions. Application developers thus can design and deploy
relevant applications without concerning about the underlying
details.
4.2. Reference model of multi-protocol access
+------------------------------+------------------+----------------+
|------Device monitoring-------|Device description|Device discovery|
+------------------------------+------------------+---------+------+
|-----Operation protocol-------|----XML/QRCODE----|---SSDP--|-mDNS-|
+ +-----------------------------------+
|------------------------------|--------MQTT/HTTP/Socket-----------|
+------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
|----------------------------TCP/IP--------------------------------|
+------------------------------------------------------------------+
|----------------Control network mapping protocol------------------|
+------------------------------------------------------------------+
|----ZigBee--IEEE802.15--Power line--EIA485----Bluetooth----WiFi---|
+------------------------------------------------------------------+
Figure 1 Reference model of multi-protocol device access
4.2.1 Private logical link protocol
o Twisted pair system using the EIA-485 protocol.
o The frame length of communication protocol is less than 64 bytes.
4.2.2 Control network mapping protocol (CNMP)
o Mapping between upper layer and lower layer protocol. This protocol
is based on DNCP [RFC7787].
4.2.3 Variable secure operation protocol (VSOP)
o According to the complexity of the security operation protocol,
the security operation protocol is divided into different levels.
4.2.4 Device description protocol
o The description should include device status variables.
o Device description can be obtained through the two-dimensional QR
code.
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4.2.5 Device discovery protocol
o The home network devices are discovered by mDNS protocol or SSDP
protocol.
o Bus device can use CNMP scanning.
4.3. Communication protocols between devices
The following protocols are supported:
o ZigBee/IEEE 802.15.4 standard.
o Bluetooth standard.
o NFC ISO/IEC IS 18092 international standard, EMCA-340 standard,
and ETSI TS 102 190 standard.
o WIFI/IEEE 802.11 standard.
o ITU-G.hn and IEEE1901 standard.
o 100/1000Mbps Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 standard.
4.4. Functional Description of home network devices
4.4.1 Classification of devices
The functional classification of home devices are as follows:
o According to the control mode (input), home network devices can
be divided into on-off state controller and range controller.
o According to the functions (output), home network devices can
have on-off state output, numerical result output and complex
data output.
Typical devices are listed in Figure 2 (a device may belong to more
than one types) and the functional characteristics of each type are
as Figure 3.
+------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
|-------Category---------|-------------- Typical devices ----------|
+------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
|--On-Off control class--|----- smart socket, smart lighting,------|
|------------------------|------------smart remote control---------|
+------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
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+------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
|--Range control class---|------LED lighting, smart curtain,-------|
|------------------------|----smart fan, smart air conditioner-----|
+------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
|------On-off state------|------smart socket, smart lighting,------|
|------output class------|------------smart remote control---------|
+------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
|------Numerical result--|--------LED lighting, smart curtain,-----|
|-----output class-------|----smart fan, smart air conditioner-----|
+------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
|------Complex data------|-----smart TV, air detection equipment---|
|------output class------|-----------------------------------------|
+------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
Figure 2 Typical devices of each type
+------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
|---------Category-------|----Basic functional characteristics-----|
+------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
|--On-off controller-----|--------Switch control for devices-------|
+------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
|---Range controller ----|------Numerical control for devices------|
+------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
Figure 3 Functional characteristics of each type
5. Home network device interconnection
Devices interconnection includes configuration management and
authentication management.
o Configuration management: According to the data model supported
by platform and home network devices, different management
functions are provided including configuration status detection,
device activation, logout, and status management.
o Authentication management: Home network devices send the
registration information, such as ID number, device type,
supported communication mode to the platform. The platform then
deals with data of the devices which have successfully passed the
authentication.
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5.1. Discovery and query protocol between devices
o After the home network devices are connected, the home gateway
can name, describe and query the devices by mDNS or DNS-SD. mDNS
mainly enable the mutual discovery and communication among hosts
in the local area network. And mDNS works under the absence of
traditional DNS server.
o The gateway also supports the discovery and query with UPnP.
5.2. The description of home network devices
5.2.1 The description definition of devices
o The description includes device properties and device serices.
o Device properties can be divided into read-only and writable.
Read-only property is related to the data produced by itself
(such as the data of air quality provided by air sensor devices).
While writable property is corresponding to the management of
device status (such as the brightness control function provided
by LED lighting device).
o Device services are the functions provided by the home network
devices (such as the function of playing video provided by TV).
5.2.2 The document format of device description
o The description of home network devices can be expressed as the
following ways: XML, JSON, and binary document format. XML
document format can be the default format for home network device
description.
6. Security Considerations
This document describes the implementation of a multi-protocol
multi-device home interconnection scheme. There may be security
issues in the platform, such as malicious users, which may lead to
excessive load of platform.
Malicious users can not be allowed to send messages frequently.
Therefore, the techniques of authentication and abnormal user
detection can be considered.
As the same time, we need to enrypt users' privacies.Devices use
the MD5 algorithm [RFC1321] to encrypt informations that will be
transported.
7. IANA Considerations
This document does not consider the IANA.
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8. References
8.1. Normative References
[RFC7787] Stenberg, M. and S. Barth, "Distributed Node Consensu
Protocol", RFC 7787, DOI 10.17487/RFC7787, February 2016,
<http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7787>.
8.2. Informative References
[RFC1321] Rivest, R., "The MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm", RFC 1321,
April 1992.
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Authors' Addresses
Wanbo Wang
Fudan University
825 Zhangheng Rd, Shanghai 201203, China
Email: 15210240094@fudan.edu.cn
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