Software Structures in Use for Home Area Networks
Jean‐Gabriel Rémy, Charlotte Letamendia · 2013
A service platform allows the management of communication between different services with a centralized architecture. The Open Services Gateway initiative (OSGi), is a standard defining the service platforms accessible by devices which are connected. The OSGi framework is in charge of the management of links between services and the management of their life cycle, and it dynamically controls the installation, updating and taking down bundles. For reasons of security, the operator ensures that the devices linked or not to a provider (electricity meter of the electricity distributor, heart monitor of the hospital, cameras and alarm systems of security firms) can only be used by the provider themselves. Constructing a virtual private network (VPN) between devices of a home network can be another way of putting a barrier in place for a home network. Controlled Vocabulary Terms home networks; virtual private networks