Multimedia middleware for the future home

  • Authors:

  • Reinhard Baler;Christian Gran;Angela Scheller;Andreas Zisowsky

  • Affiliations:

  • GMD FOKUS, Berlin, Germany;GMD FOKUS, Berlin, Germany;GMD FOKUS, Berlin, Germany;GMD FOKUS, Berlin, Germany

  • Venue:
  • M3W Proceedings of the 2001 international workshop on Multimedia middleware
  • Year:
  • 2001

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Abstract

Applications which are intended for the home of the future require a common multimedia middleware which takes the particular requirements of residential environments into account. HAVi is a potential candidate for such a middleware. It aims to handle the communication between different kinds of consumer electronic devices. Based on IEEE 1394 it provides broadband connectivity which could be extended to other home appliances. This paper briefly introduces the HAVi specification and positions HAVi among other standards in the same field such as Jini, UPnP, MHP and OSGi. It gives an overview of the implementation effort at GMD FOKUS and discusses the role of HAVi as middleware platform and gateway in the future home.