International Telecommunication Union Home Networking U.S. Cable Perspective Ralph W. Brown Senior VP, Broadband Access, CableLabs® ITU-T Workshop on Home Networking and Home Services Tokyo, Japan, 17-18 June 2004 Why Home Networking? ITU-T o Home networking goes with broadband • 50 to 60% of broadband customers have home networks (The Home Network Market: Data and Multimedia Connectivity, Parks Associates, March 2004) o It is more than just Internet Access Sharing • It is also multimedia distribution throughout the home (New connections for the Broadband household, CTAM, May 2003) • 40% of broadband customers want to share audio over the home network • 36% of broadband customers want to share video over the home network dates 2 Important Issues For Cable ITU-T o The important issues for cable in deploying multimedia home networks: • Quality of Service (QoS) guarantees • Content protection (aka Copy Protection or Digital Rights Management) • Content discovery and navigation o These issues cannot be addressed without a secure, managed home network o CableLabs has developed the CableHome™ to provide the secure, managed home network foundation dates 3 CableHome™ Evolution ITU-T o CableHome 1.0 (Basic Internet Connection Sharing) • Specification first issued in April 5, 2002 • ITU Recommendation J.191 • 10 certified CableHome 1.0 products to date o CableHome 1.1 (Advanced Internet Connection Sharing) • Specification first issued in April 18, 2003 • ITU Recommendation J.192 • 3 certified CableHome 1.1 products to date o CableOffice (Commercial Gateway Device) • Specification first issued on March 24, 2004 dates 4 ITU-T US Regulatory Issues for Multimedia Home Networks o Cable Operators in the US must comply with specific regulatory requirements for set-top terminals and consequently multimedia home networks o The 1996 Telecommunications Act mandates the “retail availability of navigation devices” or set-top terminals o The FCC issued its Navigation Order in 1998 detailing these regulations o This resulted in July 2000 Point-of-Deployment (POD) Modules for removable security dates 5 US Plug-And-Play Agreement ITU-T o Throughout 2002 – One-way Negotiations between Cable and Consumer Electronics Manufacturers o December 2002 – Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) reached between Cable and Consumer Electronics Manufacturers o OCTOBER 2003 - FCC 2nd Report and Order establishes MOU as regulation, sets stage for Two-way Negotiations o 2004 - Two-way Negotiations include all interested parties (Cable, CE, DBS, Content…) dates 6 ITU-T Elements of the Plug-And-Play Agreement o Interface specification, based largely on the OpenCable specs as standardized in SCTE o Defines “Encoding rules” to embody a structure for use of digital copy protection o Consumer labeling, not another round of cable-ready TV confusion o Foundation for two-way agreement on a common software platform (OCAP) and rules for how CE devices can support full range of cable interactive services and applications dates 7 Encoding Rules ITU-T o Protects content according to the release window dates Copy Never Copy Once Copy Freely Pay-Per-View (PPV) and Videoon-Demand (VOD) Programming Premium Subscription Services (e.g. HBO) and Expanded Basic Re-transmitted Terrestrial Broadcast TV 8 Summary ITU-T o Multimedia home networking is becoming a o o o o dates reality CableHome (ITU) specifications provide the foundation for these secure, managed networks US Cable Operators must comply with FCC regulations regarding Plug-and-Play The two-way negotiations will involve higher value, Copy Never content (VOD and PPV) Content Protection and DRM are key issues 9