Connected Home Evolution - ARRIS · •Home HotSpot v v v v Set-Top More than one per home Design, ergonomics Visible •2x2 or 4x4 Wi-Fi •IoT Hub –BT •Smart Assistant •Mic/Speakers

Connected Home EvolutionCharles Cheevers – ARRIS CTO

8 October 2014 2

Let me paint you a picture of how the

connected home is evolving

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The Taxonomy of features for connected devices

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Network Terminal Unit1 per home

Utility DesignHidden

• 2.5-10GBE

• Backhaul 4x4 5GHz

• Backhaul 60GHz

• vCPE Switch

• Route/Bridge

• TR Data Model

• MoCA/PLC

• Access Network Modular

• Security

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Extender Access Point1 or more per homeDesign, ergonomics

Visible

• Dual Band/TriBand Wi-Fi

• IoT Hub – 802.15.4/BT

• Smart Assistant

• Mic/Speakers

• 60GHz

• LED Display

• Bridge

• TR Data Model

• Security

• Wi-Fi MAP agent

• Home HotSpot

Root Access Point1 per home

Design, ergonomicsPotentially Visible

• Dual Band/TriBand Wi-Fi

• IoT Hub – 802.15.4/BT

• Smart Assistant

• Mic/Speakers

• 60GHz

• LED Display

• vCPE Switch

• Route/Bridge

• TR Data Model

• Security

• Wi-Fi Controller

• Home HotSpot

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Set-TopMore than one per home

Design, ergonomicsVisible

• 2x2 or 4x4 Wi-Fi

• IoT Hub – BT

• Smart Assistant

• Mic/Speakers

• Client or AP mode

• TR Data Model

• Security/DRM

• GPU or Cloud

• Gaming

• 360 Video

• Other sensors – Radon CODOCSIS 3.1

DOCSIS FDX

xPON

G.Fast

xDSL

LTE

5G

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CLIENTS

• Wi-Fi – 4K HDR Video• IoT• Smart Assistant• AX/AD

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Lets focus on the technology that connectsall these home devices



What does Wi-Fi home network look like?

• Is this what a home network looks like? No– 802.11s was designed for metro Wi-Fi with many access points and gateways

– Typically deployed in expensive enterprise solutions

14 November 2017 ARRIS Internal Use Only

DAISY CHAINHUB AND SPOKE

GATEWAY

Extenders

GATEWAY

Extenders

Make it simple , practical and fit to function !!


The Best Connection

RSSI and Signal Strength are not the new connection norms


ARRIS Home Network Controller

ARRISHome Network

Extender

MAP4K HDR STB

802.11vBTM Steering at 100ms speeds

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It’s all about Steering the Client to the best path to the Internet. Link metrics then determine the topology


You tell the client where to go; to stay where it isand do it immediately !!



You tell the client where to go ; to stay where it is – and do it immediately !!!



Different vendor AP’s can talk to each other - even Retail !

Service Provider Router

ARRIS Retail Home Router

ARRIS Wireless Extension Solution

Wants his own router

Willing to optimize with SP

Multi-AP Protocol

Multi-AP Protocol

Multi-APProtocol

Multi-APProtocol

• Designed to allow Wi-Fi communications and control between different OEMAccess Points

• Designed to allow Extenders to work without embedded agents

• Supports low latency client steering solutions

• Algorithms run in the RootAP (Controller)

• Augmented by Cloudcontrol RRM

Wants to separate his networkMinimize visibility to SPOptimize for Gaming etc

Just Wants good Wi-FiWilling to pay to augment SP’s solution without leasing SP equipmentMaybe favors Retail applications like Wi-Fi management support over Wi-Fi that SP does not offer

Retail Wi-Fi controller X

Allows AP’s to talk to other AP’s in standardized mannerAllows potential retail AP’s to be managed by your Wi-Fi controller

SP Cloud

SP Wi-Fi controller

SP Wi-Fi controller

SP Wi-Fi controller


Interesting problem with going IP Video over Wi-Fi

QAM VIDEO EASY TO DEBUG

FRAME IN -> HDMI OUT

2 POINTS OF FAILURE

1 QAM in 2 HDMI Out

Packet in

IP VIDEO OVER MULTI HOPWI-FI NETWORK

NEEDS A CORRELATION TOOL TO FIND WHERE6 POINTS OF FAILURE

1

2

34

5Packet in 6 HDMI Out

Buffering…

Packet in

Packet Out

Packet Out

Current Way New Way

Don’t put in a Video over Wi-Fi solution UNTIL you have a solution to solve this problem !!


Quick comment on 802.11ax – What can we leverage

6 March 2018 13

Spectral Efficiency and Throughput Power Saving and Control

Dense Wi-Fi Environments Longer Range and Enterprise/Outdoor

• OFDMA• Q1024 , MCS10,11• DL MU-MIMO and UL-MU-MIMO• 8 Clients supported on MU mode

• Delay Spread Protection with longGuard Intervals

• Going from 0.6microsec to 3.2microsec• New Extended Range Packet Structure

• Scheduled Sleep and Wake times• Control of Power on per Client basis• 20MHz only clients supported

• OFDMA• More Spatial Reuse• Long OFDM Symbols• Coloring• OFDMA Scheduling

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AX Use OpportunityTri Band Backhaul

802.11ax – some notable timing to support

6 March 2018 14

2017 2018 2019 2020

First AP SiliconSamples

First AP Retail Router

CES 2018

First AX ClientSilicon Samples

First Tablet & Smart Phone

First Ultra Books

Opportunity

Features

2x2 Silicon available

First AX Demos and POC

AX Use OpportunityAP to STB

AX Use OpportunityAX clients increase

Mostly AC only FeaturesWFA Certification bar low

Mostly of the AX important features like OFDMA, Power Phased from

Q4 18Steady State on AX Wave 2??

Tri-Band Multi-pack AX

Lower cost 2x2 AX solutions available

First opportunity for AX based IP STB

More AP Support on LAN with growing level of AX clients

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Smart Home and IoT – Service Provider Style


Most Cost Effective IoT Architecture

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Leverage your devices not add new ones

B2B Retail SmartDevices

Service ProviderConnector Application to BYOIoT

Service ProviderSmart Application

• PHY – Select Wi-Fi, BT and 802.15.4 or Zwave

• Onboarding Protocols – Use multiprotocol stack in Hub – IoTivity, Thread, Zigbee and BT

• IoT Hub – Integrate in GW and Extender or supply stand alone IoT Hub

• Consider integration with Smart Assistance solutions

• Cloud Connect – Use IoTivity protocols – COAP, MQTT, Web Socket based – potential WebPa

• Cloud to Cloud – Integrate Third Party IoT solutions to single Service Provider Smart solution

Cloud Connect IoT Hub Onboarding Protocol PHY Protocol Smart Devices

Addition of MFI

Retail boughtOr MSO supplied

75º

MSO


Service Provider – Smart Multi AP Concept

• BETTER Wi-Fi– OVERLAY 4x4 DBC Wi-Fi – Gbps Extender

• ADD IoT– SOFTWARE STACK SUPPORTING OCF/THREAD/BT/ZIGBEE

– Could add Z-Wave

• ADD Smart Assistant– ADD 4 Far Field Microphones

– ADD 4W or 10W Speaker

– ADD Amazon Alexa support or other.

• Dual Voice Trigger words– Support Alexa/Ok Google and Ok Bell for private Smart Assistant Skills

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The 4 for 1 device concept – with leverage of GAFA directions



SERVICE PROVIDERS OUTSIDE TO HOME NETWORKS

MOBILITY AND IOT and FIXED WIRELESS

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• Macro and Pico Network to Home• 5G driving to small cells – LTE to Wi-Fi to 5G• Street Furniture becomes important• HFC Infrastructure has new purpose• Gbps FWA needs to go through Windows

• Brings Cell Size down to 50M

• 5G debate for < 6GHZ NLOS and >28GHZ LOS• Likely combination of both• Can you send a 5G mmWave signal

through a window ?

MSONetwork Core

MNO

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MVNO

Home In-Building Outdoor Stand Pico Infill Macro LTE/NB-IOT MNO Wide Area Networks

Macro LTE/NB-IOT LoRA 802.11ah

MVNE/MVNO/MNO LET Bands

CBRS 3.5 GHz LTE

Wi-Fi

5G

Licensed Bands

Owner economics and QoSdriven investment and

deployment model

Data & OTT Home Services

Managed LTE & Wi-FiService

Neighborhood LTE Service Wide Area MVNO Service

Leveraging the Vertical (Signal Reach)

Higher leasing cost

Monopole >trees, terrain

Longer LOS range but diminishing capacity

Street Furniture (Street Lamps, Signs, etc.)

New Leasing models–Light/Power Poles become important

>6 GHz, LOS

>6 GHz, NLOS

Pedestal Mount

Distance from BS ft *Presumes Interior home reception CPE only 2,400

<20

ft40

-100

ft

150 300 450 600 2,100 2,250

NLOS (blue) restricted BW is easier to deliver and install (lower height mounts and greater service radius).LOS (orange) packs an order-higher BW but, absent outside signal capture (at least 2nd story), needs to be serviced by base stations located within 50 meters (best case reception <= 200 meters).

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Is the future GW solution something like this ?

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Terminating NID/NTUUsing Wireless BackhaulAggregation of 802.11ad (speed) + 802.11ax (range)

Centrally placedWi-Fi AP Using Quad Band 802.11ax and 60GHzFor maximum first hop bandwidth and reliability

Tri-band Wi-Fi extenderFor Wireless Mesh

Separation of WAN termination ; Leverage of 60GHz in the home

DOCSIS

Fiber

G. Fast

5G FWA

8x8 60GHz

2.4GHz 802.11ax

5GHz 802.11ax

Rise of Multi AP architectures

WAN TerminationHome Routing

NID/NTU

MainHouse AP

5GHz 802.11ax

5GHz 802.11ax

8x8 60GHz

5GHz 802.11ax

2.4GHz 802.11ax

5GHz 802.11ax

2.4GHz 802.11ax

ExtenderAP


The Inside Outside towards 5G Discussion

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Home Pico Cell – does it make sense from Inside Out

Inside OutMesh

MeshController

LoRA

LTE

5G

5GHz 802.11ax

2.4GHz 802.11ax

Home Cell


Inside OutMesh

LoRA

LTE

5G

5GHz 802.11ax

2.4GHz 802.11ax

Home Cell


The Outside Inside Discussion – LTE and sub 6GHz

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FWA – using LTE and 3.5GHz Shared Spectrum

LTE

LTE Small Cell5Ghz 802.11ax

2.4GHz 802.11axLTE


The Outside Inside Discussion – 5G and Millimeter wave

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60GHz

Can 5G be deployed at millimeter wave only or does it need a sub 6GHz radio too

5G

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khau

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5G

Bac

khau

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5G

Bac

khau

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5G

Bac

khau

l

5G

5G

2.4GHz 802.11ax

5GHz 802.11ax

5G

2.4GHz 802.11ax

5GHz 802.11ax5G


Lots of people think Pay TV is being replaced by OTT –whatever that means!


Cost must be offset by featuresConsumer views on PayTV service

Keep the customer on your HDMI port with your UXRetain with Skinny Bundles and upsell as they move through life

Cost and value for money – as expected

Users like the notion of a la carte/skinny bundle concepts, because theytypically focus their TV watching on 17 channels

Check Live TV Watch TV

Watch TV

Watch TV

Watch TV

Check VOD

Check DVR

Check OTT Sources

Check what’s on Found Something

Found Something

Found Something

Found Something

Nothing to watch

Nothing to watch

Nothing to watch

Nothing to watch

Start of consumer session with TV

Particularly Free VoD Pay VoDLower sessions

Require HDMI Switch if not integrated in Pay TV STV

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2

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Consumer could be leaving your control

Danger!


People are just consuming more vs cannibalizing TV

Source - 2016 Nielsen Total Audience Report

http://www.nielsen.com/us/en/insights/reports/2017/the-nielsen-total-audience-report-q4-2016.html

Live TV still works – but consumers want time shift and on demand as well

Largest increaseon smart phone




There are only 2 OTT sources that count; 4 that impact

The OTT Video space is not complicated or surprising!

Amazon

Netflix

No paid OTT

More than 1 paid OTT

Service

%

10 20 30 40 50 60

Subscription rates• Netflix 55%; Amazon 33%• No paid OTT use 45%• More than one paid OTT service – 20%

Use rates very different• Netflix 28%; YouTube 17%• Amazon 3%; Hulu 2%

Amazon

Netflix

YouTube

Hulu

%

10 20 30 40 50 60


What do people think they are watching on PayTV

• 30% of people think they watch Live content (as its aired) 20% of the time

People love ambient TV and the ‘shuffle factor’ from the programmers.



What percentage of time do you spend watchinglive content (vs time-shifted content)?

0-20%

21-40%

41-60%

61-80%

81-100%

No Answer

30%31%

7%

8%11%

13%


Take a modern TV UX with Integrated Netflix

Users use the Live TV menu options 10x more than anything else

Give them Netflix and YouTube and they still search Live TV 10x more


Take a modern TV UX with Integrated Netflix• Leave out Live TV access menu

• Grid Guide (Live TV mostly) and DVR are 2 most used Menus

• Netflix sessions per month are 15.2 per month < 1 per day.

DVR and Netflix – Netflix sessions > 40mins


What people are watching live

• News and sports dominate most US households. Will this change for Millennials when they change phase of their lives to financial maturity?

• Nielsen also reports increase in news watching – up 18% from 2015 because of US politics in particular

Source - 2016 Nielsen Total Audience Report


People love news and sport and the odd Reality or Variety show thrown in!!




The change from TV to Screen

Already here Moving here


The change from TV to Screen

Already here Moving here

RE-imagining the set top And Large Screen Experience

New Experiential and Lifestyle Services



Maybe the Future Home Will Look Like This: Wireless MicroNode in Every Room

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MicroNodeElegant design to ensure device has

best out front location in-room

Wired Backbone – 10 GbpsWireless Backhauling Solutions

NTUxPOND3.1++10 Gbps+

Wireless HDMIGbps+ Wi-Fi

10 GbpsWAN

VR Experience @ 4K

IoT Devices

10 Gbps Access Speeds


VR , AR, MR - One Step Closer to the Holodeck

37INTX May 2016 ARRIS 2016 INTX Presentation

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Connected Home Evolution - ARRIS · •Home HotSpot v v v v Set-Top More than one per home Design, ergonomics Visible •2x2 or 4x4 Wi-Fi •IoT Hub –BT •Smart Assistant •Mic/Speakers