International Telecommunication Union

ITU-T Workshop on Home Networking and Home Services Tokyo, Japan, 17-18 June 2004

Home NetworkingHome NetworkingU.S. Cable PerspectiveU.S. Cable Perspective

Ralph W. BrownSenior VP, Broadband Access, CableLabs®

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Why Home Networking?

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

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Important Issues For Cable

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

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CableHome™ Evolution

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

dateo 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

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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

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US Plug-And-Play Agreement

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…)

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Elements of thePlug-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

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Encoding Rules

Copy Never

Copy Once Copy Freely

Pay-Per-View (PPV) and Video-on-Demand (VOD) Programming

Premium Subscription Services (e.g. HBO) and Expanded Basic

Re-transmitted Terrestrial Broadcast TV

o Protects content according to the release window

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Summary

o Multimedia home networking is becoming a reality

o CableHome (ITU) specifications provide the foundation for these secure, managed networks

o US Cable Operators must comply with FCC regulations regarding Plug-and-Play

o The two-way negotiations will involve higher value, Copy Never content (VOD and PPV)

o Content Protection and DRM are key issues