Lecturers: Jean-Philippe Javaudin, Martial Bellec, both Orange Labs

Abstract

The goal of the OMEGA FP7 project is to develop an ATAWAD (AnyTime, AnyWhere,Any Device) home network capable of delivering up to a Gigabit per second over wired and/or wireless technologies. The benefits of such a network will be exemplified by new experiences of high-bandwidth services in the home environment. The final user shall enjoy an easy-configurable network,  making the experience of transporting data in an agnostic way on an enlarged diversity of connectivities. Preliminary technical discussions will serve as a introduction for the other tutorials. Network use cases as well as business requirements will then be described to illustrate the future potential of this concept.

Lecturers: Andreas Foglar, Lantiq, and Vincenzo Suraci, Univ. of Rome

Abstract

This tutorial introduces the main Inter-MAC concepts. It is divided into two parts.
The first part we will be about describing the challenge in forwarding high-rate packet streams in future home networks and solutions to this challenge using Inter-MAC as an additional sub-layer. The focus is on QoS issues, and the influence of all layers on QoS will be outlined. Based on this analysis, the QoS capabilities of Inter-MAC are explained, including the goal to obtain optimum end-to-end performance. It will be shown that the complex QoS issue can be reduced to a simple formula for flow acceptance.  
The second part will focus on the Inter-MAC architecture and operation. The Inter-MAC data, control and management planes will be described, and the main Inter-MAC blocks, including their functionalities and interfaces, will be presented. Furthermore, the Inter-MAC protocol will be detailed, and relevant performance results will be shown and commented.

Lecturers: Pierre Jaffré, Orange Labs, and Rafael Gonzalez, Telefonica I+D

Abstract
This tutorial provides an overview of the architecture of the Gigabit OMEGA home network. After a functional description according to the data, control and management planes, the presentation gives an insight on the OMEGA security approach and then focuses on the potential of the OMEGA framework to support self care and customer care utilities, resource management by interaction with service layer protocols (UPnP and SIP), and intra-home continuity of services (end device mobility and session mobility)