EAGER: Collaborative Research: Smart Home Networking via NDN

随着智能家电和智能设备在家庭中的快速增长，智能家居的概念近年来已经走过了很长的路。因此，家庭网络正在从使用最简单的局域网连接一台或最多几台用户计算机转变为支持智能应用的最异构的网络之一。 例如，近年来，许多家用电器和设备都配备了能够实现远程管理的联网能力，例如可以远程打开和关闭的电源插头、可以远程调节的恒温器、允许无钥匙进入的门锁以及用于远程监控的监视系统。这些和其他变化，例如可穿戴设备可能会频繁地进出家门，这可能会彻底改变我们的生活方式。然而，这种新兴的智能家居环境对传统的基于TCP/IP的技术提出了严重的挑战，因为智能家居联网具有从传统IP网络看不到的根本上不同的特性，包括例如，没有运营商、高度的设备异构性以及对强安全性、隐私性、最小配置和自我管理的需求。 直到最近，智能家庭网络和家庭物联网的进步在很大程度上都是烟囱式的解决方案，很少关注产品之间的互操作性或设计集成。命名数据网络架构（NDN）以数据为中心，具有地址独立性、内置安全性和网内存储等优点，在解决家庭网络的独特挑战方面具有巨大潜力。 该项目旨在制定有关智能家居网络的重要研究问题，探索NDN在应对挑战方面的独特优势，并确定潜在解决方案的方向。实现这些目标的计划是通过试验两个原型应用系统-家庭照明控制和家庭视频监控-尝试不同的设计，并最终将学到的知识推广到其他应用程序。 利用这两个原型系统，该项目将探索设备引导、设备驱动、数据发布和消费、网络管理以及公共互联网网关的方法。结果也将用于反馈到NDN架构设计中。如果成功的话，这一努力将为智能家庭网络和应用部署的令人兴奋的新颖解决方案铺平道路。该项目为新兴的网络环境开发了可行的长期解决方案，并得到了许多行业专家的认可。由于目前市场上还没有成熟的基于IP的解决方案，基于NDN的解决方案可能会产生重大影响。如果成功的话，这项研究也可能为NDN的部署提供一条途径。家庭网络的部署不需要外部网络之间的协调，并且因为个人可以在他们的家中部署NDN（并享受其好处），即使他们的邻居没有，个人可以潜在地为NDN的推出提供现实的基层部署场景。

With the fast growth of smart appliances and smart devices at home, the concept of smart home has come a long way in recent years. As a result, home networking is transforming from the connection of one or at most a few user computers using the simplest local area network to one of the most heterogeneous networks supporting intelligent applications. For example, in recent years, many home appliances and devices are equipped with networking capabilities that enable remote management, such as power plugs that can be remotely turned on and off, thermostats that can be remotely adjusted, door locks that allow keyless entry, and surveillance systems for remote monitoring. These and other changes, such as wearable devices that may frequently move in and out of the home, are likely to revolutionize how we live. This emerging smart home environment, however, poses serious challenges to conventional TCP/IP based technologies because smart home networking has fundamentally different characteristics that are not seen from conventional IP networks including, for example, the absence of an operator, high degrees of device heterogeneity, and a need for strong security, privacy, minimal configuration, and self-management. Until recently advances in smart home networking and home Internet of Things have been largely stove-pipe solutions with little focus on interoperability across products or integration in design. The Named Data Networking architecture (NDN), with its data-centric approach, includes benefits such as address independence, built-in security, and in-network storage and shows great potential to address the unique challenges of home networking. This project aims to formulate important research questions about smart home networking, explore NDN's unique advantages in addressing the challenges, and identify directions for potential solutions. The plan to achieve these goals is by experimenting with two prototype application systems -- home lighting control and home video surveillance -- trying out different designs, and eventually generalizing what is learned to other applications. Using the two prototype systems, the project will explore approaches for device bootstrapping, device actuation, data publishing and consuming, network management, and a gateway to the public Internet. The results will be used to feedback into the NDN architectural design as well. If successful, this effort could pave the way towards exciting, novel solutions to smart home networking and application deployment.This project develops viable, long-term solutions to an emerging network environment that has been recognized by many industry experts. Since there is no mature IP-based solution on the market yet, an NDN-based solution could have significant impact. If successful this research might also provide a path for NDN deployment. The deployment of home networks does not require coordination among external networks, and because individuals can deploy NDN (and enjoy its benefits) in their homes even if their neighbors do not, individuals can potentially provide a realistic, grassroots deployment scenario for NDN rollout.