SIRENA Service Infrastructure for RealTime Embedded Networked Applications

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SIRENAService Infrastructure for Real-Time
Embedded Networked Applications

• Dr. Peter Altenbernd Siemens Business Services

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Outline

• What is an ITEA Project?
• SIRENA Context and Goals
• Partners, Roles, Budget
• Domains / Demonstrators
• Germany Automotive, Home, Cross-Domain
• France/Spain Industrial Automation,
  Telecommunication
• SIRENA Framework
• Overview
• Result of Technology Evaluation (UPnP)
• Framework Extensions
• State / Project Plan
• Conclusion

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What is an ITEA Project?

• Information Technology for European Advancement
• Context EUREKA Nations
• International projects but national funding
• The German Sirena consortium has partners in
  France and Spain
• Latest ITEA Roadmap
• Software-intensive Systems
• www.itea-office.org

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SIRENA Context and Goals

• Common middleware architecture for several
  domains Home, Automotive, Industrial Automation
  and Telecommunication
• Though very different, these have a lot in common
• Complex (IP-based) network environment
• High number of connected embedded devices
• Need for inter-operatability, plug-and-play and
  integration support
• Main project goals
• Service-based SIRENA Framework
• Demonstrators from all domains

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SIRENA in Germany
Service Infrastructure for Real-Time Embedded
Networked Applications

• Duration 10/03 09/05 Funding 3.385 M Cost
  5.606 M
• Partners
• Industrial
• Big Siemens BS
• Medium Materna
• SMEs ESC, Traveltainer, iXtronics,
• Invera, Kachel
• Institutes
• Fraunhofer FIRST
• Universities
• Dortmund, Paderborn, Rostock
• Goal
• Service-Based Middleware Architecture
• The SIRENA Framework

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SIRENA international

• Project coordinator Francois Jammes, Schneider
  Electrics, France
• French consortium Schneider, EADS, Cap Gemini
• Spanish consortium Robotiker, ZIV
• Country Budget Framework Domains
• France 5.827 M basics industrial, telecom
• Germany 5.606 M extensions home, automotive
• Spain 2.228 M basics/ext. industrial
• Total 13.661 M
• Total manpower 97.5 PY

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SIRENA Demonstrators / Domains

• Home Domain
• Distributed Video-on-Demand
• Automotive Domain
• Advanced business car with common and
  personalized on and off-board services and mobile
  data communication
• Cross-Domain
• Mix of home and automotive domain
• Industrial Domain (France/Spain)
• Complex network of industrial automation
  equipment, including sensors actuators
• Telecommunication Domain (France)
• Diagnostic and maintenance

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Home Domain Demonstrator

• Distributed Video-on-demand e.g. for hotels

• Stands as a placeholder for applications in home
  entertainment networks.
• Development of such applications can be very
  tedious .
• Peer-to-peer solution offers better scalability
  and lower price than central solution

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Automotive Domain Demonstrator

• Advanced business car
• Common and personalized Online Services
• Office, driver log book, news, ...
• Location-Based Services with GPS
• Map services, hotels,
• Mobile Data Communication
• and Internet Access
• GPRS Terrestrial Digital Audio
• Broadcast DAB-T
• Bluetooth network for flexible
• vehicle extension with personal
• mobile equipment and Bluetooth
• sensors

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Cross-Domain Demonstrator

• -- Under discussion! --
• Mix of automotive and home domain
• Important issues
• Personalisation
• Same architecture
• Possible examples
• Provision of private
• user data at hotel
• Same/similar services
• as in car environment
• -- Under discussion! --

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SIRENA Framework Overview
Domain-Specific Extensions Application
Services
Ext 1
Ext 2
Ext n
Common Tools - Confi- gura- tion - Mana- geme
nt
Main Scope ofGerman Consortium Efficient
Development of High-Quality Applications
General ExtensionsInfrastructure Services
General ExtensionsMiddleware Services
SIRENA Basic Framework (UPnP Vi.j i 2, j gt 0)
Main Scope ofFrench and Spanish Partners
Basic UPnP V2 Implementation
Service Descriptions
Protocols

• SIRENA Framework Best-of-breed solution (plus
  extensions) for enhanced inter-operability and
  shorter development times

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SIRENA Framework Practical Issues

• What is Universal Plug and Play (UPnP)?
• An industrial initiative designed to enable
  simple and robust connectivity among stand-alone
  devices and PCs from many different vendors,
  originally for home and office environments
• A set of communication protocols enabling
  high-level, service-based, technology-neutral
  interactions between networked devices and
  applications
• Current version V1.0, promised V2.0
• Why UPnP?
• Result of a throughout and extensive technology
  evaluation
• Best-of-breed Not perfect but best match
• Necessary extensions
• Neglected topics (e.g. RT)
• Domain-specific mappings (e.g. OSGi)
• Handling of SW components as devices

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SIRENA UPnP Extensions in Germany

• (as foreseen by today)
• Security
• Configuration Management
• Media Streaming
• Service Descriptions for SW components
• Real-Time Data and Quality-of-Service
• Open Services Gateway Initiative (OSGi), for
  dynamic upgrading and other gateway functionality

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SIRENA Status
WP1 Requirements WP2 Specification WP3
Service spec. WP4 SW Development WP5
Demonstrators WP6 Management

• Next steps (Germany)
• Framework extensions (WP 3 / 4)
• Demonstrators (WP 5)
• BTW the international schedule is slightly
  different

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Conclusions

• SIRENA is an ITEA project
• Latest ITEA Roadmap Software Intensive Systems at
  http//www.itea-office.org
• Different domains
• Automotive, Home, Cross-Domain (Germany)
• Industrial Automation, Telecommunication
  (France/Spain)
• one goal The Sirena Framework
• Basis Framework (UPnP Vx.y x 2, y gt 0)
• Extensions Real-Time, Security, Gateways,
  Streaming, etc.
• with common advantages
• Inter-operatability, shorter development times,
  common treatment SW and devices (service-based
  approach)
• Visit our home page http//www.sirena-itea.org/