Depth Analysis: The Development Trend Of The Home Network

In broadband networks and the rapid development of various innovative business driven, customer demand gradually from a single family of voice, Internet communications to entertainment, life extension application class demand, telecommunications carriers begin to develop home network. Information Institute, CATR of MII recently issued the “carriers of home-based business networks,” the report said, based on the home network operator business has become a new growth point, Tripleplay is currently based on an integrated operator home gateway provides the most important business. Home network services and applications as the deepening of integration-type home gateway into trends, competitive pressures forced mobile operators are actively expanding wireless access on the way home gateway, home networking will be presented within wired and wireless coexistence situation.

Triple-play is still the leading business

From telecom operators to offer home networking business development process, can be divided into three stages.

First stage is to achieve more than one PC within the family to share Internet access, now, most carriers have already achieved this business. At this stage, the business performance for the broadband home network, PSTN voice bundle of products, real home network yet.

Second stage relies mainly on home gateways, integrated data, voice and video, Triple-play services, which is now integrated the major operators home network business. In these operations, high-speed Internet access and voice services are the most basic services, video services are the most critical business. Triple-play services not only meet the needs of users of voice services, but also to meet the needs of business users of high-end, more important, business users can enjoy the preferential tariff brought bundles. Operators to offer bundled services, including video contains, can improve user ARPU while the value of cultivating customer loyalty, thereby reducing churn. At present, domestic and foreign major operators are relying on a home network platform for actively promoting the Triple-play services.

The third stage of the home network business has diversified, individualized, some of the leading operators engaged in active exploration and development has achieved good results. At this stage, the external application of home networking devices is relatively mature, and by telecom operators and industry partners in the operation of the chain, the family began to realize the family communication networks, home entertainment, family life, class, integrated business application scenarios. Fusion-type home gateway important

Provide users with integrated services in the home network, home gateway for internal LAN and external telecommunications network connection point has a significant place, is a broadband link between business and family. Outside the home gateway will forward the request to the business and management within the home network for home network equipment and business systems within the connection. For operators, the family business into the home network gateway is the key, is also the operator’s network and business advantages of a concentrated expression.

Demand as household customers from a single voice, Internet communications to entertainment, life application class demand expansion of broadband home gateway has become the core of customer network equipment. Home gateway not only provides a wealth of network interfaces and network connectivity interfaces within the family, support a variety of means of access authentication to complete certification of aggregation, with firewalls and other security features, and support for network routing, self-maintenance function, could be better protect the home network.

Telecom operators on a home network to control home gateway core equipment, can be easily expanded home-based communications, entertainment and life applications, services, and thus to home gateway as the core, with the IPTV set-top boxes, broadband radio electronic photo frames and other types of external applications terminals, for the broadband home users a more comprehensive variety of information services.

Trends from the home gateway point of view, integration is the most important feature. Home network services and applications as the deepening of the different terminals, networks, integration between business will become increasingly evident. This integration is first expressed in the communications, information and entertainment services converge, users enjoy video entertainment, but also to experience the communication and information services, technology, communications equipment, the same home gateway function of both set-top boxes. Second, the integration of wired and wireless, and combination of narrowband and broadband, home gateway devices will have multiple access capability, users can access through a variety of access technologies into the network to be free to choose wireless or wired access means.

Foreign major operators have been offering to home gateway as the core value-added services, build new business home network. Currently, British Telecom (BT) to the main home gateway as the core business of BroadbandTalk, BTFusion, network equipment sharing, music, video and photo sharing, BTYahoo! , Security surveillance, WiFi hot spot coverage, etc., France Telecom launched to LiveBox home gateway business for the brand, its main application is routed through a WiFi connection function LiveBox terminal equipment within the family, not only can support VoIP, data can also be achieved transmission and new applications such as home monitoring.

According to HGI’s statistics, in 2007, the global number of home gateway can be managed to reach 16.2 million, while the figure in 2009 is expected to reach 34 million.

Wireless access home gateway in the ascendant

Currently, users are mostly using home gateway based on wireline access methods, such as xDSL, fiber access, etc. This is because the home gateway mainly by fixed operators and full service carrier based broadband network of.

With the rapid development of home gateways, mobile operators are facing increasingly severe competition situation, but unfortunately there were no resources for broadband access, mobile operators can only expand the family-based wireless access gateway, such as Vodafone broadband access resources in the area did not launch on UMTS / HSDPA gateway. Table 1 for different home gateway access technologies were compared.

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