Public Research Library:
2006 CABA Information Series Reports

IS-2006-79: Intelligent Home and Feng Shui
The ancient Chinese belief in Feng Shui asserts that the natural harmony of the earth is disturbed by building location and orientation. The art of Feng Shui provides guidelines for minimizing this disturbance. An intelligent home may allow flexibility for adapting rooms to various living functions, for example, with an adjustable lighting system. Such adaptation would enable a house to be configured for maximum Feng Shui. The author, Dr. So of the Asian Institute of Intelligent Buildings notes that a skeptic might just have fun changing the functions of rooms every few years. He concludes that Feng Shui is one motivation for increasing the popularity of intelligent homes.

IS-2006-78: The Effect of Ramps in Temperature and Electric Light Level on Office Occupants
This paper by Guy Newsham, Cara Donnelly, Sandra Mancini, Roger Marchand, William Lei, Kate Charles, and Jennifer Veitch of the Institute for the Research in Construction at the National Research Council of Canada, reports on a controlled study to determine effective methods for load management in the workspace of an office building. The lighting and cooling were reduced using a gradual ramping of illumination and temperature to minimize detection by the occupants. A 20 per cent decrease in lighting and a 1.5 degree C increase in AC temperature were considered acceptable to most occupants.

IS-2006-77: Designing the Future: A Smart Grid Newsletter Case
This paper describes the methodical process pursued by Southern California Edison (SCE) to introduce automatic meter reading and ancillary services, such as remote turn on and off. SCE developed a three-phase plan to install an infrastructure that includes digital meters, a communications network to customers, and links to networked devices in the home, such as thermostats. The evaluation process included researching technology, developing use cases and requirements, evaluating products, specifying standards-based technology, and working with vendors.

IS-2006-76: Third Quarter 2006: High-Speed Access Report
IGI Consulting has released its third quarter 2006 report on high-speed broadband Internet access within North America. According to the report, a select number of major North American telecommunication firms deployed 4.2 million high-speed access lines in 2005, in comparison to 3.5 million high-speed access lines deployed by the cable companies. IGI Consulting predicts that telecom broadband deployment will over take cable broadband deployment by the end of 2006.

IS-2006-75: A Study on the Wireless Environment in Canada
The Wireless Environment in Canada is the most comprehensive analysis to date of the country's wireless telecommunications sector. The Canadian Wireless Telecommunication Association (CWTA) commissioned the report in June 2006from Wall Communications, an independent economics research and analysis consulting firm, to assess six key aspects of the industry: the financial state of the industry; the state of competitiveness; current wireless coverage; technology innovation and deployment; wireless penetration rates relative to other jurisdictions; and pricing.

IS-2006-74: An Examination of Issues Raised in the Policy Review Concerning the Mobile Wireless Service Industry
This report, commissioned by the Canadian Wireless Telecommunication Association (CWTA), examines and provides comment on statements made by the Telecommunications Policy Review Panel (TPRP) relating to the Canadian mobile wireless services industry as well as the TPRP’s recommendations relating to the wireless segment of the Canadian telecommunications services industry.

IS-2006-73: Trends in Consumer Technology: Defining and Sizing the Market
This white paper by Parks Associates attempts to provide a snapshot of the digital lifestyle landscape.

IS-2006-72: Mobile TV in Europe
This white paper by Parks Associates examines changing mobile TV standards in Europe.

IS-2006-71: IGI Consulting First Quarter 2006 High Speed Access Report
This report, provided by IGI Consulting, provides in-depth analysis on high speed access growth within the North American marketplace for the first quarter of 2006.

IS-2006-70: Cisco Connected Real Estate
This paper explores how Cisco Connected Real Estate is delivering huge financial and operational advantages not only to the construction, real estate and property service industries but also to their customers - such as hotel operations, multiplexed retail outlets, and corporate tenants - in sectors as diverse as hospitality, healthcare, education and retail finance.

IS-2006-69: Chairman's Roundtable: Sustaining Change Efforts
Designed to surface, discuss and debate issues critical to advancing the home technology market, Internet Home Alliance’s Chairman’s Roundtables take place on a quarterly basis. Participants include members of the Alliance’s board of directors as well as other invited thought leaders. Post-event reports capturing the roundtable discussions are written and made available first to Alliance members and then to the public at large.

IS-2006-68: Chairman's Roundtable: Principals of Consumer Privacy
Designed to surface, discuss and debate issues critical to advancing the home technology market, Internet Home Alliance’s Chairman’s Roundtables take place on a quarterly basis. Participants include members of the Alliance’s board of directors as well as other invited thought leaders. Post-event reports capturing the roundtable discussions are written and made available first to Alliance members and then to the public at large.

IS-2006-67: Chairman's Roundtable: From Next to Now
Designed to surface, discuss and debate issues critical to advancing the home technology market, Internet Home Alliance’s Chairman’s Roundtables take place on a quarterly basis. Participants include members of the Alliance’s board of directors as well as other invited thought leaders. Post-event reports capturing the roundtable discussions are written and made available first to Alliance members and then to the public at large.

IS-2006-66: Chairman's Roundtable: Crossing the Zone of Discomfort
Designed to surface, discuss and debate issues critical to advancing the home technology market, Internet Home Alliance’s Chairman’s Roundtables take place on a quarterly basis. Participants include members of the Alliance’s board of directors as well as other invited thought leaders. Post-event reports capturing the roundtable discussions are written and made available first to Alliance members and then to the public at large.

IS-2006-65: Chairman's Roundtable: Connected Home Taxonomy
Designed to surface, discuss and debate issues critical to advancing the home technology market, Internet Home Alliance’s Chairman’s Roundtables take place on a quarterly basis. Participants include members of the Alliance’s board of directors as well as other invited thought leaders. Post-event reports capturing the roundtable discussions are written and made available first to Alliance members and then to the public at large.

IS-2006-64: Ecosystem Framework White Paper
A natural ecosystem is an ecological community, together with its environment, that functions as a unit. The connected home can be seen as an artificial ecosystem defined by its technological infrastructure and its residents. This paper describes the three distinct, but related ecosystems within the connected home the Alliance considers critical to the future of the market. We believe the thinking behind this concept will help companies identify new opportunities for profitable collaboration.

IS-2006-63: State of the Connected Home Market: Entertainment
For the purposes of market analysis, Internet Home Alliance has adopted an ecosystem perspective on the connected home market, dividing the space into three separate, but related ecosystems: family, career and entertainment. In the fall of 2005, the Alliance sponsored a comprehensive Web survey. Approximately 1,800 online consumer panelists between 18 and 64 years of age participated across the U.S. The sample was divided equally into three separate lifestyle domain or ‘ecosystem’ tracks: Entertainment, Family and Career. This report provides a synposis of the full report available to CABA Internet Home Alliance Research Council members.

IS-2006-62: State of the Connected Home Market: Family
For the purposes of market analysis, Internet Home Alliance has adopted an ecosystem perspective on the connected home market, dividing the space into three separate, but related ecosystems: family, career and entertainment. In the fall of 2005, the Alliance sponsored a comprehensive Web survey. Approximately 1,800 online consumer panelists between 18 and 64 years of age participated across the U.S. The sample was divided equally into three separate lifestyle domain or ‘ecosystem’ tracks: Entertainment, Family and Career. This report provides a synposis of the full report available to CABA Internet Home Alliance Research Council members.

IS-2006-61: State of the Connected Home Market: Career
For the purposes of market analysis, Internet Home Alliance has adopted an ecosystem perspective on the connected home market, dividing the space into three separate, but related ecosystems: family, career and entertainment. In the fall of 2005, the Alliance sponsored a comprehensive Web survey. Approximately 1,800 online consumer panelists between 18 and 64 years of age participated across the U.S. The sample was divided equally into three separate lifestyle domain or ‘ecosystem’ tracks: Entertainment, Family and Career. This report provides a synposis of the full report available to CABA Internet Home Alliance Research Council members.

IS-2006-60: Mobile Worker IHA Research Pilot
A public work space built specifically to meet the needs of mobile workers—workers who use a PC at least 15 percent of the time and have the freedom to work from home, the office or some ‘third place,' is the latest project from Internet Home Alliance to provide real life research learnings. The results found that a mobile work environment was a viable business proposition, increasing the revenue of retailers in the area, prompting the pilot participants to keep the Plano, Texas, test site up and running indefinitely. This report provides a synposis of the full report available to CABA Internet Home Alliance Research Council members.

IS-2006-59: Mealtime IHA Research Pilot
According to the results of the Alliance’s Mealtime Pilot, an eight-month, real-world test of a connected kitchen solution led by members Whirlpool, Hewlett Packard, IBM, Icebox, Peapod by Stop & Shop and Sears, Roebuck & Co., having broadband Internet access in the kitchen has the effect of bringing family members together and actually increasing the amount and quality of time they spend with one another. This report provides a synposis of the full report available to CABA Internet Home Alliance Research Council members.

IS-2006-58: Energy Management IHA Research Pilot
This pilot, which wrapped in November 2001, tested the market viability of a remote-controlled thermostat solution in over 300 homes. Users could monitor and control their home's air-conditioning from any Web-enabled device, including PCs, cell phones and PDAs. This report provides a synopsis of the full report available to CABA Internet Home Alliance Research Council members.

IS-2006-57: Video Experience Point of Contact
Parks Associates completed eight focus groups, four in Dallas and four in Los Angeles for Internet Home Alliance in July 2003. These groups addressed consumer interest and reaction to the concept of home entertainment servers that will allow the networking of entertainment and PC equipment for the purpose of moving content (audio, video and still pictures) from one output/display device within a home to another. This report provides a synopsis of the full report available to CABA Internet Home Alliance Research Council members.

IS-2006-56: Subsidized Media and Location Based Advertising Study
Faced with declining consumption of traditional mass media such as newspapers and broadcast television fare, as well as advertising-skipping technologies like digital video recorders, advertisers are seeking new ways to deliver messages to their target audiences. At the same time, current trends in mobile telecommunications and digital media are opening up opportunities for advertisers to deliver custom-tailored messages to audiences in ways that consumers may find more relevant and compelling than advertising designed for the masses. This research effort was designed to yield insights into two such potential advertising formats, subsidized media and location-based advertising. This report provides a synopsis of the full report available to CABA Internet Home Alliance Research Council members.

IS-2006-55: Safe, Secure and Comfortable Home
Safe, secure, and comfortable – these are words that describe an ideal home. In this research study, the Alliance evaluated a number of home automation concepts designed to deliver on this notion. Participants explored the unifying theme of a home information and control solution that will help home owners by managing and providing information about environment, energy consumption, safety, and security. This report provides a synopsis of the full report available to CABA Internet Home Alliance Research Council members.

IS-2006-54: Personal Media Storage
Internet Home Alliance commissioned this study with the Aberdeen Group to better understand the role of portable storage products, most notably memory cards, in achieving a fully networked and connected Internet lifestyle. This report provides a synopsis of the full report available to CABA Internet Home Alliance Research Council members.

IS-2006-53: Web-based Family Calendar User-interface
Web-based calendars provide a way for users to gather information about upcoming personal or business events and present them in calendar form. The main purpose of this project was to identify the relative strengths and weaknesses of three existing Web-based calendars: Yahoo!Calendar, Microsoft’s MSN Calendar (part of MSN 8.0), and SimpleDay’s prototype calendar. This qualitative research project produced detailed evaluations of these applications and recommendations for developing an ‘ideal’ product. This report provides a synopsis of the full report available to CABA Internet Home Alliance Research Council members.

IS-2006-52: Mobile & Remote Worker Needs Assessment
Balancing work and life (family and leisure time) is of paramount importance to consumers. This project will determine, in part, if corporate policies regarding mobile and remote work, along with supporting technologies, can help consumers achieve the kind of balance they desire. The results of this two-phase project will also help segment the market, determine popular drivers and barriers to mobile and remote working, and identify the technology, IT support and environments that would best suit mobile and remote workers. This report provides a synopsis of the full report available to CABA Internet Home Alliance Research Council members.

IS-2006-51: iPTV Demand Study
Based on an earlier Alliance-sponsored project, the Digital Entertainment Needs Assessment Study, we understood that a substantial percentage of online households want the type of functionality iPTV (Internet Protocol television) can deliver, including time-shifted TV programming, multi-room viewing options, and the ability to surf the Web while watching broadcast programming. The main purpose of this project was to determine the most appealing features/functions of a hypothetical iPTV service. This report provides a synopsis of the full report available to CABA Internet Home Alliance Research Council members.

IS-2006-50: Home Networking in a Box
The number of networked homes in the United States is projected to grow to 32.3 million by the end of 2007 from 6.7 million in 2002. Increasing adoption of broadband, multiple PCs in the home, the introduction of connectivity hardware by broadband providers, and improvements in wireless networking performance are factors driving the trend. This report provides a synopsis of the full report available to CABA Internet Home Alliance Research Council members.

IS-2006-49: Health & Wellness Web Portal Study
It’s clear that controlling obesity and the chronic health conditions that come with it is vital to the nation as a whole, both in economic terms and quality-of-life terms. Previous research by Internet Home Alliance on the general health of U.S. families confirmed that many Americans are heavier than their ideal weight, and they chalk it up to three factors: lack of time to cook and eat healthy food, lack of time to exercise, and not enough discipline to exercise regularly. Based on these findings and the nationwide trends in health, Alliance members developed a concept called My Health Port, which combines a set of health data monitoring devices and access to a secure, personalized Web portal. This report provides a synopsis of the full report available to CABA Internet Home Alliance Research Council members.

IS-2006-48: Health & Fitness Needs Assessment
To assess the most salient consumer needs in the health and fitness area that could be addressed by products or services with a Web component, Internet Home Alliance sponsored a Web survey of 643 single-family, owner-occupied households with Internet access in the U.S. The sample included both primary and mass market consumers. This report provides a synopsis of the full report available to CABA Internet Home Alliance Research Council members.

IS-2006-47: Digital Entertainment Needs Assessment
As of the beginning of 2005, more than 16% of U.S. households had a broadband connection, multiple PCs and a home network. To the extent that these three components comprise the 'heart' of the connected home, the concept has reached an important milestone. Now, it seems industry players should focus on how to best capitalize on this burgeoning digital infrastructure. The recently completed Digital Entertainment Needs Assessment study was designed primarily to help companies do just that. This report provides a synopsis of the full report available to CABA Internet Home Alliance Research Council members.

IS-2006-46: Digital Entertainment Migration
The main purpose of this project was to determine the degree to which digital entertainment enthusiasts have an interest in potential non-entertainment features or functions of the connected home. This report provides a synopsis of the full report available to CABA Internet Home Alliance Research Council members.

IS-2006-45: Asset Management (RFID) Study
In this study, Internet Home Alliance member companies were interested in investigating consumer response among early technology adopters of an RFID tagging solution for use in the home. Additionally, Alliance members sought to uncover specific needs regarding the use of RFID, and additional application possibilities. This report provides a synopsis of the full report available to CABA Internet Home Alliance Research Council members.

IS-2006-44: Managing Serial Devices in a Networked Environment
This paper, published by Lantronix, Inc., describes how remote management of a device can migrate from a dedicated serial connection to access via a local or wide area network running TCP/IP. Such devices are connected to the Internet or to an intranet via a Device Server. Remote terminals can access these devices via Redirector Software or by “tunneling” messages through the network.

IS-2006-43: Web Enabling Non Networked Devices Using JAVA
This paper, published by Lantronix, Inc., describes a method for access and control of remote devices. Such devices are intended for direct serial connection (RS-232 standard). A Device Server adapts the device to TCP/IP and allows access via HTML and JAVA applets.

IS-2006-42: The Freedom of Wireless
This paper, published by Lantronix, Inc., summarizes wireless technologies for local area networks. The IEEE standards for WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network) are presented and compared.

IS-2006-41: Encryption and Its Importance to Device Networking
This paper, published by Lantronix, Inc., presents an overview of cryptography applied to protecting device data while being transmitted on a communications network. The Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) offers the strongest commercial encryption as of 2004. Encryption for wireless transmission and for virtual private networks is discussed.

IS-2006-40: Enabling Business Intelligence with M2M: An Introduction to Device Networking Solutions
The topic of this paper, published by Lantronix, Inc., is networking devices via local area networks using Internet protocols. Such devices may be components of a building automation system. Applications include remote access, diagnosis, and repair, for example, for HVAC systems. A Device Server converts serial device data into Ethernet packets.

IS-2006-39: Intel Developer Forum (Digital Home) & iHollywood Forum Digital Living Room
This report originally published by Gary Saski of Digdia focuses on the Intel Digital Home Group, as presented at the Intel Developers Forum in 2005. Intel is developing chips for PC platforms that can process video including HDTV. Intel is also working with the Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) and promote enhanced DLNA features in their products. This report discusses challenges in sending video streams over a home Ethernet and wireless options. The Digital Living Room conference covered ease of distributing audio and video content. Options for purchasing versus subscribing to music are discussed.

IS-2006-38: CEDIA 2005
This paper originally published by Gary Saski of Digdia introduces the CEDIA trade show. CEDIA members serve the upper end of the market. They indicate the direction of digital home products. The 3000 CEDIA members focus on home theater, distributed audio, security, lighting, and HVAC. CEDIA members are moving toward networked applications. Customers of CEDIA installers are demanding the highest resolution HDTV available. Front projection TVs are popular among such customers.

IS-2006-37: A Multicriteria Lifespan Energy Efficiency Approach to Intelligent Building Assessment
This paper by University of Reading scholars presents a multicriteria decision-making model for lifespan energy efficiency assessment of intelligent buildings (IBs). The decision-making model called IBAssessor is developed using an analytic network process (ANP) method and a set of lifespan performance indicators for IBs selected by a new quantitative approach called energy–time consumption index (ETI). In order to improve the quality of decision-making, the authors of this paper make use of previous research achievements including a lifespan sustainable business model, the Asian IB Index, and a number of relevant publications. Practitioners can use the IBAssessor ANP model at different stages of an IB lifespan for either engineering or business oriented assessments. Finally, this paper presents an experimental case study to demonstrate how to use IBAssessor ANP model to solve real-world design tasks.

IS-2006: 36: Intellectual Capital and Interoperability
This paper by Cyon Research argues that successful interoperability projects first require an understanding of the ultimate use of the data. They also require the use of capable software tools, sophisticated processes, careful validation, and, guidance from people with expertise and experience in interoperability. Interoperability is not a one-size-fits-all proposition. There are many common use scenarios which require that the product data be treated differently. There are also significant interoperability challenges, including continuing difficulties in translating basic geometric and topological information, complexities in translating semantic information, lack of information on common file formats, limited information content in some file formats, and uncertainty about the needs of the ultimate data user. These challenges can be better addressed by understanding the data.

IS-2006-35: CABA Connected Home Roadmap Summary Report
The Connected Home Roadmap project was initiated by the Continental Automated Buildings Association (CABA) in 2005 to stimulate the evolution of the Connected Home industry. The Roadmap is an assessment of the market today and of the probable short-term evolution of the Home industry. It is intended to provide a framework to support stakeholders and players in this arena as they navigate the complex and shifting dynamics of this emerging market.

IS-2006-34: Glossary of Abbreviation, Acronyms and Initialisms
The paper is a list of acronyms and initialisms with the appropriate descriptions as to the meaning. This reference document was provided by the International Centre for Facilities . It is a suggested use of shortened terms to increase communication efficiency and effectiveness. It is continuously being updated and appears on the ICF Web site at (http://www.icf-cebe.com/). ICF's mandate is to share such information and all recipients are encouraged to send ICF new items, which can be added to the document.

IS-2006-33: Closing the Loop for Full Service Life
The paper, provided by International Centre for Facilities, describes a “process of events”, which breaks down each event in a step by step analysis for determining whether buildings or modification costs are (can be) justified well enough in the analysis stage, to confidently make the decision to go ahead with a project or not. It outlines a way to assemble the justification for or against the project necessity.

IS-2006-32: A Mobile Security Solution: Secure and Mobile Communications Across Any Wireless or Wired Network
This paper, provided by Secured Services, is a description of a solution that would eliminate the shortfalls of security, authentication, log-in, and establishing communications via the protocols and systems available at present. This solution would create a seamless, effortless communication vehicle to mobile computer users, whether individual or business.

IS-2006-31: Delivering High-Definition Digital Life-FTTH Community Owned Networks
The paper, provided by Plextal Corporation, is attempting to present an approaching horizon that will, in their perception, cause a panic among consumers when they realize the availability of the Internet information is limited by technology. It presents a solution for increased connectivity to information and entertainment, not as an alternative, but as a must have. The concept presented is sound, the reasoning logical, but the need will be decided by demand.

IS-2006-30: The Intelligence of Intelligent Buildings
This extremely large document is a doctoral thesis written at the Helsinki University of Technology on what constitute an intelligent building. The author defines the Building Intelligent Framework. The thesis reports on an investigation of whether an intelligent office building affects the working environment and the office building market. An encyclopedia-amount of background information is presented. The investigation showed a positive effect of intelligent buildings on the workplace.

IS-2006-29: Performance Based Building: Conceptual Framework
The European Union has funded a study of building design based on required performance, rather than on a prescription of how it is to be accomplished. Validation against desired performance is required. Even prescription-based approaches should include performance goals. US government buildings are required to use performance-based measures. Canadian building codes now include performance goals. Performance goals may extend to the building use, esthetics, and contribution to the environment.

IS-2006-28: Reaching the Unreachable Consumer: Advertising in the Digital Age
According to Parks Associates, advertising must become more relevant because consumers are becoming more likely to change stations to skip ads. Internet advertising is growing at 28 percent compared with 4.8 percent for TV and 1.8 percent for newspapers. Consumers consider Internet advertising more relevant than other media. TV advertising should switch to targeted ads, with user permission, using interactive technology.

IS-2006-27: Making TV Meaningful: Consumers and IPTV Applications
According to Parks Associates, IPTV delivers television programming via a high speed Internet transport. Telephone companies are installing fiber optics to deliver IPTV in order to prevent customers switching telephone services from traditional fixed lines. The author maintains that telephone operators must offer new services beyond price competition to keep customers. Such services include programming choices (such as sports packages) and video-on-demand. Telephone operators may have greater growth potential than cable companies. IPTV may reach 13 million subscribers by 2010.

IS-2006-26: Outlook for Home Management Systems
According to Parks Associates, the availability of installation services will stimulate the growth of home control systems. Such systems include lighting, safety, and comfort controls. The current home controls market is 1 percent of the potential. Home controls system sales are expected to grow at 8-9 percent from $2.2 billion in 2004 to $3.2 billion in 2009.

IS-2006-25: The Future of Gaming is Networked
This paper by Parks Associates describes a booming business in online gaming, including Massively-Multiplayer Online (MMO) games with up to 5 million players per game. The gaming population spans all ages and genders. Gaming is played via PC, game consoles, and cell phone. The future of gaming is predicted to be based on networking the players with revenues reaching $3.5 billion by 2009.

IS-2006-24: Indoor Air Quality and Thermal Comfort in Open-Plan Offices
The paper discusses methods for managing Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) in an open office plan. The purpose is to reduce employee health problems and fatigue. Recommended temperatures and levels of relative humidity are provided. Problems may result from drafts, air contaminants, and elevated levels of carbon dioxide. Personal ventilation systems are discussed.

IS-2006-23: Using Garden Roof Systems to Improve Performance
The benefits of roof garden for buildings in Ottawa, Canada were studied. The gardens can lower heat penetration into the building in the summer and thereby reduce cooling demands. Also, the garden absorbs rainwater, reducing the sudden load on drainage systems during a downpour.

IS-2006-22: BACnet: Not Just a Vision Anymore
BACnet is a communications protocol development for interconnecting building automation products from a variety of manufacturers. Applications include HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, and Air-Conditioning), lighting, security, and utility management. BACnet runs on multiple network types, although BACnet/IP over Ethernet is most widely used. Supporting BACnet are the BACnet Manufacturers Association, BACnet interest groups, and BACnet International. The BACnet Testing Laboratories run the BACnet Interoperability Workshop. Integration with enterprise operations is provided with BACnet web-based tools.

IS-2006-21: High Definition Audio-Video Network Alliance (HANA) White Paper
The HANA consortium has been formed to develop and promote a scheme for networking audio/video (A/V). The goal is to accommodate digital TV, including HDTV, and other digital A/V components. HANA is adopting user interface standards and transmission via an IEEE 1394 network.

IS-2006-20: Nortel Campus Mobile Workers
This paper presents examples of telecommunications services offered by Nortel to mobile workers via a wireless mesh network.

IS-2006-19: Layered Defense Approach to Network Security
This is a marketing presentation for the Nortel approach to communications network security. The company applies security checks at multiple layers in the network with a strategy called Layered Defense. The techniques at each layer are described.

IS-2006-18: Nortel Enterprise Mobility Solutions
This marketing presentation describes the tools offered by Nortel for employees to access the company computer services when away from the office. The system is based on the SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) of the Internet.

IS-2006-17: Secure Multimedia Solution
The paper explains methods for ensure secure communications for users of mobile services when away from the office. The goals are to improve privacy, reliability, and to reduce theft of service and identity. The Nortel Unified Security Framework is described. It was noted that half of the threats originate inside the business.

IS-2006-16: Blueprint for Convergence
This white paper explains the benefit of integrating communications for voice, video, data, and applications. Benefits include cost reduction, improved productivity, and enhanced competitiveness. Step-by-step procedures for analyzing current operations and for planning a transition to a converged system are described.

IS-2006-15: P2P Makeover: Showtime for DRM?
The paper reviews methods by entertainment companies to limit consumers’ abilities to copy content. Digital Rights Management (DRM) is discussed as a method to limit copying. It is noted that excessive restrictions can stifle market demand. Peer-to-peer files sharing is used by 20 per cent of online consumers. Plans for attaching DRM to peer-to-peer servers are discussed.

IS-2006-14: Home Builders: Key Channel for Consumer Electronics
Many homebuilders are including consumer electronics in addition to kitchen appliances in the sale of new homes. About 80 per cent of builders are offering products such as security systems, structured cabling, and control for HVAC and lighting systems. As well, 60 per cent of builders are offering multi-room audio systems. Most installations are done by electrical contractors.

IS-2006-13: Internet Protocol Television (IPTV): A Survival Strategy or Revenue Generator to Telcos?
The paper discusses business strategies for telephone companies using Internet delivery of television (IPTV). Telephone companies need to offer packages of programming, not just the communications pathway to the home. They need to offer video-on-demand services that surpass those of cable and satellite operators. The author has identified four market segments: Interact with Me, TV on my Terms, Converge Me, and Don’t Bother Me. Telephone companies can capitalize on the image of reliability.

IS-2006-12: Putting the Home Network to Work
As home networks proliferate for broadband access, multimedia, and other home applications, the need for network management, monitoring, and maintenance grows. Challenges facing consumers include viruses, spyware, computer performance, network configuration, and equipment sharing.

IS-2006-11: Wireless VoIP: A Trojan Horse
Voice over IP (VoIP) is lowering the cost for calls and threatening to erode to financial base of voice telephone companies. It will also affect cell phone operators. These operators are now preventing consumers from using the data services for VoIP by limiting the capabilities in the cell phone handset. However, if and when this changes, revenues for operators will fall.

IS-2006-10: Progress Report on Sustainability
This white paper reviews developments in the green-building movement, sustainability in hospitals, schools, and homes, and presents guidelines for state and local green-building laws. LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) for existing buildings and commercial interiors are reviewed. A report is cited that shows LEED buildings cost almost the same as non-LEED buildings. Home construction (a $355 billion market for single family homes and $44 billion for multi-family dwelling) represents about 60 per cent of total building construction in the US. The Canadian Green Globes online auditing tools for buildings are discussed.

IS-2006-09: Workstation Design for Organizational Productivity
This paper reports a study by the Canadian government on improvement in employee productivity possible in an open office environment. The following factors were analyzed: acoustics, lighting, air quality and thermal comfort, and workstation design. A study found that 54 per cent of employees are bothered by noise. Giving employees some control of air flow and temperature is recommended.

IS-2006-08: Life Cycle Assessment and Sustainability
The Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of building materials determines the impact on climate change of the building materials over the life of the building including product disposal. Such an assessment is more than the cost of ownership and operation over the life of the product. Product manufacturers are expected to perform LCA. LCA is more accepted in Europe than in the US. Various tool for computing the LCA of products and systems are presented. Standards are being developed to facilitate LCA. The relationship of LCA to the LEED building rating is discussed.

IS-2006-07: Guidance for Metering in Federal Buildings
The US Energy Policy Act of 2005 requires that advanced electric meters be installed in all federal buildings where feasible. The paper provides guideline for installation by 2012. Such meters must provide at least hourly reads to accommodate time-varying charges for electricity. Other benefits include sub-metering for each tenant, energy usage monitoring for diagnosis, power quality, response to energy emergencies, and remote access via the Internet. This paper reviews choices for metering features, communications methods, and costing.

IS-2006-06: Living Intelligence in the Enterprise
This paper, by Harbor Research, describes the business benefits of exploiting the computing power in devices so these devices can communicate with each other. The writer calls this “living intelligence” for machine-to-machine communications. A system developed by BT in the United Kingdom for building security is described.

IS-2006-05: Growth Opportunities and Business Models for the Pervasive Internet
The author maintains that the ultimate impact of the Internet has not occurred yet. The “Pervasive Internet” will enable products to be connected to manufacturers who can add value through services over the life of the products. Examples include: the “Solutionist,” a company that provides a solution for the customer, not just a product. Concerning home automation, the Eaton Home Heartbeat is cited as such an example. This paper was provided from Harbor Research.

IS-2006-04: Smart Power: Pervasive Internet Technology in a Changing Energy
Smart Power, by Habor Research, explains how electric utilities will improve efficiencies through applications of networking technology. Networks will impact electric generation, transmission and distribution, and usage. These networks support distributed resources.

IS-2006-03: Home Awareness
In this white paper by Harbor Research, the concept and unique features of the Eaton Home Heartbeat product line are discussed. This category of product is a gadget for control. These gadgets use machine-to-machine low data-rate communications via an always-on Internet connection. A typical applications is remote sensing of appliance on/off state, such as a space heater.

IS-2006-02: Designing the Future of Information
This white paper, by Harbor Research, introduces two projects that illustrate new uses of the Internet geared toward device-to-device communications. The “Information Commons” from MAYA Design (spin-off from Carnegie Mellon University) seeks to redesign the World Wide Web so data sets that are uniquely identified, can be accessed from multiple sources, rather than the typical single server. “Internet Zero” from the MIT Center for Bits and Atoms is exploring an Internet that accommodates millions of nodes that may be embedded in devices, not formal computers.

IS-2006-01: Four Strategies for the Age of Smart Services
The advent of sensors, microprocessors, communications networks, and the Internet is facilitating service offering to complement product sales. These services enable monitoring of products (typically large capital intensive products) for proper operation and for preventive maintenance needs. Examples of monitoring a commercial HVAC unit and home water sensors are presented. Data gather via a Zigbee network is mentioned. This paper was written by Glen Allmendinger and Ralph Lombreglia.