The Smart Home domain is rapidly evolving toward immersive, responsive, and personalized services powered by real-time data and intelligent automation. This clause presents a use case integrating the oneM2M IoT platform with the ETSI MEC edge computing framework to deliver advanced home experiences such as real-time media interactions (holoportation), remote education, elderly care, and intelligent home automation.
The architecture features a centralized oneM2M IN-CSE deployed on an MEC node, which manages smart devices across multiple homes, complemented by localized MN-CSE instances deployed on non-MEC nodes such as ISP gateways or smart home hubs. These MN-CSEs handle latency-sensitive tasks including video processing, sensor data fusion, and context-aware automation.
Where MEC supports Customer Premises Equipment (CPEs), MEC systems can discover these devices, and the MEC Platform (MEP) enables MEC applications to offload real-time data processing tasks to such non-MEC systems deployed locally within the user premises.
In this extension, the non-MEC node is realized as a Customer Premises Edge (CPE) device with computational and multi-access network capabilities, typically deployed at the user’s home (e.g., a home gateway or dedicated edge server). This edge device hosts MEC applications or MN-CSE components and acts as a key enabler for low-latency, local processing of Smart Home functions, thus significantly reducing reliance on centralized cloud services.
By combining oneM2M’s interoperability with MEC’s edge computing, this use case supports immersive, real-time home services that enhance user experience, promote independent living for the elderly, and enable interactive media and education—all while maintaining responsiveness and privacy through local data handling.
Empowering the smart home of the future with localized intelligence and seamless cloud-edge orchestration.
The founding members of this initiative are CNIT, UNIMORE, xFlow, JK Consulting and Projects, FSCOM, Sejong University, Digital SME, Deutsche Telekom AG, Exacta GSS, Networks SRL, and Telecom Italia S.p.A. To register or learn more, contact estimed@etsi.org or visit https://estimed.etsi.org.
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