Federated autonomic management of HAN services

Managing a heterogeneous “outer edge” network is complex and error prone. It is typically performed by non-technical users. Effective HAN configuration may be hampered by a poor understanding of HAN service requirements. A challenge is to deploy and maintain meaningful and error-free heterogeneous HAN configurations. This paper explores an integrated solution to address the following requirements: managed capability sharing, usability, and security. A prototype HAN gateway architecture that builds upon explicit user-centric semantics, and enables autonomic management of shared UPnP services with appropriate access controls, is outlined.