Home IoT Gateways

Foreword

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Home gateways are the unified aggregation egress of smart devices.
The development of communications technologies has seen home
gateways become increasingly important, which have evolved from
wired to wireless routers and now deliver complete home coverage.
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A smart home gateway is the heart of a smart home, collecting
system information, managing information input and output,
implementing centralized and remote control, and device
interconnectivity.

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 Objectives

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After completing this course, you will understand:
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Functions of a smart home gateway
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Architecture of the Huawei smart home solution
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Huawei HiLink solution
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Huawei smart home gateway products

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 Contents

1. Home IoT Gateway Overview

2. Huawei Smart Home Solution and HiLink Platform
3. Huawei Home IoT Gateway Products

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Home Network Development (1)
Basic broadband Diverse home services
service  High bandwidth
Services  Home gateway
 High bandwidth  IPTV STB

Home gateway or modem

Home Modem (xDSL copper access) (FTTH fiber access)
devices

Pas Presen Mobile

Laptop
t t phone

Network Desktop
structure Modem compute Home
STB Tablet
r GW

Camer
Hub Star a

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Home Network Development (2)
Smart home 
The smartphone revolution in 2006 not only
service promoted the development of wireless
 Smart gateway
Services  IPTV/OTT STB communication networks, but also promoted the
 Home Wi-Fi network or home IoT development of home networks. Smart devices
network (such as mobile phones and tablets) need to connect
 Home IoT devices
to home Wi-Fi to ensure high performance and
Home reliability.
devices Smart ONT (inevitable choice of FTTH
network and service development) 
Fixed broadband access has also evolved from
copper to fiber. In addition to providing high-speed
Internet services, SoC technology gives greater
Futur Acoustic Light
Camera processing ability to home devices (ONTs) on the
e device bulb
Network FTTH network, nurturing the development of the
structure Depurator Door status home network and service integration.
sensor

Washing
Curtain machine
Mesh Refrigerator

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Smart Home Network
Cloud-based
network management
Vertical service Smart home
openness (video entertainment)

Smart TV

Video STB
Smart home
(environment
STB
monitoring)
Home network
Gas sensor
Door/Window
status sensor
Camera Smart home
Electrical
power cable (home appliance
AP automation)
Broadban Smart
Wi-Fi
d network Smart gateway repeater socket
Smart Smart
Wi-Fi/ZigBee/Z-Wave door lock kitchen

Smart gateway = "brain" of the home

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Smart ONTs: Smart Acceleration
 Improving user experience: Smart acceleration platform
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Download service acceleration
Gaming
Video apps Download apps

Upload service acceleration apps

Online gaming latency decrease APIs (network capabilities)

... Upstream Downstream
QoS Video
bandwidth bandwidth
OTT

Online gaming

Download service

Smart ONT
OLT BRAS Upload to a
cloud-based
drive
Consumer Operator OTTs

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Supporting user-friendly operations, improving service experience and promoting
bandwidth operation
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Helping OTT players quickly develop cloud-based service acceleration plug-ins
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Smart ONTs: Comprehensive Home Wi-Fi Coverage

Best-effort Wi-Fi
Wireless coverage
Power Power
repeate
line line
r

Smart GW Multi-AP coverage

Ethernet AP for extending Wi-Fi PLC (modem) for extending Wi-Fi Wireless repeater for
range range extending Wi-Fi range

Bedroom 1
Ethernet cable Power line

Home Living room Home Home Staircase

Bedroom 2
connection connection connection

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Smart ONTs: Intelligent Interconnection
@Home
 Mobile app management
 Appliance control
 Security check
 Video storage
 ...
ZigBee/Z-Wave: short-distance
and low-power wireless
communications technology

USB dongle: a plug-and-play

device that transmits ZigBee
signals and extends Wi-Fi
coverage
USB dongle 3G/4G

ZigBee/Z-Wave
Smart ONT @Outside
Wi-Fi  The preceding functions are
implemented by connecting to
the ONT through a 3G/4G
network.
At home Outside

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Smart ONTs: Intelligent O&M
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Visible and manageable home networks
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Device status clearly visible on UI
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Self-service O&M
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Internet speed test
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Quick, simple, and accurate speed test
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One-click health check
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Network status prediction
Check GW dial-up status
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Diagnosis and maintenance Check LAN port status
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Broadband fault diagnosis by symptom, and app- Check Wi-Fi signal quality
based gateway maintenance and weekly reports Check Wi-Fi interference
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Notifications Check Wi-Fi encryption strength

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Notifications when smart devices go online or Start
offline

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Open Capabilities of Smart ONTs
Service support
Smart ONT platform
Policy server
Intelligent
Intelligent Intelligent
Intelligent ONT app
interconnectio
interconnectio Intelligent
Intelligent O&M
O&M
services
services cloud platform
ncable
Networkn
Power line ZigBee

Wi-Fi
Gateway ONT Smart
USB dongle acceleration
BRAS
platform
 Smart Wi-Fi  Intelligent  Pre-check and Backhaul
coverage service center: pre-repair of Mobile
 Smart home unified access faults, without app
interconnecti of Intelligent being sensed User
on center services within by users operation NetOpen
controls the home  Control O&M control Access, aggregation,
devices and through through a experienc metro, and backbone
security different mobile app e center layers build an elastic
surveillance protocols network.
 Smart home
center

Open home capabilities (smart home network) Open elastic pipe capabilities (access network )

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 Contents

1. Home IoT Gateway Overview

2. Huawei Smart Home Solution and HiLink Platform
3. Huawei Home IoT Gateway Products

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Huawei Smart Home Solution (1)
Massive broadband users -> Smart home users

Global operators: focus on operations

Cloud-pipe-device
Customer confidence Extensive BTL channels
network assurance

Import

Huawei OpenLife: focus on home connections and capability

exposure
Smart device
vendors App developers
Chip module SDK Service providers
vendors SDK
Focus on
Focus on IoT connection and management service application
home hardware Smart GW platform (capability openness) App framework

Software development kit (SDK)

Cloud-based basic Cloud storage, cloud-based voice

service providers recognition, facial recognition...

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Huawei Smart Home Solution (2)
Application service provider

Plug-in Service
download subscription
Applicatio Driver
Driver
n plug-in plug-in
Plug-in Plug-in store Plug-in
Smart home download
Device suppliers

ecosystem SDK Plug-in store (UI)

Pipe agent XX agent Cloud Cloud Applicatio Driver

service
 Cloud-based IoT
platform capability service n plug-in plug-in
OSGi platform capability  Cloud-based capabilit UI UI
encapsulatio intelligent y
n Smart home
AP management encapsu ecosystem SDK
Wi-Fi capability l-ation Pipe
PON  Cloud-based storage XX agent
ZigBee ETH agent
device capability
Z-Wave Cable  Cloud-based security Android/iOS
Bluetooth AP DSL center capabilityof
Encapsulation
 ...
various cloud service
capabilities
Control and
Smart devices Smart gateway Open platform
management app

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Huawei HiLink Technical Solution
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The Huawei HiLink smart home developer platform provides a complete set of
solutions. This platform establishes a community of developers that guides
developers from environment construction to integration and testing, as well as
offering one-stop development services.

Smart home Third-party

cloud cloud

Device control Plug-in

(HTML5 pages) platform

Smart home app Router

HiLink SDK, LiteOS, and

modules
Smart hardware ecosystem (Wi-Fi, BLE, and
ZigBee)

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Huawei HiLink Platform

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The Huawei HiLink smart home developer platform is an open platform with
Huawei HiLink as the core. It provides developers with a complete set of cloud-
to-device smart home solution services. Through these services, developers
can quickly build smart hardware, cutting the time to market (TTM) of products.
The HiLink ecosystem facilitates smooth hardware interaction, establishing an
open, interconnected, and co-constructed smart home ecosystem.
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The platform is:
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Open and jointly constructed: one-stop development services for developers
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Simple-to-use: one-click network connection and unified management of smart
hardware through an app
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Secure and reliable: end-to-end differentiated chip-level security capabilities
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Low-cost: low resource usage means low cost smart devices

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Huawei HiLink Access (Ecosystem Connection)
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The Huawei HiLink platform allows HiLink ecosystem hardware to be connected and can
interact with ecosystem devices.

HiLink module HiLink SDK HiLink router

Based on Huawei LiteOS kernel and in- Support for multiple modules and chips, Huawei quality-assured, open capability
house and quick integration with low platform, ecosystem-level connection
JavaScript engine that is service- requirements and local intelligent control
oriented, with low technical bar and
cost
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HiLink Connection Modes
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Direct hardware
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HiLink SDK and Huawei LiteOS certified Wi-Fi modules are used for
development on firmware sides to the HiLink cloud. Connections are
integrated and added to the HiLink ecosystem.
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Cloud-based
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OAuth 2.0 authorization is used to establish connections with the Huawei
HiLink cloud and share devices on the HiLink cloud. In this way, devices can
be displayed and controlled by Huawei 1+8 devices.

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Integration of Huawei HiLink Device SDK
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The Huawei HiLink Device SDK must be integrated on smart devices so
that smart devices can connect to the Huawei HiLink smart home cloud
platform.
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The HiLink Device SDK applies to smart devices with operating systems
and complex control functions, and also smart products with functions
developed on modules and without MCUs.
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Products can be set up, registered, and operated after the HiLink Device
SDK is integrated on products.

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Huawei HiLink Device SDK: Bridging
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When a bridge device integrated with the
Smoke Gas leak
HiLink Device SDK is connected to the sensor sensor
HiLink cloud platform, the device's Motion Wireless audible
sensors automatically connect to the sensor and visual alarm
HiLink cloud platform. Various protocol
Four-key
devices such as Bluetooth, ZigBee, and Device signal remote
Door/Window
non-IP protocol devices can be connected sensor exchange control
to the HiLink cloud platform.
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The alarm box functions as a bridge device,
and non-Wi-Fi sensors (such as a ZigBee
smoke sensor) are mounted to the box for
Alarm box
connection to the HiLink cloud platform.
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The alarm box functions as the information
hub for sensors. It reports real-time Wi-Fi/ZigBee connection conversion

information about the sensors to the app,

and also delivers instructions from the app
to the sensors.
Huawei smart home Home router for Huawei
app for remote control in-home Wi-Fi cloud
and live home coverage server
monitoring
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Huawei HiLink Device SDK: Lighting
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Through the HiLink Device, users can
monitor their home anytime and
anywhere via their phones. The HiLink
Device SDK works with the Huawei smart
home app to provide automatic control in
a smart home environment.
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Remotely control lights, switch between
different modes, and adjust brightness
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How about: Timer setting, lights can be set
to turn on/off at fixed periods
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Device interconnectivity (for example,
motion sensor turns on a light)

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UX Design & UI+ for Huawei EMUI Smart Home
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The Huawei EMUI smart home UX design specifications provide guidance on how to
design the UIs of smart home applications and UIs of connected devices that are
consistent and user-friendly. The templates aim to help partners quickly construct UIs
that seamlessly connect to the Huawei smart home platform.
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The UI+ is an engineering tool that features the design experience architecture of the
EMUI smart home. It can be used to quickly develop apps through visualized
orchestration, allowing users to preview and commission real devices in real time, and
supports quick and concurrent rollout of multiple devices.

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 Contents

1. Home IoT Gateway Overview

2. Huawei Smart Home Solution and HiLink Platform
3. Huawei Home IoT Gateway Products

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Product Overview: Parent-Child Router
Item Q1 Q2 Pro
Parent router: 450
Parent router: 1167 Mbps
Speed Mbps
Child router: 1167 Mbps
Child router: 150 Mbps
Frequency
2.4 GHz 2.4 GHz & 5 GHz
band
Dual-band
Not supported Supported
concurrency
PLC G.hn gigabit power line
HomePlug AV 200
transmission technology, supporting the
Mbps
protocol PLC Turbo technology
Parent router: 150 mm Parent router: 112 mm x
x 65 mm x 194.3 mm 73.3 mm x 183.5 mm
Dimensions
Child router: 46 mm x Child router: 75 mm x 46.3
46 mm x 38 mm mm x 103 mm
Huawei parent-child router Q1Huawei parent-child router Q2 Pro

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Plug-and-play and fast extension

PLC-extended network, stable and high-speed
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Password-free connectivity of Huawei HiLink smart devices, and automatic synchronization of router
Wi-Fi modifications
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Huawei HiLink smart home ecosystem adapts to apps and provides a one-stop experience for route
management and smart home

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Product Overview: Honor Router Pro
Item Pro Pro 2
Dual-band concurrency: Dual-band concurrency:
Speed
1167 Mbps 1167 Mbps

Frequency band 2.4 GHz & 5 GHz 2.4 GHz & 5 GHz
GigaHome dual-core 1 GigaHome quad-core 1.4
CPU
GHz CPU GHz CPU
IPv4/IPv6 Supported Supported

104 mm x 104 mm x 115 mm x 115 mm x 108

Dimensions
108 mm mm

Huawei Honor router Pro Huawei Honor router Pro 2

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Network port blind mating, and simple configuration
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Greater connection stability and responsiveness of smart home appliances
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Interconnection with HiLink inside devices, and upgrade support for smart home
devices such as home appliances, lighting, energy, security protection, and
audio and video devices

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Product Overview: Honor Distributed Router

Item Honor Distributed Router

Speed Dual-band concurrency: 1167 Mbps
2.4 GHz & 5 GHz, and selection from
Frequency band
the dual bands
One-click HiLink pairing, and WPS
HiLink adaptation
compatible
Dimensions 105 mm x 105 mm x 78 mm
Huawei Honor distributed router

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Advanced MU-MIMO technology is ideal for concurrent user Internet access
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Dual-network support, dual frequency bands (2.4 GHz/5 GHz), network port blind mating,
and automatic channel optimization in time

Plug-and-play secondary router, intelligent network optimization, recommended router
installation, and support for 5G networking and mesh technology, delivering high-speed
Wi-Fi to multiple rooms simultaneously

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Product Overview: Huawei 5G CPE Pro
Specifications Huawei 5G CPE Pro
Speed Dual-band concurrency: 1167 Mbps
2.4 GHz & 5 GHz, and selection from
Frequency band
the dual bands
Balong 5000 multi-mode chip and
CPU
GigaHome dual-band Wi-Fi chip
Password-free HiLink device access,
HiLink adaptation and automatic synchronization of Wi-
Fi account changes
Dimensions 99 mm x 107 mm x 215 mm
Huawei 5G CPE Pro
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2 GB network ports configured, supporting 4G+ or limited broadband Internet access
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Huawei's first 7-nanometer 5G multi-mode chip, Balong 5000, delivers a theoretical peak
download speed of up to 2.3 Gbps
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Huawei's smart home app intelligently recommends the optimal location for installing
the Huawei 5G CPE Pro

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 Quiz

1. (Single Choice) What is the future smart home network structure?

A. Hub

B. Star

C. Tree

D. Mesh

2. (True or False) Huawei HiLink platform support Direct Hardware and

Cloud-based connection modes to access the platform.

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 Summary

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This document:
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Explains the development path of home networks;
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Describes the functions of smart home gateways within households;
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And presents the architecture of Huawei's smart home solution and HiLink
solution, including the connections modes of the HiLink platform and integration
cases of the HiLink Device SDK.

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The document also shows Huawei smart home gateway products.

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