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Requirements and architecture of the home energy management system
and home network services

Summary
Recommendation ITU-T Y.2070 provides the requirements and architecture of the home energy
management system (HEMS) and home network (HN) services. The HEMS supports energy
efficiency and reduction of energy consumption by monitoring and controlling devices such as home
appliances, storage batteries and sensors connected to the HN from the HEMS application.

While the algorithm for the energy efficiency and reduction of energy consumption runs in the HEMS
application, the development of a platform (PF) is desired which provides common functions to enable
the application to access the devices and to support the efficient development of applications. This is
not only applies for the HEMS, but also for other HN services such as home security and healthcare.
This Recommendation provides common requirements for the HN services to support the HEMS as
the widely known HEMS is mainly considered one of the HN services. It also describes the reference
architecture and the functional architecture including the functional relationship for the HEMS and the
other HN services.

History
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Edition Recommendation Approval Study Group Unique ID
1.0 ITU-T Y.2070 2015-01-13 13 11.1002/1000/12420

Keywords

Home energy management system, home network, home network service.

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680 Rec. ITU-T Y.4409/Y.2070 (01/2015)