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in search of a common digital infrastructure increasing eonvergence trends require to interoperate devices and service sin heteiogeiiwus network environments throughout various 8p plication domains, e.g. homedomain. Home networks usually feature embedded devices with sparse ~M U I C~S and low p r~ cessing power as e.g. in home automation devices. As a consequence, traditional and emergingsolutions for theseamiess interoperability of these devices like web erv vices or network caprocessing prove to be iinsatisfactoiy as they put high d c mads on theembedded devices. Lon~-level gateway solutions that areniaidy responsibleforprotocol translation have been discussed for a long time. '&e propose t o use the Open Service Gateway as specified by the Open Service Gateway Initiative (OSGi). Rather than performing protocol translation, the OSGi framework provides means t o ofer device cupabilitio as well-defined services to any other service registered with the framework. Even further, OSGi likewise allows to easily iutemperate heterogeneous (Piug and Play) networks. This paper introduces OSGi asapromislngserviceh.amework for the seamless operation of heterogeneous networks. Furthermore, it will present a new OSGi Control Services Class that allowto propagateiiativesignaling eventsanderror me+ sages to the framework, and hence build the foundation for the seamiem operation of complementary middleware solutions.

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