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UPnP Device Management
Andre Bottaro
End User Device Management panel
France Telecom Group
Sunday, January 11th, 2009
UPnP DM co-chairman
CCNC'09
Outline
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From a service provider perspective, UPnP technical assets and
adoption are relevant in face of 3 challenges
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Remote Management scalability
Home dynamicity
Home market trends
Together, device manufacturers and service providers define a
UPnP device profile specific to Device Management inside the
UPnP Device Management (UPnP DM) Working Committee
1st challenge
Remote management scalability
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Objectives of operators and service providers
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Avoid manual installation and maintenance
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Increase Remote Management servers scalability
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Simplicity for the user => make the devices smarter
Avoid costly hotline calls => provide simple user tools to diagnose, repair their
network
Avoid costly manual tasks in sales shop => spread management protocols on
devices
Keep most of actions on the user side => bridge WAN protocols with LAN protocols
UPnP™ assets
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Plug-n-Play mechanisms make the devices smarter
UPnP™ simplifies user services and tools
UPnP™ technology is already in the Home
2nd challenge
Home dynamicity
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Objectives of operators and service providers
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Instant diagnostics on running devices
Continuous performance monitoring
UPnP™ assets
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UPnP™ provides dynamic device inventory on the LAN
UPnP™ enables instant diagnosis and continuous monitoring
UPnP™ Forum standardizes home device features (AV, IGD, etc.)
3rd challenge
Home market trends
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Objectives of operators and service providers
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Benefit from the user demand for networked services
Insure QoS and service evolution
UPnP™ asset: UPnP™ is already in the Home
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Media devices market:
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Most of network attached storages (NAS) and Game consoles
some players, recorders and video cameras.
IP connectivity market: Most of Home Internet gateways
Imaging market: some printers and scanners.
Certification
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About 300 certified devices: http://www.upnp-ic.org/certification/default.asp
UPnP™ AV certification, the 1st step of DLNA certification process
UPnP Device Management overview
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What is UPnP?
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An international Forum of 900 members specifying
A generic service-oriented middleware on local networks
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And a set of service interfaces for specific application domains
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Audio-Video, Networking, Home Automation, Printing, QoS, Device Management.
UPnP DM Working Committee status and timeline
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discovery, description, control and eventing protocol layers
Creation: October 2007.
15+ active members: Operators, CE manufacturers, Software providers, Universities
Available documents: use cases, technical requirements, ongoing specification drafts
Remaining work: specification achievement with reference implementations
Expected publication: December 2009
Description: UPnP™ description and control of manageable devices
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Software Management, Configuration, Diagnostics, Performance Monitoring
Technical objectives
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Firmware and software management
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Enable the deployment and the activation of modular software units
Configuration
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Define a general mechanism envisioned for the manipulation of device data
Define a minimal set of device parameters
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Enable the management of standard data models
Diagnostics
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network parameters, timezone, memory, cpu, etc.
Define network connectivity tests and device self-test
Enable log setting and retrieval
Performance Monitoring
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Enable continuous condition-based queries on performance data
2 main applications
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Self-care tool: The local user manages devices
Home Gateway
Personal Computer
UPnP
Standard
Data model
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UPnP DM
Device
UPnP
UPnP DM
Control Point
Remote management proxy:
Remote management of UPnP devices through a Service Provider UPnP Control Point
Device
UPnP DM
Device
Home Gateway
UPnP
UPnP DM
Bridge
Control Point
RM
Client
Service Provider
RM
RM
Server
RM: Remote Management protocol
Conclusion and perspectives
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UPnP DM will bring a complementary device profile in the whole
device management picture
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The UPnP search for universality
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puts the stress on service interface generality
and make UPnP DM members face the new issue of data model interoperability
For the interconnected lifestyle