UPnP Device Management Andre Bottaro France Telecom Group UPnP DM co-chairman End User Device Management panel Sunday, January 11th, 2009 CCNC'09
Outline From a service provider perspective, UPnP technical assets and adoption are relevant in face of 3 challenges 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 Objectives of operators and service providers Avoid manual installation and maintenance 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 Increase Remote Management servers scalability Keep most of actions on the user side => bridge WAN protocols with LAN protocols UPnP™ assets 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 Objectives of operators and service providers Instant diagnostics on running devices Continuous performance monitoring UPnP™ assets 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 Objectives of operators and service providers Benefit from the user demand for networked services Insure QoS and service evolution UPnP™ asset: UPnP™ is already in the Home Media devices market: 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 About 300 certified devices: UPnP™ AV certification, the 1st step of DLNA certification process
UPnP Device Management overview What is UPnP? An international Forum of 900 members specifying A generic service-oriented middleware on local networks discovery, description, control and eventing protocol layers And a set of service interfaces for specific application domains Audio-Video, Networking, Home Automation, Printing, QoS, Device Management. UPnP DM Working Committee status and timeline Creation: October 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 Software Management, Configuration, Diagnostics, Performance Monitoring
Technical objectives Firmware and software management Enable the deployment and the activation of modular software units Configuration Define a general mechanism envisioned for the manipulation of device data Define a minimal set of device parameters network parameters, timezone, memory, cpu, etc. Enable the management of standard data models Diagnostics Define network connectivity tests and device self-test Enable log setting and retrieval Performance Monitoring Enable continuous condition-based queries on performance data
2 main applications Self-care tool: The local user manages devices Remote management proxy: Remote management of UPnP devices through a Service Provider UPnP Control Point UPnP UPnP DM Control Point UPnP DM Device Standard Data model RM UPnP DM Control Point RM Client UPnP DM Device UPnP RM Server Bridge RM: Remote Management protocol DeviceHome GatewayService Provider UPnP Home GatewayPersonal Computer
Conclusion and perspectives UPnP DM will bring a complementary device profile in the whole device management picture The UPnP search for universality puts the stress on service interface generality and make UPnP DM members face the new issue of data model interoperability
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