Abstract: A system for automatically configuring a device which is compatible with the Technical Report TR-069 of the DSL Forum, said system comprising a first automatic configuration server compatible with the Technical Report TR-069 of the DSL Forum, which is adapted and arranged for communicating with said device and for automatically configuring at least part of the configurable parameters of said device, said device by means of the CPE WAN Management Protocol defined in Technical Report TR-069 of the DSL Forum, wherein said system further comprises a proxy server arranged between said device and said automatic configuration server.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a security module for use in management of a TR-069 Object Model of a device. The Object Model comprises a plurality of parameters for selection by a view selector module based on credentials and for defining thereby an object model view associated to the device. The security module comprises means for associating the object model view to a security policy and means for configuring the security attributes of the security policy on an intermediate network entity.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for managing a home network which is connected by means of a home network gateway device to an external network, the home network comprising at least a first TR-069 compatible device and the external network having at least one auto configuration server (ACS) adapted and arranged for allowing automatic configuration of the TR-069 compatible device, characterised in that it comprises monitoring TR-069 sessions between the at least one TR-069 compatible device and the at least one ACS, in the home network gateway device.

Abstract: A system for automatically configuring a device which is compatible with the Technical Report TR-069 of the DSL Forum, said system comprising a first automatic configuration server compatible with the Technical Report TR-069 of the DSL Forum, which is adapted and arranged for communicating with said device and for automatically configuring at least part of the configurable parameters of said device, said device by means of the CPE WAN Management Protocol defined in Technical Report TR-069 of the DSL Forum, wherein said system further comprises a proxy server arranged between said device and said automatic configuration server.

Abstract: A system for connecting Universal Plug and Play UPnP devices in a UPnP network includes a generic UPnP control point for UPnP devices and, externalized to such UPnP control point, control logic of the devices.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a view selector module (305) for use in management of a TR-069 Object Model (101). The TR-069 Object Model (101) comprises a plurality of parameters (102 . . . 108). The module (305) comprises means for selecting and/or altering one or more of the plurality of parameters (102 . . . 108) based on credentials.

Abstract: A remote management system is able to remotely manage service objects (311) in a bundle (301). The remote management system thereto contains a management platform (302) in a customer device where the bundle (301) is installed, a remote management server (304) somewhere in the network, and a management agent (303) able to expose the service object representation (312) of the service objects (311) via a remote management protocol (307) to the remote management server (304). The remote management system in addition is foreseen with a proxy bundle (305) with a generic interface to populate and export a generic service object representation (351) of the service objects (311) towards the management agent (303).

Abstract: An application module (114) is remotely installed on a customer device (101) and remotely configured from a remote management server (102). The application module (114) thereto comprises a parameter model (120) with model parameters (121) that can be communicated automatically between the remote management client (113) residing in the customer device (101) and the remote management server (102) via a remote management protocol (103). The parameter model (120) further comprises at least one description parameter (122) that formally describes a new model parameter (121) forming part of the parameter model (120). The description parameter (122) triggers automatic creation of the new model parameter (121) at the remote management server (102).

Abstract: A method of providing QoS for a flow associated with a client application in a network, and a QoS manager to execute this method. The network comprises said QoS manager, a QoS policy holder, one or more QoS devices, and a control point associated with the client application. Moreover, the network supports a Universal Plug and Play QoS service. The QoS manager calculates a topology of the network on flow setup and requests traffic policy data from the QoS policy holder. The QoS manager submits traffic descriptor data based on said traffic policy data to the one or more QoS devices for configurating said QoS devices for handling the flow. The QoS manager subscribes to events of the one or more QoS devices. The control point subscribes to events of the QoS manager. On detection of a QoS device event by the QoS manager, the topology of the network is re-calculates by the QoS manager for determining a topology change. The QoS manager checks whether the topology change affects the flow.

Abstract: A device at a Customer Premises Equipment that comprising Device Dependent Services that are to be configured by a remote Auto-Configuration Server is claimed. The device comprises also Device Independent Services on top of a Service Platform (SPLF). The device is hereby adapted to be configured by a plurality of Auto-Configuration Servers and comprises therefore a Native Service Management being one of the Device Independent Services. This Native Service Management comprises furthermore a receiver part to receive device dependent service information of the Device Dependent Services and a splitter part to split the device dependent service information into different parts, and to transmit each part to a distinct Device Independent Service.

Abstract: A method for managing a communication between a server device and a customer device is provided. The method comprises the step of: at one of the devices comprising a parameter description for a parameter name in a parameter message. A parameter description is consisting of an hierarchical tree-like structure of characters with each level separated by a predefined character such as a dot; and transmitting the parameter message to the other one of the devices. The method further comprises a step of including firstly by the one of the devices in the parameter description between two of such predefined characters (dot) a predefined wildcard character that substitutes other characters of one or more levels and thereby defines according to predefined rules with the parameter description one or more parameters; and a step of reading and/or writing by the other one of the devices the parameter description for configuring and/or monitoring of the one or more parameters of the other one of the devices.

Abstract: Methods for managing communications between server devices (30) and customer devices (11,12,13) comprise steps of reading/writing parameters at one of the devices (11,12,13,30) for configuring/monitoring the other one of the devices (11,12,13,30) and, to allow arbitrary parameters to be introduced, comprise steps of, for the parameters, creating attributes comprising extended markup language schemes for defining the parameters. Said one of the devices (30) is linked to a northbound interface (33) and a southbound interface (31,32), the creating step being performed via the southbound interface (31,32). Said one of the devices (30) is linked via the northbound interface (33) to for example a service provider (40) and via the southbound interface (31,32) to for example the customer device (11,12,13). The extended markup language schemes may define types, descriptions of the types, descriptions and/or metadata of the for example non-standardized parameters with names and values.

Abstract: A method to configure data of a bundle (BDL) deployed on an OSGi service platform (OSGi_SP) in a device. The OSGi service platform is remotely managed by a remote management server (RMS) via a management agent (MA) using a remote management Protocol (TR69). The method comprises the step of the bundle (BDL) to offer a service object conform to the TR69/TR106 protocol as defined in the DSL forum and whereby the bundle is manageable via a TR69-like service interface by the management agent on the OSGi service platform. In this way, the configuration of the bundle by the management agent is done via the TR69-like service interface instead of using dictionaries via a configuration admin service (CAS).

Abstract: A method is described to configure a connection between at least one Home Internet Protocol Plug, HIPP, located at a subscriber side and a Home Internet Protocol Plug Controller, HIPP-C, located in an access network, both connected via a Digital Subscriber Line, DSL, a Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer, DSLAM, and the access network with each other, wherein at least a Network Address Port Translation function, NAPT, and/or at least a Network Address Translation function, NAT, takes place between the HIPP and the HIPP-C, comprising the steps of: acquisition of a HIPP information when a HIPP is going online wherein the HIPP information comprises at least a layer two address of the HIPP, providing said HIPP information to the HIPP-C, configuration of at least the NAT and/or the NAPT functions between the HIPP and the HIPP-C by the HIPP-C considering said HIPP information, in order to receive a connection in which the HIPP-C is enabled to initialize a communication between the HIPP-C and the HIPP, wherei

Abstract: The present invention relates to a Remote management method and related devices for use in a home network (HN) comprising a plurality of devices and a routing gateway. The Routing Gateway is coupled to each device of said plurality of devices. The Remote management method comprises the step of an Auto-Configuration Server managing either one of a dedicated device of said plurality of devices and the Routing Gateway or both at request. A further Auto-Configuration Server requesting the Auto-Configuration Server to access and configure the Routing Gateway for providing the further Auto-Configuration Server access to the Routing Gateway and subsequently the Auto-Configuration Server configuring the Routing Gateway to provide the further Auto-Configuration Server access to the Routing Gateway.

Abstract: Methods for coupling devices (10,20) to management servers (30,40) via networks (50) offer more options by supplying (1) source information defining the device (10,20) to the management server (30,40), by letting (2) the management server (30,40) configure the network (50) through supplying non-default destination information defining the management server (30,40) and the source information to the network (50), by supplying (3) default destination information and the source information from the device (10,20) to the network (50), and by linking (4) the default destination information to the non-default destination information via the source information.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for management of a plurality of Communication devices in an access network. Each Communication device of the plurality of communication devices is being coupled to a management server via an access unit. This method comprises the step of the access unit during a communications devices management phase, successively establishing a temporary point-to-point connection from the management server to each of the communication devices of the plurality of communication devices. The method further comprises the step of the management server at establishment of each temporary point-to-point connection between the management server and a corresponding communication device of the plurality of communication devices, managing the corresponding Communication device CD of the plurality of communication devices based on a terminal identifier of said corresponding communication device CD.

Abstract: Networks (1) comprising primary spanning trees (11-18) for guiding information are provided with failure detectors (42) for detecting link or node (interface) failures in the primary spanning trees (11-18) and with backup spanning trees (21-28) for, in response to failure detection results, guiding the information via at least a part of the backup spanning tree (21-28), to respond quickly to such failures. The information comprises tags mapped to the primary spanning trees (11-18). The networks (1) or nodes (2-10) further comprise tag modifiers (43) for, in response to failure detection results, modifying the tags, with modified tags being mapped to the backup spanning trees (21-28) to inform other nodes (2-10) that the backup spanning trees (21-28) are to be used. The tag comprises a virtual local area network tag comprising at least one modifiable bit for indicating the spanning tree (11-18,21-28) to be used.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a method to control and to change dynamically a MAC address in an aggregation network containing at least a server computer device and a client device, comprising the steps of: Sending from said client device to a server computer device a message (1,11) containing the MAC address of said client computer device, Retrieving said MAC address from said message at said server computer device (2,12), Checking if said MAC address is already in use (by a user) in said network or if said server computer device wants to change all MAC addresses in said network, If so, sending from said server computer device to said client device a message (3,13) containing a new MAC address for said client, Overwriting said MAC address with said new MAC address in said client computer device (4,14).

Abstract: In methods for setting up communications between digital-subscriber-line terminal modems (13) and internet-service-providers (30) via digital-subscriber-line-access-multiplexers (2,20) and forwarders (3) of asynchronous-transfer-mode-networks (1) further comprising dynamic-host-configuration-protocol-relay-agents (4,40), first messages are sent from the terminal modems (13) to the agents (4,40) via the access multiplexers (2,20), which first messages comprise incoming logical identifiers defining couplings (14) between the terminal modems (13) and the access multiplexers (2,20), second messages are sent from the agents (4,40) to dynamic-host-configuration-protocol-servers (5) for receiving internet-protocol-addresses to be supplied to the terminal modems (13) via the agents (4,40).