Abstract: A method and apparatus for use in management of a plurality of parameters of customer premises equipment automatically and dynamically selects and/or alters one or more of a plurality of parameters based on credentials. A particular service provider can be authorized to view and/or alter one or more parameters based on credentials associated with the particular service provider. Specific service providers can be restricted to viewing other service provider's parameters while being allowed to change parameters associated with the specific service provider.

Abstract: A customer device is configured to allow remote installation of an application module and remote configuration from a remote management server. The application module includes a parameter model with model parameters configured for communication automatically between the remote management client residing in the customer device and the remote management server via a remote management protocol. The parameter model further includes at least one description parameter that formally describes a new model parameter forming part of the parameter model. The description parameter triggers creation of the new model parameter at the remote management server.

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: 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: The present application describes a Qos module for use in a home network that comprises a plurality of devices and a home gateway. The home gateway is enabled to receive a multicast stream and to forward the multicast stream to at least one of the devices under control of a multicast proxy module. The Qos module further comprises the multicast proxy module for also sending, upon reception of a multicast join message from one of the devices for joining the multicast stream, a Quality of Service request. The Quality of Service request comprising an address of the home gateway and an address of said device. The Qos module further comprises a unicast Quality of Service control module for reception of the Quality of Service request and for sending a unicast Quality of Service event message in order to request thereby provision of Quality of Service for the multicast stream when being forwarded from the home gateway to the device.

Abstract: A method is described for managing a communication between a server device and a customer device. The method comprises interchanging between the server device and the customer device one or more parameter messages that are comprising a parameter description for a parameter name. The parameter description does consist of an hierarchical tree-like structure of characters with each level separated by a predefined character (dot). The method further comprises a step of instantiating by an instantiating device of the customer device, an iterator associated to an index, for a next level of a parameter-sub-tree being part of the global parameter description, and a step of recalling an object array for the parameter-sub-tree with the next level having different values for its index starting with a predefined start-value and ending with a predefined end-value.

Abstract: The invention concerns using sensorML to facilitate the installation of software for interaction with sensors, preferably within a home network with a service gateway (100). According to the invention, a management framework (130) is provided to manage a sensor controlling means, adapted to transmit management instructions to said sensor controlling means, and to receive information in sensorML format, wherein the information comprises software identification information. According to another aspect of the invention, a method is provided for retrieving software identification information pertaining to a sensor in a network, comprising accessing a sensorML document (400), and extracting software identification information from it.

Abstract: A method for improving the security of actions performed by Remote Procedure Calls RPC invoked during a TR-069 Remote Management Protocol session between an Auto-Configuration Server ACS and a Customer Premises Equipment CPE of a DSL telecommunication system. The TR-069 session comprises several RPC's executing actions on parameters of an object model and the method comprises the steps of starting a TR-069 session wherein RPC's are invoked; opening a transactional TR-069 session or transaction whereby parameters of the object model handled by RPC's are protected through a SavePoint mechanism; closing the transaction by the ACS; and either: committing the transaction via a StoreSavePoint RPC invoked by the ACS, or rolling-back actions of RPC's via a RestoreSavePoint RPC also invoked by the ACS.

Abstract: The present application describes a Qos module for use in a home network that comprises a plurality of devices and a home gateway. The home gateway is enabled to receive a multicast stream and to forward the multicast stream to at least one of the devices under control of a multicast proxy module. The Qos module further comprises the multicast proxy module for also sending, upon reception of a multicast join message from one of the devices for joining the multicast stream, a Quality of Service request. The Quality of Service request comprising an address of the home gateway and an address of said device. The Qos module further comprises a unicast Quality of Service control module for reception of the Quality of Service request and for sending a unicast Quality of Service event message in order to request thereby provision of Quality of Service for the multicast stream when being forwarded from the home gateway to the device. (FIG. 1).

Abstract: The network unit includes a signaling unit and a video transmitting unit. The signaling unit is configured to receive a request from a decoding device requesting transmission of the video channel. The video transmitting unit is configured to transmit the video channel towards the decoding device, initially as a dedicated multimedia stream dedicatedly supplied to the decoding device and including an anchor frame as a first transmitted video frame, and further in time as a common multimedia stream commonly supplied to a plurality of decoding devices. The video transmitting unit is further configured to transmit the video channel within the dedicated multimedia stream having an earlier time frame with respect to transmission of the video channel within the common multimedia stream, and the video channel is to be initially played at an averagely slower motion speed than the nominal motion speed that the common multimedia stream is to be played.

Abstract: A method is described for managing a communication between a server device and a customer device. The method comprises interchanging between the server device and the customer device one or more parameter messages that are comprising a parameter description for a parameter name. The parameter description does consist of an hierarchical tree-like structure of characters with each level separated by a predefined character (dot). The method further comprises a step of instantiating by an instantiating device of the customer device, an iterator associated to an index, for a next level of a parameter-sub-tree being part of the global parameter description, and a step of recalling an object array for the parameter-sub-tree with the next level having different values for its index starting with a predefined start-value and ending with a predefined end-value.

Abstract: A method for improving the security of actions performed by Remote Procedure Calls RPC invoked during a TR-069 Remote Management Protocol session between an Auto-Configuration Server ACS and a Customer Premises Equipment CPE of a DSL telecommunication system. The TR-069 session comprises several RPC's executing actions on parameters of an object model and the method comprises the steps of starting a TR-069 session wherein RPC's are invoked; opening a transactional TR-069 session or transaction whereby parameters of the object model handled by RPC's are protected through a SavePoint mechanism; closing the transaction by the ACS; and either: committing the transaction via a StoreSavePoint RPC invoked by the ACS, or rolling-back actions of RPC's via a RestoreSavePoint RPC also invoked by the ACS.

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 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).