Our Turnkey Solution for Your High-Speed, Low-Margin Market
On demand entertainment. Productivity. Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP). Wired and wireless broadband services. Surveillance. Home automation. All things networked converge in the home.
In the next-generation home gateway market, three things are certain:
- Demand for broadband devices and services will continue to escalate.
- Consumers will expect technologies to "just work" harmoniously out of the box.
- Margins will continue to shrink.
Wind River Platform for Gateways, Residential Profile brings original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in this fast-evolving market the ease of configuration, manageability, and extensibility that consumers expect and operators must have to survive.
Built on Wind River Linux, Platform for Gateways pre-integrates and validates all the key middleware OEMs need to rapidly prototype and produce highly differentiated smart-services gateways at competitive costs.
A pre-integrated reference platform saves time and money
As a turnkey solution, Wind River chooses, integrates, manages, and supports key independent software vendor (ISV) technologies. We select, optimize, and test the open source packages needed to create a robust and extensible residential gateway. You can choose one or more middleware software components and customize the stack for your specific device. Platform for Gateways provides a configuration profile to create a residential gateway software stack out of the box.
Pre-validated partner technologies add up to a complete standards-based solution
Digital Living Network Alliance
Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) provides a standard that allows different devices to transmit multimedia content within a network. It is frequently used in consumer devices. In Platform for Gateways, the included DLNA software development kit (SDK) is DigiON's DiXiM stack, which includes a DiXiM Media Server (DMS) application.
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Java Virtual Machine
The Java Virtual Machine (JVM) included in Platform for Gateways is Skelmir's CEE-J VM. It is a small-memory-footprint, fast-performing, clean-room virtual machine with optional advanced graphics support.
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OSGi Platform
The Open Services Gateway Initiative (OSGi) is a framework that provides a component model. Applications are delivered as bundles, which are then run within a JVM. In Platform for Gateways, the OSGi platform is Makewave's Knoplerfish Pro, which is an OSGi R4 v4.2–compliant service platform. It includes service bundles for Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) and mobile management.
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TR-069
TR-069 is a specification for remote management of deployed devices. It is typically used in wired customer premises equipment (CPE) devices. The TR-069 agent included in Platform for Gateways is One Agent TR for CPE from Works Systems. This agent runs on the deployed device and provides a management channel for a centralized management console.
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SDK
Platform for Gateways includes an SDK that can be used to develop OSGi-based home automation software components. It is implemented with the Prosyst mBS Smart Home SDK, which provides interfaces for UPnP, Z-Wave, and ZigBee.
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Hardware
Board support packages (BSPs) fully and deeply support all peripherals enabled in the chipsets: Cavium Networks ECONA CNS3XXX and Mindspeed Comcerto M83xxx.
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Keep pace with the growing demand for smart services to the home
The typical use case for Wind River Platform for Gateways, Residential Profile is a residential broadband gateway CPE connected to a broadband network. In this application, a gateway device routes many different services through one consolidated system.
The hardware used is a small-footprint, low-power device with appropriate peripherals, depending on the application. It connects to the Internet through a wireline connection. Within the residence, it routes voice calls to regular telephones and multimedia content through DLNA and can connect to Z-Wave devices and security devices. It also routes Wi-Fi Internet traffic. The system is remotely managed by an operator using industry-standard TR-069 protocol. Software bundles are deployed using OSGi provisioning.
Standards-based and extensible, Platform for Gateways is designed to keep pace with the evolving demand for smart services to the home. The solution you build with it is limited only by your imagination.
Lower cost, shorter time-to-market, and world-class support add up to competitive advantage
| FEATURES | BENEFITS |
| Pre-integrated validated middleware stack delivers essential gateway technologies (TR-069, DLNA, OSGi, home automation, and JVM) | Simplifies vendor management, reduces R&D costs, reduces time-to-market |
| Support of all ISV technologies | Provides a single trusted source for complete “solution-level” customer and technical support |
| Based on Wind River Linux 4.2, a fully tested, standards-compliant, and supported commercial embedded Linux platform | Provides quality assurance, reduces time-to-market and development costs, delivers predictable roadmap and vendor stability |
| Easy platform customization, extensibility, and in-depth support | Enables fast response to request for proposals and qualifications, reduces production time to three to six months |
| Remote provisioning and management of CPEs enabled by middleware technologies | Enables operators to continuously extend service offerings and remotely configure and support premises equipment |
| Selection of five affordable middleware modules | Provides development and pricing agility, allows OEMs to license only the technologies they use |
When only a commercial-grade platform will do
Linux has emerged as the platform of choice for residential gateways. But OEMs and operators need both the TTM savings and the business value of a commercial Linux solution.
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