FLEXCM - A Component Model for Adaptive Embedded Systems
COMPSAC '07 Proceedings of the 31st Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference - Volume 01
An OSGi middleware for mobile digital TV applications
Mobility '07 Proceedings of the 4th international conference on mobile technology, applications, and systems and the 1st international symposium on Computer human interaction in mobile technology
Collaboration of Set-Top Box and Residential Gateway Platforms
IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics
A wrapper and broker model for collaboration between a set-top box and home service gateway
IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics
A home automation proposal built on the Ginga digital TV middleware and the OSGi framework
IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics
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The currently adopted specifications for Digital Television (DTV) middleware do not define the internal characteristics of their architecture. As a result, the existing middleware implementations are not as flexible, extensible and adaptable as they should be due to the adoption of a closely-coupled architecture. This paper proposes a modular architecture for DTV middleware, which allows easy extension and updating, providing a simple way to add new features to the middleware. This architecture is based on the OSGi framework and its software components, called bundles. A categorization of these bundles was proposed, based on different usage scenarios that were identified, according to industry time-to-market and innovation needs. Prototypes of the architecture and of bundles have been implemented, and tests performed with these prototypes show the feasibility of this approach.