RDK Reference Platform Release - 2019 M12

Version: 1.0
31st December 2019


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Contents


Introduction



This Release Notes document details on the delivery version 2019 M12 for the RDK Reference Platform to the RDK Community

  1. Release Feature Information
  2. Software and Hardware requirements to build
  3. Known limitations
  4. Updated Platform Tickets

Release Information



Below are the list of release features supporting R-Pi platform and Emulator.


Si.NoFeatureDeviceProfileRemarksTickets
1Backup and Restore Feature in RDKB RpiRPIBroadband
  • This feature is enhanced with security addition in a way that user can able to store the settings in encrypted format using key input and same key should be used to restore the settings through WeBUI Interface

REFPLTB-301

2Band Steering Support in RPIRPIBroadband
  • This feature will allow the wifi clients with dual band support (2.4GHz and 5GHz) to have better connectivity. Band steering functionality running in RPi will change SSID information for dual bands to accomplish this feature.
REFPLTB-432
3Restructuring of all wifi hal api's with support of dynamic hostapd changes in RPIRPIBroadband
  • This support will bring the enhancements in accessing wifi parameters on RPI Platform. By bypassing hostapd restart  for every change of wifi parameters and including dynamic hostapd change support, RPI based system is performing better without time out failure
REFPLTB-477
4IPv6 functionality is broken for RDKB Raspberry-piRPIBroadband
  • This change will support Ipv6 functionality in RPI which uses dibbler server and client
REFPLTB-483 (Sub-task of REFPTLTB-247)
5RDK-B WiFi Extender: Reference Implementation on Turris Omnia Turris OmniaBroadband
  • Manifest files added for extender profile Turris platform
6Community, TDK TicketsRPI and EmulatorBroadband
  • Pushed to rdk-next for RDKB RPI and RDKB EMU

REFPLTB-445 REFPLTB-304

REFPLTB-421 REFPLTB-401

REFPLTB-437 REFPLTB-395

REFPLTB-452 REFPLTB-7

REFPLTB-310 REFPLTB-355

REFPLTB-459 REFPLTB-461

REFPLTB-464 REFPLTB-471

REFPLTB-481

7Community, TDK TicketsRPI and EmulatorVideo
  • Pushed to rdk-next for RDKB RPI and RDKB EMU
REFPLTV-378

Hardware and Software Requirements


Supported software and hardware

  • Preferred 2.4GHZ WIFI adapter for Emulator: Tenda 150Mbps Wireless PICO USB Adapter with RT5370 chipset (W311MI) (or)
    Preferred 2.4GHZ WIFI adapter for Emulator:  TP-Link AC1200 Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter (Archer T4U)
  • Preferred 5GHZ WIFI adapter for Emulator/RPI:  TP-Link AC1200 Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter (Archer T4U)
  • Preferred xfinity-wifi 2.4GHZ WIFI adapter for RPI:  TP-LINK TL-WN823N 300Mbps Mini Wireless N USB Adapter
  • New dongle - Ultra-fast 1300 (867+400) mbps wireless speed with 802.11ac
  • XCONF server - CMF
  • USB to Ethernet
  • Desktop PCs
  • 8 GB SD-Card

Known Issues and Limitations


Backup and Restore Support in RDKB RPI

Please refer to Design and user manual for limitations and issues

Band Steering Support in RDKB RPI

Please refer to Design and user manual for limitations and issues

Project Documentation


Below are the list of supporting documents that are part of release


1User Feature Manual

The user manual consists of procedure to test the particular feature

2Feature Design Approach DocAn high level design document which explains the design flow of each and every feature
3System Test Plan ResultsThis document contains multiple test cases and test results which are captured after test execution
4Release NotesRelease Notes -This document
5Requirement Traceability TableThis document tracks the requirement/feature from end to end (For Eg: from design,coding,testing,documentation are tracked for an particular feature. This enables the user to have a quick references of a particular feature


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