Release Notes - 2020 - M3
RDK Reference Platform (RFP)


Version: 1.1
31st March 2020


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Revision History

Release No.

Date

Revision Description

1.0

02 Mar 2020

Updated Release Information , Release Identification for 2020 M2 Release

Updated Features supported for this sprint and Community tickets addressed

1.1

31 Mar 2020

Updated Release Information , Release Identification for 2020 M3 Release

Updated Features supported for this sprint and Community tickets addressed

Updated Known Issues and Limitations

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Contents


Introduction



This Release Notes document details on the delivery version 2020 M3 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.


S.NoFeatureDeviceProfileRemarksTickets
1Band Steering Design Approach - R-PiR-PiRDKB
  • Steering support added based on RSSI Threshold for client devices which support both 2.4GHz and 5GHz
  • Added WiFi Hal Functions 
    • wifi_setBandSteeringEnable
    • wifi_getBandSteeringEnable
    • wifi_getBandSteeringCapability
  • Made modification in CcspWiFiAgent Component
    • Compilation flag added to support Band Steering Feature for Band steering calls under R-Pi Platform
  • System Testing performed with 19 test cases

REFPLTB-432

2Wi-Fi Spectrum Analyzer Support in EmulatorEmulator - X86RDKB
  • WiFi Spectrum Analyzer feature provides the real time metrics for the WiFi radio spectrum
    • Integrated wifi-spectrum analyzer php , ajax files to view the UI page in Browser.
    • Added new php and ajax files are wifi_spectrum_analyzer.php, spectrum_analyzer_download.php,at_saving.php, ajax_wifi_spectrum_analyzer.php,ajax_at_saving.php
    • Added Troubleshooting > Wi-Fi Spectrum Analyzer page in WebUI
    • Implemented wifi_getNeighboringWiFiDiagnosticResult2() api's in wifi hal layer
    • System Testing Performed with 9 Test Cases

REFPLTB-553

3Bring WebPA support for Turris OmniaTurris OmniaRDKB
  • Turris Omnia Platform supported with WebPA Based Remote Management and performed Get/Set operations using WebPA Server
    • Added parodus service and parodus_start script files under meta-turris layer
    • Added parodus.bbappend file to include added files and install under /lib/rdk and system folder
    • Established communication with WebPA Server by providing respective URL in parodus_start.sh file
    • System Testing performed with 19 Test Cases
4Synchronization of RDKB (WebUI) changes(update of SSID name) in Plume NOCTurris OmniaRDKBTBD - Rajakumaran/Mani

REFPLTB-549

5Integration of Firmware Control Plugin for RPIR-Pi RDKV
  • Firmware Control Plugin will provide support to device for changing the firmware running in device switching between two memory partitions
    • Added Support to auto create second memory partition  in SD-Card for memory bank switching
    • Parameter validation while upgrade request reached
    • Loop mounting of firmware image, extract and copy the content to passive bank and make as active
    • Auto reboot after flashing completed
    • System Testing Performed 
TS-27
6Voice Plugin support in Thunder R-PiR-PiRDKV
  • Voice control support using Tech 4 Home remote on RDKV 4.0 R-Pi . Voice command from remote is transferred to RPI board  via bluetooth and is processed by Voice plugin
    • Demo Video added explains use of this feature

TS-31

7Yocto 3.1 Migration on RDKV R-PiR-PiRDKVTBD - Supreeth


REFPLTV-404

Hardware and Software Requirements


Supported software and hardware

Known Issues and Limitations



Project Documentation


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


1High Level Design
2User Manual
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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