OSGI ARCHITECTURE

OSGi is creating a new technical specification that is based on open standards and includes mechanisms for downloading of software from service providers, managing in- home application development cycles, security, remote management, and access to devices that are attached to the residential gateway.

To understand a complete end-to-end OSGi architecture model, you first need to be familiar with the model's main components:

  • Services gateway

  • Service provider

  • Service aggregator

  • Gateway operator

  • Wide area network (WAN) and carrier/ISP

  • Local devices and networks

The relationships between these entities are shown diagrammatically in Figure 17.1.

Services Gateway

The central component of the OSGi end-to-end architecture is the open services ...

Get Essential Guide to Home Networking Technologies, The now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.