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`Understanding Universal Plug and Play
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`Abstract
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`This paper provides an overview of Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) and how it works. Included are
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`scenarios where UPnP improves the overall networking experience by automatically connecting and
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`controlling various types of devices. Additional detail is given on the components of, and protocols and
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`procedures used in UPnP, focusing on how existing standard protocols are used to build UPnP devices.
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`We will then point to where more information can be found to further your knowledge of UPnP.
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`The information contained in this document represents the current
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`Contents
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`Introduction.............................................................................................. 1
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`What is UPnP?
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`Who Defines UPnP?
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`UPnP Opens Up a World of Possibilities
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`Some UPnP Scenarios:
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`The New Printer
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`Out of Storage Space Again
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`“It’s always freezing when I wake up!”
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`The Master Switch:
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`Synchronize Your Clocks:
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`Vacation Mode
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`Home theater mode:
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`Take Me Out to the Ball Game
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`Family Togetherness
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`The Well Connected Home
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`Networking Media for UPnP
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`Protocols Used by UPnP
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`The Responsibilities of UPnP
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`The UPnP Protocol Stack
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`Steps Involved in UPnP Networking
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`Addressing
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`Discovery
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`In Summary:
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`An Example UPnP Network
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`The Story Begins
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`Device Addressing
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`Discovery - Advertisement
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`Discovery - Search
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`Description
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`Introduction
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`What is UPnP?
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`With the addition of Device Plug and Play (PnP) capabilities to the operating
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`to a PC. Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) extends this simplicity to include the
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`entire network, enabling discovery and control of devices, including networked
`devices and services, such as network-attached printers, Internet gateways,
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`and consumer electronics equipment.
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`UPnP is more than just a simple extension of the Plug and Play peripheral
`model. It is designed to support zero-configuration, "invisible" networking, and
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`automatic discovery for a breadth of device categories from a wide range of
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`vendors.
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`With UPnP, a device can dynamically join a network, obtain an IP address,
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`convey its capabilities, and learn about the presence and capabilities of other
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`devices—all automatically; truly enabling zero configuration networks. Devices
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`enabling peer to peer networking.
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`The varieties of device types that can benefit from a UPnP enabled network are
`large and include intelligent appliances, wireless devices, and PCs of all form
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`The scope of UPnP is large enough to encompass many existing, as well as
`new and exciting scenarios including home automation, printing and imaging,
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`audio/video entertainment, kitchen appliances, automobile networks, and
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`proximity networks in public venues.
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`UPnP uses standard TCP/IP and Internet protocols, enabling it to seamlessly fit
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`into existing networks. Using these standardized protocols allows UPnP to
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`benefit from a wealth of experience and knowledge, and makes interoperability
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`Because UPnP is a distributed, open network architecture, defined by the
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`protocols used, it is independent of any particular operating system,
`programming language, or physical medium (just like the Internet). UPnP does
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`not specify the APIs applications will use, allowing operating system vendors to
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`create the APIs that will meet their customer needs.
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`Who Defines UPnP?
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`The Universal Plug and Play Forum defines UPnP Device and Service
`Descriptions (originally called Device Control Protocols or DCPs) according to a
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`common device architecture contributed by Microsoft. The Universal Plug and
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`Play Forum is a group of companies and individuals across the industry that
`intend to play a leading role in the authoring of specifications for UPnP devices
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`and services. Formed on October 18, 1999, it is an association of more than
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`200 vendors who are industry leaders in consumer electronics, computing,
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`mobile devices.
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`The goals of the Forum are to enable the emergence of easily connected
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`devices and to simplify the implementation of networks in the home and
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`corporate environments. The Forum will achieve this by defining and publishing
`UPnP device and service descriptions built on open, Internet-based
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`communication standards.
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`The Forum's web site, http://upnp.org/, is the central repository for schema that
`has been developed and standardized by the Forum. In addition, the site
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`includes the device architecture document, templates for device and service
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`descriptions, and guidelines for device and service description design.
`UPnP.org also distributes information about the Forum's activities and
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`UPnP Opens Up a World of Possibilities
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`There are many ways automatic discovery and control of devices can make life
`easier and better. The advent of UPnP is opening up new possibilities and uses
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`every day. I dare say that the explosion of possibilities has not been matched
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`since the advent of the computer network. The scenarios seem to be nearly
`endless. I have included just a few of many ideas in this section.
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`Some UPnP Scenarios:
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`The New Printer
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`If I were to come home today with a new printer to use on my home network, I’d
`have to take several steps to make sure that the printer could be used by all of
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`the PCs on the network, let alone available to any other device that may have a
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`need to print.
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`For example, I would need to connect the printer to an existing PC, load the
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`device driver, share the printer on the network, then go to each of the other
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`PCs on the network and connect to that shared printer.
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`Wouldn’t it be nice to simply plug the printer into any available network port, be
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`it phone line, power line, or Ethernet, and have the printer immediately
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`available to all devices and users of the network?
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`Out of Storage Space Again
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`I am, ever so often and with increasing frequency, running out of storage space
`on my PC. I suppose this has something to do with the large number of digital
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`pictures and movies I take, or possibly because I’ve made a valiant effort to
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`catalog my entire CD collection as Windows Media™ files, but I don’t see the
`situation getting any better soon.
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`Although the prices for secondary storage have decreased dramatically, the
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`pain of adding a hard drive to one of my systems has only improved marginally
`through device Plug and Play. Worse yet is trying to figure out how to take
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`those home movies, pictures, and sounds across the country when I go to visit
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`my family on holidays.
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`Suppose I had a high speed, high capacity, mobile data store that was UpnP-
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`enabled. Perhaps this device connected directly to an Ethernet or phone line
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`network. Or—to enable streaming of my home movies—the device could be
`connected to the high speed IEEE 1394 bus with the rest of my entertainment
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`system. Wherever I plug in this device, all other devices on the network
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`(including those that produce or display media) immediately know of its
`availability.
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`Won’t my family be pleased when I visit them with seemingly endless home
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`New, portable devices aren’t limited to storage or printers, but could include
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`many other devices including cameras, MP3 players, scanners, MIDI devices,
`remote controls, TVs and video devices; the list is seemingly endless.
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` “It’s always freezing when I wake up!”
`You’re in bed, about to go to sleep and tomorrow is Saturday. Your alarm clock
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`usually wakes you up at 7 A.M., but tomorrow you want to sleep in. You need to
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`be awakened by an alarm, but 9 A.M. seems like a much better time. So you
`set the alarm to 9 A.M. instead of 7 A.M.
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`Since you have a UPnP alarm clock, life is good. You have a script running on
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`your Windows®-based PC that is waiting for an alarm notification from the
`alarm clock. As soon as this happens, it instructs the timer on the HVAC device
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`to set the wake time to the same as the alarm clock time.
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`Now, your heat will turn on early enough so that you won’t freeze when you get
`out of bed! With an intelligent HVAC system, many other features could be
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`added beyond what the programmable thermostats of today provide. This could
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`include enabling the system when sensors detect people, and remote control of
`the system over the Internet.
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`If your alarm clock had access to your schedule information, it could warn you if
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`you choose to wake up after a meeting was scheduled. In other words, if you
`have a meeting at 9 A.M., and try to set your alarm for 9 A.M., it could warn you
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`that you really ought to get up at 8 A.M. to be able to make it to work by 9.
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`The Master Switch:
`You come home from a hard day’s work and walk in your front door. You flip a
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`wall switch, which, to most of us, just turns on the light in the foyer. With UPnP,
`this switch is much more than that. This switch is simply a UPnP service whose
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`state is defined by a variable called “Position.” When you flip the switch,
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`“Position” changes to “On” and a script running on your Windows-based PC
`goes into action.
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`The script gets the notification that the position of the master switch has
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`changed to “on”. It then does the following:
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` The heat turns on to your preset temperature.
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` The answering machine starts playing new messages.
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` Your stereo system turns on and is set to your favorite classical
`station, and the volume is set for ambient level.
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` The window blinds raise, but only if it’s after sunset (sunrise/sunset
`data is easily obtainable from the Internet).
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` Optionally, the TV is turned on and set to the news station, with the
`sound off and the closed captioning turned on.
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`Similarly, when you flip the switch to the “off” position, the reverse occurs:
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` The heat turns off (or is set at a lower temperature).
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` The stereo is turned off.
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` The TV is turned off.
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` The window blinds lower for privacy.
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` All of the lights in the house are turned off.
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`Synchronize Your Clocks:
`It happens all the time. The power goes out for a couple of hours, and every
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`clock in your home is blinking 12:00. Going through the whole house to set
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`them is annoying and time consuming.
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`Enter UPnP. A script running on your Windows-based PC periodically
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`synchronizes all the clocks in the house to the atomic clock in Colorado. The
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`script looks for all clock services on the network, regardless of the device. It
`then simply iterates through each service, and sets the time to the value it
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`obtained from the atomic clock over the Internet.
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`This script can be running as a task that recurs every night at midnight. It can
`be manually run after the power comes back on to reset each clock.
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`Vacation Mode
`If you were going to be away from your home for an extended period of time, a
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`simple switch to put your home into “vacation” mode would be very useful. A
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`“vacation mode” application could be run on your PC, which would do the
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` Periodically turn on and off the lights, and even the TV or stereo, in a
`seemingly random pattern (security).
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` Turn the water heater down or off (energy savings).
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` Turn the heat down or off (energy savings).
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` Lower the blinds (security).
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` Turn off all alarm clocks in the house (energy savings).
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` Set the VCR to record all of your favorite shows for the time that you
`are away (convenience).
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`Until the post-office can be UPnP-enabled, you’ll have to stop the mail
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`Home theater mode:
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`When it’s time to watch your favorite movie, a single script can automate the
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` The TV is turned on to the proper channel (i.e. channel 3).
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` The DVD player is turned on.
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` The stereo is turned on to the Video mode, and the volume is turned
`up to theater levels.
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` The lights in the house turn off, except for the living room where they
`dim slightly.
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` The DVD is played.
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`Take Me Out to the Ball Game
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`Suppose you take your wireless Pocket PC or laptop to the ball game with you.
`As you travel to or from the game, the device is used in the car to pick up traffic
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`information or roadside service information. This information can then be used
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`to avoid congestion as much as possible, to pick up food and gas, or—if you
`decided to go at the last minute—to order your tickets and have them waiting at
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`the Will Call booth for you when you arrive.
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`When you get to the game, your device detects the stadium network and you
`can automatically sync up to the announcer commentary, order food and
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`souvenirs and track player statistics.
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`Your buddy list could be searched for any acquaintances that might also have
`left work early to see the game, and you could chat with them about the
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`particulars of this call or that, even though they ended up in the “cheap seats.”
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`The types of capabilities this scenario describes could easily apply to other
`events and recreational activities.
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`Family Togetherness
`The entire family has their own personal calendars that they manage with their
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`PDAs, cell phone, office or home PCs that are all UPnP-enabled. The
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`integrated family calendar and the personal calendars are on the home network
`server.
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`Each calendar is a UPnP service that can be seen by any member of the family
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`as well as other enabled services. Because the PDAs connect to the wireless
`home network when they are at home and synchronize the calendar, every
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`member of the family leaves for the day with everyone else’s calendar
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`The PDAs can re-synchronize with the home server via cell or direct Internet
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`connections. While at work, mom realizes she needs to stay late for a meeting
`and will not have time to shop for and cook dinner. She uses the PDA and cell
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`phone to send the grocery list to her favorite store for filling. She then sends all
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`her family members an e-mail update to the family calendar that informs them
`she will be late. She tells her teenage son to pickup the groceries and start
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`dinner.
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`Dad checks the family schedule and realizes his son may need help getting all
`the groceries home and making dinner in time for them to attend a basketball
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`game, so he goes to the grocery store to pickup his son and heads home to
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`make dinner.
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`The Well Connected Home
`It is easy to consider a home in which UPnP makes life easier or richer for
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`many of the day-to-day tasks. Kitchen appliances could be connected to a
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`power line network to form a home network. Information for each of the
`appliances, such as model, make, and serial number, could be accessed from
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`many locations and retrieved for service calls. A URL for the manufacturer and
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`manual could be accessed for anyone who wants to repair appliances on their
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`Some appliances could be remotely controlled to be turned on or off, have their
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`temperature controlled, or even signal the need for maintenance when they
`detect an abnormality. Many things would be made possible through remote
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`control, including remotely closing the garage door, remotely checking on a
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`baby in day-care or at home, and remotely programming a VCR to record a TV
`program you would otherwise miss.
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`You could have a kitchen tablet on which you could make online product
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`selections as you peruse your cupboards to see what’s missing. An attached
`bar code scanner might make making lists easier. This device would have
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`automatic access to the home network and Internet using UPnP.
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`The entire home security system could be connected to the UPnP network
`enabling you to be notified of a breach wherever you may be through the
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`Internet. Sensors in each room to detect your presence could allow music, the
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`baby monitor or video streams to follow you as you roam through the house
`performing those mundane household duties.
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`You’re at work. You walk into a conference room where you are scheduled to
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`present your latest proposal. Your wireless-enabled laptop immediately
`recognizes the devices available in the room and connects to the display device
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`so that your PowerPoint presentation can be displayed. Perhaps you can keep
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`the other wireless attendees from reading email while you talk by displaying the
`presentation on their laptops also.
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`Devices, Services and Control Points
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`The basic building blocks of a UPnP network are devices, services and control
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`Figure 4: UPnP Control Points, Devices, and Services
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`Devices
`A UPnP device is a container of services and nested devices. For instance, a
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`VCR device may consist of a tape transport service, a tuner service, and a
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`clock service. A TV/VCR combo device would consist not just of services, but a
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`nested device as well.
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`Different categories of UPnP devices will be associated with different sets of
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`services and embedded devices. For instance, services within a VCR will be
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`different than those within a printer. Consequently, different working groups will
`standardize on the set of services that a particular device type will provide. All
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`of this information is captured in an XML device description document that the
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`device must host. In addition to the set of services, the device description also
`lists the properties (such as device name and icons) associated with the device.
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`Services
`The smallest unit of control in a UPnP network is a service. A service exposes
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`actions and models its state with state variables. For instance, a clock service
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`could be modeled as having a state variable, current_time, which defines the
`state of the clock, and two actions, set_time and get_time, which allow you to
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`control the service. Similar to the device description, this information is part of
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`an XML service description standardized by the UPnP forum. A pointer (URL)
`to these service descriptions is contained within the device description
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`document. Devices may contain multiple services.
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`A service in a UPnP device consists of a state table, a control server and an
`event server. The state table models the state of the service through state
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`variables and updates them when the state changes. The control server
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`receives action requests (such as set_time), executes them, updates the state
`table and returns responses. The event server publishes events to interested
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`subscribers anytime the state of the service changes. For instance, the fire
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`alarm service would send an event to interested subscribers when its state
`changes to “ringing.”
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`Control Points
`A control point in a UPnP network is a controller capable of discovering and
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`controlling other devices. After discovery, a control point could:
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` Retrieve the device description and get a list of associated services.
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` Retrieve service descriptions for interesting services.
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`Invoke actions to control the service.
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` Subscribe to the service’s event source. Anytime the state of the
`service changes, the event server will send an event to the control
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`point.
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`It is expected that devices will incorporate control point functionality (and vice-
`versa) to enable true peer-to-peer networking.
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`UPnP leverages the standard IP protocol suite to remain network media
`agnostic. Devices on a UPnP network can be connected using any
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`communications media including Radio Frequency (RF, wireless), phone line,
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`power line, IrDA, Ethernet, and IEEE 1394. In other words, any medium that
`can be used to network devices together can enable UPnP. The only concern
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`might be that the media being used supports the bandwidth required for the
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`intended use.
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`UPnP uses open, standard protocols such as TCP/IP, HTTP and XML.
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`However, other technologies could be used to network devices together for
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`many reasons, including cost, technology requirements, or legacy support.
`These include networking technologies like HAVi, CeBus, LonWorks, EIB, or
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`X10. These too can participate in the UPnP network through a UPnP bridge or
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`proxy. A UPnP network containing bridged devices might look like the figure
`below.
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`Figure 2 A Bridged UPnP Network
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`Protocols Used by UPnP
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`UPnP leverages many existing, standard protocols. Using these standardized
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`protocols aids in ensuring interoperability between vendor implementations.
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`Control Point
`(Pocket PC)
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`Control Point
`(Remote Control)
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`IP Network
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`Native Device
`(UPnP VCR)
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`UPnP Bridge
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`Lightweight Device
`(LonWorks Thermostat)
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`Native Device
`(UPnP Alarm Clock)
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`Non-IP Bus/Networks
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`Non-UPnP Device
`(X-10 Light)
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`The protocols used to implement UPnP are found in use on the Internet and on
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`local area networks everywhere. This prevalence ensures that there is a large
`pool of people knowledgeable in implementing and deploying solutions based
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`on these protocols. Since the same protocols are already in use, little would
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`need to be done to make UPnP devices work in an existing networked
`environment.
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`Some of the protocols used to implement UPnP are summarized in the rest of
`this section.
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`Figure 3: The UPnP Protocol Stack
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`UPnP Specific Protocols
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`UPnP vendors, UPnP Forum Working Committees and the UPnP Device
`Architecture document define the highest layer protocols used to implement
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`UPnP. Based on the device architecture, the working committees define
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`information global to specific device types such as VCRs, HVAC systems,
`dishwashers, and other appliances. Subsequently, UPnP Device Vendors
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`define the data specific to their devices such as the model name, URL, etc.
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`UPnP Vendor Defined
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`UPnP Forum Working Committee Defined
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`UPnP Device Architecture Defined
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`SSDP
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`HTTPMU
`(Discovery)
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`GENA
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`SSDP
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`HTTPU
`(Discovery)
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`SOAP
`(Control)
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`HTTP
`(Description)
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`HTTP
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`GENA
`(Events)
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`UDP
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`TCP
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`IP
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`TCP/IP
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`The TCP/IP networking protocol stack serves as the base on which the rest of
`the UPnP protocols are built. By using the standard, prevalent TCP/IP protocol
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`suite, UPnP leverages the protocol’s ability to span different physical media and
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`ensures multiple vendor interoperability.
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`UPnP devices can use many of the protocols in the TCP/IP stack including
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`TCP, UDP, IGMP, ARP and IP as well as TCP/IP services such as DHCP and
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`DNS. How these protocols and services are used to provide what is required for
`UPnP to work will become clear as we discuss the other protocols in this
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`section and discuss how UPnP works in subsequent sections.
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`Since TCP/IP is one of the most ubiquitous networking protocols, locating or
`creating an implementation for a UPnP device that is tuned for footprint and/or
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`performance is relatively easy.
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`A basic understanding of the TCP/IP protocol suite and services is assumed in
`this document. More information on TCP/IP can be found in the references
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`listed at the end of this document.
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`HTTP, HTTPU, HTTPMU
`TCP/IP provides the base protocol stack to provide network connectivity
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`between UPnP devices. HTTP, which is hugely responsible for the success of
`the Internet, is also a core part of UPnP. All aspects of UPnP build on top of
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`HTTP or its variants.
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`HTTPU (and HTTPMU) are variants of HTTP defined to deliver messages on
`top of UDP/IP instead of TCP/IP. These protocols are used by SSDP,
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`described next. The basic message formats used by these protocols adheres
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`with that of HTTP and is required both for multicast communication and when
`message delivery does not require the overhead associated with reliability.
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`Some of the explanations of higher-level protocols and the workings of UPnP
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`assume a basic knowledge of the HTTP protocol. More information on HTTP
`can be found through the references listed at the end of this document.
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`SSDP
`Simple Service Discovery Protocol (SSDP), as the name implies, defines how
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`network services can be discovered on the network. SSDP is built on HTTPU
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`and HTTPMU and defines methods both for a control point to locate resources
`of interest on the network, and for devices to announce their availability on the
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`network. By defining the use of both search requests and presence
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`announcements, SSDP eliminates the overhead that would be necessary if only
`one of these mechanisms is used. As a result, every control point on the
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`network has complete information on network state while keeping network
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`traffic low.
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`Both control points and devices use SSDP. A UPnP control point, upon booting
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`up, can send an SSDP search request (over HTTPMU), to discover devices
`and services that are available on the network. The control point can refine the
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`search to find only devices of a particular type(such as a VCR), particular
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`services (such as devices with clock services) or even a particular device.
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`UPnP devices listen to the multicast port. Upon receiving a search request, the
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`device examines the search criteria to determine if they match. If a match is
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`found, a unicast SSDP (over HTTPU) response is sent to the control point.
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`Similarly, a device, upon being plugged into the network, will send out multiple
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`SSDP presence announcements advertising the services it supports.
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`Both presence announcements and unicast device response messages contain
`a pointer to the location of the device description document, which has
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`information on the set of properties and services supported by the device.
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`In addition to the discovery capabilities provided, SSDP also provides a way for
`a device and associated service(s) to gracefully leave the network (bye-bye
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`notification) and includes cache timeouts to purge stale information for self
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`healing.
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`GENA
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`Generic Event Notification Architecture (GENA) was defined to provide the
`ability to send and receive notifications using HTTP over TCP/IP and multicast
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`UDP. GENA also defines the concepts of subscribers and publishers of
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`notifications to enable events.
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`GENA formats are used in UPnP to create the presence announcements to be
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`sent using Simple Service Discovery Protocol (SSDP) and to provide the ability
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`to signal changes in service state for UPnP eventing. A control point interested
`in receiving event notifications will subscribe to an event source by sending a
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`request that includes the service of interest, a location to send the events to
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`and a subscription time for the event notification.
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`The subscription must be renewed periodically to continue to receive
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`notifications, and can also be canceled using GENA.
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`SOAP
`Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) defines the use of Extensible Markup
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`Language (XML) and HTTP to execute remote procedure calls. It is becoming
`the standard for RPC based communication over the Internet. By making use of
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`the Internet’s existing infrastructure, it can work effectively with firewalls and
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`proxies. SOAP can also make use of Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) for security
`and use HTTP’s connection management facilities, thereby making distributed
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`communication over the Internet as easy as accessing web pages.
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`Much like a remote procedure call, UPnP uses SOAP to deliver co