Releases: BroadbandForum/device-data-model
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2026-06-01: TR-181 Issue 2 Amendment 21
Data Model
- Added a CipherList parameter to configure permissible TLS Ciphers
- Added a few more datatypes, sensors and controls to IoT datamodel
- Added AFC Support to native Wi-Fi datamodel
- Added AllowedChannels parameter to Wi-Fi configuration
- Added Boot timing information
- Added certificate and repository provisioning support to Software Modules
- Added command and extended datamodel to support device shutdown
- Added ContentType and ResponseTopic parameters to MQTT Publish() command
- Added CountryCode and DeviceStatus parameters to DeviceInfo
- Added datamodel support for device hardware buttons
- Added Description parameter to network interfaces to allow user-friendly labelling
- Added DNS resolver statistics and resolving strategy configuration
- Added ForceSolicitPolicy parameter to DHCPv6
- Added InterruptRate parameter
- Added Kernel and Process fault information
- Added LastChange parameter to IPv6 RA
- Added MLD and IGMP enablement parameters to Bridge
- Added more commands to handle TLS certificates on the device
- Added more modes to STP configuration
- Added more TLS certificate components for easier reuse
- Added MQTT broker security configuration
- Added network hardware offloading support
- Added NetworkDiagnostic() command to Thread
- Added OnMessage! event to MQTT datamodel
- Added parameter to show available RAM
- Added RegisterTrustPaths parameter to limit which datamodel paths can be registered
- Added signature verification support to Software Modules
- Added solicitation timing parameters to Neighbor Discovery
- Added Status to the DHCPv4 lease information
- Added support for stopping QoS classification rules
- Added support for a list of known SFPs and the ability to disable certain modules
- Added support for controlled LEDs
- Added support for enforced DHCP options
- Added support for IPv6 Network Prefix Translation
- Added support for multiple MQTT Broker processes
- Added support for Software Modules managed locally on the device
- Added support for TUN/TAP interface configuration
- Added support for user HomeDirectory
- Added timestamp for last firmware release and update
- Clarified and harmonized some descriptions in Software Modules
- Clarified use of STA parameters in Data Elements
- Expanded the IEEE1905 data model
- Expanded interface Upstream parameter description with more examples
- Expanded IPSec IKEv2 configuration
- Extended Syslog datamodel with support for Unix domain sockets
- Improved and reworked the IPLayerCapacity test datamodel
- Moved AggregateScanDuration and ScanType to ChannelScan object
- Removed inappropriate character size limitations from lists
- Restructured Device.NeighborDiscovery object
- Unified country code parameters to be always exactly 2 uppercase characters
- Updated MoCA ACA Status with proper enumeration values and descriptions
TR-181 Document
- Added log rotate ToO
- Added MQTT ToO
- Added certificate management ToO
2025-12-01: TR-181 Issue 2 Amendment 20 Corrigendum 1
Data Model
- Fixed Cellular APN type to be compatible with the 5G Data Network Name
- Changed Cellular SIM Location parameter to be read-only
- Added additional bibrefs to PON power safe parameter
- Changed TrustedElement PIN from being a string with maximum size 4 to be a digit-only string with a size between 4 to 8
- Changed TrustedElement Status parameter to be read-only
TR-181 Document
- No changes
2025-11-11: TR-181 Issue 2 Amendment 20
Data Model
- Added support for periodic file uploads via Device.PeriodicFileTransfer.
- Added support for hardware specific information under Device.Hardware.
- Added support for configuring device internal connection monitoring mechanisms and automatic remedies under Device.ConnectionMonitoring.
- Various features allow to specify a Certificate and a CABundle for mutual TLS authentication
- Added support for low and high temperature events in Device.DeviceInfo.TemperatureStatus.TemperatureSensor.{i}.
- Added support for the Wi-Fi Data Elements feature "Wi-Fi Configuration Templates" under Device.WiFi.Templates.
- Added Device.DeviceInfo.Reboots.CurrentBootCycle
- Added peripheral power management for
- Ethernet to Device.Ethernet.Interface.{i}.
- USB to Device.USB.Port.{i}.
- Wi-Fi to Device.WiFi.Radio.{i}.
- Thread to Device.Thread.Radio.{i}.
- XPON to Device.XPON.ONU.{i}.PowerManagement.
- Added USB device state reporting and the ability to configure which USB devices are allowed to connect via the Device.USB.USBHosts.AllowedDevice.{i}. table
- Added Type and Interface parameters to Device.HomePlug.Interface.{i}.
- Marked Wi-Fi commands FullScan(), ChannelScan(), Disassociate(), and BTMRequest() obsoleted
- Added antenna configuration to Device.WiFi.Radio.{i}.
- Added a full WireGuard VPN datamodel under Device.WireGuard.
- Added Device.WiFi.Radio.{i}.Capabilities. tree
- Added MTU parameter to Device.WiFi.SSID.{i}.
- Added IPLayerCapacityIncrementalResult! event to Device.IP.Diagnostics.
- Improved Device.Routing.Router.{i}. support and added Device.Routing.Policy.{i}.
- Added host table cleanup support to Device.Hosts.
- Added Device.DNS.RebindProtection.
- Added Release() command to Device.DHCPv4.Client.{i}. and Device.DHCPv6.Client.{i}.
- Added the configuration of the UPnP IGD service via Device.UPnP.Device.IGD.
- Added FloodLimit and BurstLimit parameters to Device.Firewall.Chain.{i}.Rule.{i}.
- Added support for GetCertificateURI() under Device.Security.Certificate.{i}.
- Added Role configuration to Device.SoftwareModules.ExecutionUnit.{i}.
- Added authentication to UDS MTP via Device.UnixDomainSockets.Authentication.{i}.
- Added interface stack and IP address support to Device.SessionManagement.Session.{i}.
- Added support for Device.IoTCapability.{i}.PulseControl. and Device.IoTCapability.{i}.Binding.{i}.
- Improved descriptions of some parameters with ranged types
- Added support for setting the transport mode in the MQTT Broker configuration
- Miscellaneous spelling corrections and markup improvements
TR-181 Document
- Recreate session management SVG images to match current state
2025-04-23: TR-181 Issue 2 Amendment 19 Corrigendum 1
Data Model
- Fix the order of some datamodel objects in the rendered HTML
- Explain permissions behaviour for Get messages
- Add missing spec attributes, messing up the diffs from future versions
TR-181 Document
- Re-export some SVG images to address rendering artefacts from invalid data
- Adjust the data model paths in the examples to match the recent data model changes
2025-04-10: TR-181 Issue 2 Amendment 19
TR-181 Document
- Improved firewall configuration appendix
- Introduced new 3GPP NAS Theory of Operation appendix
- Deprecated 5G Theory of Operation appendix in favor of the new appendix
Data Model
- Included LinkReadWrite component instead of Link component on all networking interfaces and automatically create most of the Parameters
- Added support for Cellular short message service
- Revamped Device.Cellular.Interface.
- Made previously USP-only Device.CollectionDevice. available to CWMP
- Added note about limited abilities of Device.SoftwareModules. in CWMP
- Addressed some versioning issues in the CWMP specific datamodel
- Added ability to rotate KernelFault and ProcessFault entries
- Added more features to DHCP configuration and Stats for DHCP use
- Added logging support for Firewall in Device.Firewall.Log.{i}.
- Added BlobSensor to IoT
- Added the latest IPLayerCapacity diagnostics features, including authentication, better status and results
- Added more LED control parameters
- Added ALPN support to MQTT
- Added SFP support via Device.SFPs.
- Added SFP support to Device.Optical.Interface.{i}.
- Deprecated Device.PDU.
- Added new 3GPP mobile network session management support via Device.SessionManagement.
- Added Radius security via Device.RadSecProxy.
- Added TLS support to SysLog
- Added support for the Thread protocol via Device.Thread.
- Added support for trusted elements (e.g. mobile SIM) via Device.TrustedElements.
- Added support for Wi-Fi DataElements r4
- Added support for Ethernet advertised link modes
- Changed writeOnceReadOnly Parameters to readOnly in CWMP
- Added support for power monitoring via Device.DeviceInfo.PowerStatus.
- Added selection of IPv4/IPv6 mode to NTP client
- Added new permission system for USP services
- Revamped Bitrate parameters into a component
- Revamped IPVersion parameters into a component
- Revamped DHCP client configuration into components
- Added some missing units to IoT
- Revamped client certificates into a component
- Added support for CA bundles in Device.Security.CABundle.{i}.
- Refactored Device.SoftwareModules. into its own file
- Added Privileged parameter to Device.SoftwareModules.ExecutionUnit.{i}.
- Added Device.Thread.MLE.{i}.AssociatedNode.{i}.Neighbor.{i}.
- Added RegisterTrustPaths parameter in InstallDU() and Update() commands and Device.USPServices.Trust.{i}.
2024-09-04: TR-181 Issue 2 Amendment 18 Corrigendum 1
Data Model
- Fixed newly introduced parameter name from IPv6PassTroughICMPEchoRequest to IPv6PassThroughICMPEchoRequest
- Replaced manual Alias definition by use of component
- Fixed invalid syntax in description of Device.DNS.Client.Server.{i}.Type
2024-07-23: TR-181 Issue 2 Amendment 18
TR-181 Document
- Fixed logical interface table
- Added ToO chapter about network interface MTU
- Manually resized diagrams to look nice
- Updated all generated diagrams
Data Model
- Added more counter types to IoT
- Improved MoCA network state parameter descriptions
- Added new parameter to support VLAN priority
- Added new parameter to indicate the used Ethernet duplex mode
- Improved example Ethernet PHY types by using more commonly used types
- Added new parameter to control the sending of ARP messages on an Ethernet link
- Corrected access type of multiple parameters
- Added new parameters for IP based access control in HTTP access
- Added new parameter to configure the MTU on an Ethernet link
- Added new parameter to link a USPService to an ExecutionUnit providing it
- Extended size of various QoS parameter types from 32 bits to 64 bits types
- Added new parameter to control filtering of ICMPv6 packets
- Changed one more missed parameter from hidden to secured
- Added new parameters to control DHCP retransmission/retry behavior
- Removed some dmr:fixedObject attributes from non-fixed objects
- Added Device.Schedules. mechanism to define time-based schedules for services to use
- Added new parameters indicate the reason for a device reboot
- Added new parameters to configure and check the Ethernet MDIX mode
- Deprecated a decent number of MultiAP commands and parameters due to being supported in DataElements
- Refactored many Interface and Link objects, parameters and commands into components for deduplication
- Refactored and improved the description of the NetworkConfig object
- Replaced outdated DHCPv6 bibref by latest RFC
- Added Reset() command to various interface stats objects
- Promoted some readOnly parameters to readWrite
- Added source and dest port ranges to more firewall objects
- Added success and failure counters to IEEE802.1x supplicant stats
- Added 3GPP-NAS auto configuration type to various enumerations
- Added RemainingLeastTime to port-mapping objects
- Demoted a few readWrite objects to readOnly since they were never meant to be the former
- Added histogram mode to PeriodicSampling mechanism
- Added more informational parameters and ShutdownDelay as well as user configuration to SMM DUs
- Added system capabilities configuration to Users
- Changed parameter type of some Wi-Fi timestamps from string to datetime
- Clarified the credentials allowed usages
- Added UUID, Version, and ExecEnvRef as output arguments to the InstallDU() command
- Adjusted indentation to fix rendering issues
- Added missing Alias keys throughout the data model
- Removed some inappropriate dmr:noUniqueKeys annotations
2024-01-18: TR-181 Issue 2 Amendment 17
TR-181 Document
- Refreshed some data model diagrams
Data Model
- Added new parameters for Multi-flow and Multi-server testing
capability as defined in TR-471 Issue 4 - Updated MoCA data model with MoCA Alliance 2.5 specification
- Added Device.DNS.SD.Advertise object to to allow the configuration of
DNS-SD services that need to be advertised by the device - Added RDNSS and DNSSL options to the Device.RouterAdvertisement.InterfaceSetting.{i}. object
- Added missing parameters from the Data Elements R2.1 specification
- Added the Zone file concept to the Device.DNS. object
- Added DNS caching configurability to the Device.DNS.Relay. object, allowing for control
over the cache settings, added a mechanism to allow the specification of the ingress (LAN side) interface(s)
to be used by the DNS forwarders - Added new InterfaceSetting object to Device.Firewall.
- Added ModuleVersion parameter to InstallDU() and Update() commands
- Added Origin parameter to PinHole, PortMapping and AccesssControl
- Added PhysAddresMask parameter to AccessControl
- Added LeaseDuration and RemainLeaseTime parameters to the DMZ and Pinhole objects
- Added Device.Firewall.ConnectionTracking. object tree to configure ALGs
- Added missing DSL xTU-C and xTU-R parameters to DSL objects
- Added Device.Syslog. object tree to configure a syslog service
- Added Support for password authentication in xPON
- Added MaxNumberOfPortMappings and MaxNumberOfPortTriggers parameters to indicate system limits
- Fixed the access of some UserInterface parameters and objects: Demoted Session and User to read-only, promoted Protocol to read-write
- Fixed the access of a SSH parameter: Promoted AutoDisableDuration to read-write
- Fixed the access of a USPServices parameter: Demoted Protocol to read-only
- Added UDSAgent:1 and UDSController:1 profiles
- Added Device.DeviceInfo.LogRotate.{i}. to setup a log rotation mechanism
- Clarified descriptions of parameters in Device.SoftwareModules.ExecutionUnit.{i}.AutoRestart.
- Added initial support for the 802.11be Wi-Fi 7 standard/mode in various places
- Added OnBoardingComplete parameter to Device.LocalAgent.Controller.{i}.
- Clarified suggested implementation of Device.PeriodicStatistics. concept
- Added support for passing environment variables to software modules
- Removed reference to an incorrect default port requirement from TR-471
- Added EEEStatus parameter to Device.Ethernet.Interface.{i}.
- Extended the key of Device.LocalAgent.Monitor.{i}.OnChange! ChangeSet.{i}.Parameter.{i}. output argument to include ChangeTime
- Added objects and parameters to align with the work-in-progress DataElements R3 specification
- Refactored scheduling related parameters into component for easier reuse and added Active and TimeLeft parameters
- Added Device.SoftwareModules.ExecutionUnit.{i}.NetworkConfig. object and parameters
- Added MaxSupportedDataDownlinkRate, MaxSupportedDataUplinkRate, SNR, and MaxSupportedBandwidth parameters to Device.WiFi.AccessPoint.{i}.AssociatedDevice.{i}.
- Replaced custom coded Order parameter type and descriptions with the new Order datatype and text template
- Changed the default WebSocket port from 5683 to 8443
- Added support for checksum reporting to TransferComplete! event
2023-06-14: TR-181 Issue 2 Amendment 16
TR-181 Document
- Refreshed all diagrams
- Added ToO appendix for logical interfaces concept
- Extended advanced firewall appendix
- Updated Wi-Fi theory of operation
Data Model
- Added Device.LocalAgent.Subscription.{i}.TriggerAction parameter to
control the notification behavior - Added SecuredRoles concept to the USP-specific ControllerTrust
- Turned a number of "hidden" parameters into "secured" parameters to
allow USP Controllers with a secure role to read parameter values - Added a few parameters to Device.Bridging.Bridge. and sub-objects to
allow better control over bridges and STP behavior - Made unique key type (functional vs non-functional) explicit rather
than defaulting, and fixed incorrect choices - Added ability to configure exclusions from BulkData reports
- Added Device.DeviceInfo.HostName parameter
- Unified description of Interface parameters
- Updated status according to our deprecation policy
- Extended some incorrect type restrictions
- Fixed/unified some units and their use in the description
- Added SupportedLinkModes parameter to ethernet interfaces
- Clarified the Device.Firewall. object and added support for
firewall features DMZ, Services, Pinholing and Policies. Also added
support for additional classifiers - Introduced Device.GatewayInfo. into USP
- Extended the type of a few counters from unsignedInt to StatsCounter64
- Added new IPLayerCapacityDiagnostic parameters/arguments from the
TR-471i3 document - Added UDS (Unix Domain Socket) MTP and Device.UnixDomainSockets. objects
for internal services - Added Device.Logical. sub-tree to allow for definition of logical network
interfaces - Added Device.NAT.PortTrigger.
- Added USP notification mechanism to Device.PeriodicStatistics.
- Improved PPP LCPEcho description and added LCPEchoAdaptive parameter
- Vastly extended Device.QoS. features by adding Queues, Shapers and Schedulers
- Added new parameters to Device.Routing. and sub-objects to add more routing
features - Vastly extended SMM (Software Module Management) capabilities with support for
ApplicationData, HostObject, ExecEnvClass and AutoRestart - Added Device.SSH. to configure an SSH service
- Extended Device.Time. with support for NTP client and server configuration
- Added Device.UserInterface.HTTPAccess. to allow for local UI access control
- Added USP-specific Device.LocalAgent.Monitor. object to allow for efficient
tracking of parameter value changes - Added support for Device.USPServices. to manage internal services via USP
- Added Device.XPON. to model xPON interfaces
- Applied cleanup for Wi-Fi objects/parameters to line up with Wi-Fi Alliance
documents - Removed activeNotify="canDeny" attributes from some parameters
- Added PeriodicStatsAdv:2 and MQTTController:2 profiles
- Added USPServiceRef parameters to MTP referencing a service using it
- Disambiguated NTP vs. SNTP protocols
- Expanded/unified descriptions of parameters used for retries
2022-01-27: TR-181 Issue 2 Amendment 15
- Converted the document to markdown and extended the Wi-Fi Theory of Operation
- Split the XML into multiple smaller files (this is just housekeeping; it
doesn't affect how the model is used) - Added Device.USPAgent to the CWMP model to allow a CWMP ACS to configure a
device for USP communications - Allowed USP to access the EnableCWMP parameter (so a USP Controller can
enable/disable CWMP access) - Added Device.Routing.Babel for the RFC 8966 Babel routing protocol
- Added Device.DOCSIS for modeling DOCSIS 3.0 and 3.1 interfaces
- Added Device.Users.Group, Device.Users.Role and Device.Users.SupportedShell
tables for modeling system users - Improved the Wi-Fi data model by adding Data Elements R2 parameters,
commands and events, moving MultiAP parameters and commands into the Data
Elements structure, and by deprecating AIFSN, ECWMin, ECWMax and TxOpMax - Clarified the LockoutPeriod and Retries ControllerTrust parameters that
impact how the RequestChallenge() and ChallengeResponse() data model
commands handle failed attempts - Clarified bulk data profile, threshold and periodic statistics USP
Controller permissions: only the USP Controller that created the profile
will receive the corresponding events - Added a bulk data profile ForceCollection() command
- Added support for a new bulk data collection mechanism that utilizes MQTT
as the transport protocol - Removed old bulk data collection protocols (Streaming and File) from the USP
data model (they don't apply to USP) - Updated the IPLayerCapacity() test to support TR-472 Issue 2
- Added an enumeration to indicate when a Boot! event was due to a factory
reset - Added an enumeration to distinguish encrypted and unencrypted USP MQTT
WebSocket connections - Added an Order parameter to provide guidance to USP Agents on which MTP to
use when communicating with a Controller - Clarified that Device.Optical is intended for generic optical interfaces
and is not intended to model anything specific to IEEE or ITU-T PON
technologies (objects specific to such technologies may be added in future
versions of the data model) - Clarified the meaning and usage of the Device.Ethernet.Interface and
Device.Ethernet.Link objects (also allowed the Ethernet Link MACAddress
parameter to be written) - Improved (and made more consistent) the marking of (and explanation of)
deprecated items, and how such items should progress from being deprecated
to obsoleted to deleted - Added a Baseline:4 profile that doesn't include Device.LANConfigSecurity
(it relates to the now-deprecated TR-064 LAN management protocol) - Many minor improvements to object, parameter, command and event descriptions
- Replaced the non-standard dmr:version attribute with the version attribute
(which supports three levels of version) - Switched to DMR (data model report) schema v1.0, which supports multi-line
paragraphs, and wrapped all lines to 80 characters maximum