ETSI TS 102 542-4 cannot be considered as a complete specification for or description of the Remote Management and Firmware Update System specified by DVB, it is created to provide guidance to be used in conjunction with the specification (ETSI TS 102 824 [2]) in association with ETSI TS 102 034 [1].

The present document includes:

• Some description of the system reference model, including the interfaces is introduced in clause 4.
• The "operational" relationship between the DVB IPTV, DVB RMS-FUS and the Broadband Forum remote management specifications (ETSI TS 102 034 [1], and ETSI TS 102 824 [2] and TR-069 [7]) is shown in clause 5 of the present document.
• The description of the RMS and FUS usage models is given in clause 6 of the present document.
• Clauses 7, 8 and 9 of the present document provide some information on the components of the solution.
• Clauses 10, 11 and 12 of the present document contain guidelines for implementation of the RMS-FUS, arranged in an order intended to reflect actual usage scenarios.
• Clause 13 of the present document contains usage guidelines for the data model components to support content download services based on the DVB Content Download Service described in ETSI TS 102 034 [1], clause 10.

Devices in the home environment are all referred to as Consumer Premises Equipment (CPEs), and this may include all IP connected devices in the home which are compliant with the DVB RMS-FUS Specification ETSI TS 102 824 [2]. This may include home network devices connected indirectly to the access network, e.g. through a router provided that IP connectivity can be arranged and that the requirements of ETSI TS 102 824 [2] are met.