CI Resource Reference
The following table shows, which resources are mandatory to support for CI and CI+ devices of different generations.
| Classic CI EN50221 |
CI+ 0.89 |
CI+ 1.2 |
CI+ 1.3 |
CI+ 1.4.3 |
CI+ 1.4.4 |
CI+ 2.0.2 (*2) |
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| Sunrise-Phase | [obsolete] | [obsolete] | [obsolete] | [obsolete] | active since Jul.20th 2023 |
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Classic resources defined by EN50221 (and their extensions) |
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| Resource Manager |
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| Application Information |
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V3 |
V5 |
V5 |
V5 |
| CA Support |
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| Host control |
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V2 |
V3 |
V3 |
V3 |
| Date-Time |
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| MMI (high level) |
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| LSC |
*1 |
*1 |
V3 - *1 |
V4 - *1 |
V4 - *1 |
V4 - *1 |
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| Application MMI | optional |
MHEG-5 |
MHEG-5 |
V2 MHEG-5 +HD Extension HBBTV optional |
 V3 entirely optional |
V3 entirely optional |
V3 entirely optional |
Resources Introduced by CI+ |
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| Content Control | V1 |
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V2 |
V4 (V3 optional) |
V4 (V3 optional) |
V4 (V3 optional) |
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| Host Language & Country |
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| CICAM Upgrade |
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| Operator Profile | V1 |
V2 |
V3 |
V3 |
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| SAS |
optional | optional | optional | optional | |||
| Multi-Stream |
optional - *3 | optional - *3 | optional - *3 | ||||
| CICAM Player |
optional - *3 | optional - *3 | optional - *3 | ||||
| Sample Decryption |
optional - *3 | optional - *3 | optional - *3 | ||||
| Auxiliary File System |
for HBBTV hosts with AppMMI support |
for HBBTV hosts with AppMMI support |
for HBBTV hosts with AppMMI support |
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*1: mandatory for all devices with a network port
*2: published specification(s) - no real worlds implementations/deployments
*3: made optional with the transition to CI+ specification version 1.4.2: mandatory to support: no longer mandatory / made-optional