TR-069 Overview
All service providers share the same reality that more and more IP devices are making their way into their subscribers’ homes at staggering rates.
Likewise, today’s subscribers want instant gratification which translates to what they want, when they want it. These trends present a number of challenges and opportunities for both service providers and solution vendors alike. Today TR-069 is being used to manage millions of residential gateways (RGs) along with an increasingly wide variety of networking devices.
TR-069 deployment scenarios vary based on the type of service provider (e.g. telco, cable, wireless) along with their business objectives. Some of the more innovative deployments involve portfolios of new manageable data services with corresponding subscriber portals that leverage TR-069.
The TR-069 value proposition enables service providers to own the connected home and benefit from OPEX reductions combined with additional revenue opportunities through the delivery of manageable data services.
TR-069 OVERVIEW
In 2004, the DSL Forum, later named the Broadband Forum, released the groundbreaking CPE WAN Management Protocol (CWMP), more commonly referred to as TR-069. This specification defines a an application layer protocol; common communication mechanism between customer premise equipment (CPE) and a TR-069 Auto Configuration Server (ACS).
Initially service providers were focused on using the ACS to manage DSL and Ethernet residential gateways (RG). Today service providers are increasingly using the ACS to manage cable gateways, optical network terminals (ONTs), IPTV set-top boxes (STBs), network attached storage (NAS), powerline adapters, IP phones and more.
All devices managed with TR-069 have a well defined data model associated with them (see the table below). The data model is the set of common management objects for a given CPE – many if not all of which are remotely accessible by the ACS for provisioning, device management, and service delivery.
| Service Management | Data Model |
|---|---|
| Residential gateway (RG) | TR-098 |
| Device Data Model of TR-069 | TR-181 |
| Set Top Box (STB) | TR-135 |
| Network Attached Storage (NAS) | TR-140 |
| Component Objects for CWMP | TR-157 |
| IP Telephone | TR-104 |
| Femtocell | TR-196 |
| Network Throughput | TR-143 |
CPE and Associated Data Models
How Does TR-069 Relate to Device Manager?
Device Manager is an enterprise application that manages and monitors TR-069-compliant subscriber devices. Device Manager provides the ability to investigate and control both individual CPEs and groups of CPEs defined by almost any characteristic. Management is driven by actions, which can select devices, communicate changes, and record status. In addition to included actions, customers can edit, create, and run actions based on CPE related events. Device Manager fills a critical need for cutting-edge ISPs.