Announced at China Broadband Triple Play Today
BEIJING, March 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As vendors and service
providers worldwide look to maximise revenues, the lack of common remote
management capability across all access technologies is a major stumbling
block as they look to lower management complexities, minimise truck rolls
and introduce new revenue generating services.
The DSL Forum has taken steps to resolve this problem with the approval
of Technical Report 142 (TR-142), "Framework for TR-069 enabled PON and
fibre related devices." Developed by the Forum's DSLHome Technical Working
Group, TR-142 defines how Auto-Configuration Servers (ACS) in the network
can remotely configure, troubleshoot and manage a Passive Optical Network
(PON) optical network termination (ONT) with layer 3 capabilities using the
Forum's existing CPE LAN management protocol, TR-069.
This will save the service provider both time and money, as they will
not have to invest in another remote management solution purely for PON
access. Many service provider networks are now a hybrid of fibre and DSL so
having the same management platform is an essential development to ensuring
broadband success.
"TR-142 enables vendors and providers to remotely manage PON devices
without having to invest a substantial amount of money in new protocols and
equipment. They will be able to resolve problems more quickly and
effectively, which will ultimately help increase customer loyalty and
reduce churn," explains George Dobrowski, President and Chairman of the DSL
Forum. "The remote management of consumer equipment is a vital tool for
service providers to introduce new revenue generating services and to
consistently provide high quality of services."
For further information on TR-142, please visit http://www.dslforum.org.
About the DSL Forum
The DSL Forum tailors broadband to meet the needs of the next
generation of multi-media services and the online community. By forging
agreements on common technical requirements and embracing new applications,
the Forum works to streamline processes, define specifications, and share
best practices that set the stage for effective deployments and explosive
global broadband growth. Established in 1994, the DSL Forum is an
international industry consortium of over 200 leading service providers,
equipment manufactures and other interested parties. Please visit
http://www.dslforum.org for more information.
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