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Gatespace started the development of a TR-069 style management protocol in 1999 with the Beckham, a amanagement protocol used between the e-Services Manager and the e-Services Client corresponding to supersets of what are now described as the Auto Configuration Server (ACS) and the managed CPE. e-Services Client software is designed to operate in highly integrated gateway (DSL CPE) devices with many internal functions plus an applications framework and multiple subordinate applications to be provisioned, configured, monitored and managed. With the approval of TR-069 in May 2004 the Gatespace products started the migration of device, as opposed to application, management to the new open protocol. We now deliver solutions that that use TR-069 for device level provisioning, configuration and management plus application loading, activation and deactivation.
Gatespace developed TR-069 client software incorporated in Broadcom's gateway reference design. This comprehensive implementation of the standard supports allows devices to be remotely managed by an industry standard ACS that in turn allows carriers and service providers to deploy and manage mixed (vendor and model) equipment with a common management infrastructure. In parrallel with the development of TR-069 client software, Gatespace developed ACS software for device and interoperability testing.
Within the structure of the standard and as permitted by the protocol, Gatespace is now developing vendor-specific extensions to the TR-069 client software. typically, extensions are required as new features/functions are added to the gateway (CPE) devices. Integrated analog telephone adapters are an example of relatively new feature that need to be supported with vendor extensions until the they are brought within the standard.
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