Dimark's standards based network provisioning
and management products combines a client-server architecture with
the intelligence and power of modern network processors to provide
a comprehensive software solution that makes sophisticated network devices easy to
install and manage. Dimark’s software technology can be readily applied
to a wide range of networked products.
Dimark's engineering efforts are currently focused on TR-069 and
related technologies. The software architecture has two key
components, the Dimark
Management Server (DMS) and the Dimark
Embedded Client.
DMS manages
the software versions, configuration data files, upgrades, optional
features and subscriptions. It interacts with the broadband provider’s
OSS to obtain the configuration data and features selected by
the customer for each gateway. It then provides this information
to the gateway during installation, or post-installation for
configuration changes, upgrades and to add new features. To provide
scalability to accommodate a growing customer base, load balancing
and failure recovery, DMS may be hosted on multiple geographically
dispersed servers.
The TR-069 client runs
as embedded software in the gateway and acts as an agent to enforce
the DMS policies. It has a modular architecture and has been written
to be OS and hardware independent allowing it to be easily ported
to a different OS and hardware platform. As DMS supports the industry
standard TR-069, it is not necessary for Dimark to supply the client
code embedded in the CPE in order for the company’s ACS to be
able to provision the device.
When Dimark speaks of TR-069,
we mean all related specifications and standards, currently encompassing
TR-069, TR-098, TR-104, TR-106, WT-107,
TR-110, TR-111, TR-135 TR-140, TR-142 and others. No
other company offers this complete coverage.
The key functions offered by these protocols is as follows:
- TR-069 provides the extensible, secure, communications layer,
while also providing basic gateway router and Wi-Fi configuration
and management functionality.
- TR-098 provides QoS functionality as well configuration profiles
to ease management and deployment.
- TR-104 and TR-110 combine to provide remote VoIP device configuration
and management.
- TR-106 and TR-111 combine to allow the remote management of devices
on a LAN, even those using the private IP space behind a NAT gateway.
- WT-107 provides a data model for MoCA devices, as well as other
functionality
- TR-135 provides for the configuration and management of Set Top
Boxes (STB). Note, unless the STB is an edge device, TR-106
and TR-111 support will also be required.
- TR-140 provides for the configuration and management of Network
Attached Storage (NAS). Note, unless the NAS is an edge device,
TR-106 and TR-111 support will also be required.
- TR-142 provides for the configuration and management of PON devices.
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