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News Release from: Design of Systems on Silicon | Subject: DSS9101
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 07 December 2007
Powerline chip takes DSL protocols
onboard
The DSS9101 is the first powerline communications SoC to integrate a full TR-069 stack on-chip, thus eliminating the need for an external processor.
DS2 has embedded an integrated TR-069 solution in its DSS9101 powerline communications SoC (system-on-chip), part of Aitana chipset The DSS9101 SoC, which is the latest member of DS2's family of UPA-compliant 200Mbit/s powerline communication products, was announced in September 2007 at Intel Developer Forum (IDF) and is already shipping in volume
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 16 Mar 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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"The DSS9101 is the first powerline communications SoC to integrate a full TR-069 stack on-chip, thus eliminating the need for an external processor".
"Other powerline products currently available in the market only provide proprietary and limited configuration mechanisms and lack even a basic TCP/IP stack, so adding any kind of remote management capabilities requires expensive external processors and memories to run the protocol stack, adding complexity, and increasing the cost and power consumption of the overall solution", says Chano Gomez, VP Technology and Strategic Partnerships at DS2.
TR-069 is a suite of standard protocols created by the DSL Forum to manage end-user devices in DSL networks, such as DSL routers, IPTV set-top-boxes or VoIP adapters.
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By adding native support for TR-069 in DS2's silicon, service providers will be able to use their existing network management infrastructure to control, configure, troubleshoot or perform a secure firmware upgrade to any device that uses DS2's Aitana solution.
No changes are required in the autoconfiguration server, the network infrastructure equipment or the DSL routers already deployed by service providers.
As service providers continue their efforts to provide advanced video, audio and data services, they need full visibility of what is happening in their network, including customer premises equipment like set top boxes, VoIP gateways and home networking adapters.
Powerline networking is now the technology of choice for most service providers to support in-home IPTV distribution.
This means that compliance with TR-069 is a critical feature.
"Service providers know very well that it's impossible to remotely manage a device that does not have its own IP address", says Jorge Marcos, DS2 Product Manager for Home Networking products.
"Other silicon vendors provide simple powerline transceivers that lack functionality as basic as a TCP/IP stack with an IP address, IP-based remote management or remote firmware upgrade".
"DS2 however invested to ensure that our SoC products provided complete IP-based management capabilities from day one".
"We were the first (and so far the only) powerline silicon vendor to provide a full suite of standard TCP/IP protocols such as HTTP, Telnet, FTP, TFTP, SNMP, NTP, H.323 or SIP.
We are now the first to extend that support to TR-069, giving service providers full remote management of their networks".
DS2's UPA-compliant 200Mbit/s powerline products have been chosen as the standard home networking solution by leading IPTV Service Providers such as Belgacom, British Telecom, Portugal Telecom, Telefonica, Telecom Italia and Telia Sonera.
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