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The questions operators ask about TR-369, TR-069 and GPON, answered.

Short answer first, then the detail. Every fact is traced to the Broadband Forum’s TR-369 specification or to our engineering documentation. Written by the team that builds DWS Support.

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TR-369 / USP

What is TR-369, the User Services Platform (USP)?

TR-369 is the Broadband Forum specification of the User Services Platform (USP), an architecture, protocol and data model for managing, monitoring, troubleshooting and controlling connected devices. Software on the device, the Agent, exposes its data model to one or more Controllers, which exchange Protocol Buffers messages with it over WebSocket, MQTT, STOMP or UNIX domain sockets. It uses the same Device:2 (TR-181) data model as TR-069.

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TR-369 / USP

The User Services Platform: what it is, how it carries messages, how it stays secure and how it compares with TR-069.

TR-369 / USP
TR-069 vs TR-369: what changes from CWMP to USP?
TR-069 (CWMP) and TR-369 (USP) share the TR-181 data model. What differs is who manages the device, how messages travel and how fleets migrate.
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TR-369 / USP
USP Agent vs Controller: what is the difference, and what is an Endpoint ID?
What a USP Agent and a USP Controller each do in TR-369, and how an Endpoint ID is built, from its format to the authority schemes and their rules.
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TR-369 / USP
TR-369 WebSocket vs MQTT vs STOMP: how do the USP transports compare?
How the four USP Message Transfer Protocols, WebSocket, MQTT, STOMP and UNIX domain socket, connect, identify Endpoints and stay secure, per TR-369.
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TR-369 / USP
How is TR-369 secured? TLS, end-to-end encryption, certificates and roles
How TR-369 secures USP devices, from TLS on each MTP and end-to-end Secure Message Exchange to certificates, TOFU, Trusted Brokers and rwxn roles.
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TR-369 / USP
How do you upgrade firmware on a USP (TR-369) device?
How a TR-369 Controller upgrades firmware with Download() and Activate() on single- and dual-image devices, and how it confirms the new image booted.
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TR-369 / USP
How do USP notifications and subscriptions work in TR-369?
How a TR-369 Controller subscribes to USP events, which notification types a Notify carries, and how an Agent retries until delivery is confirmed.
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TR-369 / USP
How does a USP Agent find its Controller? DHCP, DNS-SD and mDNS
How a TR-369 Agent learns where its Controller is: DHCP options 124/125 and 16/17, DNS-SD service names and TXT records, and mDNS on the LAN.
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TR-369 / USP
What does TR-369 (USP) unlock for IoT and smart home services?
How TR-369 describes any IoT device with a few capabilities, reaches Z-Wave and ZigBee devices through a gateway, and the services that opens.
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GPON and FTTH operations

Day-to-day questions from support and NOC teams that run fiber networks.

GPON and FTTH operations
What RX power (dBm) is healthy on a GPON ONT?
The default RX and TX optical power bands DWS Support uses to grade GPON ONTs, where TR-181 reports the values and what a low reading points to.
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Reference

TR-369 / USP
TR-369 (USP) glossary
The TR-369 (USP) terms in plain words, from Agent and Controller to Endpoint ID, Record, MTP and Subscription, each traced to the Broadband Forum spec.
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