A Centralized Solution for Home Gateway Management
Enable automated flow-through provisioning of subscriber services with Cisco Broadband Access Center (BAC), a distributed, scalable, high performance, subscriber-device-management application.
BAC has two separate products focused on different markets:
Broadband Access Center for Telco and Wireless (BAC-TW)
BAC-TW 3.5 automates the tasks of provisioning and managing customer premises equipment (CPE) in a broadband service provider network.
Scale BAC-TW for networks of virtually any size, even those with millions of CPE. Because of its distributed architecture and centralized management, BAC-TW offers high availability.
The 3.5 release supports provisioning and managing of CPE by using the Broadband Forumâs CPE WAN Management Protocol (CWMP), a standard defined in the TR-069 specification. BAC-TW integrates the capabilities defined in TR-069 to increase operator efficiency and reduce network-management problems.
BAC-TW supports devices based on the TR-069, TR-098, TR-104 and TR-106 standards, such as:
- Ethernet and ADSL gateway devices
- wireless gateways
- VoIP ATAs
- other devices compliant with CWMP
BAC-TW also provides for runtime-extensible data models to support any upcoming data-model standards or any vendor-specific data models based on CWMP.
Critical features such as redundancy and failover are also provided. A provisioning application programming interface (API) allows you to control how BAC-TW operates and integrate it into new and existing environments:
- Register devices in BAC-TW
- Assign device configuration policies
- Execute CWMP operations on the CPE
- Configure the entire BAC-TW provisioning system
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Cisco Broadband Access Center 4.0 Video Data Sheet
Broadband Access Center (BAC) for Cable
Cisco BAC provides:
- A centralized, automated platform which controls and configures residential gateways and IP devices
- Recognition of all devices coming into the service provider network
- Generation and distribution of the appropriate IP lease and configuration files based on the service provider business policies
Cisco BAC 4.0 supports both IPv4 and IPv6 devices and provides a single device management platform to support multiple technologies including DOCSIS, PacketCable, CableHome, satellite, and SIP. Its distributed architecture includes:
- A Java API for OSS integration
- Static and dynamic generation of configuration files
- An extensible design allowing it to support multiple technologies and device types
Cisco BAC is a fast, secure, and scalable system for providing and managing tiered services on IP devices. The application is designed for high availability, reliability, scalability, and high-end performance under any condition.
