A carrier approach to efficient CPE management

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Describes a working semi-automated CPE provisioning pipeline built on TR-069 and GI ACS (NodeJS + MongoDB) where devices are preconfigured in-office with ACS advertised via HCP option 43, firmware staged, factory-reset, PPPoE credentials injected, and serials bound to contracts; devices then heartbeat every five minutes with XML diagnostics. It reduces manual per-unit handling but still requires per-model provisioning tweaks, VLAN/tag handling, and user-reset mitigation like labeled reset buttons.

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1. 0:00Introduction and background
2. 3:58CPE provisioning challenges
3. 6:50TR-069 and ACS solutions
4. 8:13GI ACS architecture overview
5. 10:23Semi-automated configuration flow
6. 13:33Challenges and solutions
7. 13:54Q&A: Customer device resets

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