6.0 Introduction

The TR-069 [4] specification defines three (3) types of devices, known as CPEs, that are capable of being managed from the perspective of the TR-069 agent:

• CPE that hosts the TR-069 agent: Section A.3.3.1 Inform of TR-069 [4] defines the required fields for a CPE to be identified. These fields include the OUI and Serial Number of the CPE assigned by the CPE manufacturer. Optionally the manufacturer may assign a Product Class to the CPE. The format of the identifier is as follows: OUI-[PC-]SN.
• Virtual Device: This type of device is addressed as a CPE. The Virtual Device has its own OUI-[PC-]SN as represented by the CPE Proxier. The CPE Proxier emulates a CWMP agent for each Virtual Device.
• Embedded Device: This type of device is addressed as one or more objects within the data model of the CPE that hosts the TR-069 agent.