The opening of CPE users includes: distribute network resources and transmit configuration files to CPE. Its core demand is to manage the transmission of CPE configuration files.

1. Provide safe configuration and transmit CPE configuration files.
2. Provide the certification method between server and CPE
3. Support new network configuration, such as: NAT/LAN DHCP
4. Reduce operation and maintenance cost, for example: minimize manual handling etc.

Wafer CCS is to solve above demands and provides strong service opening solutions for operators in the next-generation network, and solves the revision of user service and the CPE configuration demand in On-net or Off-net network deployment.
 
Main functions

Wafer CPE Configuration Server (CCS) provides CPE opening function and supports end-to-end opening plan. Wafer CCS could be applied in independent models without the integration with opening system, and manually manages CPE data through CCS graph page. Wafer CCS could also be integrated with end-to-end opening systems, and applies CCS interface and transmits users and CPE data to CCS system via network. Wafer CCS intensively solves the transmission of CPE configuration files. Wafer CCS may acquires CPE data from the external provisioning system, and uses equipment configuration templates to generate CPE configuration files; it could manage CPE original data and update requests for CPE firmware and configuration files. It supports the certification opening process of Linksys CPE based on industrial standard, and transmit CPE configuration files and firmware through safe channels.

Wafer CCS provides following key functions:

• Maintain CPE data through the external Provisioning system or interface.
• Manage the generation of configuration files.
• Generate configuration files based on CPE templates and CPE data.
• Manage the initialized configuration of CPE.
• Create, revise, and check CPE configuration templates. 
• Manage the updating process of CPE firmware and configuration.
• Support many CPE configuration requirements, including text files, XML format, and support binary system, compression and encryption format.
• Provide various methods to generate configuration files, such as: manual, automatic generation based on customization rules etc.
• The information transmission of configuration files and firmware based on safe channels.

• Flexible customization of firmware updating rules. 
• Use detailed logs, including: do various analyses through certification, confirmation, download, and management operations, such as: network activity analysis, account analysis, or error-correction.
• Core system data management: including CPE template, CPE Type, CPE firmware, CPE information, support the addition, revision, cancellation, inquiry, and importing and exporting of GUI pages of core system data.
• Flexible download management.
• Convenient CPE information maintenance.
• Certification data management
• CPE management
• CPE Type management
• CPE configuration template management
• Firmware management
• Firmware updating rules management
• Configuration and operation log management

Technical features

• Use rich and flexible towards-north interface, convenient to open system integration with the third party
• Choose different interface types according to OSS system, such as: document, JNDI and CORBA interface
• Import and export CPE configuration files in batches via API or Wafer CCS graph pages
• Safely and reliably transmit configuration files to CPE based on certificate certification and CPE information confirmation.
• After successful certification, transmit configuration files and firmware through safe channels

1. Support TLS v1.0
2. Support X.509 v3.0
3. Support HTTP v1.1
4. Manage certification data
5. Support Linksys certification method
6. Support Linksys information request and response based on XML
7. Support TFTP

• Support customer/server-style operating page, and provide B/S structure Web Portal management method
• CCS may deploy one configuration server or several configuration servers and support load balance based on network design.
• CCS supports English and Chinese, and may expand to other language character sets.
• CCS supports Oracle and MYSQL database. Other RDBMS could be supported based on customers’ demand.
• CCS supports Windows and UNIX platform.
• Supporting equipment: Cisco/Linksys CPE and CPEs of other vendors.