- NMSNetwork Management System
- The system that watches every device, keeps its history and alerts you when something goes out of the ordinary. In eCloud, the NMS reads your OLTs and every ONU: optical power, traffic, device health, alarms and status.
- ACSAuto Configuration Server
- A server that remotely manages subscribers’ routers (the CPEs). eCloud ships with a built-in ACS based on GenieACS: from the subscriber’s record you can change the WiFi, the connection or the voice line without a home visit.
- TR-069CWMP, from the Broadband Forum
- The protocol the subscriber’s router uses to talk to the ACS. eCloud works with both data models vendors use (TR-098 and TR-181) and with TR-104 v1 for voice.
- OLT and ONUOptical Line Terminal / Optical Network Unit
- The OLT sits in your node and distributes fiber through its PON ports; the ONU (or ONT) sits in the subscriber’s home. In between are splitters and NAP boxes.
- GPON and EPONThe two passive fiber technologies
- ISP networks use one or the other depending on the OLT brand. eCloud works with both: for example, V-SOL V1600G (GPON) and V1600D (EPON), or C-Data FD16xx (GPON) and FD12xx/FD13xx (EPON).
- SNMP and CLIHow each OLT is read
- SNMP (v2c and v3) for periodic polling, and the command line over SSH or Telnet for whatever the OLT doesn’t expose over SNMP and for provisioning. Each brand’s profile knows which to use in each case.