Active Broadband Forum projects are progressed by the following Work Areas (WAs) and initiatives:
Access and Transport Architecture (ATA) Work Area: Defines and specifies the architecture and requirements for access, routing and transport network infrastructure. Read more.
Broadband Innovation Group (BIG) initiative: An open environment to expose, discuss, stretch, and socialize ideas that could be qualified, at first, as out-of-the-box, innovative, or embryonic. Read more.
Broadband User Services (BUS) Work Area: Provides the broadband industry with technical specifications, implementation guides, reference implementations, test plans, and marketing white papers for the deployment, management, and consumption of services by the broadband end user. Read more.
Common YANG Work Area: Specifies YANG modules, NETCONF/YANG test plans, and certification for the defined YANG modules, and maintains Broadband Forum's YANG Best Current Practices. Read more.
Fiber Access Networks (FAN) Work Area: Defines the requirements and data models for deploying Broadband Forum network architectures in fiber access technologies so as to accelerate deployments and ensure interoperability. Read more.
Open Broadband (OB) initiative: Brings open source and open standards together, paving the way to dramatically change our industry and bring the full promise of broadband to fruition. Read more.
Physical Layer Transmission (PHYtx) Work Area: Provides test plans, technical documentation, and marketing papers to enable multi-vendor interoperability in deployments for both access and in-premises networks. Read more.
SDN and NFV Work Area: Focuses on the introduction of Software Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV), including migration and coexistence of physical and virtual elements, into the broadband network. Read more.
Wireline-Wireless Convergence (WWC) Work Area: Addresses the increasing synergy between wireless access technologies and wired access technologies, as well as that of wireless networking and wireline networking functions. Read more.
This page lists current active Broadband Forum projects. To view approved work, visit the Broadband Forum website.
For more information on Broadband Forum membership, please contact Rhonda Heier, the Broadband Forum Membership Development Manager or visit our Become a Member page.
Check out the latest updates on current work from these Work Areas:
- Common YANG WA overview Q4 2020.pdf (Dec 2020)
- SDN and NFV update (Sept 2020)
- Wireline and Wireless Convergence (Sept 2020)
Search for or browse current projects:
| Project Area Link to Website | Work Area | Project Stream | Project Number | Project Title | Contributions | Editor(s) |
| Access / Connected Home | ATA | Performance, Experience, and Application Testing (PEAT) | MD-452.2 | (Tentative) QED for Creation of Application SLA | Contributions | Jonathan Newton (Vodafone) Peter Thompson (Predictable Network Solutions) |
| Access / Connected Home | ATA | Performance, Experience, and Application Testing (PEAT) | MD-452.3 | Quality Experience Delivered (QED): Performance Measurement Architecture (webinar/presentation) | Contributions | Peter Thompson (Predictable Network Solutions) |
| Access / Connected Home | ATA | Performance, Experience, and Application Testing (PEAT) | MD-452.4 | QED Uses in Lab Evaluation & Network Design | Contributions | Gavin Young (Vodafone) Peter Thompson (Predictable Network Solutions) |
| Access / 5G | ATA | Mobile Transport and Routing | MD-521.2 | 5G "What's fixed got to do with it?" Transport Tutorial | David Sinicrope (Ericsson) | |
| Access / Connected Home | ATA | Performance, Experience, and Application Testing (PEAT) | WT-452.2 | Quality Attenuation Measurements using Active Test Protocols | Contributions | Jonathan Newton (Vodafone) |
| Access / Connected Home | ATA | Performance, Experience, and Application Testing (PEAT) | WT-452.3 | Quality Attenuation Conformance Testing | Contributions | Peter Thompson (Predictable Network Solutions) |
| Access | ATA | Non-PS Assigned Projects | WT-459.2 | Integrated Carrier Grade NAT with DBNG | Contributions | Kenneth Wan (Nokia) |
| Access | ATA | Non-PS Assigned Projects | WT-459.3 | IPTV Multicast for DBNG | Contributions | Nagaraj Turaiyur (Juniper) |
| Access | ATA | Non-PS Assigned Projects | WT-459 Issue 2 | Control User Plane Separation for Disaggregated BNG | Contributions | Kenneth Wan (Nokia) |
| Access | ATA | Performance, Experience, and Application Testing (PEAT) | MD-522 | Mobile-transport network slice instance Management Interfaces (MMI) | Contributions | Reza Rokui (Nokia) |
| Access | ATA | Performance, Experience, and Application Testing (PEAT) | WT-522 | Mobile-transport network slice instance Management Interfaces (MMI) | Contributions | Reza Rokui (Nokia) Xueyan Song (ZTE) |
| Access | ATA | Performance, Experience, and Application Testing (PEAT) | MD-471.2 | Maximum IP-Layer Capacity Metric and Measurement with Open Source Implementation | Contributions | Al Morton (AT&T) |
| Access / 5G | ATA | Mobile Transport and Routing | WT-521 | 5G Transport | Contributions | Ron Insler (RAD) |
| Access | ATA | Access Architecture | WT-474 | Subscriber Session Steering | Contributions | Jonathan Newton (Vodafone) Mach Chen (Huawei) |
| Access | ATA | Access Architecture | WT-487 | DBNG for Wired Access | Contributions | |
| Connected Home | BUS | CWMP | WT-069a10 | CPE WAN Management Protocol | Jira Project: CWMP CONTRIB items | John Blackford (CommScope) |
| Connected Home | BUS | Data Modeling | DTP-181i1c1 | CWMP Interoperability and Functionality Test Plan | Jira Project: DMTEST | |
| Connected Home | Program Requirements for BBF.069 Certification Program | Marion Dillon (UNH IOL) | ||||
| Connected Home | BUS | User Services Platform | WT-369a1c1 | User Services Platform (USP) | Jira Project: USP | Jason Walls (QA Cafe) |
| Connected Home | BUS | Data Modeling | WT-473 | YANG Translation for CWMP / USP Data Models | Jira Project: | Andrew Patka (Verizon) |
| Connected Home | BUS | User Services Platform | WT-479 | Framework for USP-Enabled DOCSIS Devices | Jira Project: | |
| Connected Home | BUS | User Services Platform | DTP-469 | Conformance Test Plan for User Services Platform Agents | Jira Project: USPTEST | Jason Walls (QA Cafe) |
| Connected Home | BUS | Data Modeling | WT-485 | YANG to CWMP / USP Data Model Translation | Jira Project: YANG2DM | |
| Access / Connected Home | Wi-Fi In Premises | WT-398 Issue 2 | Wi-Fi In-Premises Performance Testing | Jira Project: WIFIPERF | Lincoln Lavoie (UNH IOL) Evan Sun (Huawei) | |
| Access / Cloud | YANG Modules | Persistent Management Agent Aggregator (PMAA) Management Model | Joey Boyd (ADTRAN) Ken Kerpez (ASSIA) | |||
| 5G / Cloud | YANG Modules | WT-460 | YANG Modules for Broadband Network Gateways | Contributions | Bruno Cornaglia (Vodafone) | |
| Access | Common YANG | YANG Modules | WT-383 Amendment 4 | Common YANG Modules for Access Networks | Contributions | Nick Hancock (ADTRAN) Ludwig Pauwels (Nokia) |
| Access | Common YANG | YANG Modules | WT-355 Amendment 3 | YANG Modules for FTTdp Management | Contributions | Joey Boyd (ADTRAN) Ken Kerpez (ASSIA) |
| Access | Interoperability Test | GPON & XG-PON1 ONU Conformance Test Plan - Issue 4 | Vincent Buchoux (LAN) | |||
| Access | FAN | Not Assigned | WT-280c1 | Multi-service Broadband Network Architecture and Nodal Requirements (TR-178) in the context of PON | Contributions | Samuel Chen (Broadcom) Hugues Le Bras (Orange) |
| Access | FAN | NGPON2 Wavelength Management | Multi-wavelength PON Inter-Channel-Termination Protocol (ICTP) Specification | Jira Project: ICTP | Marta Seda (Calix) | |
| Access / Cloud | PON Management | YANG model for management of ITU-T PON | Joey Boyd (ADTRAN) Robert Peschi (Nokia) Igor Ternovsky (Broadcom) | |||
| Access / Cloud | FAN | Not Assigned | WT-431 | YANG Modules to Support EPON in BBF Service Models | Contributions | Jialiang Jin (China Telecom) |
| Access | G.fast and RPF Certification | Reverse Power Feed (RPF) Test Plan - Issue 2 | Aleksandra Kozarev (MaxLinear) | |||
| Access | PHYtx | G.fast and RPF Certification | WT-380 Issue 2 | G.fast Performance Test Plan | Contributions | Herman Verbueken (Nokia) |
| Access | G.fast and RPF Certification | G.fast Interop Plugfest Test Plan | Martin Casey (Calix) | |||
| Access | G.fast and RPF Certification | FAST Certification Test Plan - Issue 2 | Frank Van der Putten (Nokia) | |||
| Access | Non-PS Assigned | WT-301i3 | Architecture and Requirements for Fiber to the Distribution Point | Contributions | Aleksandra Kozarev (MaxLinear) | |
| Access | PHYtx | Home Networking | WT-425 | Infrastructure for Testing Mitigation of Interference Between PLC and DSL | Contributions | Marcos Martinez (MaxLinear) |
| Access | PHYtx | Home Networking | MD-410 | Analysis and Requirements for Video Support In-Premises | Contributions | |
| Access | PHYtx | Fiber Access Network Copper Extensions | WT-419 | Fiber Access Extension Over Existing Copper Infrastructure | Contributions | Helge Tiainen (InCoax) Marcos Martinez (MaxLinear) |
| Access | PHYtx | Fiber Access Network Copper Extensions | WT-419 Issue 2 | Fiber Access Extension Over Existing Copper Infrastructure | Contributions | TBA |
| Access | PHYtx | Fiber Access Network Copper Extensions | MD-419 | Five Key Questions on the Fiber to the Extension Point (FTTep) | Contributions | Herman Verbueken (Nokia) |
| Access | PHYtx | Fiber Access Network Copper Extensions | WT-476 | Performance Test Plan for Use of G.hn Technology in Access Scenarios | Contributions | Kenneth Schneider (Telebyte) |
| Access / Connected Home | PHYtx and BUS | WiFi In Premises | WT-434 | Performance Testing of In-Premises Video Support Over WiFi | Contributions | Hai Ding (China Unicom) |
| SDN and NFV | CloudCO | CloudCO-APPN-XXX | All CloudCO Application Notes Under Development | |||
| Cloud | SDN and NFV | CloudCO | WT-384 Issue 2 | Cloud Central Office Reference Architectural Framework | Contributions | |
| Cloud | SDN and NFV | CloudCO | WT-411 | Definition of Interfaces between CloudCO Functional Modules | Contributions | Tim Carey (Nokia) Wei Lin (Huawei) |
| Cloud | SDN and NFV | CloudCO | WT-412 | CloudCO Test Cases | Contributions | Ding Hai (China Unicom) |
| Access / Cloud | SDN and NFV | CloudCO | WT-413 Issue 2 | SDN Management and Control Interfaces for CloudCO Network Functions | Contributions | Mauro Tilocca (Telecom Italia) Tim Carey (Nokia) |
| Access / Cloud / Connected Home | SDN and NFV | Automated Intelligent Management | WT-436 | Access & Home Network O&M Automation/Intelligence | Contributions | Yue Sun (China Unicom) Ken Kerpez (ASSIA) |
| Access / Cloud | SDN and NFV | CloudCO | WT-451 | vOMCI Interface Specification | Contributions | Tim Carey (Nokia) Zhang Dechao (China Mobile) |
| Cloud | SDN and NFV | CloudCO | WT-454 | YANG Modules for Access Network Map & Equipment Inventory | Contributions | Wenle Yang (Huawei Technologies) Jie Chen (CAICT) |
| Cloud | SDN and NFV | Non-PS Assigned | WT-466 | Metro Compute Networking (MCN): Use Cases and High Level Requirements | Contributions | Ruobin Zheng (Huawei) Bo Lei (China Telecom) |
| Cloud | SDN and NFV | CloudCO | WT-477 | Cloud CO Enhancement - Access Node Hardware Disaggregation | Contributions | Bruno Cornaglia (Vodafone) Francisco de Carvalho (BT) |
| Cloud | SDN and NFV | CloudCO | WT-484 | Access Network Abstraction, Softwarization and Disaggregation | Contributions | Mauro Tilocca (TIM) |
| Access / Cloud / Connected Home | SDN and NFV | Automated Intelligent Management | WT-486 | Interfaces for Automated Intelligent Management (AIM) - tentative title | Contributions | Jeff Hartley (CommScope) Stepheno Corona (Vodafone) |
| 5G | WWC | 5G | WT-457 | FMIF Functional Requirements | Contributions | Mengmeng Li (China Mobile) Donald Eastlake (Futurewei) |
| 5G / Cloud | WWC | 5G | WT-458 | CUPS for 5G FMC | Contributions | Kenneth Wan (Nokia) Donald Eastlake (Futurewei) |
| 5G | WWC | 5G | MD-464 | Migrating Fixed Access to 5G | Contributions | |
| Access / Cloud | OB | n/a | Open Broadband BAA (OBBAA) (OB-BAA) | OB-BAA Wiki | ||
| Connected Home | OB | Multi Access Point (MAP) | n/a | Open Broadband MAP (OBMAP) (OB-MAP) | OB-MAP Wiki | |
| Connected Home | OB | USP-Agent | n/a | Open Broadband-User Services Platform-Agent (OB-USP-Agent) | OB-USP-Agent Wiki | |
| Access / Cloud / Connected Home | OB | Starfish | n/a | Open Broadband Starfish (User-Managed Objects) | OB Starfish Wiki |