Open Broadband (OB) is a set of independent projects that use a modified IPR Policy and possibly a different software license (which means they have their own participant agreement). An OB project may also allow membership by companies or individuals who are not currently BBF members.
While Open Broadband is not a real work area (with work area director, etc.), this page is being created to provide BBF members with an easy way to get information on current OB projects.
Open Broadband-Broadband Access Abstraction (OB-BAA)
The Open Broadband-Broadband Access Abstraction (OB-BAA) is an open source project that specifies the Northbound Interfaces (NBI), Core Components and Southbound Adapter Interfaces (SAI) for functions associated with the access network devices (e.g., configuration, reporting, alarms) that have been virtualized. Inherent in the OB-BAA project is the ability to pull differing access device types, including legacy implementations, together under a single network and service management &control umbrella to be exposed to management elements such as the SDN Management and/or Control and Element Management Systems.
Wiki space: Open Broadband-Broadband Access Abstraction Project Home
Project lead: Tim Carey (contact Tim for more info)
Project participant agreement: Contribution License Agreement (CLA)/Project Participation Agreement
Open Broadband-Multi Access Point (OB-MAP)
The Open Broadband-Multi Access Point (OB-MAP) project includes generating requirements for features that extend and enhance the Wi-Fi Alliance EasyMesh and Data Elements specifications for use in a service provider managed subscriber local network. The current BBF 1905.1a open source stack may also be extended to support some of these new features.
Wiki space: OBMAP Home
Project leads: Barbara Stark, Marcos Martinez, Wojtek Makowski (contact Barbara for more info, unless you would prefer to contact Marcos or Wojtek)
Project participant agreement: bbf pa final june13 - OB-MAP-OSS.pdf
Open Broadband-Starfish
The Open Broadband-Starfish project is intended to create a common provider interface and object schema for "user-managed objects" that is implementable on both legacy WAN devices and NFV devices.
Wiki space: Open Broadband Starfish Project Home
Project leads: Michael Bugenhagen, Ron Insler
Project participant agreement: BBF RAND PA - UMOF - final draft.pdf