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 published documents, 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.
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| Project Area | Work Area | Project Stream Wiki Pages | ID Number and Link to Draft | Project Title | Contribution Links |
| ATA | Non-PS Assigned | SD-452 | Broadband Quality Experience Delivered (Broadband QED) | Contributions | |
| Access | ATA | Non-PS Assigned | WT-459 | Control and User Plane Separation for a Disaggregated BNG | Contributions |
| Access / Connected Home | ATA | Application Layer Testing | WT-421 | Application-Layer Test Traffic Architecture and Requirements | Contributions |
| Access / Connected Home | ATA | Application Layer Testing | WT-422 | Application-Layer Testing Implementer's Guide | Contributions |
| Access / Connected Home | ATA | Application Layer Testing | WT-424 | Data Models for Application-Layer Test Traffic | Contributions |
| Access / Cloud | Ethernet Services using BGP MPLS Based Ethernet VPNS (EVPN) | ||||
| Access / Cloud | Seamless MPLS for efficient broadband services delivery - Tutorial | ||||
| Access / Cloud | Data Center Interconnect and other applications of EVPN - Tutorial | ||||
| Access / 5G | Technical Specifications for MPLS in Mobile Backhaul Networks , Amendment 2 | ||||
| Access / 5G | MPLS Mobile Backhaul Evolution - 4G and Beyond - Tutorial | ||||
| Access / 5G | Energy Efficient Mobile Backhaul White Paper | ||||
| Access / 5G | Energy Efficient Mobile Backhaul Tutorial | ||||
| Access / 5G | MD-391 | Evolution to 5G Mobile Backhaul Networks - White Paper | |||
| Access / 5G | ATA | Mobile Transport and Routing | WT-521 | 5G Transport Networks | Contributions |
| Access / 5G | ATA | Mobile Transport and Routing | SD-521 | Study Document for 5G Transport Networks | Contributions |
| Access / 5G | ATA | Mobile Transport and Routing | MD-521 | Whitepaper for 5G Transport Networks | Contributions |
| Access | ATA | Packet Optical Evolution | WT-462 | Flexible Ethernet (FlexE) in IP/MPLS Networks | Contributions |
| Access | ATA | Packet Optical Evolution | SD-462 | Study Document for Flexible Ethernet (FlexE) in IP/MPLS Networks | Contributions |
| Access | ATA | Packet Optical Evolution | MD-462 | Whitepaper for Flexible Ethernet (FlexE) in IP/MPLS Networks | Contributions |
| Access | DWDM Integration Tutorial | ||||
| Access | IP/Optical Integration - White Paper | ||||
| Access | Performance Measurement between Customer Equipment and IP Edge | Contributions | |||
| Connected Home | TR-069 Conformance Test Plan | ||||
| Connected Home | BUS | Compliance Testing | ID-106 | CWMP Data Model Verification Test Plan | CONTRIB items |
| Connected Home | BUS | Compliance Testing | ID-181 | CWMP Interoperability and Functionality Test Plan | |
| Connected Home | BUS | CWMP | WT-069a6c1 | CPE WAN Management Protocol | Jira Project CONTRIB items |
| Connected Home | BUS | Data Modeling | WT-181i2a13 | Device Data Model | Jira Project CONTRIB items |
| Connected Home | BUS | Device Requirements | WT-124i6 | Functional Requirements for Broadband Residential Gateway Devices | Jira Project CONTRIB items |
| Connected Home | New BBF CWMP Report Tool | ||||
| Connected Home | Program Requirements for BBF.069 Certification Program | ||||
| Connected Home | User Services Platform (USP) | ||||
| Access / Connected Home | Wi-Fi In Premises | WT-398 | Wi-Fi In-Premises Performance Testing | ||
| Access / Connected Home | SD-401 | Wi-Fi In-Premises Installation and Diagnostics | CONTRIB items | ||
| Access / Connected Home | BUS / PHYTX | Non-PS Assigned | SD-410 | Analysis and Requirements for Video Support In-Premises | Contributions |
| Access / Cloud | YANG Modules | YANG Modules for FTTdp Management | |||
| Access / Cloud | YANG Modules | WT-383a3 | Common YANG Modules for Access Networks | Contributions | |
| Access / Cloud | YANG Modules | Persistent Management Agent Aggregator (PMAA) Management Model | |||
| Access / Cloud | YANG Modules | WT-460 | YANG Modules for Broadband Network Gateways | Contributions | |
| Access | FAN | NGPON2 Wavelength Management | Multi-wavelength PON Inter-Channel-Termination Protocol (ICTP) Specification | ||
| Access / Cloud | PON Management | YANG model for management of ITU-T PON | |||
| Access | FAN | PON Management | SD-417 | OLT Management Study | |
| Access | Non-PS Assigned | Framework-for-multi-management-PON-devices | |||
| Access | FAN | Interoperability Test | WT-309i2 | XG(S)-PON TC Layer Test Plan | |
| Access | FAN | Interoperability Test | WT-426 | NG-PON2 TC Layer Test Plan | |
| Access | Interoperability Test | GPON & XG-PON1 ONU Conformance Test Plan | |||
| Access | Interoperability Test | ID-247i4 | GPON & XG-PON1 ONU Conformance Test Plan - Issue 4 | ||
| Access | FAN | FAN PON Abstraction Layer Project Stream | WT-402 | Background of PON abstraction interface for time-critical application | Contributions |
| Access / Cloud | FAN | WT-431 | YANG Modules to Support EPON in BBF Service Models | Contributions | |
| Access | FAN | Interoperability Test | WT-423a1 | XG(S)-PON and NGPON2 PON PMD Layer IOP Test Plan | Contributions |
| Access | G.fast and RPF Certification | WT-338i1a1 | Reverse Power Feed (RPF) Test Plan - Issue 1 Amendment 1 | Contributions | |
| Access | G.fast and RPF Certification | Reverse Power Feed (RPF) Test Plan - Issue 2 | |||
| Access | G.fast and RPF Certification | G.fast Performance Test Plan | |||
| Access | G.fast and RPF Certification | G.fast Interop Plugfest Test Plan | |||
| Access | G.fast and RPF Certification | Program Requirements for G.fast Certification Program | |||
| Access | G.fast and RPF Certification | FAST Certification Test Plan - Issue 2 | |||
| Access | PHYtx | Home Networking | WT-208i3 | WT-208 Issue 3: Performance Test Plan For In-premises Powerline Communications Systems | Contributions |
| Access | Non-PS Assigned | WT-285i2 | Broadband Copper Cable Models - Issue 2 | Contributions | |
| Access | Non-PS Assigned | Broadband Copper Cable Models - Issue 1 Amendment 1 | |||
| Access | Non-PS Assigned | Copper Transmission Models for Testing above 30 MHz | |||
| Access | Non-PS Assigned | WT-301i3 | Architecture and Requirements for Fiber to the Distribution Point | Contributions | |
| Access | PHYtx | VDSL2 Physical Layer Testing | WT-114i3a3 | WT-114 Issue 3 Amendment 3: VDSL2 Performance Test Plan | Contributions |
| Access | PHYtx | VDSL2 Physical Layer Testing | WT-115i3a2 | VDSL2-LR Functionality Test Plan | Contributions |
| Access | PHYtx | VDSL2 Physical Layer Testing | WT-115i3a3 | VDSL2 Functionality Test Plan | WT Draft |
| Access | VDSL2 Physical Layer Testing | Testing of G.993.2 Self-FEXT Cancellation (vectoring) - Issue 2 | |||
| Access | PHYtx | Home Networking | WT-425 | Infrastructure for Testing Mitigation of Interference Between PLC and DSL | Contributions |
| Access | PHYtx | Fiber Access Network Copper Extensions | WT-419 | Fiber Access Extension Over Existing Copper Infrastructure | Contributions |
| Access | Fiber Access Network Copper Extensions | SD-419 | Use cases for extending fiber access over existing in-premises infrastructure | Contributions | |
| Access / Connected Home | PHYtx and BUS | WiFi In Premises | WT-434 | Performance Testing of In-Premises Video Support Over WiFi | Contributions |
| Cloud | SDN and NFV | CloudCO | Public Application Notes | Public Application Notes | Public Application Notes |
| SDN and NFV | CloudCO | CLOUDCO-APPN-XXX | All CloudCO Application Notes Under Development | ||
| Cloud | SDN and NFV | CloudCO | WT-408 | CloudCO Migration and Co-existence | Contributions |
| Cloud | SDN and NFV | CloudCO | WT-411 | Definition of Interfaces between CloudCO Functional Modules | Contributions |
| Cloud | SDN and NFV | CloudCO | WT-412 | CloudCO Test Cases | Contributions |
| Cloud | SDN and NFV | CloudCO | WT-435 | NETCONF Requirements for Access Nodes and Broadband Access Abstraction | Contributions |
| Cloud | SDN and NFV | CloudCO | WT-451 | vOMCI Interface Specification | Contributions |
| Access / Cloud / Connected Home | SDN and NFV | Automated Intelligent Management | WT-436 | Access & Home Network O&M Automation/Intelligence | Contributions |
| Cloud | SDN and NFV | CloudCO | WT-454 | YANG Modules for Access Network Map & Equipment Inventory | Contributions |
| Access / Cloud | SDN and NFV | CloudCO | WT-370 Issue 2 | Fixed Access Network Sharing - Architecture and Nodal Requirements | Contributions |
| 5G | Converged Policy and Control | Combined 3GPP and BBF Functions | |||
| 5G | WWC | 5G | SD-420 | 5G Fixed Mobile Convergence Study (External) | Contributions |
| 5G | WWC | 5G | WT-456 | AGF Functional Requirements | Contributions |
| 5G | WWC | 5G | WT-457 | FMIF Functional Requirements | Contributions |
| 5G | WWC | 5G | WT-458 | CUPS for 5G FMC | Contributions |
| 5G / Access | Hybrid Access | Hybrid Access Nodal Requirements | |||
| 5G | Non-PS Assigned | 5G Requirements and Enablers | |||
| 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 |