Mission Statement:
The Physical Layer Transmission Work Area provides test plans, technical documentation, and marketing papers to enable multi-vendor interoperability in deployments for both access and in-premises networks. Work Area Director: Herman Verbueken, Nokia
Business Impact:
The focus of the PHYtx WA is to develop technical recommendations which will help service providers deploy equipment that will give a better quality of experience for their end users.
Standardized interoperability and certification, create a trusted base of equipment and services providing operators with an accelerated time to market, avoiding large investments in time and customizations. Interoperability provides invaluable intelligence as feedback to both developers and implementers of new products and services.
Scope:
- Definition of test plans for access network physical layer transmission technologies (such as VDSL2 and Gfast) and Reverse Power Feeding technologies
- Definition of test plans for in-premises network physical layer transmission technologies such as power line communications
- Creation of best practice or use cases documentation for advanced features, such as Fiber extensions, cable models.
Project Stream Description PS Leaders Projects that don’t fit under the scope of an existing Project Stream or if they fit under the scope of more than one Project Stream, are developed under the Non-PS Assigned category. Herman Verbueken , Nokia FANCE (Fiber Access Network Copper Extensions) Aleksandra Kozarev, Intel Frank Van der Putten, NokiaActive Project Streams
Development of technical documentation for the deployment of copper transmission technologies that extend fiber networks to end-users using existing copper infrastructure at the premises. Technologies covered include but are not limited to Gfast, G.hn and MoCA. Development of test plans and related technical documentation for certification and performance testing of ITU-T G.fast and its associated reverse power feeding. This work may be leveraged within certification programs operated by the Broadband Forum.
Physical Layer Transmission Work Area Email Lists
- phytx@broadband-forum.org: PHYtx meeting notification, agendas, discussion, etc.
- Join or Leave BBF Groups and Email Lists
- Go to your JIRA profile page to see all of your current BBF group memberships.
PHYtx Calls, Minutes, Agendas
- PHYtx Calendar
- PHYtx Meeting Reports
- All Broadband Forum Teleconference Meetings
See also:
This Study Document will analyze the multiplicity of use case categories gathering inputs from service providers and network operators.Active Non-PS assigned Projects
WT/MD/SD# Projects Abstract Related Contributions Editors Active FANCE Projects
WT/MD/SD# FANCE Projects Abstract Related Contributions Editors WT-301i3 Architecture and Requirements for Fiber to the Distribution Point TBD WT-301 Aleksandra Kozarev SD-419 Use cases for extending fibre access over existing in-premises infrastructure SD-419 WT-419 Fiber access extension over existing copper infrastructure Provides use cases and fiber extension architectures with its elements as a generalization that does not preclude any type of technology or deployment approach. In the annexes these architectures are mapped to the specific technologies. WT-419
Completed or Inactive Project Streams
- These can be found on the PHYtx - Archived Project Streams and Projects page