Note: For work and wiki pages predating the January 2019 formation of the Access and Transport Architecture Work Area, see the retired Architecture and Migration Work Area and the Routing and Transport Work Area wiki pages.  

ATA Project Streams and Projects 

ATA New Project Initiation Forms (NPIFs)

ATA Non-PS Assigned Projects

Project Stream Page: ATA Non-PS Assigned Projects

Work Area Director: David Sinicrope, Ericsson

Description: 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. 


Access Architecture (AA) Project Stream

DRAFT - under construction

Project Name and Page LinkProject Overview

Multi-Service Disaggregated BNG with CUPS






Mobile Transport and Routing (MT&R) Project Stream

Performance, Experience, and Application Testing (PEAT) Project Stream

 


Cloud Interconnect (CI) Project Stream

Packet Optical Evolution (POE) Project Stream

Work Area Overview

Mission Statement:

The Access and Transport Architecture (ATA) Work Area (WA) defines and specifies the architecture and equipment requirements for access, routing and transport network infrastructure. ATA produces industry-agreed specifications for applications such as mobile transport infrastructure (fronthaul and backhaul), data center interconnect, broadband Internet access, etc.  as well as specifications for managing, testing, and maintaining these networks and their applications. This work typically takes the form of architecture, equipment requirements, test & implementation guidance, and education materials.


Work Area Directors:

  • David Sinicrope, Ericsson
Business Impact:

A critical element of the work is the long term support of existing network elements alongside virtualized software based network functions, resulting in a stable network that may be evolved over time. This enables seamless migration of new networking technologies based on their market acceptance, at the same time protecting existing infrastructure investment, and deployment into new different territories. ATA specifications underpin the network infrastructure, value-added services and application delivery for fixed and mobile access networks, and allow deployment at the pace of each relevant market. Co-existence of physical and virtualized solutions for static and dynamic services create a network infrastructure mitigating the risks to existing revenue at the same time it leverages new networking technology according to market demand.

Scope:

ATA maintains the primary architectures for the work of Broadband Forum. The architectures, requirements and other deliverables reflect the control, management, and data plane aspects of the access, transport and routed networks used to provide operator, enterprise and “over-the-top” Internet based connectivity services. The deliverables of the work area are designed to leverage and integrate new industry technologies while protecting investment of current deployments. These deliverables provide the industry with a collective and consistent methodology to drive product development and service deployment.

Email List:

ATA Work Area (WA): ata@broadband-forum.org

  • used for ATA meeting notification, agendas, discussion, etc.

Join or Leave BBF Groups and Email Lists


ATA Calls, Minutes, Agendas

Each Project has its own agenda and set of minutes.

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