Leadership & Contacts

Work Area Directors:

Marta Seda , Calix
Herman Verbueken , Nokia

Access Work Area Email Lists/Exploders:

access@broadband-forum.org
- This email list is for BBF Access Network Work Area.
memgen@broadband-forum.org
- This email list is for BBF Members to receive general information
wt385@broadband-forum.org
- This email list is for WT-385 "xPON YANG Modules" discussions

For instructions on how to join/leave these exploders, please refer to Join or Leave BBF Groups and Email Lists. To see your current membership, visit your JIRA profile page.

Mission & Scope

Mission:

Develop Broadband Forum technical specifications and test plans to enable multi-vendor interoperability for last mile broadband network deployments according to Broadband Forum network architectures.

Scope:

Develop technical specifications for broadband access networks, including fixed wireless access, such as nodal requirements for access nodes, requirements for PON based mobile backhaul networks, authentication of network endpoints, and access network power saving.
Specify data / information models for management of access nodes and subtended devices.
Create of conformance, interoperability, and plugfest test plans for access network technologies (such as HS-PON, XGS-PON, NG-PON, Gfast, etc.).

Active Project Streams

For latest status of in-progress work, please refer to BBF Work in Progress - Projects, Project Streams, and Jira Links

Project Stream Name	Description	Project Stream Lead
Unassigned Project Stream	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.	Managed by Access WA Directors
Access Interoperability and Test	Interoperability project stream is dedicated to PON system interoperability of telecom services over multi-vendor and multi-carrier inter-connections. The Interoperability project stream has also added OLT NETCONF management interoperability between OLT NETCONF server interfaces and third-party NETCONF clients such as an SDN controller. Interoperability and test project is responsible for creating test cases documents for vendor certification and conformance. Both vendors and operators benefit from these documents as they describe agreed-upon use cases to support. Being able to exchange information between devices and management applications is crucial for the modern economy.	Justin Nelson, UNH-IOL Vincent Buchoux, LAN
Access Management	The Access Management Project Stream is dedicated to the development of NETCONF management models to manage ITU-T and IEEE PON YANG models. Common access model promote interoperability between NETCONF servers and 3rd party NETCONF clients.	Joey Boyd, ADTRAN Sven Ooghe, Nokia
Access Architecture and Framework	The Access Architecture and Framework PS is dedicated to developing technical specifications for broadband access networks, including fixed wireless access, such as nodal requirements for access nodes, requirements for PON based mobile backhaul networks, authentication of network endpoints, and access network power saving.	Samuel Chen, Broadcom Frank Van der Putten, Nokia

Work Area Calendar

Special Events

PON Plugfests

Related and Archived Materials

Fiber Access Networks Work Area - Archived
Physical Layer Transmission Work Area - Archive