David Sinicrope any chance you can look at this and give an OK or edit today? I am providing to Robin for inclusion in a priority document related to the license application. Proposed text: Mission: The Access and Transport Architecture (ATA) Work Area (WA) defines the architecture of Broadband Forum's work and specifies the integration of routing and transport network infrastructure. ATA produces industry-agreed specifications for applications such as mobile backhaul/transport infrastructure, data center interconnect, video distribution, etc. This work is typically in the form of architecture, equipment requirements, interoperability and conformance test plans, implementation guidance, and education materials. Business Impact: A critical element of the work is the long term support of existing and new physical and statically management network elements alongside agile and virtualized functions, in what will effectively be a stable hybrid network. This enables seamless migration based on market acceptance of new technologies, protection of existing infrastructure investment, and normal spread of deployment in different territories. ATA specifications underpin all the new value-added services and application delivery for fixed and mobile access networks, home and business that can now be deployed at the pace of each market. Co-existence of physical and virtualized solutions and from static and dynamic services will create a hybrid broadband network mitigating the risks to existing revenue and enabling market-paced migration. Scope: ATA maintains the primary architectural models for the work of Broadband Forum. The models reflect the control, management, and data plane aspects of Broadband Forum-defined architectures. The models are augmented to subsume new industry directions, such as SDN and NFV, while carrying forward key aspects of broadband as currently deployed. The products of the work area provide Broadband Forum with a collective and consistent language and algebra to help drive overall consistency of product. |