Access Work Area: 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.

Connected User Work Area: Develop technical specifications, implementation guides, reference implementations, test plans, and marketing white papers for the deployment, management, and consumption of services by broadband end users.

Network Architecture Work Area: Develop the architecture and nodal requirements for end-to-end broadband deployments, across traditional and converged networks (fixed line & mobile), to enable, ensure, and measure the best possible quality of experience for network users.

Provider Cloud Work Area: Develop the frameworks and specifications to enable broadband services, and the networks providing those services, to utilize cloud-based deployment approaches, including automation leveraging machine learning and AI.

Service Requirements Work Area: Support the Broadband Forum’s work for Services-Led Broadband by defining user-centric service requirements, advancing broadband service definitions, and fostering service innovations.

YANG Ninjas: Support Broadband Forum projects, work areas, and activities with the expertise necessary to produce the highest quality YANG specifications possible.

This page lists current active Broadband Forum projects. To view approved work, visit the Broadband Forum website.

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Link to Draft

Project Title
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Contributions
Link to Jira

Editor(s)
AccessAccess Architecture and FrameworkWT-142 Issue 5Framework for CWMP and USP enabled PON Devices

Kanban Board

NPIF

TBA
AccessAccess Architecture and FrameworkWT-280 Issue 4PON in the Context of TR-178Kanban Board

NPIF

Hugues Le Bras (Orange)
AccessAccess Architecture and FrameworkWT- 523 Issue 1Architecture and Requirements for Fiber and MT-FWA Access Extension 

Kanban Board

NPIF

TBA
AccessAccess Interoperability and Test Project StreamDTP-255 Issue 3PON Interoperability Test Plan

Kanban Board

NPIF

Justin Nelson (UNH)
AccessAccess Interoperability and Test Project StreamWT-309 Issue 3 Amendment 1PON TC Layer Interoperability Test Plan

Kanban Board

NPIF

Akiva Sadovski (Broadcom)
AccessAccess Interoperability and Test Project StreamWT-500 Issue 1MoCA Access Performance Test Plan

Kanban Board

NPIF

Helge Tiainen (Incoax)
AccessAccess Management Project StreamWT-385 Issue 3 Amendment 1YANG Modules for PON Management

Kanban Board

Bitbucket

Robert Peschi (Nokia)

Kevin Noll (Vecima)

AccessAccess Management Project StreamWT-489 Issue 1 Amendment 1Authentication of an ONU and selection of eOMCI or vOMCI

Kanban Board

Robert Peschi (Nokia)
AccessAccess Management Project StreamWT-496 Issue 1YANG Modules for MoCA Access 2.5 Interface

Kanban Board

Bitbucket

NPIF

Helge Tiainen (Incoax)
AccessAccess Management Project StreamWT-505 Issue 1ONU Management at Scale

Kanban Board

Bitbucket

NPIF

Robert Peschi (Nokia)

Joey Boyd (ADTRAN)

AccessAccess Management Project StreamWT-509 Issue 1 YANG modules for Cooperative Dynamic Bandwidth Assignment

Kanban Board

Bitbucket

NPIF

Francois Fredricx (Nokia)
AccessAccess Management Project StreamWT-512 Issue 1PON OMCI SMA as EAP-OMCI Method

Kanban Board

NPIF

Frank Van der Putten (Nokia)
AccessAccess Management Project StreamWT-513 Issue 1Access Node Management at Scale

Kanban Board

Bitbucket

NPIF

Shiya Ashraf (Nokia)
AccessAccess Management Project StreamWT-514 Issue 1OLT PON Management at Scale

Kanban Board

NPIF

Jian Zhu (Huawei)

Robert Pesci (Nokia)

ATAPerformance, Experience, and Application Testing (PEAT)MD-452.3Quality Experience Delivered (QED): Performance Measurement Architecture (webinar/presentation)ContributionsPeter Thompson (Predictable Network Solutions)
ATAPerformance, Experience, and Application Testing (PEAT)WT-452.3Quality Attenuation Conformance TestingContributionsPeter Thompson (Predictable Network Solutions)
ATAPerformance, Experience, and Application Testing (PEAT)WT-452.4QED Measurement FormatsContributionsBjørn Ivar Teigen (Domos)
ATAPerformance, Experience, and Application Testing (PEAT)WT-452.6Applicability of IOAM to QED Measurement using an Active ProtocolContributions

Ron Insler (Rad)

Fabrizio Guidotti (Outsys)

ATAPerformance, Experience, and Application Testing (PEAT)WT-452.7Quality Attenuation Measurements Using L2 and L3 Active Protocols in Multicast Environments

Contributions

Fabio Giudici (Outsys)

Fabrizio Guidotti (Outsys)

ATAAccess ArchitectureWT-474Subscriber Session Steering

Contributions

NPIF

Jonathan Newton (Vodafone)

Hans-Joerg Kolbe (Radisys) 

ATAAccess ArchitectureWT-515Security Considerations for IPv6 Broadband Networks
Contributions

Xeuyan Song (ZTE)

Yu Fu (China Unicom)

ATAPerformance, Experience, and Application Testing (PEAT)WT-518Extended Time To First Byte (TTFB) Metric, Related Metrics, and Measurements MethodsNPIF

TBA

ATANot AssignedWT-519

Application of L4S to Broadband Networks

NPIF

Kenneth Wan (Nokia)

Xeuyan Song (ZTE)

BUSSubscriber Networking Project Stream - BUSWT-124 Issue 9Functional Requirements for Broadband Residential Gateway Devices

Jira: DEVREQ

Madhura Paduvalli (LGI), Jason Walls (QA Cafe)

BUSSubscriber Networking Project Stream - BUSWT-124 Issue 10Functional Requirements for Broadband Residential Gateway Devices

Jira: DEVREQ

Bitbucket: WT-124

Madhura Paduvalli (LGI), Jason Walls (QA Cafe)

BUSSubscriber Networking Project Stream - BUSWT-434Performance Test of In-Premises Video Support Over Wi-Fi

Contributions

NPIF


BUSUser Services PlatformWT-479Framework for USP-Enabled DOCSIS Devices

Jira: USP4DOCSIS


John Blackford (Vantiva)
BUSSubscriber Networking Project Stream - BUSWT-492Software Based Architecture Smart Gateway Design Principles

Jira: SGDP

Bitbucket: TBD

Mike Talbert (WNC), Dennis Edwards (Nokia)
BUSSmart HomeTBDOperator-Grade Smart Home

NPIF

Jason Walls (QA Cafe)
BUSCompliance Testing Project StreamDTP-510Conformance Test Plan for USP Brokers

NPIF

Jason Walls (QA Cafe)
BUSData ModelingWT-511IEEE1905.1 Data Model Enhancements for Subscriber Networks

NPIF

Dennis Edwards (Nokia)
BUSSmart HomeWT-517MatterService Data Model for USP Enabled Devices

NPIF

Matthieu Anne (Orange)
BUSData ModelingDevice:2.19 (TR-181)

Device Data Model

Jira

Steve Nicolai, Arris

Klaus Wich, Huawei

David Woolley, Telstra

William Lupton, Broadband Forum 

BUSUser Services PlatformDTP-469a4

Conformance Test Plan for USP Agents Amendment 4 (DTP-469)

USPTEST-239

NPIF

Jason Walls

 Connected UserSubscriber NetworkingDTP-527

Wi-Fi Mesh/SON Test Plan

Contributions

TBD

BUS / PHYtxSubscriber Networking Project Stream - BUSWT-398 Issue 4Wi-Fi Residential & SOHO Performance Testing

Jira: WIFIPERF

Martin Casey (Calix)

Common YANG

YANG Modules

WT-383a9

Common YANG Modules for Access Networks

Contributions

Bitbucket: WT-383

Nick Hancock (Adtran)

Shiya Ashraf (Nokia)

Kevin Noll (CableLabs)

Network ArchitectureQuality of Experience (QoE)SD-526Research on Micro Congestion Model of PON Ports

NPIF

TBD

Provider CloudCloudCO ArchitectureWT-384 Issue 2Cloud Central Office Reference Architectural FrameworkContributions

Aihua Guo (Futurewei)

Hai Ding (China Unicom)

Provider CloudCloudCO ArchitectureCloud CO Enhancement - Access Node Hardware DisaggregationContributions

Antonio Marsico (Reply)

Francisco de Carvalho (Radisys)

Provider CloudCloudCO ArchitectureWT-525

Virtual OLT Hardware Abstraction Alignment with Cloud-CO


TBD

Provider CloudCloud ComponentsWT-436 Issue 2

Automated Intelligent Management Framework and Architecture

Contributions

Hiroshi Ou (NTT)

Xueyan Song (ZTE)

Provider CloudCloud ComponentsWT-486i2Interfaces for Automated Intelligent Management (AIM)Contributions

Ken Kerpez (DZS)

Kota Asaka (NTT)

Provider CloudCloud ComponentsWT-491

Metro Compute Networking Architecture, Functional Modules and Interface Definitions

Contributions

Call for co-Editor:

Contact the Provider Cloud Work Area Directors or info@broadband-forum.org for more information.

Provider CloudCloud ComponentsWT-495

Smart SD-WAN Architecture and Node Requirements

ContributionsFeng Yang (China Mobile)
Provider CloudCloud ComponentsWT-508Broadband Network Data Collection (BNDC)Contributions

Jian Zhu (Huawei)

Yu Xie (ZTE)

Provider CloudCloud Interfaces

WT-383a9

Common YANG Modules for Access Networks

Contributions

Bitbucket: WT-383

Nick Hancock (Adtran)

Shiya Ashraf (Nokia)

Kevin Noll (CableLabs)

Provider CloudCloud InterfacesWT-403 Amendment 1PON Abstraction Interface for Time-Critical ApplicationsContributions

Bruno Cornaglia (Vodafone)

Provider CloudCloud InterfacesWT-411 Issue 2

WT-411i2 and WT-454i2 - Access SDN M&C interface for access network build and service fulfilment

Contributions

TBD

Provider CloudCloud InterfacesWT-413 Issue 2SDN Management and Control Interfaces for CloudCO Network FunctionsContributions

Mauro Tilocca (FiberCop)

Haomian Zheng (Huawei)

Provider CloudCloud InterfacesWT-414WT-414/WT-520: NETCONF and YANG Data Models Interoperability/Conformance Test PlanContributions

Justin Nelson (UNH)

Provider CloudCloud InterfacesWT-454 Issue 2WT-411i2 and WT-454i2 - Access SDN M&C interface for access network build and service fulfilmentContributions

Tom van Caenegem

Avinash S. (Radisys)

Provider CloudCloud InterfacesWT-520WT-414/WT-520: NETCONF and YANG Data Models Interoperability/Conformance Test PlanContributions

Mauro Tilocca (Fibercop)

Provider CloudProvider Cloud ArchitectureWT-525Virtual OLT Hardware Abstraction Alignment with Cloud-COContributions

TBA

Provider CloudNon-PS AssignedWT-528

Intent-based Interface between Domain Orchestrator and SDN Management and Control (Occo-Nf-sdn)

Contributions

TBA

Service RequirementsQuality of Experience (QoE)WT-524 TBDContributions

TBA

WWC5GWT-456 Issue 3AGF Functional RequirementsContributions

Christele Bouchat (Nokia)

Jonathan Newton (Vodafone)

WWC5GWT-458 Issue 2Wireless and Wireline Convergence with Control and User Plane Separation - Reference Architecture, Interface, and Protocol SpecificationContributions

Kenneth Wan (Nokia)

WWC5GWT-470 Issue 3FMC Architectural OverviewContributions

Christele Bouchat (Nokia)

Manuel Paul (Deutsche Telekom)

WWC5GMD-5065G Hybrid AccessContributions

TBA

WWCMulti-Tenant FWAWT-507FWA solution for delivery inside a MDU/MTUContributions

Helge Tiainen / InCoax

Michael Timmers (Nokia)

WWCMulti-Tenant FWAMD-516 Benefits of Multi-Tenant Fixed Wireless AccessContributions

TBA


Open Broadband Projects

Open Broadband (OB) initiatives: 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.

Short Name

Project Title

Link to Wiki Space

OB-5WWC

Open Broadband - WWC Reference Implementation for 5G-RG

OB-5WWC Wiki

OB-BAA

Open Broadband - Broadband Access Abstraction (BAA)

OB-BAA Wiki
OB-MAPOpen Broadband -Multi Access Point (MAP) OB-MAP Wiki
OB-UDPSTOpen Broadband -UDP Speed TestOB-UDPST Wiki
OB-USP-AgentOpen Broadband - USP-AgentOB-USP-Agent Wiki

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  1. I click the hyperlink "contributions" of WT-487, It show "No issues were found to match your search".

    1. Sorry for the problem here - the filter is updated and should work correctly now! Thank you.