Technical Working Groups

Mission: To establish common broadband related technical specifications to ensure network and management optimization

Technical Committee Chair: Gavin Young Cable & Wireless Worldwide Send Message	Technical Committee Vice-Chair: Frank Van der Putten Alcatel-Lucent Send Message

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END TO END ARCHITECTURE

Mission Statement:
To oversee and coordinate all Access architecture and transport related technical work within the Forum.

Scope:
Access architecture encompassing interface definitions and nodal functional requirements from Residential Gateway (RG) through Access Node, aggregation network and Broadband Network Gateway (BNG) to peering interfaces with network and application service providers. The focus is end-to-end service delivery across this domain encompassing equipment requirements to support capabilities such as QoS and multicast functionality. The WG also encompasses policy and control of the key network elements and protocol interworking requirements. All broadband wireline access technologies are within scope of this access architecture work (e.g. DSL, GPON, point-to-point fibre). Wireless broadband access technologies will be addressed via liaison with the appropriate standards body (e.g. WiMax Forum, 3GPP etc.). Consideration is also given to the relative energy efficiency aspects of access architectures.

Co-Chairs:

David Allan
Ericsson
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David Thorne
British Telecom
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Vice-Chair:

Sven Ooghe
Alcatel-Lucent
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BroadbandHome ™

Mission Statement:
Provide the Broadband industry with technical specifications that define the devices in the DSL broadband Home and eases the deployment and management of broadband services.

Scope:
Maintain and evolve the TR-069 CPE WAN Management Protocol (CWMP). Enhance its capabilities at all stages of the CPE remote management lifecycle: Auto- configuration, service provisioning, firmware management, diagnostics, fault and performance monitoring. Develop and specify new CPE device models (including XML schema) to broaden the range of devices for which TR-069 can be used. Extend home networking device specifications for emerging network interfaces and protocols. Use of remote CPE management to facilitate improved energy efficiency.

OUI Number:  00256D

Co-Chairs:

Heather Kirksey
Alcatel-Lucent
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Greg Bathrick
PMC-Sierra
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Vice-Chair

Jason Walls
UNH Interoperability Lab
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Fiber Access Network

Mission Statement:
To develop technical specifications related to Optical Access Nodes and associated test plans for conformance and inter-vendors interoperability

Scope:

• Technology specific considerations for fiber access support of BBF architectures. Definition of interfaces and functional requirements of Access Network transmission systems (OLT, ONT, ...) that use fiber media such as all types of standardized ITU-T and IEEE PONs and point-to-point optical technologies
• The WG also defines conformance and interoperability test plans for fiber access systems and organizes plugfests on this basis
• The WG has strong relationships with other organizations like ITU-T, IEEE and FSAN

Co-Chairs:

Alessandro Capurso
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Telecom Italia
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Regis Coat
France Telecom
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IP/MPLS & Core

Mission Statement: Provide the broadband and telecommunications industries with specifications for application and deployment of IP/MPLS technology in converged networks.

Scope:
Use of IP/MPLS technology in converged network architecture to address deployment of IP, Ethernet, ATM, and TDM services providing the capability to support multiple applications such as mobile backhaul, video, and Internet access. Includes development of technical specifications to define architecture, requirements, and conformance tests as well as support interoperability events.

Chair:

Rao Cherukuri
Juniper Networks
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Vice-Chair Applications and Deployment:

David Sinicrope
Ericsson
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Vice-Chair Certification:

Drew Rexrode II
Verizon
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Metallic Transmission

Mission Statement:
To develop functional and performance test plans for cross-vendor interoperability of broadband transmission technologies that use metallic media.

Scope:
Broadband transmission systems that use metallic media such as all types of standardised DSL technology operating over twisted copper pairs and standards based home-networking technologies that use copper-pair, power line or coax media. In addition to the test-plans for such systems the WG is also involved in organising plugfests and developing Energy Efficiency guidelines for these transmission systems. Energy efficiency test plans for network and customer equipment are also covered including guidelines for operating metallic transmission systems in a more efficient manner e.g. use of low power mode.

Chair:

Les Brown
Lantiq
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Vice-Chairs

Lincoln Lavoie
UNH Interoperability Lab
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Massimo Sorbara
Ikanos Communications
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OPERATIONS & NETWORK MANAGEMENT

Mission Statement:
Provide recommendations for operational, network management, and process aspects of broadband access networks.

Scope:
Broadband Access and operational issues including element manger functionality, interfaces and associated MIB definition. Operational best practises for service assurance, trouble-shooting and equipment configuration (e.g. DSL profiles and DSL Quality Management). Consideration is also given to the energy efficiency aspects of network operating paradigms, facilitated by appropriate network management.

Chair:

Peter Adams
Adtran
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Vice-Chair:

Moti Morgenstern
ECI Telecom
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END-TO-END ARCHITECTURE

Some end-to-end architecture issues (e.g. IPv6, QoS, security etc.) may require a joint session between the e2e Architecture WG and one or more other WGs, which is dynamically arranged depending on the topic to be addressed. Hence there may be multiple joint WG "End-to-end Architecture" sessions at each quarterly meeting but involving different WGs along with the e2e Architecture WG depending on the topic.

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Broadband Forum Chief Editor

The Chief Editor has oversight of all Forum created documents to ensure consistency in style and formatting and is responsible for maintaining boilerplates within all documents. The Chief Editor encourage editors to fully complete all standard formatting within a document and provides assistance to document editor's as needed. The Chief Editor works with the Secretariat to ensure that all documents that have been submitted for balloting are accurate and work's with the document editor's and Secretariat to ensure Technical Reports are updated and posted correctly and formatting is consistent.

Chief Editor:

Michael Hanrahan
Huawei Technologies
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