prpl Foundation raises its ambitions, delivering new software following membership contributions
2021.09.02 – VanillaPlus
‘With the impetus and significant funding from more heavyweight operators, prpl Foundation is accelerating delivery of the carrier-grade Open-Source stack for Broadband CPE, prplWare, for release by year-end.
prplWare is an Open-Source stack that harmonises Broadband CPE interfaces with Open Standard APIs, serving as base implementation for Operator CPE firmware. This software stack drives the deployment of In-Home Services such as Wi-Fi Alliance’s EasyMesh standard or Broadband Forum USP.
It also comprises a Hybrid Application Environment also named Life Cycle Management (LCM) for enhanced and flexible field operations to implement App Store with the paradigm of “write once, deploy many” and software architecture based on containers. To accomplish this, prplWare offers standardised high-level APIs based on Broadband Forum standards (e.g. TR-369, TR-181) and a first version of low-level API for easier App deployment and easy portability.’
READ THE FULL ARTICLE
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.