2022.03.03 – Broadband Forum releases new open-source implementation for the connected home, and starts work on Release 6

Broadband Forum releases new open-source implementation for the connected home, and starts work on Release 6

2022.03.03 – VanillaPlus

Vendors utilising the open-source reference implementation of Broadband Forum’s connected home standard, User Services Platform (USP/TR-369), will benefit from easier integration and increased functionality thanks to the latest Open Broadband-USP-Agent (OB-USP-Agent) Release 5 from Broadband Forum.

According to the Forum, the USP standard has been the go-to interoperable ecosystem for the connected home since its inception. Developed by device and infrastructure vendors and operators, the OB-USP-Agent project is a reference implementation that aims to increase the number of USP deployments from operators each year and allows vendors to accelerate their own developments and seamlessly integrate this solution into their service offerings. Currently, the open broadband project brings together 20 vendors and service providers.

Following the release of the version 1.2 of USP, the OB-USP-Agent project has published Release 5 (Eagle release) and has begun work on Release 6 (Falcon release). The Eagle release rounds out the support for USP Message Transfer Protocols (MTP) with the implementation of the WebSocket MTP. With the included WebSocket MTP feature, OB-USP-Agent now supports all of the defined USP MTPs. MTPs specify how one USP Endpoint can establish a connection to another USP Endpoint and define a common language to enable the USP Endpoints to communicate with each other.

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