ATA rounds off successful quarter with IPv6 security project and new open broadband projects launched

ATA rounds off successful quarter with IPv6 security project and new open broadband projects launched

Target: The Access & Transport Architecture (ATA) Work Area maintains primary architectural work of the Broadband Forum. The group delivers scalable, dynamic, and flexible architectures to support highly resilient connectivity for the next-generation of responsive services and applications. ATA’s focus includes specifying frameworks and real-time tools to deliver predictive connectivity and service performance.

Progress: The group’s work on quality and performance measurements continues with discussions on service metrics, QED in multicast environments, and QED measurement formats.

The publication of TR-390 Issue 2 Amendment 1 has laid the foundations for performance measurement using STAMP in access networks. This has helped enable a new Open Broadband project: OB-STAMP for improved Quality of Experience.

The group has made considerable progress on the architecture of ‘Subscriber Session Steering’ WT-474. Alongside this, the Open Broadband Subscriber Session Steering (OB-STEER) project has been proposed for automation delivery, greater efficiency, and traffic optimization.

‘IP Capacity Metrics and Measurement’ WT-471 Issue 4 was sent to Straw Ballot, ‘Control and User Plane Separation for a disaggregated BNG’ WT-459 Issue 3 has completed Straw Ballot resolution, and ‘Wi-Fi Authentication’ WT-497 has proceeded to Final Ballot.

A new project on ‘Security Considerations for IPv6 Broadband Networks’ has been approved, with a new project on ‘Multicast delegation for Live TV streaming’ discussed. The latter would enable video providers to leverage network multicast capabilities and assure an end-to-end digital supply chain.

For more information on ATA Work Area’s ongoing work, visit: https://wiki.broadband-forum.org/display/BBF/Access+and+Transport+Architecture.