Broadband Forum News – February 2024

February 2024

The Headlines:

• The future of the connected home adding value to broadband QoE.
• BASe Whitepaper: Delivering differentiated service offerings and reducing customer churn in the connected home.
• Reliability is the key to success in consumer markets.
• Test & Monitor: Look closely.
• USP speeds up service provider deployments ahead of industry summit.
•  Delivering differentiated service offerings and reducing customer churn in the connected home

CEO’s Note

Welcome to the first monthly Broadband Forum News, where we will showcase the great work from our members, as well as highlight our upcoming events and the important news impacting the telecoms industry. This month, our focus is on the connected home as we build up to our informative and interactive USP Summit in March. As the industry shifts from delivering fast connectivity and higher bandwidth to services-led networks that prioritize user experience, it is important that we continue to collaborate and learn about the challenges, solutions, and benefits of this transition.

-Craig Thomas, CEO at Broadband Forum

Insights from BBF

• Pipeline published a Broadband Forum editorial contribution on ISP’s renewed focus on delivering more value-added services, discussing the integration challenges, the need for standardization, and outlining the benefits. Read more here.
• Euromedia produced a detailed Q and A on how the broadband sector is responding to market dynamics and enabling service providers to maintain market share and protect revenue. The piece featured the view of the Broadband Forum on several topics. Access this on page 9-15 here.

News and Updates

• Broadband Forum announced its next USP Summit on 7-8 March 2024, following on from the success of last year’s event, which featured in Communications Today. Register for the BASe Technical and USP summit 2024 here.

• In conjunction with Omdia, the Broadband Forum issued The Future of the Connected Home: The Rise of Home Applications’ Whitepaper. Its findings were covered in an article produced by Mobile Europe. You can read the full report here.
• BASe members Calix, Domos, F-Secure, Friendly Technologies, Kaon Media, and Nokia came together to produce a whitepaper on Delivering differentiated service offerings and reducing customer churn in the connected home. The industry insight outlines the critical role that standards will play in helping broadband players unlock the full potential of the connected home. You can download the full whitepaper here.
• Craig Thomas’ appointment as CEO and more on the services-led broadband focus was captured in Fierce Telecom. We would also like to congratulate Tiffany Groves on her promotion to Senior Marketing Coordinator, and welcome Ken Pyle as Marketing Director and Karina Rocha-Gabbard as Operations and Support Manager.

Technology Spotlight

USP 1.3

USP helps broadband service providers deploy, implement, and manage all aspects of the smart home. The USP data model, architecture, and communications protocol enable devices from multiple vendors to connect to the Wi-Fi home gateway for the broadband service provider to manage. Read more about the latest version of USP here or watch the video explanation from Connected Home Council Co-Chair, Jason Walls (QA Cafe).

Upcoming Events

CHECK OUT MORE BBF EVENTS

Join the Fiberdays 24, Germany’s leading fibre optic event on 27th -28th February in Wiesbaden, Germany.

It´s the sector’s most relevant trade show, featuring more than 200 national and international exhibitors, with an extensive conference program and high profile panels, where industry leaders meet political decision makers to discuss the future of fibre industry in Germany.

More info: www.fiberdays.de. Get your ticket here: ticketshop Fiberdays

New Projects and Straw Ballots

The following is a list of the most recently published technical reports and the advancements in the Broadband Forum Work Areas featuring projects going through Straw and Final Ballots.

Published this year to date:

• TR-477: Cloud CO Enhancement (SDN and NFV)
• TR-106 Amendment 13 (BUS)
• TR-181 Issue 2 Amendment 1 (BUS)

Final Ballots:

ATA (Access and Transport Architecture):

• WT-390.2a1: Performance Measurement between Customer Equipment and IP Edge

WWC (Wireless-Wireline Convergence:

• WT-493: IMS for 5G-RG Architecture
• WT-494: IMS for 5G-RG Residential Voice Requirements
• WT-458c1: Wireless and Wireline Convergence with Control and User Plane Separation. Reference Architecture, Interface, and Protocol Specification

BUS (Broadband User Services):

• WT-398i3: Wi-Fi In-Premises Performance Testing

Straw Ballots:

ATA (Access and Transport Architecture):

• WT-459.2i2: Multi-Service Disaggregated BNG with CUPS: Integrated Carrier Grade NAT function. Reference Architecture, Deployment Models, Interface, and Protocol Specifications Issue
• WT-459i3: Multi-Service Disaggregated BNG with CUPS. Reference Architecture, Deployment Models, interface, and Protocol Specifications Issue 3

FAN (Fiber Access Networks):

• DTP-247i4c1: PON Conformance Test Plan
• WT-309i3: XG-PON and XGS-PON TC Layer Interoperability Test Plan

Upcoming Straw Ballots

FAN (Fiber Access Networks):

• DTP-255i2: GPON Interoperability Test Plan

PHYtx (Physical Layer Transmission):

• WT-301i2a3: Architecture and Requirements for Fiber to the Distribution Point

Welcome New BBF Members

2023 New Members

5×9 Networks – Altibox –Blu-Castle – DKT – Dragon Path Technologies – Invigo – Meta– Nagra – NEXTLab – ReadyLinks – Shenzhen SDMC Technology – Telekom Malaysia – TP-Link

2024 New Members

Go Fiber – Positron Access Solutions – Sichuan Changhong NeoNet Technologies Co., Ltd. – Tadtelmax – Veego

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