FAN collaborates with other Work Areas to progress new standards; officially launches sustainability project
FAN collaborates with other Work Areas to progress new standards; officially launches sustainability project
Target: The Fiber Access Networks (FAN) Work Area specifies and maintains PON architecture and nodal requirements, PON abstraction and mobile backhaul requirements. It is also responsible for PON test suites related to PON conformance and interoperability, and compliance test plans related to XGS-PON, NG-PON2, 25GS, 50G-PON, and Physical Medium Dependent (PMD)/Transmission Convergence (TC) Layer. Lastly, it is responsible for PON YANG data model specifications.
In Progress:
WT-309 Issue 3 ‘PON TC Layer Test Plan’ and WT-385 Issue 3 ‘PON YANG’ are close to being finalized.
PON testing with DTP-247 Issue 4 Corrigendum 1 ‘ONU Conformance Test Plan’ is being prepared for Final Ballot and DTP-255 Issue 2 ‘OLT-ONU Interoperability Test Plan’ is going to Straw Ballot.
The FAN, BUS, and SDN/NFV Work Areas have agreed on a new project for greater sustainability. The project is an Energy Power Saving Requirements, Test Plan, and Data Model. This will ensure interoperable and predictable power saving implementations.
FAN also took part in joint sessions with the SDN/NFV and Common YANG Work Areas on SDN interfaces and vOMCI.
Together with Common YANG, the Work Area continues to work on PON management with WT-505 ‘ONU Management at Scale’, WT-489 ‘ONU Authentication’, and WT-512 ‘EAP-OMCI Method’. WT-512 facilitates the introduction of secure mutual authentication.
For more on the FAN Work Area’s ongoing work, please see: https://wiki.broadband-forum.org/display/BBF/2023+Q4+Meeting+-+Fiber+Access+Networks+Meeting+Minutes
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