OB-5WWC Project Team’s 5G-RG software architecture open for comments

OB-5WWC Project Team’s 5G-RG software architecture open for comments

Open Broadband-5WWC (OB-5WWC) is an Open Source project focused on bringing the full benefits of the 5G ecosystem to fixed-line services and offering a full end-to-end solution to operators. The aim is to create a reference implementation of the Broadband Forum specified Wireless-Wireline Convergence solution for 5G capable Residential Gateways (5G-RGs), providing shorter time-to-market for products and reduced development times and cycles.

OB-5WWC also seeks to provide a solution stack suitable for integration with OpenWRT/RDK-B frameworks and to provide a reference for testing Access Gateway Function (AGF) and RG test tool development.

Members of the project team have supported mutual members’ activities by improving data models for cellular interface management to establish an RG architecture Technical Report for the BUS Work Area.

The group continues its progress with the architecture, design, and alignment with OpenWRT and RDK-B and gaining clarification of RG deployment scenarios. The team has documented RG deployment, architecture, and modeling aspects.

An RDK-aligned 5G-RG software architecture proposal was submitted in Q4 2023 and is still open for review and comments. The exploration of components and tools to establish the test environment, including for AGF and 5G Core, is in progress. A chipset vendor member has offered to contribute simulation and testing components.

The project team’s goal is to firm up the architecture and start the Minimum Viable Product (MVP) implementation with code submissions from members.

An important next step continues to progress by defining a common approach to access SIM-based credentials to develop a Broadband Forum compliant solution covering wired-only 5G-RG, and the group is calling on device manufacturers to support this activity. The team plans to document the deployment, architecture, and modeling aspects of RG.

Discussions have begun on aligning with and supporting the Broadband Forum’s CloudCO live demonstrations in 2024, considering key use cases with 5G-RG.

There is now an opportunity for interested parties to contribute software architecture and design reviews, code, and testing components.

The project team continues to welcome interested parties, including candidates with software development experience, and radio module and mobile experience.

For any interested parties (including non-Broadband Forum members) that wish to be part of the project, please sign the project participation agreement online here.

For more on the OB-5WWC project’s current work, please see: https://wiki.broadband-forum.org/display/OB5WWC/OB-5WWC+Home.