Smart home activities grow in BUS; latest updates of TR-181 and TR-398 published

Smart home activities grow in BUS; latest updates of TR-181 and TR-398 published

Target: Explore the necessary work for delivering an operator-grade smart home and improving the subscriber experience.

Outcome: Work continued in the Broadband User Services (BUS) Work Area on USP 1.4, TR-181 Device:2.18 and WT-492, with discussions on the next level of support for containerized applications in broadband CPE taking place.

The group is aiming for USP 1.4 to go into Straw Ballot review in early May 2024. This builds on the progress of USP 1.3 and TR-181 Device:2.16 in laying the foundations for application-enabled services using broadband CPE and helps deliver an operator-grade smart home ecosystem. A USP 1.3 Test Plan is planned for publication over the Summer.

Developed jointly with the WWC Work Area for updates to 5G interfaces and remote management, TR-181 Device:2.17 was published in January 2024. Smart home activities continue to grow within BUS, with more discussions on Matter support in TR-181 data models, using USP as cloud support for Matter, and bridging between different IoT protocols and architectures. As part of this, the group will work with fellow Standards Development Organization Wireless Broadband Association.

The group also published the third issue of the widely used TR-398 Wi-Fi performance Test Plan, with Issue 4 in progress.

The Smart Home Project Stream is designed to provide the tools to empower operators to assist in the deployment, management, and interoperability of the consumer smart home. This will be achieved by leveraging USP (TR-369)/TR-181, as well as introducing requirements and test plans for the network and security capabilities of the smart home devices deployed in subscriber networks. Contact the Project Stream Leads, Jason Walls and Tim Spets, to get involved. Join the smart-home slack channel and smarthome@broadbandforum.org mailing list.

The USP Summit 2024, hosted in tandem with the Spring Member Meeting, was successful and promoted cross-industry collaboration with detailed discussions on the insights, challenges, and solutions of TR-369 (USP).

Take a look at the BUS Work Area’s latest work: https://wiki.broadband-forum.org/display/BBF/Broadband+User+Services.