Marta Seda, Work Area Director for the Broadband Forum’s Fiber Access Network (FAN) Work Area discusses some of their progress from the Q4 2023 Meeting. She points out that there are three major straw ballot documents that will move forward in the new year:
- DTP-247 Issue 4 ‘PON Conformance Test Plan’.
- DTP-255 Issue 2 ‘GPON Interoperability Test Plan’.
- WT-309 ‘PON TC (Transmission Convergence) Layer Interoperability Test Plan Collaboration, which is important for future Plugfests.
FAN also initiated a work study area on the topic of sustainability. Topics of interest include:
- Informal study on power gain
- Power Consumption gain measurement methods
- How to test OMCI Power saving MEs
The FAN Work Area welcomes participation regarding the sustainability work study area whether through the Wiki or via contributions.
