A new set of specifications on FTTdp management from the Broadband Forum have been revealed today, enabling carriers to develop optical fiber speeds and applications without full up-gradation or virtualization of their infrastructures.
Software deliverable TR-355, YANG Modules for FTTdp Management, enable configuration and control of fiber-fed nodes in the periphery of the access network using advanced software-based techniques resulting in interoperability for FTTdp management.
This may result in agile, ultrafast broadband services for developing technologies such as G.fast to offer fiber-like speeds for customers interconnected via copper cables.
The FTTdp YANG management model is the first software written in the YANG modelling language, in line with the latest Intellectual Property (IP) Policy. It has also been updated to streamline software licensing and meets the demands to have software code included alongside traditional standards specifications to accelerate time to market.
“While the Broadband Forum has been delivering TR-069 software for Residential Gateway management and configuration for more than 10 years, TR-355 breaks new ground for the Forum in that it is the first specification to publish YANG modules and deliver software specifically designed and licensed for wide scale and rapid adoption by the networking industry,” conveyed Kevin Foster, chairman, Broadband Forum.
TR-355 consists of seven YANG data model software specifications, including common Broadband Forum YANG types, an interface object supporting xDSL and G.fast, and the ITU T standardized objects for start-up of G.fast or VDSL, G.fast and VDSL2 configuration, status monitoring, performance management, testing and diagnostics, and Single-Ended Line Test (SELT) and Metallic Line Test (MELT) configuration and test results. The modules are publicly available via GitHub.
Broadband Forum’s first deliverables on the YANG modules for FTTdp management take the ITU-T standardized objects for management of copper access (G.hs, VDSL, G.fast, SELT and MELT) to the next level.
The FTTdp Work Area designed TR-355 with the Forum has turned to the center of expertise for YANG specifications relating to broadband networks, working in close cooperation with the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).
In the next step, re-use of the modules being developed in other areas, such as Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) will be initiated.
“The publication of TR-355 is groundbreaking in a number of ways. First and foremost are the clear advantages it brings to operators looking to launch new competitive ultrafast services such as G.fast, while vendors will also benefit from the set of defined specifications. Furthermore, our new licensing, detailed in our updated IP Policy, sends a clear message about our continuing evolution to meet the needs of the changing networking industry,” said Robin Mersh, CEO, Broadband Forum.
The release of TR-355 comes just a week after the Forum published the first set for the virtual Residential Gateway.
The Network Enhanced Residential Gateway (TR-317) provides requirements for an end-to-end architecture, with flexible and agile environment, without provisioning or attaching new services directly to an end-user Residential Gateway.
