Maximizing network profitability through open access, interoperability, service management, and advanced services.

BBF Specification Focus

Multivendor interoperability (OLT/ONU) based on BBF.247, remote device and service management based on TR-69 CWMP/TR-369 USP, and Fixed Access Network Sharing (FANS) based on TR-370 architecture and node requirements.

Description

BBF standards enable carriers to maximize revenues and minimize CapEx and OpEx by enabling multivendor interoperability based on BBF.247, remote device and service management based on TR-69 CWMP/TR-369 USP, and Open Access based on leveraging TR-370 Fixed Access Network Sharing (FANS) architecture and node requirements.

BBF.247 helps drive capital (CapEx) efficiency by certifying equipment interoperability based on industry standard ITU-T G.988 OMCI to deliver choice and flexibility for service providers and broadband consumers.

BBF.069 and BBF.369 help drive operational (OpEx) efficiencies by certifying CPE devices comply with TR-69 CWMP and TR-369 USP by providing

Infrastructure sharing allows network providers to effectively “lease” their access network to others which can eliminate service provider capital expenditures needed if they were to build their own network. Network sharing can also promote competition by allowing new operators to enter the market without a new network build.

The Ciena demonstration will highlight the BBF standards with a subscriber self-serve portal and a cloud instance of the Blue Planet Multi-Domain Service Orchestration (MDSO) to drive service automation from a Market Place of providers and services. The services will be delivered over Ciena’s Broadband Access solution including its Service Aware OS (SAOS) powered routers and industry leading pluggable XGS-PON micro-Optical Line Terminal (uOLT) interoperating with Ciena’s own as well as third party XGS-PON Optical Network Units (ONU).

The demonstration will also highlight interoperability between Ciena’s 3804 ONU with integrated WiFi and support for TR-69 based standards. The demonstration is intended to show the power of open standards to maximize choice. BBF TR-69/369 auto-configuration server (ACS) partner platforms will be used to demonstrate the power of cloud managed platforms for both basic and advanced WiFi management, but also the ability to control the in-home experience with premium WiFi services.

Key Highlights

1. Demonstrate an Open Access network with a marketplace driven cloud-based orchestrator to automate services in a disaggregated PON network. The services will be delivered over an XGS-PON network over Ciena and third-party ONUs leveraging principles of TR-247 and cloud managed USP platform leveraging TR-369.

2. Address the needs of the broadband operator to drive economical sustainability through the sharing of fiber infrastructure by opening it up to use by several competitive retail ISPs. Show how, starting with a single uONU in a multi service router with its ability to scale a port at a time, operators can more closely match network spend to revenue generation for improved profitability. And, optimize capital spend by leveraging ONU interoperability and open CPE standards to minimize cost and risk of a single vendor deployment.

3. Demonstrate automation from a BSS designed for wholesale service providers. Highlight the subscriber’s ability to self-serve over any “always on” access network infrastructure minimizing operational costs in delivering those services. In addition, highlight service management by providing remote management of the subscriber home network.