BroadbandSuiteUnleashing the Power Of Broadband

October 15, 2006

Lisa Garza, Member Board of Directors, DSL Forum

The DSL Forum

• DSL Forum established in 1994– 12 years of focus on:

Empowering a global mass market for DSL

• Most of the earlier goals have been met- now is the time for the Forum’s focus to change

Consultant 11%

Service Provider18%

Vendor71%

Regulatory Entities0%

Membership BreakdownVendors = 144Service Providers = 36Consultants = 23Regulatory Entities = 1

Industry Segment Breakdown

Market Evolution

• Market is evolving quickly– Service providers

• are integrating fiber and alternative broadband technologies into their network

• need a common management platform• Require added intelligence to respond to a

larger variety of next-generation applications

– Device manufacturers • are building with an eye on access agnostic

interface.• Dual-mode products require intelligent

fixed/mobile traffic management

– Consumers are purchasing online devices independent of their service provider

DSL Forum Evolution

• Expanding beyond connectivity– Focus is shifting from connectivity– End-to-end access agnostic solution is required– Next-generation broadband architectures must

• Accelerate the introduction of new services across a converged IP architecture

• Reduce operating costs by simplifying network operations and maintenance

• Enhance the subscriber experience by ensuring application quality

Alignment

• Body of almost 150 Technical Reports– Developed for DSL but with application well

beyond DSL– Recent increase in liaison activity

Recognized needs-• Need a better way of communicating the

relationship of groups of TRs that make up robust solutions

• Need to proactive tailor our work to be more access agnostic

The BroadbandSuite• Focus on three key elements in

the next generation network – The Home network– The Access network – The Service Control plane

• Create a program that focuses on – Marketing the features and

benefits of the Solution– Uniting these three domains to

deliver an end-to-end solution– The Subscriber and their

experience• Provide thought leadership for

these domains– End-to-end reference

architectures creates additional liaison opportunities

– Additional opportunities around test and certification programs

• All work will be categorized and communicated as part of three reference models– BroadbandControl

• Network Management, Policy Control– BroadbandAccess

• Architecture, Transport, Access Interop – BroadbandHome

• WAN/LAN Management & Interop

• The BroadbandSuite Goals– Delivering a unified end-to-end, access agnostic

service delivery architecture– Ensuring quality, scalability, resiliency,

and inter-working capabilities– Expanding the reach with remote device

management capabilities

The BroadbandSuite3 Channels of Work

Broadband Control

• Goal– Create an intelligent, programmable control layer that

unifies all next-generation network assets

• Focus– Empower service providers to deliver personalized

services that enhance the subscriber experience.

• Key Specifications– TR-113 – Work in development: WT-131, WT-132, WT-134

BroadbandControl

• Key Features– Extensible

Architecture – Common Policy

Information Model– Unified Data Model – Dynamic Session

Control – Real-time Network

Control

BroadbandAccess

• Goal– Establish specifications for next-generation broadband

access network architectures

• Focus– Deliver access architectures that provide inherent

quality, scalability, resiliency, and inter-working capabilities

• Key Specifications– TR-101, TR-059, TR-058, 102, 092– Work in development: WT-126, 144, 146 & 147

BroadbandAccess

• Key Features– IP Ethernet – Multi-service Enabled

Architecture– End-to-End QoS

Enabled Architecture– Simplified Network

Provisioning & Management

Regional BroadbandNetwork

Access Network

AccessNode

(DSLAM)

AccessLoop

MDFEthernet

AggregationIP

BBNetworkGateway

L2TS

IP - QoS

L2TP

Customer Prem. Net

CPE

NSP1

ASP1

A10-ASP

A10-NSP

U

User1

User2T

NIDNSP2

A10-NSP

IP - QoS

A10-ASP

V

ASP/Service Node

Aggregation Network

•Policy-based Application and Subscriber IP Services (ala TR-059)

•Support for business services and higher access speeds

•Ethernet VLAN approaches used extensively

NSP – Network Service ProviderASP – Application Service Provider

BroadbandHome

• Goal– Define a unified home networking environment by

establishing a common set of CPE capabilities

• Focus– Simplify the service delivery process by automating the

device activation, configuration and management processes

• Key Specifications– TR-069, 98, 104, 106, 110, 111, 133,

068, 064, 067 – Work in development: WT-121,

WT-123, WT-135

BroadbandHome

• Key Features– Advanced Services Enabled

Architecture– Standardized Broadband

WAN interface – Flow Through Order

Management– Automated Device

Provisioning – Centralized Configuration

Management– Enhanced Remote Support

Capabilities– Device Standardization– Common Home Area

Networking Capability– Interoperability Program

Conclusion

• The BroadbandSuite delivers a– Robust next-generation broadband

network architecture– Solution that unites critical networking

domains – home, access, control– Architecture that seamlessly integrates

with other leading standards

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