Open Broadband-Broadband Access Abstraction (OB-BAA)
Overview
Broadband Access Abstraction under BBF’s Open Broadband initiative is an open source project that specifies Northbound Interfaces (NBI), Core Components and Southbound Adaptation Interfaces (SAI) for functions associated with the access network devices that have been virtualized.
OB-BAA facilitates co-existence and seamless migration bringing the agility to adapt to a wide variety of software defined access models as they become defined by vendors and providers in a potentially vast market.
This Open Broadband reference implementation enables standardized, SDN-automated and accelerated deployment and management (e.g., configuration, reporting, alarms, performance monitoring and fault mangement) of new cloud-based access infrastructure and services.
The OB-BAA project is designed to be deployed within the BBF's CloudCO environment as one or more virtualized network functions (VNFs). Because the NBI and SAI utilize standardized data models and the Core components of the OB-BAA project are designed as virtualized micro-services with specified interfaces, the components of the OB-BAA project can also be adapted and deployed in other virtualized environments.
Mauro Tilocca (TIM), BBF Board Member, talks about the latest BBF activities in its Open Broadband initiative, including the Broadband Access Abstration (OB-BAA) project
News release
Open Broadband - Broadband Access Abstraction
- OB-BAA release & download
- What makes BAA different?
- The Need for Abstraction
- BAA and CloudCO
- Who Benefits?
OB-BAA release 1.0 & download
OB-BAA release 1.0
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What makes BAA different?The layered architecture diagram on the right shows how BAA enables independence of the north and southbound implementations. This removes the need for difficult deployment planning by decoupling the device and software implementation choices from business and market conditions. i.e., it facilitates service provider choices for local or system-wide implementation, migration, co-existence based on market demand, RoI, resources, etc. |
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The Need for Open Access AbstractionThe layered architecture diagram on the right shows how BAA enables independence of the north and southbound implementations. This removes the need for difficult deployment planning by decoupling the device and software implementation choices from business and market conditions. i.e., it facilitates service provider choices for local or system-wide implementation, migration, co-existence based on market demand, RoI, resources, etc. |
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BAA and CloudCOWhile both BAA and cloudCO are truly independent and free-standing applications, BAA fits exactly into the cloudCO architecture as one of many CloudCO use cases. The BAA layer integrated into the CloudCO Framework (TR-384) is shown in the diagram on the right. |
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Who Benefits?
Benefits for ServiceProviders
| Benefits for Manufacturers
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