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Team on 14 September 2006
Initiative unites broadband technologies
The BroadbandSuite initiative expands the DSL Forum's mission beyond DSL to address interoperability and management across DSL, fibre and alternative broadband technologies.
The DSL Forum has announced a major initiative to fuel the growth of next-generation broadband services Taking into account the variety of ways people are beginning to enjoy "quadruple play" services - voice, video, data and mobile - the BroadbandSuite initiative expands the DSL Forum's mission beyond DSL to address interoperability and management across DSL, fibre and alternative broadband technologies
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Today, DSL is the dominant broadband technology, used by more than 150 million subscribers worldwide for IP-based services that range from simple high speed data transfer to multi-channel HDTV, video on-demand, videoconferencing and VoIP.
Service providers are evolving their access infrastructures to serve more customers with newer services through adoption of a common set of specifications, including DSL Forum Technical Reports (TR).
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"The DSL Forum serves as the catalyst for developing critical standards necessary for the delivery of DSL and integrated services across the globe", said Matt Davis, Director, Consumer Multiplay at IDC.
"Companies not normally associated strictly with DSL, such as consumer electronics vendors and home networking companies stand to benefit as the DSL Forum evolves in order to create the technological underpinnings necessary for the delivery of voice, video, and multimedia over DSL and other broadband technologies".
BroadbandSuite extends the concept of traditional end-to-end solutions by developing an access and management platform responsive to devices beyond the customer gateway as well as the distribution network.
This "blueprint" is designed to minimise provisioning and maintenance issues for service and application providers who must support vast and growing requirements of new applications and hardware.
With BroadbandSuite, components work together seamlessly, delivering a high quality consumer experience vital for driving next-generation voice, video, data and mobile services.
"Our BroadbandSuite initiative clearly reflects the DSL Forum's commitment to stimulate greater opportunities for the broadband industry as well as even better value for consumers", said Michael Brusca, Chairman and President, DSL Forum.
BroadbandSuite has three focus areas: BroadbandControl, BroadbandAccess and BroadbandHome.
BroadbandControl creates an intelligent, programmable control layer that unifies management of next-generation network elements and devices, which empowers service providers to deliver personalised services that enhance the subscriber's broadband experience.
BroadbandAccess defines specifications for broadband-agnostic access network architectures, evolving from ATM to Ethernet-based access aggregation.
With Ethernet, service providers can better support high-bandwidth applications such as IPTV, video on demand and videoconferencing.
BroadbandHome unifies the home networking environment by establishing a common set of capabilities for networked devices as well as automating device activation and configuration to simplify the service delivery process.
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