New open software code for the home gateway redefines broadband experience
2024年4月25日 - 7:33PM
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The time it takes to deploy new value-added services for
broadband customers has been drastically reduced from months to
weeks opening the door to delivering an app-store-like experience
via broadband routers.
Value-added services like cybersecurity, remote working, and
gaming experience controls are key for broadband providers to
transition to providing services-led broadband with greater user
experience and satisfaction. For Internet Service Providers (ISPs),
they enable service differentiation and increased average revenue
per user (ARPU), while consumers will be able to easily add new
services into their home networks.
The latest release of the open-source reference software for the
User Services Platform (TR-369) agent – dubbed “Heron” – from
Broadband Forum marks significant progress towards achieving this
vision, simplifying the integration between application vendors and
Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) firmware vendors.
“The Heron release reduces the time that it takes for ISPs to
deploy new services down to as little as 2-4 weeks, rather than
9-18 months,” said Broadband Forum Chairman and OB-USP-Agent
project lead John Blackford. “Previously, if an ISP wanted to
deploy a new service, the app and CPE firmware vendors had to
integrate software into the firmware, build a new version of the
firmware, and push this out to all end-user devices.
“Each integration had to be unique and couldn’t work seamlessly
with the TR-181 Device:2 data model. But now individual
applications can be deployed on a standardized platform that allows
interoperability and innovation for a host of new services.”
Heron (Release 8) from the Broadband Forum’s Open Broadband User
Services Platform Agent (OB-USP-Agent) project team implements new
features from key connected home management specifications (USP 1.3
and TR-181 Device:2.16).
They allow each application to interact with and access a
device’s data model to retrieve information and convey its
capabilities to device management systems. The software lifecycle
of these applications can also be managed by the ISP, streamlining
the process of introducing new services.
Broadband Forum CEO Craig Thomas said: “This really is a holy
grail of sorts for an app-enabled services gateway and for other
CPE. We’ve worked closely with prpl Foundation to bring this
innovation to reality, and the Open Broadband USP Agent is a key
part of that. This latest release means ISPs can work with
different firmware and application vendors to rapidly deploy new
services, and broadband customers can now access these value-added
services in the home faster than ever before.”
Read the latest blog article on the Heron release, what this
means for the broadband industry, and more about what USP Agents
and Controllers are here.
About the Broadband Forum
The Broadband Forum is an industry-driven global standards
development organization helping operators, application providers,
and vendors deliver better, services-led broadband.
As the industry-recognized center of competence, the Broadband
Forum provides an accessible, efficient, and effective community
where all broadband stakeholders can collaborate on, develop, and
promote open standards and open software. This provides the basis
for deployable solutions for the global broadband industry.
The forum publishes interoperable standards and open software,
has launched certification programs, and promotes industry
education. These best practices and models can be adopted to help
realize an effective broadband ecosystem that drives a thriving,
services-led broadband industry based on global collaboration, open
standards, and open source, maximizing value for all
stakeholders.
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