The Open Broadband – Multi Access Point (OB-MAP) and prpl Foundation’s prplMesh projects are establishing a baseline vision of how data and control commands for Wi-Fi will be represented in TR-181. This will influence the design of the APIs presented by prplMesh.
OB-MAP is continuing to progress two key areas of focus. This includes defining Configuration Templates, which are convenient new tools that the operator can use to configure differing Wi-Fi services, radios, and device types across a wide number of devices. Alongside this, the group has been defining a new part of the TR-181 data model to represent topology in a comprehensive and understandable format, using the IEEE 1905 standard.
The data model and prplMesh APIs are meeting the diagnostics and management needs of service providers that use multiple physical layer networking technologies to deliver ever-increasing broadband bandwidth and innovative services through complex home networks to end-user devices. This has had an impact on the progress on prplMesh’s Northbound API (NAPI).
The OB-MAP project team will continue to collaborate with the BUS Work Area and the prpl Foundation on requirements and feature prioritization, and data modelling of multiple devices and services in a mesh network.
To learn more about the OB-MAP project’s ongoing work, please see: https://wiki.broadband-forum.org/display/OBMAP/OBMAP+Home.