CommsAlliance releases NBN network architecture vision
- 16 October, 2009 16:25
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Communications Alliance has released its vision of the network architecture required for the NBN to deliver a broad range of network, application and content services to end users.
In its report, NBN Reference Architecture: High Level Architecture Options for the NBN, the Communications Alliance looks at the end-to-end broadband network architecture framework and a range of potential passive and active NBN wholesale interconnect scenarios.
It also looks at the relationship between the customer equipment and retail and wholesale service providers.
According to Communications Alliance CEO Anne Hurley, the paper was intended to inform discussion and decision making on network architecture issues.
"This paper is the first of many outcomes from our NBN Project. We hope it will inspire further discussion and debate about the optimal NBN architecture framework before critical decisions are made," Hurley said in a statement. "We expect it will also provide a starting point for further engagement with a wide range of stakeholders."
The Communications Alliance is calling for feedback on the paper until 5pm Friday 6 November 2009.
Responses to the paper will also be published on the Communications Alliance website.
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Comments
Paul W
Nice to see that the exhaustion of IPv4 addresses before the NBN rollout completes has been ignored completely.
With addresses running out, any plans for a multi-year IP project that ignores the existence of (and arguably, need for) IPv6 is of little or no use. How could anyone approve of a plan, not knowing whether the network would even work before it was completed - or might need to be rebuilt halfway through? Such questions need to be answered before any meaningful comments can be made.
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5.4 IPv6
The compatibility of the Broadband Network Reference Architecture options listed in this document have not yet been assessed in light of IPv6.
However, contributors and persons commenting on this document are encouraged to advise of any issues regarding IPv6 at the earliest possible opportunity.
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