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LS on initiation of new work item Q.BNG-FMI "Signalling Requirements for virtualized Broadband Network Gateway in Fixed-Mobile Interworking"

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State Posted
Submitted Date 2026-04-27
From Group ITU-T-SG-11
From Contact tsbsg11@itu.int
To Groups bmwg, rtgwg
To Contacts Sarah Banks <sbanks@encrypted.net>
Giuseppe Fioccola <giuseppe.fioccola@huawei.com>
Jeff Tantsura <jefftant.ietf@gmail.com>
Yingzhen Qu <yingzhen.ietf@gmail.com>
Cc Giuseppe Fioccola <giuseppe.fioccola@huawei.com>
Mahesh Jethanandani <mjethanandani@gmail.com>
Benchmarking Methodology Discussion List <bmwg@ietf.org>
Jim Guichard <james.n.guichard@futurewei.com>
Routing Area Working Group Discussion List <rtgwg@ietf.org>
Mohamed Boucadair <mohamed.boucadair@orange.com>
Scott Mansfield <Scott.Mansfield@Ericsson.com>
Gunter Van de Velde <gunter.van_de_velde@nokia.com>
Sarah Banks <sbanks@encrypted.net>
Ketan Talaulikar <ketant.ietf@gmail.com>
Yingzhen Qu <yingzhen.ietf@gmail.com>
Jeff Tantsura <jefftant.ietf@gmail.com>
Response Contact tejpal.singh70@gov.in
majunfeng@caict.ac.cn
wency15@chinaunicom.cn
Technical Contact tejpal.singh70@gov.in
Action Holder Contacts scott.mansfield@ericsson.com
Purpose For information
Attachments Draft baseline for new work item Q.BNG-FMI “Signalling Requirements for virtualized Broadband Network Gateway in Fixed-Mobile Interworking”
Body
ITU-T Study Group 11 would like to inform ITU-T SG13, BBF, IETF and 3GPP about
the initiation of new work item Q.BNG-FMI "Signalling Requirements for
virtualized Broadband Network Gateway in Fixed-Mobile Interworking". It has
been initiated at the ITU-T Study Group 11 meeting held in Geneva from 3 to 11
March 2026.

Draft Recommendation Q.BNG-FMI specifies the architecture, signalling
requirements and signalling procedures of the virtualized Broadband Network
Gateway (vBNG) in fixed-mobile interworking.

ITU-T SG11 looks forward to keeping continued collaboration and exchange with
ITU-T SG13, BBF, IETF and 3GPP on the related topic.