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This document presents a Juniper Validated Design (JVD) for a Metro Fabric and Broadband Edge (BBE) used for broadband services terminated from Service Provider (SP) customers delivering both residential and business access.

BBE is a complex technological solution of the SP networking with inclusion of L2/L3/MPLS backhauling, different retail and wholesale service delivery modes, multicast delivery and subscriber management in centralised and distributed environment. JVD solution validation assumes a phased approach with each phase bringing an additional functional scope as well as new platforms. This JVD constitutes first BBE Phase 1 named as BBE 01-01. This phase focuses on testing basic BBE subscriber management with IPoE and PPPoE protocols as well as MPLS access backhaul to central BNG gateway with distinct types of L2 subscriber termination. This phase also evaluates BNG gateway redundancy schemes.

Using the reference network design, ACX7K series routers are validated together with MX Series Routers offering comprehensive solution for BBE network deployments and providing necessary scale and performance.