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Why OpenLAN Matters
Enterprise networking has relied on proprietary systems that limit choice. OpenLAN takes a different approach.
Enable Choice
Hardware, software, and cloud flexibility across vendors.
Multi-Vendor Ready
Interoperability designed in from the start.
Reduce Lock-In
Disaggregation cuts costs and increases freedom.
Production Validated
Real deployments, proven solutions, collaborative ecosystem.
Production-Proven at Scale
Real Deployments
100+
Hardware SKUs
Interoperable devices available today
2-3x
Annual Growth
Deployment expansion year over year
2021
Launch Year
TIP community initiative started
Broad Coverage
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Enterprise campuses
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Hospitality and multi-dwelling units
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Retail and distributed locations
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Educational institutions
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Service provider networks
Shared Infrastructure
Foundations enable innovation while maintaining interoperability and scale across the ecosystem.
Open Source
Repositories and maintainership for ecosystem collaboration
Validation
Automated testing ensures production-grade reliability
Reference Models
Deployment architectures and best practices
Centralized PKI
Manufacturing-to-cloud onboarding infrastructure
TIP Governance
Technical oversight and community standards
How We Work
OpenLAN operates under open governance with TIP, with its strategic direction guided by our Project Steering Committee (PSC). We welcome participation across the ecosystem. Join Subgroups, contribute code, and share your deployment experience.
Project Group Structure
Within OpenLAN, there are three Subgroups that focus on specific workstreams to drive the Project Group's strategic goals.
OpenWiFi: Cloud-Managed Access
What OpenWiFi Provides
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Open-source access point software
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Cloud-based management and control
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Secure certificate-based onboarding
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Centralized configuration and monitoring
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Open APIs for integrations
Software runs across wide range of hardware platforms. Enables true multi-vendor Wi-Fi deployments.
Who It Serves
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Enterprises with large Wi-Fi networks
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Service providers delivering managed Wi-Fi
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Hardware vendors building interoperable APs
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Integrators deploying multi-vendor solutions
OpenLAN Switching & Gateway
OpenLAN Switching
Open Ethernet for enterprise LAN.
Disaggregated, cloud-managed switching.
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Open-source network operating systems
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White-box switch support
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Cloud-centric automation
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Standardized control interfaces
OpenLAN Gateway
Software-defined network edge that connects LANs to WANs and cloud.
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Open-source gateway software
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Cloud-based lifecycle management
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Hardware-agnostic deployment
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Integration with OpenWiFi and Switching
How to Engage
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Deploy solutions
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Provide feedback
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Influence roadmap priorities
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Validate devices
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Support open NOS
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Participate in interoperability
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Integrate analytics and security
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Build with Open APIs
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Deliver managed services
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Standardize operations
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Contribute best practices
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Contribute code and testing
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Participate in discussions
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OpenLAN's Co-Chairs & Project Steering Committee
The OpenLAN Co-Chairs, each of whom is a member of the OpenLAN Project Steering Committee (PSC), provide overall leadership for the Project Group, guiding its direction and day-to-day operations. They ensure alignment with Telecom Infra Project governance and act as the primary point of coordination with TIP’s Board of Directors on Project Group priorities and community alignment.
In addition, the PSC is an elected group of industry leaders that shapes the project’s technical and strategic direction. The PSC, shown below, helps ensure OpenLAN’s open-source networking solutions remain collaborative, high-quality, and aligned with a shared technical roadmap.
Supporting this work, Subgroup Co-Leads lead execution within their respective focus areas, coordinating contributors, advancing technical initiatives, and delivering progress across key workstreams.
Steve Martin
Shasta Cloud
PSC Chairman
Howard Buzick
American Bandwidth
Teng Tai Hsu
Accton / Edgecore Networks
Mohsin Maqsood
WorldVue
Karl May
Join Digital
John McBrayne
CIG / Actiontec
Sachin Mehra
Inventum
Gidi Navon
Marvell
Jack Raynor
NetExperience, a Pavlov Media company
Jaspreet Sachdev
Kinara Systems
Technical Project Manager
OpenLAN Subgroup Leadership
TIP OpenWiFi is the first project developed and contributed by the OpenLAN community. OpenWiFi is a community-developed, disaggregated Wi-Fi software system, offered as free open-source software, that includes both a cloud controller SDK and an Enterprise-grade Access Point (AP) firmware, designed and validated to work seamlessly together.
Subgroup Leadership
Jaspreet Sachdev (Kinara Systems)
Marcel Chenier (NetExperience,
a Pavlov Media company)
Sachin Mehra
(Inventum)
OpenLAN Switching (OLS)
OpenLAN Switching is building on the foundation of OpenWiFi, to expand the project to provide a unified solution for LAN switches that has all the same attributes as OpenWiFi (open-source, multi-vendor, interoperable whitebox, hardened and validated E2E systems).
Subgroup Leadership
Binny Jeshan
(Truminds Software Systems)
Teng Tai Hsu
(Edgecore)
OpenLAN Gateway (OLG)
OpenLAN Gateway (OLG) completes the OpenLAN mission of building a unified solution for in-building networks (WLAN, LAN, WAN), OLG focuses on the on-prem routing, security & compute capabilities. This is an open-source project, supporting multi-vendor (SoC/ODM), with an interoperable Cloud Management protocol and validated E2E systems.
Subgroup Leadership
Doron Givoni
(Shasta Cloud)
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