Areas of Exploration 
The UNH-IOL is committed to keeping pace with the evolution of communications technology. The lab is constantly in collaboration with the
industry to develop test methodologies and to validate new equipment and protocols. We can publicly disclose that we are currently working with
the following technologies and industry forums with the intent of providing testing services in the near future.
G.hn (ITU-T G.9960/G.9961)
G.hn is an emerging home networking technology which operates over existing home wiring (i.e. coax, phone, powerline). The UNH-IOL is currently researching methods of testing compliance of g.hn devices with the ITU-T G.9960 and G.9961 standards, and is also developing interoperability tests.
The UNH-IOL is also a member of the HomeGrid Forum, and is actively involved in their Compliance and Interoperability (C&I) workgroup. The HomeGrid Forum aims to create and maintain a certification program for g.hn products.
For more information please contact Jonathan Tefft or Lincoln Lavoie.
6LowPan
The UNH-IOL is developing a testing program for IPv6 over Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Networks (6LoWPANs). 6LoWPAN is being standardized by the IETF as a mechanism to allow the operation of IPv6 within constrained networks, specifically those based on IEEE 802.15.4. Small frame size, low bandwidth, sleeping nodes, and low power consumption are some of the properties inherent in these networks. This technology is of particular interest in the smart energy and building automation spaces.
For more information please contact our lead investigator in this area, James Swan.
SIEPON
The UNH-IOL is currently involved in the development of the IEEE P1904.1 Standard for Service Interoperability in Ethernet Passive Optical Networks.
The standard is introducing methods to complement existing 802.3 and 802.1 specifications for EPON, specifically aimed at enhancing management and equipment functionality to provide full interoperability at the transport, service, and control planes in a multi-vendor environment.
For more information please contact Jeff Lapak.
TRILL/Shortest Path Bridging (SPB/802.1aq)
The UNH-IOL is developing testing programs for both TRansparent
Interconnection of Lots of Links (TRILL) and Shortest Path Bridging
(SPB/802.1aq). TRILL is being standardized by the IETF and it introduces
shortest path frame routing in multi-hop IEEE 802.1-compliant Ethernet
networks. Likewise, SPB is the IEEE solution to this problem. These
technologies are of particular interest in data center applications.
The UNH-IOL is also organizing a plugfest for both of these technologies
area. For more information on our testing program or the upcoming
plugfest(s) please contact our lead investigator in this area - Christina Dube
or visit our
TRILL Interoperability Plugfest information page.
AV Bridging
The UNH-IOL is actively monitoring the
work of IEEE 802.1's Audio/Video Bridging Task Group as well as IEEE 1722.1, 1722 and 1733 and 802.3
as solutions are developed for time-synchronized low latency streaming services
on 802 networks. Interest in 802.11 Wireless LAN support for AVB purposes is also being monitored.
The UNH-IOL is also a member of the AVnu Alliance. Working in concert with the interests of the AVnu Technical Working Group (TWG), the UNH-IOL began in Spring of 2010 to develop test suites which can be utilized by AVnu Members for conformance and interoperability test purposes. Interested parties are encouraged to work with the UNH-IOL and the AVnu Alliance and are also encouraged to participate in the AVnu Alliance TWG effort.
For more information on working with UNH-IOL please contact our AVB team or contact our staff lead investigators in this area including Bob Noseworthy, and Mike Hagen.
For 802.11 Wireless LAN test interests, including 802.11v and 802.11aa, please contact our Wireless LAN Consortium to discuss your interests.
EXS - Extended Asynchronous Sockets Library
EXS is an implementation of the OpenGroups ES-API standard. It is open source under the GPL license and we plan on
contributing it to the Open Fabrics Software Stack soon.
In conjunction with the UNH-IOL, Dr. Robert Russell has published the following papers on EXS:
You can download the source here: EXS LIB
For more information you can email our group at - OFA LAB
PCIe
PCIe has been the dominant internal PC interface of the last decade. As the speed and capability of PCIe increases, new applications are being found. With the jump to Gen3 PCIe, high speed test and design issues are being pushed to the fore. With our experience in high speed serial testing, UNH-IOL is poised to help companies validate their new PCIe designs.
For more information please contact our lead investigator in this area, David Woolf.
Is there something else you might be interested in?
If you believe the UNH-IOL may be of service to you,
your company, your industry forum and/or your standards effort, please feel free
to contact us.
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