UNH-IOL Current Research

The UNH-IOL is committed to keeping pace with the evolution of communications technology. The lab is constantly in collaboration with many in the industry to develop test methodologies to validate new equipment and protocols. The lab 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.

If you believe UNH-IOL may be of service to you, your company, your industry forum and/or your standards effort, please feel free to contact us.

10GBASE-T

With the next flavor of 10Gigabit Ethernet just months away, the 10 Gigabit Ethernet Consortium is actively developing test methodologies and test tools for IEEE 802.3an: 10GBASE-T (10 Gigabit Ethernet on Cat-6, 6a and 7 UTP cabling) products.

For more information please contact our lead investigators in this area - Jeff Lapak and Dave Estes.

802.11n

The UNH-IOL is actively monitoring IEEE 802.11n: Enhancements for Higher Throughput and pursuing the development of test services for this technology.

For more information please contact our lead investigator in this area - Jeremy Kent.

Backplane Ethernet

The UNH-IOL is actively monitoring IEEE 802.3ap: Backplane Ethernet and pursuing the development of test services for this technology.

For more information please contact our lead investigator in this area - Bob Noseworthy and Jeff Lapak.

AV Bridging

The UNH-IOL is actively monitoring the work of IEEE 802.1's Audio/Video Bridging Task Group (formerly known as the IEEE 802.3 Residential Ethernet Study Group) as it develops solutions for time-synchronized low latency streaming services on 802 networks.

For more information please contact our lead investigator in this area - Kari Younsi.

DSL Forum TR-069

DSL Forum TR-069, or CWMP (CPE WAN Management Protocol) is quickly becoming the standard of choice for remote management of subscriber networks. The UNH-IOL is working with the DSL Forum by hosting Interoperability Plugfest and developing testing methodologies.

For more information please contact our lead investigator in this area - Jason Walls.

PoE Plus

Known as IEEE 802.3at DTE Power Enhancements, this effort seeks to extend the existing Power over Ethernet specification to permit a minimum of 30Watts to be consumed by the powered device.

For more information please contact our lead investigators in this area - Dave Schwarzenberg and Zachary Clifton.