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Enhancing User Experience: The Vital Role of Wireless Device Testing
By Nathan Miner - March 5, 2024
Wi-Fi is ubiquitous, and its application space is expanding rapidly, with an estimated 29.3 billion networked devices in 2023 1 . As the usage of Wi-Fi products increases, reliability, bandwidth, network, and device performance become critical factors for product manufacturers. These factors, along with others, contribute to the end-user's experience. Suppose a production line goes down because of a lost industrial automation connectivity or a home security device stops sending updates due to a moved location. In that case, it...
Broadband Forum TR-115 Testing at the UNH-IOL
By Connor Wynn - July 18, 2016
The UNH-IOL DSL consortium offers testing based on the Broadband Forum TR-115 test plan. This test is an excellent starting point in understanding the overall quality and functionality of the modem or DSLAM’s (Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer) VDSL2 transceiver. The test cases within this test plan cover a variety of different functions and capabilities that the transceivers should be able to perform. There are counters that track a wide variety of information such as code...
G.fast: Time Domain Duplex (TDD) vs Frequency Domain Duplex (FDD)
By Ainsley-Aude Croteau - July 18, 2016
In September 2015, the UNH-IOL opened a new consortium in the Broadband testing services called G.fast. G.fast is an emerging technology which leverages existing telephone copper networks, similar to DSL, to deliver incredibly high bandwidth. Optical networks are gaining popularity due to their high throughput capacity. Despite this, fibre is still not being integrated into residential homes due to the high costs involved as well as keeping the more fragile glass fibers protected. G.fast is the solution; offering...
Plugfests Go Virtual
By Ainsley-Aude Croteau - December 10, 2015
The UNH IOL G.fast Consortium will host the first ever official Broadband Forum Virtual Plugfest, beginning December 7th. Registered companies will remotely access their devices to perform tests with other companies, who are also remotely controlling their equipment. The G.fast Consortium and its sister consortium, DSL, have held several Plugfests for emerging technologies in the past, the motivation to establish a virtual Plugfest came after the beginning of the G.fast interoperability beta program. The beta program itself is a study...
G.fast Certification is Getting Closer
By Mara Johnson - November 10, 2015
The UNH-IOL is having another impressive year growing our new memberships. With the DSL industry making big strides, the lab is continuing to be a leader in testing services and will soon offer a testing for the Broadband Forum certification program for G.fast. As a newly emerging standard, the lab planned to stay ahead of the game by jumping right into exploring what G.fast had to offer. Fast forward a year or so later, and we are eager to see...
A New Appreciation for InterOperability in Broadband
By Tim Sheehan - February 13, 2014
In October, while attending Broadband World Forum 2013 at the RAI Exhibition and Convention Centre in Amsterdam, Netherlands, I gained appreciation of the broadband industries desire for product interoperability. The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) was one of sixteen members that participated in the Broadband Forum’s , 'Interoperability: Opening the Door to Innovation'. As the Pavilion theme specifies, Interoperability was the big buzz for the show.