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Join UNH-IOL's Bob Noseworthy in our discussion centered around IEEE 802.1, specific to Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) and IEEE 802.3 Single Pair Ethernet. Sync up with UNH-IOL’s status and development plans and join in to share your needs. This is an open forum, so come prepared to share your ideas and expect the following IOL updates:

• Update on the IEEE-SA 1588 Power Profile Certification Program
• Summary of ongoing TSN profile work
• Upcoming Plugfest Events at the IOL, including:
  • O-RAN Alliance Plugfest to include S-Plane testing aka “Synchronization Plane” as well as ITU-T 8275.1/.2 conformance test capability with industry partners
  • Ethernet Alliance High Speed Networking Plugfest
• Live Q&A with open discussion

Join UNH-IOL's Bob Noseworthy in our discussion centered around IEEE 802.1, specific to Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) and IEEE 802.3 Single Pair Ethernet. Sync up with UNH-IOL’s status and development plans and join in to share your needs. Our format is new and open, but come prepared to share your ideas and expect the following IOL updates:

• SPE, APL and TSN validation efforts and progress from IEEE 802 January interims
• Status on NSF I/UCRC Center for Digital Factory Innovation with UNH, Georgia Tech and NCSU
• Timing Security: 1588/PTP Security & NTP NTS
• IEEE Certification for 1588
• Summary of ongoing TSN profile work

As defined by the IEEE 802.3 Working Group, Auto-Negotiation is the process that Ethernet Devices use to identify and resolve the highest possible link between two devices. In simplified terms, Auto-Negotiation aids a user in finding the highest and most efficient operating speed for their system. Learn more about Auto-Negotiation in this overview paper written by Spencer Janelle, UNH-IOL Test Technician, CS, 2022.

The UNH-IOL acts as the 3rd Party Test Lab for the Ethernet Alliance PoE Certification Program. This Program works to identify PoE Powered Devices (PDs) and Power Sourcing Equipment (PSEs) that are based on IEEE 802.3 PoE specifications and have passed the Ethernet Alliance PoE Test Plan. Learn more about the process in this step by step graphic.

We have been a leader and expert in NVMe^® Testing Services for several years providing conformance and interoperability testing. In addition, storage vendors from around the world test against NVMe standards to qualify them for the NVMe Integrator's List. The NVMe Integrator's List currently consists of configurations that have proven to be interoperable and conformant to NVMe standards. Here is a quick graphic highlighting the process of getting products on the list.

Learn about the USGv6 Testing Process including in-house pre testing, all in this downloadable info graphic. 

Join UNH-IOL's Bob Noseworthy in our discussion centered around IEEE 802.1, specific to Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) and IEEE 802.3 Single Pair Ethernet (SPE). Learn about the following IOL updates: 10BASE-T1L and Advanced Physical Layer (APL) work, 1000BASE-T1 validation, plans for MultiGigBASE-T1, TSN test NIC status, validation of Time Aware Shaping, PTP, UNH-IOL BitPhyer based preemption testing, including negative test conditions & IEEE Certification for IEEE 1588 profiles and more. Live discussion as well!

Learn about the latest information pertaining to USGv6 Revision 1 (USGv6-r1) and IPv6 Ready Logo. Testing is available now for USGv6-r1. Starting in November 2022 buyers will no longer be able to accept SDoCs for the previous revision of the profile. The UNH-IOL's accredited testing can test your products for USGv6-r1 and IPv6 Ready Logo.

Please join Lincoln Lavoie, UNH-IOL, and Mike Talbert, Verizon, as they review the upcoming release of Broadband Forum’s TR-398 Issue 2 testing, the latest release in wireless performance testing. TR-398i2 encompasses a set of performance metrics in different scenarios and focuses on Wi-Fi router performance to help benefit broadband gateway vendors and service providers by lowering costs and improving customer satisfaction.

This webinar covers:

• A recap of Wi-Fi pain points in broadband deployments
• A review of the TR-398 Issue 2 test coverage
• Deep dive of how the UNH-IOL implements repeatable TR-398 Issue 2 testing
• A sneak peak of the first results coming out of TR-398 Issue 2 testing

All things NVMe Integrator's List in this facts graphic. Click to learn and see the evolution of the list, product types listed, and more. The NVMe Integrator's List currently consists of configurations that have proven to be interoperable and conformant to NVMe standards.

Exciting stats to share for the 10th year of the USGv6 Registry! Check below to learn about the products tested, IPv6 capabilities, and more. As of May 2020 there have been 550 total products tested and more to share.

vIOLett® is a family of software packages used to test a product’s conformance to common protocols used in Time Sensitive Networking (TSN). There are vIOLett packages to test 1588, including Telecom and Power Profile, gPTP, MRP, MSRP, MVRP, and CBS. In addition, vIOLett is used to test products for the Avnu Certification Program, including Bridges, Pro AV or Milan Endstations, and Automotive devices. Learn how this tool can help identify areas of improvement during the development process and automate testing, reducing time to market and increasing your product’s reliability. In this presentation, industry experts, Bob Noseworthy and Daroc Alden, UNH-IOL, will review key features of vIOLett and what it means for your TSN testing. 

Part 5 of octoScope's seminar covering Wi-Fi 6 test methods and standards including live demonstrations of OFDMA testing on the octoBox testbed. Featuring speakers from octoScope, University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory and dot11 Labs, this seminar focuses on how testbeds, test methods and data visualization must be enhanced for meaningful Wi-Fi 6 testing.

Check out our latest webinar highlighting updates for the USG Test Program and IPv6 Ready Logo program with industry experts Timothy Winters, UNH-IOL; Michayla Newcombe, UNH-IOL and Doug Montgomery, NIST, as they discuss new updates on the USGv6 Test Program.

Learn how to configure and use our test tool, vIOLett, to test Time Sensitive Networking to be better prepared for certification testing. vIOLett includes 802.1AS (gPTP); 802.1BA and more for coverage all within the vIOLett for Avnu test package. Check out this demo and install video for more information on vIOLett.

The Open Compute Project (OCP) in conjunction with the UNH-IOL, has projects underway to integrate and validate new form factors for using PCIe in servers to address server needs. Let’s now review the limitations typically faced by server manufacturers, such as thermal considerations, connector size, and data rates, and solutions to these limitations in this interview with David Woolf and Mike Klempa at the lab.

The UNH-IOL offers testing for the Broadband Forum Gfast Testing Certification Program which now includes 212 MHz certification. Testing for device types, including, DPU Devices, CPE, and Gfast chipsets. Learn more about our group test events, Plugfests, the current and future state of Gfast Certification our latest video.

Take a video tour of our wireless testing here at the lab with our state of the art octoScope Test Bed. Our wireless testing focuses on performance and quality of experience for the 802.11 WiFi technologies. Our octoScope testbed includes two 26” octoboxes, and one 38” octoBox with controllable turntable. It can also be configured for video over Wi-Fi testing, mesh testing (self-forming, self-healing functions of a mesh), high speed roaming and other wireless tests.

The forthcoming Broadband Forum G.fast Certification Program, based on the ID-337 test plan, presents a number of unique challenges, including requirements for testing multiple CPEs (customer premise equipment) connected to a DPU (demarcation point unit) using a multi-pair cable. This white paper describes an approach to the construction of a copper cable plant...

The IEEE 802.11 family of wireless LAN protocols defines multiple physical layers implementations of which direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS, 802.11b) and orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM, 802.11a/g) are currently the most popular. Market pressures are forcing the convergence of multiple wireless protocols into the same access device, and shortened product design cycles dictate rapid prototyping of new or enhanced protocols. The computationally intensive signal processing algorithms and high data rates associated with these protocols necessitate dedicated hardware implementation of some portions of the signal processing chain, yet allocating separate hardware resources for each of the standards would make the "universal access device" bulky and inefficient. Re-using the same software-reconfigurable hardware to handle different processing algorithms would enable an efficient, flexible alternative to current prototyping and implementation methods. In this thesis, the feasibility of using Software Defined Radio architectures as a prototyping tool for wireless LAN baseband signal processor implementations is explored. Signal processing architectures and algorithms for DSSS and OFDM protocols were developed in the Simulink and Matlab environments, and were then translated to VHDL hardware descriptions. A reference design for a OFDM transmitter was synthesized for implementation on a Xilinx Virtex II FPGA, and functional and timing simulations verified the design correctness.

Fibre Channel is a computer communications protocol designed to meet the many requirements related to the ever increasing demand for high performance information transfer.

A technical overview of Fibre Channel

Fibre Channel, which is used for high-speed data transfers, supports several higher layer protocols including Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) and Internet Protocol (IP). Until now, SCSI has been the only widely used protocol over Fibre Channel. IP over Fibre Channel had not been successful mainly due to inadequate specification in the standards. Currently IP specifications have reached a stage where interoperable implementations are possible. Although some support does exist for SCSI on Linux, there is no support for IP on Linux. This thesis aims at designing, developing, testing and evaluating a Fibre Channel driver for IP on Linux.

Introduction to the Model Industry Processor Interface technology and two ways of testing products associated with the MIPI technology.

Check out this podcast as we discuss why testing v6 is crucial, and look at interoperability initiatives including the USGv6 program, a NIST effort to spur v6 adoption. Topics discussed include:

• Why IPv6 interoperability testing is important
• What gets tested and why?
• How IPv6-only deployments are impacting interoperability testing
• How has IPv6 testing impacted overall deployment of IPv6
• Why USGv6 has been critical to IPv6 adoption
• Why IPv6-only is likely to happen sooner than expected
• What should IPv6/IPv4 feature parity look like