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O-RAN ALLIANCE Successfully Concludes O-RAN Global PlugFest Spring 2023

June 13, 2023

The O-RAN ALLIANCE yesterday announced the successful completion of the O-RAN Global PlugFest Spring 2023. This event, involving major operators, carried out critical testing and validation of O-RAN technologies to support and encourage ongoing adoption by the industry. In addition, O-RAN has unveiled a lineup of demonstrations that highlight the latest advancements, on-site at MWC Shanghai, or online at the O-RAN ALLIANCE Virtual Exhibition.

The O-RAN Global PlugFest Spring 2023 was conducted from April to June 2 in ten...

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Opening Up the Network

November 7, 2022

Revolutionary Transformation Doesn’t Occur Overnight

This year, we have seen a continued shift to agile network service delivery from Proof of Concept to real-world deployments and a multi-service broadband network. Therefore communication service providers (CSPs) are under pressure to upgrade and transform their networks, pushing to support services beyond simply delivering network connectivity. With an increasing number of connected devices, CSPs are tasked with supporting these high-bandwidth applications and services with a network that offers both Quality...

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The road to lower costs & improved customer satisfaction is built on effective Wi-Fi testing

October 21, 2021

By Lincoln Lavoie, Broadband Forum Technical Chair

Poor signal, coverage, and performance – these Wi-Fi ‘experience killers’ within the subscriber network have been exacerbated over the past year or two with the switch to home working and schooling.

A common view is that these components are part of the overall broadband offering. Take slow loading time and the speed of access – the common perception amongst customers is that, when these components fail or falter, it means that...

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What is the Zoned Namespace Specification?

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June 2, 2021

In mid-2020, the NVMe Organization released the first revision of the Zoned Namespace specification (ZNS). This new specification has received a lot of attention, with promises of longer living drives that achieve higher performance under certain conditions. Since then, a number of companies have published roadmaps that include products with ZNS support. In this article, we'll review the significance of this specification and what ZNS drives are good for.

First, this specification is significant because it brings a new...

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Repeatable Wi-Fi Testing is Key for Device Performance Validation

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June 2, 2021

Developing and implementing testing for Wi-Fi shares many of the same challenges you would expect in testing any wireless or RF technology. With the new TR-398 Issue 2 test plan, a strong focus has been on creating a repeatable set of test procedures, setup, and configurations. It’s been necessary to ensure the testing can produce repeatable pass or fail results from absolute performance requirements.

This focus sets the TR-398 testing apart from much of the other...

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The Ethernet Alliance PoE Certification Program

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June 17, 2020

Power over Ethernet (PoE), is a technology for ethernet end devices that provides the ability to transmit and receive data, in addition to receiving power over the same cabling. It defines Power Sourcing Equipment (PSE) which usually takes the form of an Ethernet Switch, and Powered Devices (PD) which are the end devices in need of power and vary greatly depending on their intended application. PoE has greatly simplified the design and installation of these applications

Over the past...

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5G Fronthaul Networks Add Flexibility

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April 8, 2020

To deliver on the promise of 5G, which sometimes seems like everything to everyone, network operators will need to augment their existing network architectures, addressing some flexibility brought into existence with the new 5G technologies and designs. Overall, 5G brings numerous changes to the mobile network, its architecture, and the equipment used to construct it. 5G is so much more than a wireless technology. Indeed, it’s producing significant changes on the wired network, particularly in the fronthaul, the portion of...

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USGv6 Revision Aids Adoption of IPv6-only Networks, Harmonises Testing Programs

April 7, 2020

There have been a lot of changes to the IPv6 space since the original NIST USGv6 profile was released back in 2008. The goal of the profile, says Michayla Newcombe, associate director at the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL), was to aid the US government in the macro adoption of IPv6.

Adoption would assist the government in IT modernisation efforts, reduce complexity in networks, increase security and accommodate future expansion. Since 2008, the percentage...

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COVID-19 Information

March 17, 2020

Ensuring the health and safety of our colleagues, guests, and employees is our highest priority. Due to new recommendations the UNH-IOL will now be limiting the number of personnel in our facility. As interoperability testing of some physical devices require hands on set-up and interaction, this poses a challenge with a significantly reduced workforce. All testing and services provided to our customers will continue, however there will be delays in our typical turnaround time due to a reduced workforce....

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Hacking to Learn

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March 10, 2020

Even though she’s a computer science major, Mallorie Biron ’20 had never participated in a 24-hour hackathon. But when she signed on for this year’s (the third) Hack NH, she found out that majors don’t matter; the hackathon is open to UNH students from all colleges.

Hack NH is hosted by UNH’s InterOperability Lab (IOL) and presented by the Peter T. Paul Entrepreneurship Center, commonly referred to as the ECenter. The IOL is a world-renowned test facility for data...

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