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Latest achievements on next-generation broadband networks honored as Broadband Forum holds annual awards and elections

March 30, 2018

ATHENS, Greece, March 29, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Pioneering work around Gfast, Open Broadband, in-premises broadband technologies and Fixed Access Network Sharing (FANS) has been recognized by the Broadband Forum, with three top accolades presented during its quarterly meeting.

Lincoln Lavoie, senior engineer and industry lead for the executive steering body at the University of New HampshireInterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) received a Distinguished Fellow Award for his substantial contributions to a wide range of successful Broadband Forum projects. These include the...

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Best Practices for G.fast System Testing

December 5, 2016

G.fast is a new copper broadband technology that enables throughput of better than 1 Gb/s over a single twisted pair. The technology is based on a signal modulation scheme very similar to the DMT modulation used in VDSL2, with one notable exception, G.fast transceivers utilize time-division duplexing instead of the frequency-division duplexing used in VDSL2.

G.fast also borrows many other advances from VDSL2, including seamless rate adaption (SRA), bit swapping, retransmission, dying gasp, and vectoring. In addition, G.fast includes...

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UNH-IOL to conduct G.fast technology chipset interop at Broadband World Forum

October 14, 2016

The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) will host a multi-vendor G.fast interoperability demonstration with six vendors during next week’s Broadband World Forum (BBWF) in London with an aim to accelerate network rollouts and service delivery.

Calix, Digital Lightwave, Huawei, Metanoia Communications, Technicolor and Telebyte are among the vendors taking part in the demonstration.

During the event, UNH-IOL’s demo will show cross-chipset interoperability among solutions from multiple demarcation point unit (DPU) and customer premises equipment (CPE) vendors,...

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UNH-IOL plans G.fast interoperability demo at 2016 Broadband World Forum

October 14, 2016

The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) says it will take its interop capabilities on the road to London next week to host a multi-vendor G.fast interoperability demonstration within the Broadband Forum Interoperability Pavilion at the Broadband World Forum (BBWF), October 18-20. The demonstration aims to display interoperability among products from six companies based on chipsets from three different providers.

The UNH-IOL say it also will have the time to show live testing during the demo based upon...

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Broadband expert hails 'economical solution' to delivering faster speeds

November 5, 2015

The new broadband technology being championed by BT is a cost-effective way of delivering fast internet speeds, an expert has said. Lincoln Lavoie said fibre broadband is a futureproof long-term solution but comes “at a huge cost”. He said G.fast, which uses a combination of fibre cables and existing copper wires, is a “great solution” that can make the most of the UK’s current infrastructure.

G.fast is currently being trialled by BT customers in Gosforth, Newcastle, and Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire,...

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UNH-IOL Hosts VDSL2 Vectoring Plugfest

May 29, 2015

The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) hosted a plugfest earlier this month for vendors to test their latest VDSL2 vectoring equipment and software. The series of VDSL2 Vectoring Plugfest, organized by the Broadband Forum, have enabled participants to develop interoperable and deployable solutions. Participants included ADTRAN, Alcatel-Lucent, AVM GmbH, Broadcom, Calix, Ikanos, Lantiq, and Triductor.

“The plugfest test events serve a critical role in the industry, helping our member companies develop interoperable and robust solutions,” said Robin...

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UNH-IOL to provide GPON interoperability and conformance testing via TraceSpan GPON Xpert analyzer

February 17, 2012

UNH-IOL, a neutral, third-party laboratory dedicated to testing data networking technologies through industry collaboration, and broadband analysis and monitoring equipment vendor TraceSpan Communications say they will collaborate to create a testbed for GPON interoperability and conformance testing.

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