BBWF 2012 – Amsterdam. Industry organisation Broadband Forum has launched its BBF.069 CPE certification programme and announced the first certified devices.
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As Global Broadband Subscription Passes 624.1 Million, Effective Management Of The Connected Home Has Never Been More Important
October 16, 2012
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- According to the latest figures published by the Broadband Forum and prepared by broadband industry analysts Point Topic, broadband subscriptions have soared to over 624 million, presenting a huge opportunity for the future of the connected home. Amid this news, the Broadband Forum has launched its BBF.069 CPE Certification Program and announced the first certified devices, on the opening day of the Broadband World Forum. Congratulations to the companies whose products have achieved the...
UNH-IOL Chooses QA Cafe CDRouter as Test Tool for Broadband Forum BBF.069 Certification Program
October 16, 2012
AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS, Oct 16, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- QA Cafe, a leader in test and analysis solutions for the telecom and data communications industry, has had its flagship CDRouter test platform selected by the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) for the performance of the Broadband Forum's BBF.069 Certification program announced this week.
Automotive Ethernet Moves to the Fast Lane
October 11, 2012
The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) recently announced the launch of the Automotive Ethernet Consortium, which hopes to pave the way for semiconductor companies to address automotive industry requirements for next generation in-vehicle networking. We talked to Dave Estes, Ethernet manager and research and development engineer for UNH-IOL, and Jeff Lapak, UNH-IOL senior manager for Ethernet technologies to get more background and to understand what the announcement means for developers of embedded automotive systems.
Broadband Forum Holds Industry's First VDSL2 G.vector Plugfest
October 11, 2012
FREMONT, Calif., Oct. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- During September 24 – 28, 2012, multiple chipset companies met at the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) to perform the first interoperability testing of the ITU-T's new G.vector specifications. The G.vector technology provides a boost to VDSL2 subscriber data rates by leveraging new features in the G.vector specification to cancel the crosstalk in real-time between VDSL2 enabled wire pairs in the copper network. Removing the effects of the crosstalk noise between...
Automotive Ethernet is getting closer
October 11, 2012
No offense to CAN (controller area network) technology, but with demand mounting for sophisticated in-vehicle systems and on-board diagnostics, there is a clear need for a faster protocol for automotive networking.
In The End, Will It Be PCI Express, USB, And Ethernet?
October 1, 2012
PCI Express is absorbing functionality from other common interfaces like SAS and SATA, reducing the number of interfaces that systems will require. Ethernet has already hit that point, pushing out other networking alternatives. USB is effectively doing the same for low-speed peripherals. USB 3.0 is pushing the bandwidth envelope, but it may be challenged by PCI Express wherever high speed is critical. PCI Express scales. USB is limited to a single lane.
Controllers Speed NVM Express Drive Delivery
October 1, 2012
Direct access to flash memory via PCI Express (see NVM Express: Flash At PCI Express Speeds) looks to replace disk-based interfaces like SATA and SAS (see What's The Difference Between SATA And NVMe?). Flash can utilize all the bandwidth of x8 PCI Express interfaces while single hard drives struggle to fill one lane. Arrays of hard drives can deliver higher bandwidth but they still suffer from access latency that is minute for flash storage.
Automotive Ethernet Conformance and Interoperability Testing
October 1, 2012
Can you give us a brief overview of automotive Ethernet? Automotive Ethernet is the use of Ethernet technology within the vehicle to connect systems that require a higher bandwidth than what is currently available. The standard Ethernet frame format and point-to-point topology is preserved. Automotive Ethernet can enable more advanced safety systems (such as cameras, collision avoidance systems, or even automated driving) and more features for infotainment. Saving weight on the wiring harness by using only one pair will help...
ICAP Announces Collaboration With NIST and the UNH-IOL to Develop a Conformity Assessment Program to Support Implementations of the IEEE C37.238-2011
September 26, 2012
PISCATAWAY, NJ--(Marketwire - Sep 26, 2012) - The IEEE Conformity Assessment Program (ICAP) today announced its intention to collaborate with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL), on the development of a conformity assessment initiative for the IEEE C37.238â„¢ (Power Profile) addressing the smart grid market. This collaboration is a significant step forward in support of the advancement of IEEE C37.238 based certified products to market.