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By Aaron Martin, Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), and Bob Noseworthy, University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL)

For the power industry, correct time and timing is essential in enabling the communication and orchestration of technologies for accurate and optimal wide area monitoring, protection and control (WAMPAC). Today, advancements in smart grid technologies are providing new capabilities and increased flexibility for grid operators, but also raising new security concerns. A co-hosted workshop of the National Institute of Standards and Technology...

BEAVERTON, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Ethernet Alliance, a global consortium dedicated to the continued success and advancement of Ethernet technologies, today released results from its successful multivendor Higher Speed Networking Plugfest, held August 13 – 17, 2018 at the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) in Durham, N.H. The latest in the group’s series of interoperability testing events shows the industry is actively embracing high-speed Ethernet technologies such as 400 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE), PAM4-based electrical and optical signaling, and creating advanced...

DURHAM, N.H., September 6, 2018 – The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL), an independent provider of broad-based testing and standards conformance services for the networking industry, today announced it has expanded Ethernet testing capabilities by introducing a new testing service. This service covers the new IEEE 802.3bs and the new IEEE 802.3cd specification for 50, 100, 200 and 400 Gigabit Ethernet primarily focusing on the industry shift to PAM4, a new signaling scheme deemed necessary to address the...

Ten years after the initial release, the National Institute of Standards and Technology announced a new revision of the United States Government IPv6 profile. The USGv6 profile ensures government agencies the products they buy are IPv6-capable, and the profile gives them a way to communicate their IT needs to suppliers.

The UNH InterOperability Lab (UNH-IOL) is the USGv6 test lab for North America and over the past ten years we have seen hundreds of unique devices come through for...