SAN RAMON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Unified Communications Interoperability Forum (UCI Forum) today announced that it has signed an agreement with the University of New Hampshire’s InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) to develop SIP over IPv6 (SIPv6) test tools for the use of its members to establish a SIPv6 Test Network, a SIPv6 Interoperability Environment and a pre-certification suite for compliance to the US DoD SIP over IPv6 profile. Under the terms of the agreement, UNH-IOL will develop the SIPv6 software, documentation and provide...
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IEEE Conformity Assessment Program (ICAP) Announces Formation of SIEPON Conformity Assessment Steering Group (CASG)
July 19, 2013
PISCATAWAY, NJ--(Marketwired - Jul 18, 2013) - The IEEE Conformity Assessment Program (ICAP), in collaboration with key stakeholders and technical experts representing telecom and cable service providers, system vendors, chipset vendors, and testing laboratories today announces the formation of the ICAP SIEPON Conformity Assessment Steering Group (CASG). A key initiative of the CASG is the development and delivery of a testing and certification program for EPON Optical Line Terminals (OLT) and Optical Network Units (ONU). The certification program is based...
Vectoring Helps Copper Taste the Fast Life
July 17, 2013
It’s assumed by the cable industry – and many of their competitors in the telephone industry, no doubt, though more quietly – that coaxial cable is inherently superior to twisted-pair copper wiring.
Vendor Plugfest Tests G.vector to Boost DSL Rates
July 16, 2013
With telecompetitors looking to further leverage their capital investments in DSL technology, 14 companies gathered in Durham, New Hampshire the week of June 17 to participate in wide-scale interoperability testing of ITU-T VDSL2 G.vector equipment.
Broadband Forum holds VDSL2 G.vector interoperability test
July 16, 2013
Fourteen companies met in Durham, New Hampshire during the week of 17 June to participate in the interoperability testing of equipment implementing the ITU-T VDSL2 G.vector technologies. This plugfest is part of a series of interoperability test events organised by the Broadband Forum and hosted by the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL), focused on detailed testing of G.vector functionality. The participating companies were Actiontec Electronics, Adtran, Alcatel-Lucent, Broadcom, Calix, Exfo, Ikanos, JDSU, Lantiq, Netgear, Pace, Realtek Semiconductor and...
Vectored VDSL Connecting in Test Lab
July 16, 2013
Early interop testing with Broadcom, Ikanos, Lantiq and Realtek. Huawei and Alcatel have shipped over two million ports of vectored VDSL that don't fully meet the standard. Only perhaps 20K of them actually are running in vectored mode.
Several Companies Take Part in New Hampshire Testing Event at VDSL2 G.vector Interoperability Plugfest
July 12, 2013
The Broadband Forum (News - Alert), a non-profit industry organization, works to engineer quicker and more advanced broadband connections. It comes up with best practices for global networks, provides device and service management tools, and helps organizations come up with migration strategy on technology.
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July 11, 2013
A group of 14 vendors recently met for a second plugfest event at the University of New Hampshire-Interoperability Lab (UNH-IOL), where they conducted interoperability testing of the G.Vector aspects of VDSL2.
Fourteen Companies Participate in Broadband Forum's Latest VDSL2 G.vector Interoperability Plugfest
July 9, 2013
FREMONT, Calif. & DURHAM, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Operators around the world are looking to the G.vector technologies to provide a boost to the VDSL2 subscriber data rates, thereby meeting the needs of multi-service home and business customers. G.vector will likely also be utilized in new network architectures and technologies being developed now inside the Broadband Forum and ITU-T, such as the Fiber to the Distribution Point (FTTdp) and G.fast. Interoperability is vital to the growth of this technology.
UNH-IOL Uses TraceSpan's D-CABLE Xpert for IPv6 Validation of DOCSIS 3.0 eRouters
June 27, 2013
TraceSpan Communications, a leader in broadband analysis and monitoring solutions, announced today the expansion of the company's partnership with the UNH-IOL to IPv6 validation of DOCSIS 3.0 eRouters. In the frame of this partnership the UNH-IOL will use TraceSpan's D-CABLE Xpert multi-layer analyzer as part of their IPv6 test bench solutions.