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Overcoming substation timing-over-Ethernet challenges

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September 30, 2018

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...

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The UNH-IOL to Showcase Ethernet PCS and PHY Control Test Tool at IEEE Ethernet & IP @ Automotive Technology Day

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September 26, 2018

DURHAM, N.H., September 26, 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, announced they will be demonstrating their FPGA test tool, BitPhyer, transmitting 100Mbps PAM3 signalling (100BASE-T1) at the Ethernet & IP @ Automotive Technology Day from October 9-10, 2018 in London, England at booth #28. This two day event attracts OEM’s, suppliers, semiconductor vendors, tool providers, and more to share implementation strategies and...

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Autonomous Driving and Time-Sensitive Networking

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September 12, 2018

We invite you to catch up on this recent Electronic Component New's article by Georg Janker, Avnu Alliance Automotive Segment Leader Chair.

This article offers a nice summary of the current state of Avnu Alliance Automotive Certification and plans for future expansion.

UNH-IOL is proud to be one of two test labs offering Avnu Alliance Automotive Certification, refer to our UNH-IOL Avnu Certification Test Services .

We also offer tools for in-house Avnu Alliance Automotive...

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Seventh NVM Express Plugfest Ushers in Next Wave of NVMe and NVMe-MI Devices

July 31, 2017

WAKEFIELD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- NVM Express, Inc ., the organization that developed the NVM Express (NVMe™) and NVMe Management Interface (NVMe-MI™) specifications for accessing solid-state drives (SSDs) on a PCI Express (PCIe®) bus as well across Fabrics, today announced that, as a result of the May 22-25th NVMe Plugfest , NVM Express has certified more than 100 market-ready products in just four years. With testing conducted by the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL), an...

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The growing importance of Time Sensitive Networks

April 12, 2017

We live in a world with self-driving automobiles, and reusable self-landing rockets. Such complex systems of multiple sensors, computers, and actuators form a Cyber-Physical System (CPS). Some CPSs will operate at scales that will challenge comprehension. From autonomous platooning vehicle convoys communicating with each other and highway infrastructure, to Smart Cities coordinating resources (avoiding traffic congestion, coordinating parking, reducing emissions and power consumption), to Smart national power grids and beyond.

To enable such automation, precisely timed system control must...

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“Timing Challenges in the Smart Grid” Published (NIST Special Publication 1500-08)

March 20, 2017

NIST and IEEE-SA conducted a workshop, “Timing Challenges in the Smart Grid,” at the NIST campus in Gaithersburg, Maryland, on October 26, 2016. A paper summarizing the workshop was published in January 2017. The paper (25 pages, PDF file) is now available online for free download (link is external). The webcast and the presentations from that workshop are also available online .

Correct time and timing are foundational elements in enabling the communication and orchestration of...

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UNH-IOL Advances Time Sensitive Networking to Promote Interoperable Ecosystem Across Industries

February 14, 2017

DURHAM, N.H., November 10, 2016 – The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory ( UNH-IOL ), an independent provider of broad-based testing and standards conformance services for the networking industry, announced today the launch of three industry-specific time sensitive networking ( TSN ) Testing Services – Automotive Networking, Industrial Networking, and ProAV Networking designed to provide deterministic performance within standard Ethernet for real-time, mission critical applications. By providing high quality test plans, tools, and test beds for TSN , UNH-IOL...

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UNH-IOL Has Been Named an Official Sponsor for the 2017 Automotive Ethernet Congress

February 3, 2017

Durham, N.H., January 26, 2017 -- The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL), an independent provider of broad-based testing and standards conformance services for the networking industry, is proud to announce they will be sponsoring the upcoming Automotive Ethernet Congress from February 7-8, 2017 in Munich, Germany. This two day event will cover topics relating to the use of Ethernet in automotive, specifically how the use of Ethernet will fundamentally alter the future of vehicle architecture, the...

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Software stack for automotive audio/video certified by AVnu Alliance

June 7, 2016

Excelfore, a company working in connected car platforms, has announced that its Audio Video Bridging/Time Sensitive Networking (AVB/TSN) software stack platform for audio networking as well as video end points has achieved AVnu Certification, becoming the first AVB/TSN software reference module to bear the AVnu-certified logo.

The AVnu Alliance is an industry consortium driving open, standards-based deterministic networking; it grants its certification mark to those devices that have passed all interoperability testing conducted by its third-party testing house, the...

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AppFest 2016: Testing at UNH-IOL

May 25, 2016

Rick Bauer provides a recap of the recent ONF AppFest at the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Lab in this two part series.

We just returned from the second annual ONF AppFest, sponsored by the ONF Testing & Interoperability Working Group and the ONF Testing Leadership Council. In our next post, we’ll cover a similar event hosted by Beijing Internet Institute (BII) in Beijing—another ONF testing event (too much to cover these days!) The North American event was held...

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