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Enhancing Open Source Software Through Rigorous Testing: A Deep Dive into the DPDK Community Lab

October 18, 2023
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The open-source community thrives on collective efforts to improve and augment software products. In this post, we take a closer look at the operations of the Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK) community lab and its contributions towards testing and refining the DPDK software project.

DPDK, a set of libraries and drivers for fast packet processing, is embraced by major technology players including Red Hat, NVIDIA, Intel, Arm, and more. However, a crucial element that bolsters the confidence of...

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O-RAN ALLIANCE Successfully Concludes O-RAN Global PlugFest Spring 2023

June 13, 2023

The O-RAN ALLIANCE yesterday announced the successful completion of the O-RAN Global PlugFest Spring 2023. This event, involving major operators, carried out critical testing and validation of O-RAN technologies to support and encourage ongoing adoption by the industry. In addition, O-RAN has unveiled a lineup of demonstrations that highlight the latest advancements, on-site at MWC Shanghai, or online at the O-RAN ALLIANCE Virtual Exhibition.

The O-RAN Global PlugFest Spring 2023 was conducted from April to June 2 in ten...

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Opening Up the Network

November 7, 2022

Revolutionary Transformation Doesn’t Occur Overnight

This year, we have seen a continued shift to agile network service delivery from Proof of Concept to real-world deployments and a multi-service broadband network. Therefore communication service providers (CSPs) are under pressure to upgrade and transform their networks, pushing to support services beyond simply delivering network connectivity. With an increasing number of connected devices, CSPs are tasked with supporting these high-bandwidth applications and services with a network that offers both Quality...

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5G Fronthaul Networks Add Flexibility

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April 8, 2020

To deliver on the promise of 5G, which sometimes seems like everything to everyone, network operators will need to augment their existing network architectures, addressing some flexibility brought into existence with the new 5G technologies and designs. Overall, 5G brings numerous changes to the mobile network, its architecture, and the equipment used to construct it. 5G is so much more than a wireless technology. Indeed, it’s producing significant changes on the wired network, particularly in the fronthaul, the portion of...

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COVID-19 Information

March 17, 2020

Ensuring the health and safety of our colleagues, guests, and employees is our highest priority. Due to new recommendations the UNH-IOL will now be limiting the number of personnel in our facility. As interoperability testing of some physical devices require hands on set-up and interaction, this poses a challenge with a significantly reduced workforce. All testing and services provided to our customers will continue, however there will be delays in our typical turnaround time due to a reduced workforce....

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Hacking to Learn

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March 10, 2020

Even though she’s a computer science major, Mallorie Biron ’20 had never participated in a 24-hour hackathon. But when she signed on for this year’s (the third) Hack NH, she found out that majors don’t matter; the hackathon is open to UNH students from all colleges.

Hack NH is hosted by UNH’s InterOperability Lab (IOL) and presented by the Peter T. Paul Entrepreneurship Center, commonly referred to as the ECenter. The IOL is a world-renowned test facility for data...

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Hacking for Good

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March 1, 2019

The snow had started to fall, and students were back and ready for spring semester. This could only mean one thing: It was hackathon time at the UNH InterOperability Lab (UNH-IOL).

The challenge invites UNH students from all colleges and majors to collaborate on a project or problem domain, strategize an innovative solution and present it to judges, with this year’s theme of Hack New Hampshire (Hack NH) asking students to collaborate on solutions that would helpthe state become...

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DPDK Community Lab Publishes Relative Performance Testing Results

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November 20, 2018

The DPDK Community Lab is an open, independent testing resource for the DPDK project. Its purpose is to perform automated testing on incoming patch submissions, to ensure the performance and quality of DPDK is maintained. Participation in the lab is open to all DPDK project participants.

For some time now, the DPDK Community Lab has been gathering performance deltas using the single-core packet I/O layer 2 throughput test from DTS for each patch series submitted to...

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Big move for UNH InterOperability Lab

January 24, 2016

DURHAM – The move to the campus at the University of New Hampshire gave the InterOperability Lab an opportunity: Create space specifically suited to its needs.

That move from space off campus, off Route 155A at Goss International to brand new space at the new Madbury Commons in downtown Durham was big – requiring about 50 truckloads of servers and almost 28 football fields worth of Ethernet cabling (about 20,000 feet). The move was accomplished over the holidays....

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IOL on the Move

December 17, 2015

The UNH InterOperability Laboratory (IOL) is on the move and, come Jan. 4, is scheduled to be up and running in its new location adjacent to campus at Madbury Commons.

The IOL is the leading test facility for data and networking communications products. Its work includes determining that products work, meet specified standards and can be used together. For example, in lay terms, the IOL tests technologies that enable you to connect your phone, laptop and car to the...

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