Everyone knows Wi-Fi these days—and seeks it out. Whether it’s looking for the sticker in the window when choosing a cafe (probably because you’re working remotely between meetings), pulling out a mobile device to look for the best network you can “see,” or asking your friend what their “Wi-Fi password” is when over for a visit, everyone knows what Wi-Fi is and expects some level of performance when using it. Really, it’s the last part that is starting to cause...
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Wi-Fi Testing Now Includes Performance
May 9, 2018
Boston — Just because your Wi-Fi router complies with 802.11 standards and has passed interoperability tests doesn't mean that you'll be happy with its performance. That's why the Broadband Forum is developing WT-398. When approved, WT-398 will specify tests for Wi-Fi router performance. In parallel with that document's development, the University of New Hampshire Interoperability Lab (UNH-IOL) has announced testing services for Wi-Fi performance. The impetus for WT-398, which is not yet available publicly, came from service providers that deliver...
A Storage Story: NVMe over Fabrics and Fibre Channel
April 30, 2018
The next quantum leap in storage technologies is driving the need for faster storage fabrics to transport this data surge. Such an acceleration in storage demand and solutions requires storage transports to provide better overall performance as well as the ability to guarantee Service Level Agreements (SLAs). Of course, the storage solution I’m speaking about Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) and its latest expansion into NVMe over Fabrics.
First some housekeeping. References to NVMe-oF and FC-NVMe are prevalent and cause...
Latest achievements on next-generation broadband networks honored as Broadband Forum holds annual awards and elections
March 30, 2018
ATHENS, Greece, March 29, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Pioneering work around Gfast, Open Broadband, in-premises broadband technologies and Fixed Access Network Sharing (FANS) has been recognized by the Broadband Forum, with three top accolades presented during its quarterly meeting.
Lincoln Lavoie, senior engineer and industry lead for the executive steering body at the University of New HampshireInterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) received a Distinguished Fellow Award for his substantial contributions to a wide range of successful Broadband Forum projects. These include the...
Wi-Fi testing: More than Compliance
February 26, 2018
You probably have a Wi-Fi router at home and probably in your office as well. While all access points, routers, computers, phones, and other devices must comply with IEEE 802.11 and Ethernet Alliance standards, that's no assurance the device will meet your expectations. The UNH-IOL has announced Wi-Fi testing services that go beyond 802.11 specifications. Why is such testing needed? IEEE specifications don't cover measurements such as throughput vs. signal strength, but users care about that because it affects connectivity...
UNH-IOL Appeals to Service Providers’ Broadband QoE Desires with Wi-Fi Testing Suite
February 16, 2018
The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) has introduced a new set of Wi-Fi testing capabilities, reflecting a movement to help service providers and gateway vendors enhance broadband customers’ Wi-Fi broadband experience.
These new Wi-Fi testing capabilities are made possible through UNH-IOL’s acquisition of test and measurement equipment from Octoscope. By leveraging Octoscope’s equipment, UNH-IOL is aiming to enable repeatable, real-world Wi-Fi scenario testing to satisfy the growing end-user expectations for increased high-capacity, low-latency wireless broadband services....
UNH-IOL: The Communications Test Arbiter
February 14, 2018
When you connect Ethernet, Wi-Fi, data storage, broadband, or many other devices to each other, there’s a good chance that it works because of the University of New Hampshire Interoperability Lab (UNH-IOL). Located in Durham, the UNH-IOL’s engineering staff and students develop test plans, design hardware, and write embedded code and applications for testing many communications links. Often, the lab is the first to develop test tools, which then become adopted as the standard for interoperability and compliance testing....
Industry Outlook: NVMe and NVMe-oF For Storage
February 8, 2018
This week, Industry Outlook asks David Woolf, Senior Engineer of Datacenter Technologies at the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL), about NVMe and NVMe-oF and their role in storage and the data center. David has developed dozens of industry-reviewed test procedures and implementations as part of the team that has built the UNH-IOL into a world-class center for interoperability and conformance testing. He has also helped to organize numerous industry interoperability test events at both at the UNH-IOL facility...
Driving By Ethernet
February 1, 2018
The race to add more sophisticated and safety-critical electronics into cars is forcing carmakers to revisit the communications systems within increasingly electrified and connected vehicles.
Until very recently, communication between components within a vehicle was simplistic, and communication between vehicles was non-existent. All of that is changing quickly. Rapid and secure communication between more electronics within a car, between cars, and between cars and infrastructure are essential pieces of assisted and autonomous driving.
However, not all of the...
UNH-IOL Offers NVMe-oF Testing, Software, List
January 8, 2018
The University of New Hampshire Interoperability Lab is now offering NVMe-oF testing services and related resources. This leading facility, based in Durham, is an NBASE-T member.
NVMe-oF stands for Non-Volatile Memory Express over Fabrics. This standard enables data centers to access flash and solid-state drives over Ethernet and Fibre Channel networks. That allows them to run applications using a much larger storage pool than is possible with NVMe alone.
But in announcing this news, UNH-IOL – which in...