DSL & G.fast Testing

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DSL & G.fast Testing

Overview

The UNH InterOperability Lab (UNH-IOL) has been testing Networking and Communications since 1988. Fully owned by the University of New Hampshire, the lab receives 100% of its funding from commercial companies in exchange for professional and testing services. Testing services include areas such as Ethernet, xDSL, Storage, Wireless, and Internet Protocol (including IPv6).

Benefits of an DSL / G.fast Consortium Membership

• Access to Extensive Test Bed – The UNH-IOL DSL Consortium maintains an extensive test be of DSLAM, CPE, DPU, and test equipment, allowing members access to equipment deployed by operators around the world. Testing in this environment provides an opportunity to pre-test deployments before equipment is submitted to RFP qualification processes or allows R&D departments to perform testing to finalize product designs.

• Access to custom Test Tools – The UNH-IOL uses many in-house custom testing tools, software, and test automation platforms to ensure high quality, repeatable results. The results generated by this software have been subject to external review. This ensures our customers that:

o Our results are reliable o We never have supplier issues o There is flexibility to debug issues

• Reduce time to market – The DSL Consortium is an extension of your lab. Our technical expertise, test tools, and test bed will help you pin point bugs you may have missed. Not only will this free up valuable time for your company, it will also improve your user experience. • Unsurpassed in house equipment – Testing is conducted in the laboratory's 32,000+ square foot

facility, which houses a multi-million dollar array of test equipment and the latest devices from Member companies. In return for their latest devices and support, Members are entitled to high-caliber interoperability testing against other vendors' devices.

• Group test events – The corporate world is often more competitive than cooperative. For this reason we have created the group test event. This is an opportunity to gather with technological peers and test the interoperability of your device with others in order to create more seamless, quality networks worldwide.

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Proposed Process

Since 1998, the DSL testing consortium at the UNH InterOperability lab has had a process in place to do independent DSL equipment analysis. The process that has been used by companies to achieve their DSL testing results is stated below.

Figure 1: UNH-IOL General Testing Process

Collaboration Model

This proposal is to establish a working relationship with in which your company’s equipment can receive DSL or G.fast testing results in a quick and effective manner. Testing Memberships allow a scalable approach to testing, as each membership allows test rotations to be scheduled throughout the year. Two variables dictate the amount of recommended testing: Number of test rounds that are needed to

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achieve an “all pass” state and amount of equipment that needs testing. These variables must be discussed in further detail as the project develops.

Sample Report Style

The technical results will be documented in a standard report format. These reports will be sent to the membership owners via a protected PDF document, zip-file (for traces), or other requested formats. All results are delivered via our secure, online web portal, which also provides our members with a simple scheduling interface to stream line their next rounds of testing. A sample figure of our report format is included below.

Figure 2: DSL Consortium Sample Report

Membership Details

The UNH-IOL DSL & G.fast Consortia offer multiple membership and pay-per-testing options, to help member companies engage with the groups in the most cost effective and efficient ways, while still providing the highest quality testing services.

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Option 1: DSL Consortium Membership

Testing Services Included Annual Fees

VDSL2, ADSL2/2plus, and ADSL performance testing, including

BBF TR-067, TR-100, TR-114 test plans $ -

VDSL2 & ADSL2/2plus functionality testing, including BBF

TR-105 and TR-115 test plans $ -

Bonded system testing, including the BBF TR-273 test plan $ - Calix Compatible Testing, required to join their online partner

program $ -

Schedule one test slot per membership on a first come first

serve basis. (See Proposed Process) $ -

Support for testing of several products, tested throughout the

membership year $ -

Free regression testing $ -

Participation in all DSL focused plugfests hosted by the

UNH-IOL, including VDSL2 G.vector events $ -

Overtime options for expedited testing (subject to additional

fees) $ -

DSL Consortium Membership $22,000 USD

Total: $22,000 USD

Option 2: G.fast Consortium Membership

G.fast certification testing, according to BBF G.fast Certification

Program according to the ID-337 test plan (Note 1) $ -

G.fast interoperability testing (Note 2) $ -

Schedule one test slot per membership on a first come first

serve basis. (See Proposed Process) $ -

Support for testing of several products, tested throughout the

membership year $ -

Free regression testing $ -

Overtime options for expedited testing (subject to additional

fees) $ -

Participation in all G.fast focused plugfests hosted by the

UNH-IOL $ -

Total: $22,000 USD

• Note 1: The Broadband Forum is currently in the process of creating the G.fast Certification Program, its

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laboratory for this program and is working directly with the forum to launch this program as quickly as possible. The Expect launch is first quarter 2016.

• Note 2: Basic interoperability testing is available to consortium members interested in preparing their

implementation for certification testing.

Option 3: Joint DSL & G.fast Consortium Membership

All benefits listed above of DSL Membership (Note 1) $ - All benefits listed above of G.fast Membership (Note 1) $ -

Total: $36,000 USD

• Note 1: Test schedule limited to reservation for either G.fast device or DSL device, but not both

simultaneously. For independent scheduling of DSL & G.fast products, two memberships (one DSL and one G.fast) would be required.

Option 4: DSL / G.fast Pay per Test Fees

Testing Service Fee (Note 1)

BBF TR-067 ADSL Performance Tests - Annex A North American

Loops $2,000

BBF TR-067 ADSL Performance Tests - Annex A European Loops $2,000 BBF TR-067 ADSL Performance Tests - Annex B $2,000 BBF TR-100 ADSL2/2plus Performance Tests - Annex A North

American Loops $2,000

BBF TR-100 ADSL2/2plus Performance Tests - Annex A

European Loops $2,000

BBF TR-100 ADSL2/2plus Performance Tests - Annex B $2,000 BBF TR-100 ADSL2/2plus Performance Tests - Annex J $1,500 BBF TR-105 ADSL2/2plus Functionality Tests $6,000 BBF TR-114 VDSL2 Performance Tests - Annex A $2,000 BBF TR-114 VDSL2 Performance Tests - Annex B $2,000

BBF TR-115 VDSL2 Functionality Tests $6,000

BBF TR-127 Dynamic Testing of Splitters and In-line Filters

with xDSL Transceivers $4,000

BBF TR-273 Testing of Bonded, Multi-Pair xDSL Systems $5,000

Rate vs. Reach Interoperability Test $2,500

Bonded Rate vs. Reach Interoperability Test $2,500

On-line Reconfiguration (OLR) Interoperability Test $3,000

Calix Partner Testing $6,000

BBF G.fast Certification Testing TBD

• Note 1: Fee includes the cost of one round of testing, which may be limited to a single combination of

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UNH-IOL Usage Agreement & Consortium Charters

Each members agrees to abide by at least two documents when participating in testing at the UNH-IOL. The UNH-IOL Usage Agreement, which provides basic governance of the UNH-IOL operations, non-disclosure, use of results, etc. The Consortium Charter defines the specific requirements of each consortium, its area of focus, scheduling policies, and other technology specific aspects.

• https://www.iol.unh.edu/sites/default/files/charters/unh-iol-usage-agreement.pdf • https://www.iol.unh.edu/sites/default/files/charters/dsl-charter.pdf

• https://www.iol.unh.edu/sites/default/files/charters/gfast-charter.pdf

Summary

The UNH-IOL maintains a strong reputation for accuracy, technical excellence, and non-biased

leadership in DSL & G.fast equipment analysis. Selection by your company will significantly reduce costs to alternative testing efforts. The UNH-IOL would like to establish a repeatable model in order to sustain a long-term relationship. The collaborative membership model has proven success over the past 24 years of data communications and storage testing at the UNH-IOL.

Contact Information

For additional information, please contact:

Lincoln Lavoie

Senior Engineer, Broadband Technologies Email: [email protected]