The Broadband Forum on Tuesday during this year’s Broadband World Forum event unveiled its new certification program, BBF.069, to certify that broadband CPE adheres to the forum’s TR-69 network management specification.
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Broadband Forum introduces TR-69 certification program
October 18, 2012
The Broadband Forum on Tuesday during this year's Broadband World Forum event unveiled its new certification program, BBF.069, to certify that broadband CPE adheres to the forum's TR-69 network management specification.
Broadband Forum: Global broadband subscriptions exceed 624M
October 18, 2012
According to the latest figures published by the Broadband Forum and prepared by broadband industry analysts Point Topic, broadband subscriptions have soared to over 624 million, presenting a huge opportunity for the future of the connected home.
Broadband Forum launches certification
October 17, 2012
BBWF 2012 – Amsterdam. Industry organisation Broadband Forum has launched its BBF.069 CPE certification programme and announced the first certified devices.
Top Vendors Back Broadband Forum TR-069 Certification As Broadband Numbers Top 624 Million
October 17, 2012
Top telecoms vendors from across the world have welcomed the Broadband Forum’s TR-069 certification program (BBF.069 CPE) announcement made yesterday in Amsterdam, where the first companies in the world achieved certification on a day when the Forum also revealed that broadband subscriptions had passed 624 million.
Automotive Ethernet is getting closer
October 11, 2012
No offense to CAN (controller area network) technology, but with demand mounting for sophisticated in-vehicle systems and on-board diagnostics, there is a clear need for a faster protocol for automotive networking.
Automotive Ethernet Moves to the Fast Lane
October 11, 2012
The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) recently announced the launch of the Automotive Ethernet Consortium, which hopes to pave the way for semiconductor companies to address automotive industry requirements for next generation in-vehicle networking. We talked to Dave Estes, Ethernet manager and research and development engineer for UNH-IOL, and Jeff Lapak, UNH-IOL senior manager for Ethernet technologies to get more background and to understand what the announcement means for developers of embedded automotive systems.
In The End, Will It Be PCI Express, USB, And Ethernet?
October 1, 2012
PCI Express is absorbing functionality from other common interfaces like SAS and SATA, reducing the number of interfaces that systems will require. Ethernet has already hit that point, pushing out other networking alternatives. USB is effectively doing the same for low-speed peripherals. USB 3.0 is pushing the bandwidth envelope, but it may be challenged by PCI Express wherever high speed is critical. PCI Express scales. USB is limited to a single lane.
Controllers Speed NVM Express Drive Delivery
October 1, 2012
Direct access to flash memory via PCI Express (see NVM Express: Flash At PCI Express Speeds) looks to replace disk-based interfaces like SATA and SAS (see What's The Difference Between SATA And NVMe?). Flash can utilize all the bandwidth of x8 PCI Express interfaces while single hard drives struggle to fill one lane. Arrays of hard drives can deliver higher bandwidth but they still suffer from access latency that is minute for flash storage.
Automotive Ethernet Conformance and Interoperability Testing
October 1, 2012
Can you give us a brief overview of automotive Ethernet? Automotive Ethernet is the use of Ethernet technology within the vehicle to connect systems that require a higher bandwidth than what is currently available. The standard Ethernet frame format and point-to-point topology is preserved. Automotive Ethernet can enable more advanced safety systems (such as cameras, collision avoidance systems, or even automated driving) and more features for infotainment. Saving weight on the wiring harness by using only one pair will help...