Accurate and traceable time stamps have become a financial trading imperative to protect investors and adhere to regulatory requirements. Who made what trade? When? Did it complete as intended? All simple questions. Read why ensuring accuracy of this information has become a complex business. Timing and synchronization have become top concerns for finance IT managers. […]
Some time-critical applications rely on ultra-low latency over multiple network hops to function properly. In this blog, you’ll explore ways of configuring the schedule traffic quickly while assuring it works as expected. Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) is a set of standards designed to enable deterministic communication for ethernet based networks. TSN offers different tools for different […]
Every network and application brings unique characteristics and vulnerability to network impairments. Having a deep understanding of how apps behave in a range of expected scenarios is a critical step in assuring performance. Read how pre-deployment testing and verification will help relieve doubts and reveal the unknown. A perfect storm of tech readiness, big data […]
Intense cloud gaming requirements, emerging industrial connectivity needs and a new wave of applications powered by AI and ML are setting new expectations. Read why early, comprehensive testing has become a critical factor in accelerating 800G toward production and deployment to meet market demand. Enterprise demand for higher bandwidth, increased throughput and ultra-low latency is […]
OFC 2022 has brought industry players back together at the premier global event for optical communications and networking, hosting 8,000 participants and 430 exhibiting companies. Read about key highlights and takeaways from the event. What a feeling to be back at OFC 2022 and see folks across the optical communications community face-to-face. Collaboration is such […]
Speed and security requirements now go hand in hand. Can your tools and testbeds keep up? The pace of tech advancement has officially reached breakneck speeds. 5G, IoT, SD-WAN, SASE and 800 Gigabit Ethernet are just a few of the technologies ushering in not just new possibilities, but new demands. Standards bodies are racing to […]
Take the complexity out of network and cloud validation to drive innovation and accelerate next-generation technology deployments. Learn how the new AION unified delivery platform is providing ultimate flexibility, improved deployment and provisioning to help validate next-generation network and Cloud infrastructure, applications and services. It is crucial for your network to be always-on. Your transformation […]
Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) is being adopted by service providers and equipment manufacturers to reduce infrastructure deployment costs and to lower the barrier of integrating innovative product developments. Read about the advantages and challenges emerging in that process, and how testing helps speed up O-RAN deployment. In O-RAN, the distributed unit (DU) is connected […]
Learn about timing and synchronization considerations for 5G Open RAN Networks to deliver the full range of enhanced capabilities available with 5G New Radio. It is impossible to ignore the current waves in the telecoms industry caused by the emergence of Open RAN. An ever-increasing number of major telecoms operators and vendors are moving to […]
Timing synchronization within and across datacenters is the lynchpin of 5G data integrity. Operators need to ensure the time difference between any two datacenter servers is accurate within 100 microseconds. Read about ways of avoiding inaccurate timestamps and meet regulatory requirements. We previously explored why this has been so difficult for datacenter operators, especially in comparison to […]
