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. […]
The undeniable efficiency, speed and near-term cost savings associated with moving 5G virtual network functions (VNFs) to the cloud makes it a potential path operators must explore. Learn why this approach is not without risks and which testing practices help overcome these challenges. For starters, it’s completely unproven. As we covered in a previous post, […]
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 […]
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 […]
The demand for data is growing exponentially and the datacenters need to keep pace. RoCEv2 has proven its usefulness over TCP/IP by providing the lowest latency by far in a legacy Ethernet datacenter. Optimization will be key to achieving the best results in large scale deployments. In today’s world, a speedy transfer of data is […]
A global movement toward 800G has begun as operators and network vendors position to address new data demands. Read about how early test solutions are meeting an important need but must flexibly evolve with standards and overcome early complexity up and down the network stack. Though 400 Gigabit Ethernet (400G) is still working its way […]
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 […]
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 […]
For mission-critical Industry 4.0 applications, even the smallest downtime is an absolute no-go. Learn how 5G and TSN systems work together to provide end-to-end seamless redundancy to increase the overall system availability and reliability. The new 5G system has been designed from the ground up, with many different verticals in mind, not just the enhanced […]
Synchronization testing of servers in a lab environment will not necessarily reflect the actual results in the field. Read why verifying synchronization in the live, working network is the only way to assure timing accuracy and performance. Obstacles to achieving 5G’s promised performance lurk around every corner. Let’s face it, distributed and disaggregated architectures that […]
