Azimuth Includes Popular UNH-IOL Conformance Tests in Its W-Series Test Platform.ACTON, Mass.- -- UNH-IOL UNH-IOL University of New Hampshire-interoperability Laboratory Conformance Enhances Wide Range of Performance, Interoperability, Certification and Functional Tests Azimuth azimuth (ăz`əməth), in astronomy, one coordinate in the altazimuth coordinate system. It is the angular distance of a body measured westward along the celestial horizon from the observer's south point. Systems, Inc., innovators in scalable, automated wireless network test systems, announced today an agreement with the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) tests networking and data communications products. The university established the laboratory in 1988, "with the dual mission of providing a neutral environment to foster multi-vendor interoperability and (UNH-IOL) to supply the university's industry-accepted conformance test suite in the Azimuth W-Series test platform. Azimuth's industry leading Wi-Fi test platform provides a highly reliable platform to validate the MAC (Media Access Control) layer conformance for chipset vendors, equipment manufacturers, PC manufacturers and labs doing in depth Wi-Fi testing. "Azimuth has a broad set of test suites that run on a very automated and repeatable test platform," said Gerard Goubert, manager for Wireless, Bridging and Voice Consortiums at UNH-IOL. "We are delighted to add our conformance test suite to Azimuth's line of standard tests." Azimuth's UNH-IOL conformance suite will include a client suite and an access point suite for IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. 802.11 a, b and g, as well as the IEEE 802.11i security suite and the IEEE 802.11e Quality of Service suite. "UNH-IOL's conformance tests are well known in the industry, so it is natural to include these in the Azimuth test suites," said Ray Cronin, Azimuth's CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "This is another step forward for us. We are happy to deliver this increased functionality to our 30 plus customers worldwide and to the Wi-Fi industry at large." The Azimuth W-Series is the industry's first standardized test A standardized test is a test administered and scored in a standard manner. The tests are designed in such a way that the "questions, conditions for administering, scoring procedures, and interpretations are consistent" [1] platform for system level testing of IEEE 802.11 wireless access points, clients and other devices. Designed from the ground up as an off-the-shelf, wireless LAN A local area network that transmits over the air typically in the 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz unlicensed frequency band. It does not require line of sight between sender and receiver. Wireless base stations (access points) are wired to an Ethernet network and transmit a radio frequency over an area test platform, W-Series systems provide the ability to configure an entire WLAN See wireless LAN. WLAN - wireless local area network network in a bench top chassis designed for complete Radio Frequency (RF) isolation and control. The flexibility and programmability of the W-Series allows for the thorough evaluation of wireless LAN equipment under varying mobility conditions and traffic patterns, as well as precise analysis of the results. The system offers an ideal environment to perform software design validation and to test advanced wireless functionality including the latest IEEE standards. About the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory: Established in 1988, the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) is a non-profit organization A non-profit organization (abbreviated "NPO", also "non-profit" or "not-for-profit") is a legally constituted organization whose primary objective is to support or to actively engage in activities of public or private interest without any commercial or monetary profit purposes. that offers comprehensive interoperability and conformance-based testing through 19 technology-based groups, called consortiums. Test solutions created at the UNH-IOL offer a set of methods to increase interoperability through protocol operations, signaling, point-to-point and multi-system scenarios. For more information, visit the UNH-IOL website at: www.iol.unh.edu. About Azimuth: Azimuth Systems, Inc. (www.azimuthsystems.com) is an innovator in wireless data communications data communications, application of telecommunications technology to the problem of transmitting data, especially to, from, or between computers. In popular usage, it is said that data communications make it possible for one computer to "talk" with another. test solutions. Azimuth's W-Series, the industry's first IEEE 802.11 test platform, sets the standard for wireless data test solutions by allowing system and semiconductor vendors to provide their customers with higher quality products in a shorter time-to-market. Based in Acton, Massachusetts, Azimuth is a leader in defining widely accepted wireless data communications performance metrics and test environments. Founded in 2002, Azimuth is backed by prestigious investors, including Kodiak Venture Partners and North Bridge Venture Partners. |
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