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Ravi Subramaniam – Technical Director, ICAP
22 September 2012Geneva, Switzerland
IEEE Conformity IEEE Conformity Assessment Program (ICAP) Assessment Program (ICAP)
for SIEPONfor SIEPON
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Why Does SIEPON need a Conformity Assessment Program?
• Conformity assessment is the accepted way of demonstrating that a product adheres to a standard
• Opportunity for participants to demonstrate adherence to Testing requirements
• IEEE 1904.1 standards based• New Technology – Instill consumer or end-user
confidence• Supports free flow of SIEPON related products
and services across national boundaries• Increased adoption
3 possible models• 1st Party – Vendor• 2nd Party – Buyer or
User• 3rd Party –
Independent Entity
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2nd Party Testing
3rd Party Testing
Self vs. 3rd Party Certification
• Speed of Implementation• Time to Market• Cost of Test Tools• Vendor Misrepresentation• Regulatory Risks• End-Buyer confidence
Why interoperability is hard in digital communications?
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Interoperability
PerformanceConformance
“Can you hear me now?”
Are the “1”s and
“0”s right?
Is transmission and reception
good enough?
Considerations for a harmonized technical approach
• Harmonized test procedures, use cases and derived test sets may enhance confidence in fielded interoperability
• There may be no clear regulatory or coordinated marketplace demand driver to drive technical harmonization
• Lots of choices and unique system implementation – I am special!
• Testing – “to infinity and beyond”
• performance
• digital conformance (may be lots of permutations)
• interoperability testing (for all equipment models – software changes)
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Performance/Design Requirements
ISO/IEC 17025 + competency requirements
SIEPON Certification Scheme
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Products
ISO/IEC Guide 65 Best Practices
Certification Authority(ICAP)
Laboratories
Roles of Entities
A Scenario to consider
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SIEPON Certification
SIEPON Certification
Role of ICAP SIEPON Conformity Assessment Steering Group
• Entity based participation– Comprising of Telecom Carriers, Vendors, Test Labs
• Major responsibilities will include– Review & participate in creation of certification
policy– Determine compliance levels– Act as advisors on test methods and interpretation
of standards– Test Lab Requirements/Audits– Test Tool Validation– Validate Test Report template– Advisors on Marketing Initiatives
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Current Labs that participate in WG
• CableLabs (3rd Party)• RITT (3rd Party)• Shanghai Institute of China Telecom (2nd
Party)• University of New Hampshire –
Interoperability Lab (3rd Party)• Future Lab in Japan
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SIEPON Brand Awareness
• Tested products will be awarded a certification mark
• The “SIEPON Certified” mark will convey trust in the device and the certification program.
• Drive to ensure that End-Users are committed to purchase certified products to minimize negative impact on the network
• Certified Product Registry to be maintained
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Questions & Discussion
1522 September 2012