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

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