Part Number DLS TR048A (for TR-048 Cluster A)
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Part Number DLS TR048E (for TR-048 Cluster A&B)

“Independent Testing Laboratories (ITLs) to Verify DSL Vendors Meet DSL Forum's Interoperability Criteria; ITU to Adopt DSL Forum's ADSL Specifications”

The DSL Forum's “TR-048 ADSL Interoperability Test Plan” is a key milestone in transitioning the distribution of ADSL customer premise equipment to a retail model and bringing ADSL services to the global mass market. TR-048 defines a set of test criteria and benchmarks that an ADSL CPE or DSLAM must meet in order to be compliant to the specification. The importance of this specification is reinforced as the ITU is adopting TR-048 as a requirement for the next generation ADSL Standard, ADSL 2 (G.992.3/4).

Currently major service providers are requiring that devices pass TR-048 before considering them for deployment in their networks. In the near future Network Equipment Manufacturers (NEMs) will be required to have their products certified by an Independent Test Laboratory.

Spirent offers the only complete solution for testing an ADSL device to TR-048. Spirent's solution consists of the DLS 400IA/IAE Wireline Simulator, the DLS 5200IA Noise Generator, and the SmartBits. SMB 200/2000 Data Generator/Analyzer and is controlled by the DLS 1400 TR-048 Automated Test Software using ScriptCenter .. This provides the high accuracy, control, consistency, repeatability and automation that NEMs will need to prove product interoperability to ADSL Service Providers. With integrated layer 1, 2, and 3 testing tools, Spirent's solution will play a key role in helping the DSL industry in achieving its’ goals of interoperability and retail distribution.

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