Averna Announces DOCSIS Design-Validation Partnership with Pace for SCTE-40 Certification Averna’s DOCSIS Channel Emulator Accelerates CPE Certification for MSOs

Montreal, May 7, 2013 – (ACN Newswire) – Averna, an industry-leading developer of test solutions and services for communications and electronics device-makers worldwide, today announced a successful design-validation partnership with Pace, a leading global developer of advanced technologies for service providers, to help gain SCTE-40 certification on various customer-premise equipment (CPE) for the cable and broadband industry.

Pace selected Averna’s DOCSIS Channel Emulator (DCE) to test 8-bonded downstream channels simultaneously, with all necessary impairments to complete performance and resilience tests required by multi-system operators (MSOs).

The DCE is a small-footprint channel-emulation platform that helps device makers ensure that their DOCSIS and EuroDOCSIS products deliver optimum performance in the field. The DCE simulates a real-time cable network between the cable-modem termination system (CMTS) and the CPE. The DCE’s flexible FPGA-based design is powered by National Instruments’ vector signal transceiver, which greatly expands test coverage, lowers latency, extends bandwidth and frequency range, and minimizes the DCE hardware footprint.

“The ability to test 8-bonded downstream channels simultaneously with a single, small-footprint platform greatly reduces our validation time and costs while speeding up industry certification for our CPE,” said Paul Ferrara, Hardware Director at Pace. “Averna and its DOCSIS Channel Emulator will help us continue to deliver the highest-quality products while reaching our markets faster than ever.”

“The DCE provides a significant competitive advantage over traditional hardware-based instruments, enabling MSOs and device-makers to efficiently simulate field environments and help the industry achieve higher quality of service,” said Averna’s Jean-Levy Beaudoin, Director of Market Development & Customer Solutions.

“NI RF vector signal transceivers are designed to be customized through LabVIEW FPGA software so they may better serve specific applications,” said Ryan Verret, Senior Product Manager at National Instruments. “Averna’s expertise with these tools, along with their domain knowledge, enabled the development of their DCE, which is a great example of how software-designed instruments can be tailored for broadband device test.”

DCE Features

— Generates up to 24 downstream (DS) bonded channels in real time
— Frequency range: 65 MHz to 6 GHz (DOCSIS requires maximum frequency of 1.002 GHz)
— Bandwidth: 80 MHz (input)/80 MHz (output)
— NI technology: the NI vector signal transceiver and NI FlexRIO; developed with NI LabVIEW system design software and the LabVIEW FPGA Module
— The NI general-purpose vector signal transceiver can be used to test LTE and WLAN, and also acts as a signal analyzer and signal generator

For more information about the DCE, click here.
http://www.averna.com/en/products/broadband-av/docsis-channel-emulator

Averna at CommunicAsia 2013: June 18-21, in Singapore
Averna will be showcasing the DCE in the Canadian Pavilion – 218. Please contact sales@averna.com to set up a private demo.

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About Averna

Averna is a premier manufacturing solution provider for communications and electronics device-makers worldwide, helping them deliver a better end-user customer experience. Key Averna clients in the communications, aerospace, defense, automotive, consumer electronics, and medical device industries use Proligent, RF Test Instruments, and other test solutions to accelerate product development, reduce manufacturing costs, achieve superior quality throughout the lifecycle, and solve critical supply-chain issues.

Averna has offices and sales partners around the world. Incorporated in 1999, Averna is a Best in Test award winner, an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year(R) recipient, and has been honored as one of the Deloitte Fast 500 fastest-growing technology companies in North America. Averna is a Platinum NI Alliance Partner.www.averna.com

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