2021.09.30 – Altice Labs, Calix cited as first vendors to achieve BBF.398 Grade Wi-Fi benchmark

Altice Labs, Calix cited as first vendors to achieve BBF.398 Grade Wi-Fi benchmark

2021.09.30 – Broadband Technology Report

‘Via the program, service providers and device manufacturers will be able to reduce the number of customer complaints they receive about poorly performing devices.

Broadband Forum on Sept. 23 announced Altice Labs and Calix as the first two vendors to be listed as part of the Forum’s newly launched BBF.398 Grade Wi-Fi Program. Via the program, service providers and device manufacturers will be able to reduce the number of customer complaints they receive about poorly performing devices thanks to the latest performance test plan released by Broadband Forum.

As explained by a Broadband Forum statement:

Broadband Forum’s BBF.398 Grade Wi-Fi Program has a primary goal of providing a standard set of test cases and framework to measure aspects of the performance between the AP (such as CPE with Wi-Fi), reference Stations (STAs) (such as a Personal Computer, and integrated testing equipment), and if applicable, a Wi-Fi repeater environment.

Issue 2 of TR-398 can seamlessly validate the devices used in broadband deployments and optimize their performance while addressing and identifying potential operational issues before the devices are introduced to the field.

It also updates a number of performance test cases and adds additional test cases for mesh and Wi-Fi roaming between Access Points (APs), and for the recently published IEEE Standard 802.11ax-2021.’

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