Symmetricom to Play Key Role in IEEE 1588 Conformity Alliance Program
January 25 2011 - 10:24AM
Business Wire
Symmetricom®, Inc. (NASDAQ: SYMM), a worldwide leader in
precision time and frequency technologies, announced it is taking
on a key role in the newly formed IEEE 1588 Conformity Alliance
Program (ICAP). ICAP is a joint venture between IEEE and IEEE
Industry Standards and Technology Organization (IEEE-ISTO). Tim
Frost, principal technologist for Symmetricom, has officially
joined the Alliance’s Board of Directors, and Committee of
Experts.
The ICAP Committee of Experts also includes distinguished
representatives from France Telecom, China Mobile, LSI Chronos
Technology, RAD, Cisco, Tellabs, Brilliant Telecom, Zarlink, MEF,
Iometrix, Broadcom, Huawei, Calnex, NSN, ALU, Oscilloquartz,
Semtech, Comcast and Anue.
“The volume of traffic traveling over networks continues to
increase exponentially and users aren’t willing to deal with
backhaul limitations. One of the most essential ingredients to
successful packet-based synchronization is to have very precise
timing and synchronization solutions in each and every network
infrastructure,” said Tim Frost, principal technologist at
Symmetricom. “Symmetricom welcomes the opportunity to be a part of
the IEEE 1588 Conformity Alliance and work with its core team of
influential network equipment manufacturers (NEMs) and service
providers to accelerate the adoption and deployment of IEEE 1588
technology and ITU-T PTP (Precision Time Protocol) worldwide.”
The initial charter of the Committee of Experts will be the
review and approval of the IEEE 1588 Certification Test Suite for
telecom, to be followed by the development of a formal IEEE 1588
certification program and test lab to be launched in early
2011.
About Tim Frost
Frost, principal technologist on Symmetricom’s Advanced
Development Team, is charged with working on synchronization
solutions for next-generation networks. He has presented
extensively on the subject at conferences such as ITSF and WSTS. He
is an active contributor to standards activities in synchronization
and, in particular, in his current role as editor of the draft
Telecommunication Standard Sector (ITU-T) recommendation G.8260 on
definitions and metrics for packet-based synchronization.
Prior to Symmetricom, Frost was a System Architect with Zarlink
Semiconductor for seven years, where he worked on their Convergence
product line, dealing with carrying Time-Division Multiplexing
(TDM) circuits over packet networks, and in particular on the
synchronization aspects of carrying real-time information over
packet networks. During this time, he was the editor for the MEF’s
standards on Circuit Emulation Services (MEF3, 8 and 18). In
previous roles, Frost also worked in areas as diverse as the design
of embedded CPU cores for ASIC devices, and telephony systems for
railway signaling. Frost also had several roles at Mitel
Semiconductor. Frost has a BSc in Electrical and Electronic
Engineering from the University of Leeds, and an MSc. in
Computation from the University of Manchester. He is a Member of
the IET and a Chartered Engineer.
About IEEE 1588 Conformity Alliance
IEEE 1588 Conformity Alliance was established to advocate the
Precision Timing Protocol and to focus on certifying
implementations to assure conformance to IEEE 1588™ "Standard for a
Precision Clock Synchronization Protocol for Networked Measurement
and Control Systems." IEEE 1588 Conformity Alliance is managed by
the IEEE Conformity Assessment Program (ICAP), a joint venture
between IEEE and IEEE Industry Standards and Technology
Organization (IEEE-ISTO).
Founding Board Members of the IEEE 1588 Conformity Alliance
include Alcatel-Lucent, Anue Systems, Brilliant Telecommunications,
Calnex Solutions, Huawei Technologies, Iometrix, and Symmetricom.
Additional Founding Members include Accedian Networks, Chronos
Technology, and Ericsson. The group is currently developing a test
program that will serve as the foundation of its conformance and
certification activities. For more information,
visit www.IEEE1588ConformityAlliance.org today.
About Symmetricom, Inc.
Symmetricom (NASDAQ: SYMM), a world leader in precise time
solutions, sets the world’s standard for time. The company
generates, distributes and applies precise time for the
communications, aerospace/defense, IT infrastructure and metrology
industries. Symmetricom’s customers, from communications service
providers and network equipment
manufacturers to governments and
their suppliers worldwide, are able to build more
reliable networks and systems by using the company’s advanced
timing technologies, atomic clocks, services and solutions.
All products support today’s precise timing
standards, including GPS-based timing, IEEE 1588 (PTP),
Network Time Protocol (NTP), Synchronous Ethernet and
DOCSIS® timing. Symmetricom is based in San Jose, Calif.,
with offices worldwide. For more information, visit:
www.symmetricom.com.
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