To date, TSN testing services have been offered at the University of New Hampshire's InterOperability Lab. Now, Avnu has announced an expansion of testing capabilities at new Registered Test Facilities (RTF) around the world: at Allion Lab in Taipei City, Taiwan; at Excelfore in Tokyo, Japan; at Granite River Labs in Santa Clara, USA; and at Granite River Labs in Karlsruhe, Germany.

These additional test sites and locations will enable the Avnu Alliance to expand testing capacity in line with demand, while allowing device manufacturers to test their products with shorter lead times before market launch.

"As part of standard networking technology, TSN is being developed and deployed around the world," said Greg Schlechter, President of the Avnu Alliance. "Avnu recognizes that we need to expand our testing capabilities and global footprint so that device certification can keep pace with innovation to improve accessibility, enable the growth of both test programs and manufacturers, and generally support the diversity of the growing TSN ecosystem."

The goal is to create an ecosystem of interoperable, secure, low-latency and highly reliable networked devices that utilize TSN as part of the open IEEE 802.1 Ethernet standards. The Alliance has a series of test plans and programs to help manufacturers implementing TSN ensure interoperability and demonstrate it to their markets through certification programs.

Certification management system and product registration

Avnu has also introduced a new testing portal and a comprehensive certification management system (CMS) with simplified and intelligent certification workflows for seamless, transparent communication. The new CMS provides members with real-time insight into the testing process and the ability to track device progress and deadlines.

In this web-based portal, Avnu members can submit products for testing, view the results, respond to non-conformity issues and manage the public list of newly certified products. All certification and testing documents are easily managed in a single, centralized location. Intelligent workflows feed data and information back to the certification workgroup to track the number of products undergoing certification in each lab, enabling Avnu to scale capabilities as needed to meet testing demand.

In addition, a new product registry will be launched on the certification website with a database containing all products currently certified by Avnu. Advanced filtering capabilities will make it easier for end users to find products to specify and incorporate into systems.