{"id":39279,"date":"2020-06-29T16:02:04","date_gmt":"2020-06-29T08:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=39279"},"modified":"2020-06-29T16:02:06","modified_gmt":"2020-06-29T08:02:06","slug":"broadband-forum-unveils-usp-certification-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2020\/06\/29\/broadband-forum-unveils-usp-certification-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Broadband Forum unveils USP Certification Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Broadband Forum launched its\u00a0User Services Platform (USP)\u00a0Agent\u00a0Certification Program, providing assurance and confidence for service providers\u00a0and consumer electronics companies\u00a0looking to generate new revenues\u00a0from\u00a0Internet of Things (IoT) services, cloud-based business models,\u00a0and Wi-Fi and security management.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a significant step forward for the\u00a0Connected Home\u00a0market that signals\u00a0industry readiness, the USP\u00a0Agent\u00a0Certification Program\u00a0is Broadband Forum’s first to use a self-certification model \u2013\u00a0allowing\u00a0companies\u00a0to cost-effectively test any\u00a0broadband\u00a0or consumer\u00a0connected\u00a0device\u00a0against the\u00a0Conformance Test Plan for User Services Platform Agents (TP-469)\u00a0standard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This will greatly accelerate interoperability by streamlining companies’ ability to perform repeatable, automated testing on their own while preserving the integrity of the results and overall value of certified products by testing against rigorous standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Companies can self-test their products using an accredited test tool, which provides secure results for validation by a Broadband Forum approved laboratory or can submit products directly to the approved laboratory for testing. Products that have been validated will be recognized with a logo and certification ID and posted on Broadband Forum’s product registry website along with a list of the product\u2019s supported features.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\u00a0CDRouter\u00a0automated test solution from\u00a0QA Cafe\u00a0begins the program as the first\u00a0approved\u00a0tool, and the\u00a0University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL)\u00a0as the first approved test agency, with additional labs expected to join the program in the coming weeks.\u00a0As part of the activities of the first approved test agency, UNH-IOL has validated the test specification and tool\u00a0against Broadband Forum\u2019s open-source reference implementation (OB-USP-Agent)\u00a0and other\u00a0commercial\u00a0implementations from multiple companies. CommScope\u2019s\u00a0ECO\u00a0Envoy 2.0 is the first commercial product to be certified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Consumer demand for connected home services is growing, as is the number of products and services coming to the market but in order for mass deployment to be realized, a unified, standardized, and interoperable platform to develop value-add solutions for the connected home is needed,” said Robin Mersh, CEO of Broadband Forum. “USP Agent certification will give developers and product managers confidence in their products, ensure interoperability, and prove to their customers that their products will work seamlessly with USP-enabled applications in this new and powerful ecosystem.”

The User Services Platform, specified in Broadband Forum TR-369, provides remote management for the new ecosystem of connected home applications. As an evolution of the popular TR-069 protocol, USP has already seen significant uptake in the industry and currently has hundreds of active developers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a significant step forward for the Connected Home market that signals industry readiness, the USP Agent Certification Program is Broadband Forum’s first to use a self-certification model \u2013 allowing companies to cost-effectively test any broadband or consumer connected device against the Conformance Test Plan for User Services Platform Agents (TP-469) standard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":38021,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[7066,2727,1656],"class_list":["post-39279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-broadband-forum","tag-technology-adaption","tag-technology-investment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39279\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}