Symmetricom to play key role in IEEE 1588 Conformity Alliance program

SAN JOSE, USA: Symmetricom Inc., a leader in precision time and frequency technologies, 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.