1. Centre for Testing and Interoperability (CTI)
Plugtests and Interoperability events in RFID area
Anthony Wiles – CTI Director
Philippe Cousin – Sales Director
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2. Centre for Testing & Interoperability (CTI)
Methodology, tools etc.
Development of Protocols and Test Specifications
Services to Industrial Fora and External Partners
Support for ETSI Technical Bodies
(TB)
Interoperability Events (Plugtests) and Validation

3. We organise “Plugfests” , unplugfests, (bake-off) with ETSI Plugtests
Created in specialized in the organization of interoperability events
Neutral and open to all organisations
Fully customisable service
Skilled ETSI Staff managing test events
Event management, promotion etc.
Experts from ETSI and other technical communities
Testbed setup, infrastructure, test scheduling etc.
Synergy Conformance & Interoperability
Cost-neutral
Sources of income
Participant fees < 1000 €
Sponsors (Annual or event basis)
eEurope (European Commission)
Approx. 100 events organised !!!!
3000 participants surveyed ranked usefulness at 4.3/5 and Service satisfaction 4.35/5

4. Who attends Plugtests™ events?
Participants do NOT have to be ETSI members
Plugtests™ are addressed to any company developing a product such as operators, vendors or equipment manufacturers, content or application providers
Plugtests™ also welcome Universities and other Research Institutes
Standardization bodies, Fora or interest groups may also participate

5. Why?
Provides useful feedback to the standardization process
Accelerates time to market via quick product debugging
Improves both quality and features of implementations
Helps to ensure end users’ satisfaction
Reduces deployment costs
Allows networking with the market key players
COST & TIME SAVING!

6. Plugtests look like this…
Oh oh,
I found a bug

8. SERVICES & APPLICATIONS
Areas of Activity
HOT TOPICS
Grid Computing
LAN/WMAN
Security
ebXML
RFID IP
IPv6 & Mobile IPv6
MPLS
SIGTRAN
SIP
TELECOM
DSL
SMS/MMS
Speech Quality
HiperLAN2
SERVICES & APPLICATIONS
J2ME
OSA-PARLAY
Video over DSL
OMA IMPS
SyncML
                                                 

9. RFID Plugtests 2008-2009? 3rd ETSI ERM TG34 interoperability event
June 2008?
This event will concentrate on: interoperability between tags from different vendors and interrogators from different vendors
Under consideration: interoperability testing of multiple interrogators from different vendors connected to a single host (ALE)
Open to organise NFC Forum Plugfests
Plugfest(s) with EC FP7 projects : Cuteloop, …
YOUR PLUGFEST?
Contact Philippe Cousin :

10. Thank you for your attention!