Averna, a developer of test solutions and services for communications and electronics device-makers, announced a successful design-validation partnership with Pace to help gain SCTE-40 certification on CPE for the broadband industry. Pace selected Averna's DOCSIS Channel Emulator (DCE) to test eight bonded downstream channels simultaneously, with all necessary impairments to complete performance and resilience tests required by MSOs.The DCE is designed as a small-footprint channel-emulation platform to help device makers ensure that their DOCSIS and EuroDOCSIS products perform correctly in the field. The DCE simulates a real-time cable network between the CMTS and the CPE. Its FPGA-based design is powered by National Instruments' vector signal transceiver.