Why You Need to Certify

The DIFI Consortium’s purpose is to enable the digital transformation of space, satellite, and related industries by providing a simple, open, interoperable Digital IF/RF standard that replaces the natural interoperability of analog IF signals and helps prevent vendor lock-in, which has been a major obstacle to modernization efforts across the industry. DIFI enables the space industry, including commercial and government operators, to confidently design, build, operate, and evolve multi-vendor satellite networks and ground systems.

Certification of products to the published DIFI specifications ensures consistent interpretation and implementation of the DIFI standard, both within the details of the packet formats as well as device behavior required for particular use cases. Specification compliance, certified interoperability, and more are being collaboratively implemented within the DIFI Consortium’s Certification program.

Certification Highlights

  • Membership Required
  • Open-Source Validation Tool Here
  • Interoperability Testing for Customer Confidence
  • Certified products Listed Below
  • Currently Available:  Certification to DIFI Standard v1.1

Certification Process

The DIFI Certification Process has the following steps:

  • Vendor downloads the Certification Plan from the member portal
  • Vendor completes the required testing
  • Vendor submits the results to the Certification Working Group for review
  • Product Certification is approved
  • Vendor is listed below and can advertise their DIFI Certification

Product certification can be terminated under any of the following conditions:

  • The product is modified in a way that affects the DIFI functionality and has not yet passed re-certification
  • The product is discovered to not function as advertised and the issue is not corrected and results re-submitted within the required timescale, or as agreed with the Consortium
  • The vendor is no longer a member of the DIFI consortium

Product Listing

Products shall not bear a Certified DIFI Trademark unless the product is publicly visible in the product database. If a previously visible product is hidden from the public list, the product shall be withdrawn from the market or the Trademarks removed from the product.