Agilent Technologies' Triple Play Test Solution Combines Real-World Traffic Generation with Passive Analysis

(Product News, 16 Apr 2008)

Agilent Technologies Inc.'s Network Tester integrates real-world application traffic generation with comprehensive passive analysis and distributed test capabilities. The Agilent Network Tester now allows service providers and network operators to quickly and cost-effectively validate performance and quality of experience (QoE) of triple play services in network infrastructures that span wide geographic areas.

The N5557A Network Tester, with its unique ability to combine intrusive testing with passive analysis, decouples traffic generation from performance and QoE measurements. Network Tester, while generating realistic mixes of triple play traffic, uses the integrated Agilent J6900A Triple Play Analyzer for independent data collection, performance and QoE analysis around critical system components. This approach delivers instant and holistic insight into performance and QoE of the complete network system, as well as into its critical elements—all from a single test tool, in one test scenario—allowing network operators to troubleshoot, optimize and bring triple play service delivery systems on line and to market in minimal time.

The new Network Tester software release includes:
- real-time MOS and MDI measurements on a per stream, per call basis for comprehensive triple play QoE analysis;
- industry-first ability to decode, view and listen to any voice and video stream in test traffic for instant service-quality assessment;
- integrated end-to-end (E2E) test capability for comprehensive performance and QoE analysis of distributed network infrastructures;
- broadest-in-industry range of natively supported triple play applications, including multiple flavors of VoIP, VoD, IPTV and Internet data, as well as integrated network access protocols—for unique subscriber realism.

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