JUNE 16, 2008 -- At NXTcomm08 in Las Vegas, Agilent Technologies Inc. (search for Agilent) has introduced multiple test test products that support the development and deployment of multiplay infrastructures. The company says its new test products offer true end-to-end performance monitoring and testing of fixed, mobile, and converged networks, and make it simpler to handle complex tasks more easily, rapidly. and successfully.
According to Agilent, the N2X Multiservices Test Solution is the industry's first multiplay test solution to combine line-rate, hardware-based performance statistics for video, voice, and data services on the same test port. The N2X provides scalable hardware-based, triple-play traffic generation and analysis based on user-defined subscriber profiles. Each test port displays video media quality and IPTV channel-zapping metrics along with voice Mean Opinion Score and data forwarding performance measurements. This capability allows network equipment manufacturers and service providers to identify how the number and behavior of subscribers and traffic mix impacts overall quality of experience, and to validate the triple-play readiness of network infrastructure equipment prior to deployment.
The J6900A Triple Play Analyzer is a complete in-service monitoring, analysis, and troubleshooting tool for voice, data, and video applications. Designed as a component of the Triple Play Analyzer platform, the analyzer enables service providers and network equipment manufacturers to accelerate deployments of Microsoft Mediaroom-based IPTV services. It also offers service providers the tools needed to ensure high quality of service (QoS) for their IPTV deployments.
The Network Tester Layer 4-7 test product has been chosen by Zeugma Systems to verify the real-world performance and stress resilience of its new Zeugma Services Node (ZSN) service delivery router. Network Tester, with its wire-speed performance and broad range of natively supported multiplay applications, was used to verify the ZSN's service delivery performance under complex traffic conditions found in real-world networks. The tester is able to generate realistic multiprotocol traffic mixes at high scale, which allows users to subject equipment to conditions of load and stress to simulate customers' broadband networks. It also provides a way to simulate new revenue-generating services and validate equipment's functionality such as QoS-enhanced OTT video and URL filtering.
Agilent's WireScope Pro Category 3 to 6A, Class C to E, EA and F LAN cabling certification tester is an all-in-one tool that serves network administrators and solution integrators from cabling installation to service turn-up and troubleshooting. Two new software licenses for WireScope Pro cable test enable network administrators and network solution integrators to validate and pre-qualify the quality of VoIP services and to stress test Ethernet connections with the WireScope Pro.
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