VoIP testing product provider Telchemy, Inc. made news today when the company announced the introduction of a new range of active test products based on its VQmon technology. The company explained that as VQmon is widely used in IP phones and media gateways this means that active test measurements will be highly consistent with results from actual equipment.
Telchemy said that the combination of VQmon and VQattest/SQattest supports an active/passive test infrastructure that addresses all the key needs of VoIP service providers and major enterprise network managers. These new active test products include the VQattest and the SQattest.
The company described the VQattest as a compact but sophisticated software agent that can be embedded into IP endpoints and network infrastructure devices to support pre-deployment testing, SLA monitoring and problem diagnosis. VQattest generates multiple simultaneous test VoIP calls to other VQattest agents or IP endpoints and measures the quality of these calls using Telchemy's powerful VQmon/SA VoIP analysis technology. VQattest generates RTP streams with voice payloads and incorporates RTCP SR, RR and XR reporting.
The SQattest is an active test appliance able to run hundreds of simultaneous active tests. SQattest can be either used with VQattest agents or other compatible IP phones and gateways. SQattest is also able to upload test applets to PC clients via a Web-based interface, which the company says is ideal for on-demand troubleshooting or for residential broadband service applications. SQattest uses VQattest technology to generate and terminate VoIP calls and provides a rich set of diagnostic data.
"Leading testing companies, service providers and enterprises have incorporated VQmon performance management technology in their products and networks," said Alan Clark, CEO of Telchemy. "The introduction of Telchemy's VQmon based active test technology will broaden the range of active test products available to the industry and create a new opportunity for active testing to be directly integrated into IP endpoints."
The company explained that network operators and system administrators use Telchemy's VQmon technology to detect, monitor and resolve call quality and network related problems for networked multi-media services, including Voice and Video over IP, IP Centrex, 3G Cellular, Voice over WLAN, and streaming audio/video. VQmon provides listening and conversational call quality metrics in both R factor and MOS formats as well as detailed diagnostic information, giving network managers both high level metrics and the ability to drill down to identify specific problems.
Today’s news follow the company’s recently announced partnership with AudioCodes. The partnership allowed Audiocodes Ltd, a provider of Voice over Packet (VoP) technologies and voice network products, to license Telchemy’s VQmon/EP (End Point) for direct integration into Audiocodes’ market leading media gateway products.
"AudioCodes is pleased to partner with Telchemy and integrate their software in our media gateway products," said Eli Nir, AudioCodes’ VP, Research and Development. "By integrating Telchemy’s sophisticated technology, we are providing our customers with access to the rich set of VoIP performance and diagnostic data produced by VQmon and the ability to quickly deploy key VoIP performance management protocols such as RTCP XR."
Telchemy, Incorporated
www.telchemy.com
AudioCodes
www.audiocodes.com
