Network operators now can examine the quality of service (QoS
) of their live, IP-based voice and video offerings as Brix Networks (News - Alert), provider of converged service assurance solutions, has introduced its next-generation, Internet Protocol (IP
) service assurance platform.
The new Brix 4100 Verifier family is designed to enable operators to ensure their networks will be able to perform real-time monitoring of live customer Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP
) and IP television (IPTV (News - Alert)) traffic. In addition, the operators will have end-to-end service monitoring capabilities that offer voice and video service quality with full visibility across transport, signaling, and media performance so that they can address vital operations and customer care issues.
“Network capacities scaling beyond 30 million busy-hour calls, hundreds of high-definition channels, and multi-Gigabit IP transport backbones all require correlated information from multiple access points in order to truly evaluate a customer’s quality of experience,” noted Charlie Baker, director of product management at Brix Networks. “The Brix 4100 family scales beyond full Gigabit capacity for voice and video streams, and helps network operators transition their services from closed TDM
networks to open IP/MPLS-based infrastructures by providing immediate visibility across signaling and media — all from the same extensible platform.”
Brix has combined active (on-demand) tests with continuous passive (live) service monitoring. The system is designed for deployment at all phases of the IP service life cycle such as pre-deployment network assessment, rollout verification, troubleshooting, ongoing operational monitoring, and service level assurance.
Basically, the Brix 4100 family coupled with the company’s BrixWorx service assurance correlation and analysis software engine helps network operators monitor, assess the quality of voice and video traffic at various locations of operational VoIP and IPTV
networks.
With the help of the BrixWorx central-site software engine, network operators can also establish upper limit for various performance metrics to alert operational staff of voice or video quality degradations or service outages.
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Niladri Sekhar Nath is a contributing writer for TMCnet covering telecommunications, service providers and networking. To see more of his articles, please visit his columnist page.
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Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) | X |
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