April 18, 2006 Milpitas, CA -- JDSU has introduced its Digital and IP Video Service Monitoring System, which the company says not only incorporates the ability to provide "round-the-clock, simultaneous" monitoring of "more than two hundred and fifty" video streams," but also tests access coverage at all points in the network relevant to delivering video service.
The system also monitors an array of interfaces and data streams including Gigabit Ethernet (GbE), ASI, QAM, QPSK, 8VSB, and COFDM. The company says the system's combined test features are designed to provide operators with "a distinct advantage" in the deployment of advanced video services such as IPTV, digital terrestrial television (DTTV), satellite television, and digital CATV services.
Leveraging the company's digital video test and measurement technology, the system is designed to enable precise service analysis and to detect problems in any network segment while operating from the network's edge. According to the company, the system also addresses "every deployment phase, from initial design, through network element deployment and service provisioning, to service assurance and troubleshooting," allowing operators to perform analysis for both incoming and outgoing digital video signals. The system interoperates with the company's NetComplete triple play service assurance system.
"With the introduction of the new Digital and IP Video Service Monitoring System, the entire transmission of digital and IP video can be managed, monitored, and analyzed in real-time from the moment it enters the network all the way to the edge," comments Kevin Oliver, vice president of marketing for the Cable Networks business unit of JDSU's Test and Measurement Group. "With the ability to quickly isolate faults and conduct timely analysis, our system provides invaluable visibility into digital traffic. This gives our customers confidence in the success of their service delivery and allows them to significantly increase their operating efficiency and reduce false field dispatches."
Built on the video test analysis technology (including MPEG test capabilities) found in JDSU's DTS-330 and DTS-200 digital video protocol analyzers, the Digital and IP Video Service Monitoring System is comprised of the company's QT-1100 digital video service monitor, as well as its digital video service monitoring server and probes. Once the remotely deployed QT-1100 test head detects a service problem, a fault alarm is generated and forwarded to a centralized monitoring software system. When the fault is verified, an operator can maintain a steady flow of operation by using either the DTS-330 or DTS-200 to perform in-depth analysis and troubleshooting to help resolve the problem.
The company says the Digital and IP Video Service Monitoring System serves to extend its TruStream digital video test platform from analyzers to a dynamic monitoring system, helping providers to improve operational efficiency and QoS before service issues are reported by customers.