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VoIP Service Assurance Offering for Cable Providers |
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Written by Adam Gosling
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Thursday, 01 March 2007 |
VoIP testing and service assurance provider Brix Networks has announced several enhancements to its BrixCall VoIP analysis and
correlation application that gives cable operators unprecedented quality
of service (QoS)visibility into subscribers' homes.
BrixCall now provides support for the Network-based Call Signaling
(NCS)protocol commonly used in cable environments, and correlates
passive monitoring thresholds and active test results to help automate
and streamline troubleshooting, fault isolation, and overall call
quality and performance in a cable infrastructure, says the company.
Brix Networks offers an integrated hardware/software solution it calls
the Brix System. BrixCall provides comprehensive visibility and
passive monitoring of live VoIP traffic, and also offers advanced
correlation of active test results to ensure call quality from the core
of a service provider's network to customer care.
The Brix System also features Brix Tri-Q Analysis that provides
total VoIP service testing across the three most vital areas that impact
the success of this real-time service, namely: signaling
quality (signaling path performance), delivery quality (media transport
performance),and session quality (overall quality experience).
"The ability to test, measure, and monitor the quality of Internet
telephone service from the headend to the home is essential for the
successful deployment of VoIP initiatives," said Tracy Corbo, senior
analyst in IDC's Network and Service Management program.
"End-to-end testing, including support of NCS signaling and loopback,
enable cable operators to ensure the quality of service subscribers will
expect from their VoIP services."
"Our customers include some of the largest cable companies in North
America and they have asked for greater service assurance capabilities
- particularly across the last mile and into the home," said Steve Des
Rochers, vice president, solutions, at Brix Networks.
"With BrixCall, network operators gain important insight into live
calls by being able to proactively measure the performance of the
network and call signaling paths, and passively monitor the performance
of live media and signaling."
www.brixnet.com
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