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Spirent Communications is a global provider of integrated performance analysis and service assurance systems that enable the development and deployment of next-generation networking technologies and services such as "triple play", FTTx, Internet Telephony and Video, broadband services, wireless, global navigation satellite systems, and network security equipment. Spirent's test and diagnostic solutions are used by the world's largest equipment manufacturers, service providers, enterprises, and governments to accelerate the time to market and to lower the cost of operations.

Responding to the urgent need for determining video quality plus a broad range of video distortion and degradation parameters under various network configurations and real-world load conditions, Spirent licensed the Psytechnics Perceptual Evaluation Video Quality Assessment (PEVQ) tool, a full reference video quality measurement tool based on the ITU J.144 standard, and integrated it into the Abacus 5000 IP telephony test migration system.

Using a complex video quality assessment algorithm it compares the received video clip from the output of the system under test to the reference clip and provides an MOS video quality rating score.

Multiple test systems distributed at various points in the network can help carriers diagnose problems and get an accurate picture of network capability.

Together, the AX/4000 Broadband Test System and mAX IP are simply the most powerful system ever developed for testing the performance and Quality of Service of Broadband technologies. This combination has become the standard tool for testing broadband routers and access servers. Spirent has created the mAX SLAM 12 port ADSL2+ interface for the AX/4000, to enable performance and QoS testing of Triple Play DSLAMs.

Spirent's mAX SLAM control software makes provisioning a 1000 port test as simple as configuring a single port & applying the same setting to all of the test ports. For more complicated testing scenarios that emulate real world service provisioning, modems that share like settings can be grouped and configured simultaneously, allowing provisioning of different traffic scenarios and QoS across VCs and across ports.

In increasing numbers, service providers and enterprises are launching new IP-based services. VoIP, MPLS based VPNs, and IP video conferencing all present new levels of complexity. Nowhere is this more evident than within the IP services operations centre where troubleshooting IP problems starts with simply trying to define the problem. For instance, what will you do when a user calls in and says "My audio conference yesterday was horrible!" Just try diagnosing "horrible"…

With Spirent's SmartSight™ IP diagnostic solution, even tier one technicians troubleshoot IP services accurately and with efficiency that delivers an excellent customer experience. Visit Spirent's stand and see for yourself how the SmartSight solution provides expert problem analysis of data and pinpoint diagnosis for troubleshooting even the most complex IP service problems.