Service providers and large enterprises are rapidly implementing new IP video applications to meet user demands. However, these real-time applications — including IPTV, video-on-demand (VoD), video conferencing, and streaming video — add complexity to the network and significantly increase network sensitivity and bandwidth requirements. While infrastructure upgrades are being made to accommodate IP video applications, quality of service (QoS) issues remain.
Additionally, IP video presents other challenges that must be addressed:
- Video is a very performance-sensitive application
- Users have high expectations regarding the video quality they will receive
- IP video networks involve multiple vendors
- Traditional monitoring tools and lab-oriented offerings are inadequate
End-to-end service assurance is a must. The Brix System constantly monitors overall network performance, identifies IP transmission issues versus video quality impairments, checks video quality with complete service visibility, and proactively manages the overall end-user experience.
With EXFO Service Assurance's award-winning solutions, service providers and enterprises can:
- Verify their network can properly handle IP video services
- Introduce IP video services faster and manage them successfully
- Monitor service quality continuously
- Identify, isolate, and resolve problems
- Meet QoS expectations
- Reduce mean time to repair (MTTR)
- Ensure the highest quality video services
Service Quality Matters
Learn how EXFO solutions assure IP video quality and address its unique QoS requirements in the following markets: