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Brix Networks Unveils
Comprehensive IPTV Service Assurance Portfolio
Other Topics: IPTV Headend,
IPTV Technology Review
Brix Networks
February 6, 2006
New BrixVision Offering Gives Service Providers Complete
Visibility Into Quality of Video Content, Delivery Infrastructure, and Customer Experience
Chelmsford, MS – Brix Networks,
the trusted provider of the most widely deployed converged service
assurance solutions, today unveiled its new BrixVision (TM) IPTV
service assurance portfolio, a comprehensive offering that gives
service providers complete visibility into the quality of video
content, the underlying delivery infrastructure, and the overall
customer experience.
This latest solution set from Brix, which builds on the company’s
industry-leading experience and heritage in VoIP and IP video
service assurance, has been developed specifically for IPTV
deployments, and delivers the unequaled service visibility that
providers demand which has been unmet by legacy test and measurement
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Open, Extensible Architecture
“IPTV is a very complex and highly performance-sensitive service
that places increased demands on a network. As a result, the
importance of the customer’s quality of experience has been greatly
elevated,” said Kaynam Hedayat, chief technology officer at Brix
Networks. “Built on an open, extensible architecture, and developed
with input from our customers, our new BrixVision portfolio enables
providers to compete and grow top-line revenue based on quality.”
With BrixVision, service providers can perform root-cause analysis
to identify IP transmission versus video quality impairments,
monitor end-to-end video quality, and proactively monitor and manage
their subscribers’ experience throughout the lifecycle of their
services.
“When it comes to IPTV, picture quality and response times are
everything, as users have very high expectations and a low tolerance
for anything but a positive experience,” said Michael Howard,
principal analyst and co-founder of Infonetics Research, a market
research and consulting firm. “With Brix Networks’ converged service
assurance solutions, providers can verify the performance of their
bundled offerings - including data, video, voice, and mobile - and
thereby assure their subscribers’ quality of experience for any
IP-based service, over any network, to any endpoint.”
In conjunction with today’s announcement, Brix Networks also
introduced the IPTV Infrastructure Verification Package, the initial
offering within the BrixVision portfolio that allows providers to
perform continuous, proactive testing of their multicast
infrastructure quality. The Infrastructure Verification Package
simulates user-initiated channel changes, which gives providers
valuable insight into their customers’ quality of experience (QoE)
by monitoring channel change response times.
Additionally, the IPTV Infrastructure Verification Package measures
the key performance indicators (KPIs) of a network, such as jitter,
latency, and frame loss, and correlates these metrics with the
overall user experience, which is critical when troubleshooting
quality problems. The Infrastructure Verification Package also
includes an IPTV dashboard that provides network operators with
configuration, scheduling, monitoring, and reporting capabilities to
enable proactive means of assuring customer satisfaction.
Furthermore, with the Brix IPTV Infrastructure Verification Package
service providers can now identify whether infrastructure
impairments occur in their national, regional, or local content
aggregation and distribution locations.
Availability, Pricing, & Future Offerings
The IPTV Infrastructure Verification Package is scheduled to be
available in 90 days, and pricing is based on the size and scope of
the network involved. Additional BrixVision products covering
customer care, content quality, and usage patterns will be
introduced and made available throughout the year.
Brix Networks’ seamlessly integrated hardware and software products,
collectively called the Brix System, are strategic service assurance
solutions that proactively monitor VoIP and IP video quality.
Network operators use the Brix System to guarantee the successful
launch and ongoing, profitable operation of their VoIP and IP video
services.
The company also offers two free, self-service testing portals -
www.TestYourIPVideo.com and
http://www.TestYourVoIP.com - that enable users to independently
measure the quality they are receiving from their interactive
IP-based video and VoIP services, respectively.
About Brix Networks
Brix Networks is the trusted provider of converged service assurance
solutions that allow the world's leading service providers and
enterprises to offer reliable and high-quality experiences in voice,
video, and data to their customers, partners, and employees. The
Chelmsford, Mass.-based company brings a proven heritage of IP
expertise unique to the service assurance marketplace, and
collaborates closely with its customers and partners to assure the
delivery of any IP-based service over any network to any user. For
more information, visit www.brixnet.com. |
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