Atec EXFO-FTB-8510B - Manual (Page 4)

FTB-8510B Packet Blazer
Ethernet QoS Measurements
Data services are making a significant shift toward supporting a variety
of applications on the same network. Multiservice offerings such as triple-
play services have fuelled the need for QoS testing to ensure the condition
and reliability of each service and fully qualify SLA parameters. The FTB-
8510B Packet Blazer allows service providers to simultaneously simulate
and qualify different applications through its multistream application.
The user has the capability to configure up to ten streams with different
Ethernet and IP QoS parameters such as VLAN ID (802.1Q), VLAN Priority
(802.1p), VLAN stacking (802.1ad Q-in-Q), ToS and DSCP. Specific stream
profiles to transmit VoIP, video and data can be selected for each stream.
Throughput, latency, frame loss and packet jitter (RFC 3393) measurements
are also available simultaneously for each stream, allowing fast and in-depth
qualification of all SLA criteria.
IPTV Testing and Analysis
The IPTV software option, available on the FTB-8510B, leverages the current frame-analysis engine, to deliver high-performance
measurements and provide users with over 45 different IPTV metrics and statistics in a powerful portable test platform. The key
features and capabilities provided with this software option include RFC 4445 media delivery index (MDI)*, TR 101 290 priority
1 metrics, in addition to program clock reference jitter, IGMP support, stream rate and bandwidth utilization on 100 simultaneous
MPEG-2, MPEG-4 or VC-1 streams. Usability features include user-configurable alarm thresholds for MDI and other selected
metrics, enabling customizable test sequences as well as an auto-stream detection capability that automatically discovers valid
IPTV streams within the Ethernet layer. Moreover, stream IP addresses can be linked to a user-definable stream name through an
alias table typically containing the name of the broadcast channel.
The combination of the portable FTB-500 platform and the FTB-8510B Packet Blazer with the IPTV software option offers service
providers the most effective tool to quickly and efficiently test and monitor IPTV streams over their network. For more information
on the FTB-8510B Packet Blazer IPTV option, please refer to the IPTV Test Option specification sheet.
EtherBERT™
Ethernet is increasingly carried across a variety of layer 1 media over longer
distances. This creates a growing need for the certification of Ethernet transport
on a bit-per-bit basis, which can be done using bit-error-rate testing (BERT).
BERT uses a pseudo-random binary sequence (PRBS) encapsulated into an
Ethernet frame, making it possible to go from a frame-based error measurement
to a bit-error-rate measurement. This provides the bit-per-bit error count accuracy
required for acceptance testing of physical-medium transport systems. BERT-
over-Ethernet should usually be used when Ethernet is carried transparently over
layer 1 media, in cases such as Ethernet over DWDM, CWDM or dark fiber.
Multistream bandwidth profiles.
Statistics for each stream.
* The MDI feature of the IPTV software option is not available in the USA.