Converged IP Testing for Carriers and Service Providers
A Complete Line of Test Solutions to Support Network Service Providers
Carriers and service providers who offer communication and entertainment services must quickly roll out new multiplay services that exhibit high quality of experience (QoE) for their customers, while minimizing CapEx. Live services must be constantly monitored to ensure customers' SLAs and ensure a positive QoE; when problems are noticed tools must be ready to quickly locate the issue in the network. Quick diagnosis and repair, without unnecessary truck rolls, is key to reducing OpEx and maintaining profitability — all while keeping high customer retention rates.
Ixia's solutions enable infrastructure and service validation prior to deployment; pre-deployment labs must qualify new equipment, measure performance to determine proper provisioning, ensure interoperability and pre-test system upgrades. Live service verification and monitoring is essential for ensuring customer satisfaction. Ixia's intelligent test applications and automation tools go a long way to overcoming the lack of expertise and steep learning curve sometimes found in quality assurance and support staffing.
Ixia tests a broad range of network services offered by carriers and service providers:
- Wireline and wireless delivery
- Routers and switches
- Multiplay traffic information servers, DPI-based forwarders and balancers
- Specialized security products such as VPN gateways and firewalls
- Complete voice, video and data offerings
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Ixia's products are all state-of-the-art, addressing emerging technologies such as:
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Different types of tests are required to support a complete product life cycle – from the drawing board to the field:
- Conformance testing – to ensure interoperability through protocol conformance
- Device and sub-system performance characterization – to properly provision the live network
- Performance testing – to ensure that desired throughput, connection count and other capabilities are met
- Security testing – to ensure that products are not vulnerable to failure under attack
- End-to-end system testing – to guarantee that traffic is delivered through the network, to the customer's satisfaction
- Post-deployment service verification – to test network components and CPE on a continuous basis, isolating problems before customers complain
- Test automation – to facilitate efficient testing and regression analysis
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Ixia's IxRave, recognized by Frost & Sullivan as the market leader for triple play test and monitoring systems in 2009, provides centralized and cost-effective layer 2 through 7 active monitoring and troubleshooting for service providers and large IP enterprises, including most:
- IP service types (data, VoIP, IPTV, L3VPN)
- Network types (DSL, FTTx, Cable/MSO, MPLS, Ethernet backhaul)
- Service life cycle (service activation to proactive monitoring to fault isolation)
- Demarcation points (customer premise to network edge to the service delivery platform) across all subscriber paths
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Ixia backs up its hardware and software with world-class service and support. The Ixia Training and Professional Services teams are available to accelerate your use of Ixia solutions.
Select from the solutions below to further explore how Ixia can help you attain your time-to-market, reliability and performance goals.
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Test Applications
IxNetwork – Router and switch testing
IxLoad - Generate layer 4-7 traffic for content-aware device assessment
IxN2X - Router and switch testing
IxCatapult - Wireless edge and core network testing.
IxVM - Virtual software-based IxVM test ports running Ixia applications can be installed within a virtualized device to generate traffic, emulate protocols, and make measurements within the virtualized environment itself.
IxAutomate - Automates performance, scalability and functional testing
IxDefend - Security and robustness testing platform
IxGreen - Measure a device's energy consumption under various load conditions
IxANVL - Automatically validate network/protocol compliance and interoperability
IxSAN - Test large scale SAN devices with complete SCSI initiator and target emulation
Test Conductor - A complete automation and regression framework
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