EXFO Enables Rapid, Complete QoS Testing of Ethernet Mobile Backhaul and Triple-Play Services
August 26 2009 - 8:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
New multistream quality of service (QoS) test capabilities allow
service providers to perform fast and simultaneous per-stream
measurements to fully qualify SLA parameters through a single test
QUEBEC CITY, Aug. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- EXFO Electro-Optical
Engineering Inc. (NASDAQ:EXFONASDAQ:TSX:NASDAQ:EXF) announced today
the integration of powerful multiservice testing capabilities
across its portfolio of transport and datacom modules, enabling
comprehensive and simultaneous per-service measurements for more
efficient QoS assessment and SLA validation. Today's Ethernet
services-such as commercial triple-play and mobile backhaul-must
comply with strict service-level agreements (SLAs), which include
different levels of QoS for each type of service (ToS). This has
fuelled the need for increased testing to ensure the condition and
reliability of the services and to fully qualify all SLA parameters
when installing new services. These new test functions allow
service providers to simultaneously test up to 10 different service
applications with different QoS levels, based on Ethernet and IP
parameters such as VLAN ID (802.1Q), VLAN priority (802.1p), VLAN
stacking (802.1ad Q-in-Q), ToS and differentiated services code
points (DSCP). Specific service profiles including voice-over-IP
(VoIP), video and data can be applied for quick and easy test
configurations. All critical test parameters-throughput, latency,
frame loss and packet jitter (RFC 3393)-are accessible
simultaneously for each stream, allowing fast and in-depth
qualification of all SLA criteria. These enhanced capabilities are
offered with all Packet Blazer and Transport Blazer test modules,
including the FTB-8510B, FTB-8510G, FTB-8525/8535 and
FTB-8120NGE/8130NGE test modules, which are housed in the newly
launched FTB-500 Platform or in the FTB-200 Compact Platform. They
are also supported by the recently released RTU-310 and RTU-310G IP
Services Ethernet Test Heads, purposely built for centralized
carrier Ethernet and mobile backhaul service testing. "With the
growing need to support quality-intensive Ethernet services,
whether for commercial or mobile backhaul service offerings,
service providers are feeling the intense pressure to efficiently
deliver these services to their customers," said Etienne Gagnon,
EXFO's Vice-President of Product Management and Marketing. "With
the integration of these key QoS analysis functionalities across
our transport and datacom portfolio, service providers will be able
to deploy Ethernet services in a more timely and cost-efficient
manner." For further information on our Packet Blazer and Transport
Blazer series, please visit http://www.exfo.com/. About EXFO EXFO
is a leading provider of test and service assurance solutions for
network service providers and equipment manufacturers in the global
telecommunications industry. The Telecom Division offers a wide
range of innovative solutions extending across the full technology
lifecycle - from design to technology deployment and onto service
assurance - and covering all layers on a network infrastructure to
enable triple-play services and next-generation, converged IP
networking. The Life Sciences and Industrial Division offers
solutions in medical device and opto-electronics assembly,
fluorescence microscopy and other life science sectors. For more
information, visit http://www.exfo.com/. DATASOURCE: EXFO
ELECTRO-OPTICAL ENGINEERING INC. CONTACT: Vance Oliver, Manager,
Investor Relations, (418) 683-0913, Ext. 3733,
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