Agilent | N2X | Network Services

Development and deployment of triple play services (Voice, Video and Data) is driving signficant change throughout the core, edge and broadband access network. Agilent N2X is the most comprehensive solution for validating performance and scalability characteristics of next-generation network equipment required to deliver these services. Network equipment manufacturers and service providers can gain unique insight into quality of experience (QoE) of each individual subscriber service under real-world conditions. N2X addresses the test challenges triple-play services impose across the core, edge and broadband-access networks, enabling a more complete characterization of service quality. Using the integrated emulation software, focused built applications and industry-leading hardware test cards, users can test a broader range of test cases in much less time than ever before.

Broadband telecommunications networks are being upgraded to support real-time services, such as VoIP and IPTV. Next-generation devices, such as B-RAS and IP-DSLAMs, must now accommodate traffic prioritization policies and multicast technologies as well as higher-speed Ethernet aggregation. Agilent N2X is able to accurately characterize the ability of these devices to deliver triple-play services by:

Provide insight into true service quality experienced by each and every IPTV subscriber under real-world traffic loads. The N2X N5570A IPTV Quality of Experience productivity application simultaneously combines generation and analysis of hundreds of IPTV channels, with channel zapping and hundreds of thousands of VoIP and internet traffic streams.
Verifying the performance of broadband-access devices under real-world traffic conditions. The N2X Access Protocol test solution can easily set up large aggregate PPPoX, DHCP and L2TP client sessions to determine the scalability of the device. N2X can also generate wire-speed traffic to test whether the forwarding capability falls within acceptable QoS limits.
Delivering rapid time to insight into EPON performance issues, thereby accelerating EPON and triple-play service deployment. The Agilent N2X EPON Performance Analysis Solution generates realistic end-to-end traffic through an EPON, and monitors both data and control protocol traffic directly on the EPON. N2X also isolates the source of EPON performance issues to either the ONU (Optical Network Unit) or the OLT (Optical Line Terminal).

IPTV services and other multicast applications, such as video conferencing and distance learning, are fueling the adoption of multicast technologies such as Multicast VPNs (mVPN) in edge networks. Such new technologies as carrier Ethernet services will revolutionize the efficient delivery of services through the service provider’s network to end-users. Agilent N2X assures equipment manufacturers and service providers that their edge equipment can meet triple-play service requirements by:

To facilitate the delivery of real-time services, service providers need to ensure their core IP/MPLS networks are available and are able to continue forwarding traffic under protection and restoration conditions. N2X simplifies and accelerates testing of network reliability by:

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