Anue Systems Patners Spirent Communications

In order to ensure that QoS and QoE are properly delivered, service providers are
increasingly relying on testing solutions, such as those offered by Spirent
Communications. Spirent delivers “high performance impairment emulation solutions,” which means it conducts tests on networks by “simulating” peak traffic periods and other events that could cause disruptions in service.

In order to expand and improve its testing solutions, Spirent announced is teaming up with Anue Systems, (news - alert) which offers network emulation solutions for Ethernet, SONET/SDH and Fiber Channel environments. As a result of the partnership, Spirent will be better positioned to assist network equipment manufacturers and service providers with QoS and QoE issues across converged networks.

Using Spirent’s TestCenter and Abacus test systems, Anue’s network emulators are able to address the various challenges and scenarios of converged network services
by simulating network delays, jitters, and other impairments. By running critical applications through an emulated environment, service providers can accurately assess
and ensure performance of their services, equipment and applications, prior to service launch.

Spirent’s solution addresses voice, video and data applications load testing; voice and video quality measurements; Real-Time Protocol (RTP) with IPTV tests; testing
of content such as unicast and multicast video and channel change times; Dynamic IP network impairment tests; and, testing of all elements of Carrier Ethernet infrastructure. It also enables large-scale emulation of IP Telephony
systems, customer premise devices (CPE) such as settop-boxes, cable/DSL modems, passive optical network (PON) optical network units (ONUs)/optical network terminals (ONTs) and other devices.http://www.spirentcom.com, http://www.anuesystems.com