Minacom and Electroline offer VoIP, Video, & Internet Testing

Minacom, a VoIP test solution provider for Cable MSOs, announced that its DirectQuality R7 Service Level Test Automation platform now supports remote testing to Electroline cable transponders, providing advanced VoIP, IPTV, Internet, and Fax over IP service quality and reliability assurance throughout the hybrid fiber-coax (HFC) network. Electroline statusmonitoring transponders support non-intrusive IP-loopback, in addition to packet, RF, and power supply performance and reliability monitoring.
With this announced interoperability, operators can now use Minacom’s PowerProbe service level test probes running the RTP Streamer test agent to perform loopback tests to Electroline transponders supporting the SMRP protocol. Loopback testing provides a complete, concise service and network performance assessment by measuring bi-directional VoIP speech quality (MOS, R-factor), packet jitter, delay, loss, and other IP impairments, without interrupting transponder service transmission functions. Supporting Minacom’s awardwinning E-Model implementation, the RTP Streamer test agent allows operators to simulate triple-play traffic patterns with configurable codec, IP precedence, VLAN, jitter buffer and other key parameters to accurately replicate services and provide user-perceived quality of service (QoS) metrics.