JDSU Unveils First-of-Its Kind Digital and IP Video Service Monitoring System at NAB 2006

4-18-2006

Milpitas, California, April 18, 2006 -- JDSU today introduced its Digital and IP Video Service Monitoring System, the first digital and IP video monitoring system on the market with the ability to not only provide round-the-clock, simultaneous monitoring of more than two hundred and fifty video streams, but also to test access coverage at all points in the network relevant to delivering video service with exceptional quality of service (QoS). It also monitors the most interfaces and streams in the industry, including GigE, ASI, QAM, QPSK, 8VSB and COFDM. The new system’s combined test features give operators a distinct advantage for the deployment of advanced video services such as Internet Protocol Television (IPTV), digital terrestrial television (DTTV), satellite television and digital cable television (CATV) services with reliability and efficiency.

Leveraging the unmatched depth and accuracy of digital video measurements from JDSU’s industry-leading digital video test technology, the Digital and IP Video Service Monitoring System gives operators the ability to receive precise analysis of their service and to detect any problems in any part of the network from a remote location, all with ease-of-use, from the ingress to the network edge. A comprehensive suite with solutions that touch the network’s entire lifecycle, the system also addresses every deployment phase, from initial design, through network element (NE) deployment and service provisioning to service assurance and troubleshooting. This means that, unlike at any other time, operators can now perform these functions for incoming and outgoing digital video signals.

JDSU will have its portfolio of digital and IP video test solutions on display at NAB 2006, April 24 – 30, Las Vegas, booth number SU 4201.

“JDSU is proud to launch an industry first at NAB 2006,” said Kevin Oliver, vice president of marketing for the Cable Networks business unit of JDSU’s Test and Measurement Group. “With the introduction of the new Digital and IP Video Service Monitoring System, the entire transmission of digital and IP video can be managed, monitored and analyzed in real-time from the moment it enters the network all the way to the edge.”

“With the ability to quickly isolate faults and conduct timely analysis, our system provides invaluable visibility into digital traffic,” added Oliver.  “This gives our customers confidence in the success of their service delivery and allows them to significantly increase their operating efficiency and reduce false field dispatches.”

Built on the industry-leading video test analysis technology -- including MPEG test capabilities -- found in JDSU’s DTS-330 and DTS-200 digital video protocol analyzers, the system is comprised of the new QT-1100 Digital Video Service Monitor, the Digital Video Service Monitoring Server and Digital Video Service Monitoring Probes. These new additions extend the company’s digital video test family of solutions, known as TruStream™, from proven analyzers to a dynamic monitoring system, helping providers proactively improve operational efficiency and QoS before issues with the service are reported by the customer.

In addition, the Digital and IP Video Service Monitoring System, working with JDSU’s NetComplete™ triple play service assurance system, delivers tremendous depth and accuracy for monitoring signals and provides true test access coverage.

Its centralized monitoring with remote testhead maintenance capabilities, coupled with DTS-330 and 200, perform 24X7 digital services monitoring and testing that examines and troubleshoots all transport streams carried inside a digital broadcast network, ensuring quality and efficiency. Once the remotely deployed QT-1100 test head detects a service problem, a fault alarm is generated and forwarded to the centralized monitoring software system. When the fault is verified, an operator can maintain a steady flow of operation by using either the DTS-330 or DTS-200 to perform in-depth analysis and troubleshooting to help resolve the problem.   

This introduction coincides with the broadcast industry’s transition from analog to digital video services and the race to offer quality television services over IP networks. The protocol for these digital services, which are predominantly based on the Moving Pictures Expert Group’s MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 standards, has become the worldwide standard for carrying broadcast-quality compressed digital video, audio and data over terrestrial, satellite and cable broadband networks.