Showcase for IPTV monitor and test generator

Edited by the Electronicstalk editorial team Jan 19, 2007

Pixelmetrix will present its rapidly deployed DVStation-IP and the DVStorIP-Gen IPTV test stream generator at the TVoDSL 2007 Triple Play Showcase.

Pixelmetrix will present its rapidly deployed DVStation-IP, the complete IPTV quality of service monitoring engine and the DVStorIP-Gen IPTV test stream generator, at the TVoDSL 2007 Triple Play Showcase.

The recently launched VisualmpegPro, an MPEG analyser will also be featured along with these IPTV service validation tools.

The VisualmpegPro allows for visual inspection of all aspects of MPEG video coding right from bit rate to macroblock motion vector analysis.

Attributes of the VisualmpegPro include quantiser values, picture frequencies, MPEG artefacts, frame quality index, DCT coefficients and error logger.

It supports detailed analysis of MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 Part 10 (H.264) video, presenting an ideal R and D system for MPEG experts.

The DVStation-IP is a sleek, feature-rich system that provides MPEG-2 transport stream analysis and monitoring over an IP connection via a 10, 100 and 1000Mbit/s Ethernet port.

It offers remote control and automation platform - ideal for operators requiring the transmission of video and data over Internet or other IP networks.

Live video display that allows visual confirmation of program content presence, service view that spans multiple TS, displays MPEG-2 and H.264 video thumbnails, critical TS and audio/video parameters in a concise format, as well as IP input payload capability of up to 500Mbit/s are some of its key features.

A combination of real-time signal measurements and user-configurable alarm thresholds are also integrated.

The DVStorIP-Gen works as an effective IPTV stress test tool for the evaluation, compliance testing and verification of networks.

It supports SPTS and MPTS generation, with support for UDP and RTP streaming as well.

Each generated transport stream can be forwarded to up to 100 target IP destinations, identified by the IP address and port number.

It can also generate up to seven unique transport streams simultaneously, and up to 900Mbit/s of IPTV traffic, making it an efficient solution for IPTV service providers, monitoring and network equipment providers.

The DVStorIP-Gen simulates real network conditions by injecting different types of errors or impairments that can occur in the end-to-end delivery chain of an IPTV system.

TVoDSL will take place in France from 23rd to 26th January 2007.