Test package - IPTV MPEG Monitoring

Type of probe required	Genalyzer G100, Genalyzer G1000 or own PC hardware
Number of probes needed	One or two depending or actual test (support up to 512)
Number of logical network interfaces needed per probe	At least 1
Support for tests on the management interface	Yes
Support for tests on VLAN interfaces	Yes (each physical interface handles 8 VLAN:s according to 802.1q)
Support for tests on Q-in-Q interfaces	No
IPTV monitoring: The chosen Genalyzer probes join the selected multicast groups. The received MPEG transport streams are monitored with respect to relevant quality parameters. If the received quality is too low or if there is no signal, a notification is generated as an SNMP trap or e-mail.	Probes required: One or more Method: Measurement of the MPEG transport stream is done according to ETSI TS 101 290, Measurement guidelines for DVB systems. The measurement method supports both SDTV or HDTV Decoding of video frames: No (not required by ETSI TS 101 290) Max IPTV bandwitdh: Supports line rate. Up to total of 95 Mbit/s with G100 or up to 950 Mbit/s with G1000 Number of concurrent IPTV streams: Limited by above mentioned maximum bandwidth only. Metrics: Priority 1 parameters as specified in ETSI TS 101 290, plus stream bandwidth and signal loss detection. Packet loss, reordering and jitter are also measured if RTP encapsulation is used. Time accuracy: about 1 ms
IPTV monitoring with a reference probe: One reference probe and one or more client probes are selected. The reference probe is typically located where the IPTV service is delivered by the service provider. The client probes are located at other locations in the network, typically at access ports. The test calculates the difference in IPTV MPEG quality between the reference probe and each client to detect problems caused inside your network. If there is a significant quality difference or if there is no signal from the service provider, a notification is generated as an SNMP trap or e-mail.	Probes required: Two or more, where one is the reference probe Otherwise, the same specification applies as for “IPTV Monitoring” above.