Singulus™ G10 Platforms

10 Gigabit Ethernet IP Video Test Tools

Applications

• Field troubleshooting, engineering and remote debugging of advanced 10 Gigabit Ethernet digital video netwoks
• Real-time network monitoring and fault isolation
• Video network design & engineering
• Multi-functional IP Video streaming generation test source

OVERVIEW

IneoQuest 10 Gigabit Ethernet tools are hardware platforms and software applications that together provide advanced test and generation solutions for IPTV networks and component test applications. IneoQuest offers two 10 GigE hardware test platforms, 1) the Singulus G10, a portable system for the lab bench and field troubleshooting, and 2) the Geminus G10, a rack system for lab or deployed networks, available in single and dual 10 GigE configurations. Both platforms are designed with multifunctional, reconfigurable FPGA technology allowing quick firmware upgrades in the field, a critical requirement for keeping pace with rapidly evolving IPTV technology and standards. The IQ maintenance program allows customers to extend features of IneoQuest hardware platforms for years to come. Features such as simultaneous analysis of multiple video flows, line analysis statistics, deep capture analysis and generation of thousands of live video flows will keep pace with evolving Video over IP market requirements. IneoQuest 10 GigE dual boot hardware is designed with two modes of operation including stimulus (generation) and analysis.

Key Features - Analyzer Mode

• Reconfigurable hardware for scalable features
• Generates thousands of live video stream flows
• Live multi-stream analysis
• Line rate RMON stats and capture buffer with hardware filter
• XFP interface supports 850nm, 1310nm, 1550nm optics
• USB host port for easy PC connection
• USB slave port enables generation of long video streams
• Live stream replication using dedicated 10/100 input port
• 200 MB video record buffer with fault triggering
• Simultaneous multi-stream MDI measurements
• Auto detection of Video over IP Flows
• Supports SNMP v2
• Supports MPEG-2, H.264/MPEG-4 Part 10, MPEG-4 Part 2, DCII, WM9/VC1 and more...

Key Features - Generator Mode

• Video over IP generator can create of 1000’s of flows
• 10 Gb Network Traffic Generator
• Generate IP and MPEG Transport Impairments
• Simulate Headend Flows and Programs
• Network and Device Stress testing and Validation
• TCL Scripting Support
• Web Enabled

Singulus G10 10

Gigabit Ethernet Software Applications

Stimulus Mode - G10 tools can generate thousands of live flows and support live stream replication. Video flows up to 2 Gigabytes in size and 20 Mb/s rates are possible. Generate thousands of real-time video flows (MPTS, SPTS, etc) emulating live video headend encoder, VoD and commercial insertion loads while adding impairments in real-time. This verifies switch QoS settings or networks as well as qualify and characterize system and component operation under all load, delay and jitter conditions. Stimulus mode supports IQMediaStim GUI and TcL scripting language. TcL scripts are provided to generate MDI Characteristic Curves for switch and router testing.

Analysis Mode - Supports simultaneous analysis of multiple live (SPTS, MPTS, etc) flows with deep packet analysis of PIDs, PCRs, etc. IneoQuest 10GigE hardware supports several IneoQuest software applications for remote troubleshooting, and lab testing including IQMediaAnalyzer, IQMediaSentry, IQMediaScout, IQtv and IQGuardian. Other interfaces supported include TcL, SNMP, HTML and Syslog. Analysis mode can record up to 200 MB of live video programs with fault triggering, remote thumbnail views of live traffic (IQtv), logging events and history charting of live flow statistics and more...

10 Gigabit Ethernet Test Software Applications

IQMediaAnalyzer Mode – Standard Applications

• Remote Video over IP analysis, test and debug
• HTML page for quick access to monitored multiple Video over IP flows and streams TSReader – Video over IP thumbnail and MPEG transport stream viewer
• IQTsx – MPEG transport stream decoder, parser with exporting capabilities
• IQtv – Remote stream viewer over TCP/IP

IQMediaStim – Test Steam Generation

• Generates thousands of live Video over IP streams
• Real-time impairment capabilities: cumulative jitter, loss,
• PID drop, packet drop, PCR jitter modification
• Playback of transport stream files
• Playback of protocol capture with timestamp
• Live stream replication and real-time impairments

HTML View Interface

• Remote media monitoring tool
• Network link overview - voice, video, data
• Stream identification, alarm settings
• Stream statistics
• MPTS program views
• RMON statistics