Vendor and Platform Agnostic

IQDialogue MSO VOD provides true end-to-end analysis for VOD networks. It supports industry-standard transaction protocols such as NGOD and ISA. An initial approach to VOD monitoring was based on vendor-based solutions. The need for consolidated reports from diverse platforms, led to a second approach based on collection of events relying on the vendor-based monitoring systems.

IQDialogue MSO VOD offers a superior approach to these alternatives. This IneoQuest system, taps directly into the traffic flows. It provides relevant and valid real-time analysis, in a vendor agnostic solution. This architecture protects your investment covering present and future requirements to monitor current and emerging technologies on single or multi-vendor networks.

Rich Analysis and Capabilities

From simple color-coded reports such as capacity dashboards to advanced troubleshooting tools such as “ladder” views, the IQDialogue MSO VOD helps operators and technicians to quickly identify problems, analyze their root causes and troubleshoot them once they happen. Additionally, the users can create customized reports to address particular needs.

The IQDialogue MSO VOD system analyzes all session management and stream control transactions in NGOD and ISA protocols. Its color-coded views facilitate prompt attention.

To allow for centralized visualization of the nodes in a network, IQDialogue MSO VOD also interfaces with IneoQuest's iDMS management system. Its SNMP northbound interface, allows for easy integration in Network Operation Centers (NOC) to diverse Operation Support Systems (OSS) such as EMCSmart, CA Spectrum, IBM Netcool, HP Open View, etc.

One System - Multiple Network Segments

To ensure fault correlation, each IQDialogue MSO VOD probe analyzes all traffic flows such as the out-of-band signaling from the setup box, the VOD server communications interface and the edge-QAM or RTSP Proxy signaling. This system can monitor up to eight network segments simultaneously.