IP Communications

VeriWave (News - Alert) released an announcement stating that they have launched the first performance testing solutions optimized for the converged network edge. It would include wireless and wired LANs and will address specific industry applications.

 

VeriWave is the provider of performance analysis tools for Wireless LAN equipment and networks. VeriWave’s products are designed for testing infrastructure WLAN equipment, such as Access Points and WLAN switches.

 

"From an end-user perspective, the distinction between the wired and wireless parts of a network is disappearing," said Jessy Cavazos, industry manager for test measurement at Frost & Sullivan (News - Alert). "Mobility, security and always-on connection to the network, are now universal requirements. That in turn means providers of edge devices have to design and test their products as one converged entity, regardless of its wired and/or wireless identity".

 

On designing the test solutions, the needs of manufacturers of broadband residential gateways, edge and access routers, WAN acceleration appliances and broadband backhaul devices, as well as for service providers and IT departments deploying and troubleshooting converged networks are looked into, the company claimed.

 

"In the process of becoming more mobile and integrated, the network edge is also becoming increasingly user, subscriber, and client aware,” said Eran Karoly, VeriWave's vice president of marketing. "Existing test solutions used by most edge equipment makers and enterprises today do not comprehend client context, client mobility, and QoE measurements, the way our solution does. VeriWave now offers the most compelling test solution that addresses the modern edge of the network.”

 

VeriWave's new edge testing solution consists of two components, the WaveBlade Ethernet 1104 and a WaveQoE. The Wave Blade Ethernet 1104 is a 4-port Gigabit Ethernet test blade supporting wire-rate TCP traffic generation and analysis on each port. The WaveQoE is a test suite measuring end-user QoE (Quality of Experience) in specific vertical industry environments.

 

WaveQoE Test offers network developers, QA engineers, installers and IT staff the capability to precisely determine the performance in different usage situations, such as education, retail, corporate office, and hospital and carrier networks.

 

Application performance metrics provide the means for determining whether the system measures up to desired quality levels. These metrics precisely quantify the results, define a Service Level Agreement (SLA) in terms of quality thresholds, and compare actual measured test results to the desired SLA.