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Ixia Tests Triple-Play NetworksTMCnet VoIP Minute Watch Columnist
Calabasas, Calif.-based Ixia introduced on Tuesday its IxLoad 3.00, a test app for assessing the performance of triple-play networks. Ixia's IxLoad triple play test system is capable of emulating a large number of subscribers, as well as the associated content servers. The system works in conjunction with Ixia's hardware platform to achieve the scale needed for real-world test scenarios.
The new IxLoad release includes features that enable realistic triple play testing. "For example, IxLoad can accurately emulate millions of IPTV Broadcast Video and Video on Demand (VOD) subscribers and the millions of video streams they are viewing. Such large scale emulations enable the performance characterization of key IPTV elements, including video servers, multicast routers, and the video delivery network. The required protocols associated with these services, such as IGMP, RTSP and MPEG, are fully supported in IxLoad 3.00," noted the company's news release. IxLoad tests the performance of Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)-based devices by emulating SIP callers and callees. The system also supports a set of Internet data protocols including HTTP, SSL, SMTP and POP, as well as Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks and vulnerability attacks.
Other new IxLoad 3.00 features include a built-in network impairment to emulate realistic network conditions; over 600 results metrics; capture and replay of custom protocol traffic; rapid adjustment of traffic and support for DHCP, LDAP, IMAP protocols; IPv6 support for HTTP and FTP protocols.
Ixia made news earlier this month when it announced that it completed the acquisition of the video telephony test products of privately-held Dilithium Networks for $5.1 million.
The move will enable the company to introduce the first product in its new IxMobile suite, a family of test tools focused on mobile wireless conformance, interoperability, capacity, and performance testing. IxMobile Video Telephony (VT) is based on the Dilithium Network Analyzer (DNA) test product. Ixia
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