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Integration of
testing is required
the cable test
to fully verify
monitoring system
performance at new
with the MSO's
service activations.
billing systems
It is often required
enables the system
to troubleshoot
to pinpoint the
problems in a way
physical location of
that centralised
the rogue cable
systems cannot fully
modems.
see, e.g. the ability
Ultimately, the
to sectionalise the
operator is
network and test
presented system
isolated portions is
maps showing the
often a critical step
real time location of
in the field to isolate
the modem(s)
a specific problem
contributing harm
cause.
to the cable plant. A
In addition,
field technician can
centralised
then be dispatched
monitoring is a key
within minutes to
element for
deal with the
proactive quality
problem.
control, detecting
Similar to the
problems before
RF upstream, for the RF downstream, the
multiple subscriber locations with no
subscriber QoE is affected. Centralised RF
impact of RF impairments and the need to
obvious single point of failure that a
testing is often used in conjunction with and
proactively detect them have become critical.
technician would be able to identify. This
to aid field technicians testing in the field.
As the cable industry continues to move
nightmare situation would especially
Central systems remotely accessed from the
towards an all digital transport realm, RF
aggravate those subscribers who weren’t sure
field can simplify tests that previously
monitoring is even more important at the RF
about switching to the new STB in the first
required two technicians at each end of a
cable edge. Advanced digital services,
place.
link – one to send a test signal and the other
including high
In the video delivery
to receive and record the results – to now
speed internet,
network, the RF cable edge
only require a single tech. The tech in the
VeEX Inc. develops innovative test
VoIP, HDTV,
is the most complex
field can operate the field test set to run
solutions for next generation
VOD/SDV, and
segment. As the content
tests, remotely control the test head at the
communication networks and
PPV, are all
enters the RF edge
headend or distribution, and view the
services. With a blend of
sensitive to RF
network, QoE issues such
remote test results.
advanced technologies and vast
impairments.
as tiling are also
An advanced 24/7 RF monitoring system
technical expertise, VeEX’s
Cable operators
introduced. Without
can also maintain an archive of historical
products address all stages of
need consistently to
monitoring at the RF cable
tests that can be used to help troubleshoot
network deployment,
monitor key RF
edge, the subscriber will
intermittent impairments. This is
maintenance, field service turnparameters to
see impairments before the
particularly useful when the technician in
up, and service verification
confidently roll-out
service providers.
the field can access and view these results
features across DSL, Fiber Optics,
and maintain high
Therefore, without RF
with a test set, mobile device, or laptop.
CATV/DOCSIS, Mobile, nextQoE for their
cable edge visibility,
VeEX's VeSion is a cloud-based, one
generation Transport Network,
subscribers. With
service providers can
system platform, representing the next step
Fibre Channel, Synchronous and
the addition of
spend multiple truck rolls
in innovation for network monitoring.
Carrier Ethernet technologies.
higher order QAMs
and weeks isolating
VeSion integrates RF monitoring systems
and Narrowcast
problem sources. It is
(Return and Forward), advanced DOCSIS
channels, video-delivery networks are
critically important to have visibility of all
monitoring, DOCSIS Burst Demodulation,
becoming harder to monitor and
issues generated during modulation or
Sweep, Ethernet, MPEG, and Workflow and
troubleshoot. Streams are delivering to a
upstream, all the way to the RF cable edge.
Asset management system, all u