Scenario

“Broadband” describes high-speed Internet access for end customers, via wireless, cable, or DSL. Broadband requires numerous protocols and devices to work together seamlessly to provide reliable customer Internet access, especially when rolling out new services that consume larger and larger amounts of bandwidth. Without sufficient testing of broadband network protocols, equipment, and network topologies, business will suffer due to unreliable customer access.

Testing services over broadband access is a critical factor in providing excellent quality of experience (QoE) to end-users, whether they are enterprises, providers, or individual customers. Coupled with this, the impending switchover to IPv6 to accommodate the loss of IPv4 address space requires that networks run both IPv4 and IPv6 seamlessly in order to mitigate the transition risks.

Ixia Solutions

Ixia specializes in testing network components and topologies, helping to ensure broadband reliability. Ixia’s platform emulates network protocols and simulates network devices to help answer critical questions, such as:

• Does my broadband implementation conform to industry standards?
• Does my ANCP implementation allow full monitoring of my network topology and state?
• Can my BRAS, LAC, or LNS scale and still meet QoS objectives?
• Can I test and verify service-level agreements (SLAs)?
• Is my network able to handle subscriber session flapping?
• Can my network support IPv4/IPv6 subscribers and services, while maintaining SLAs?

Ixia is a market leader for broadband testing solutions. Network equipment manufacturers and service providers meet the challenges of broadband deployment and maintenance using Ixia’s award-winning solutions that ensure performance, conformance, and scalability.

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