Alcatel-Lucent IPTV Ecosystem Findings Reinforce Spirent(R) Communications' Approach to IPTV Service Assurance.Alcatel-Lucent White Paper Identifies Spirent's Remote Testing and Diagnostics Systems as Key Components for IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) Also called "TV over IP," IPTV delivers scheduled TV programs and video-on-demand (VOD) via the IP protocol and digital streaming techniques used to watch video on the Internet. Service Assurance SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Spirent Communications plc (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :SPM SPM - Sequential Parlog Machine ) (LSE LSE - Language Sensitive Editor :SPT (Sectors Per Track) The number of sectors in one track. ), a global provider of performance analysis and service assurance solutions, announced today that results from a white paper published by the Alcatel-Lucent on the IPTV Ecosystem for MSTV MSTV Association for Maximum Service Television, Inc. MSTV Must See TV MSTV Multi System Television , support the company's unique testing and diagnostic solutions and the critical role they play in ensuring IPTV services and subscribers' quality of experience (QoE). The white paper, titled "IPTV Test and Measurement Best Practices White Paper," identified the need to generate measurements that go beyond traditional network performance monitoring, such as jitter A flicker or fluctuation in a transmission signal or display image. The term is used in several ways, but it always refers to some offset of time and space from the norm. For example, in a network transmission, jitter would be a bit arriving either ahead or behind a standard clock cycle and loss, and to include video content analysis in order to ensure a superior IPTV subscriber QoE. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the results, "due to added quality, optimizations in MSTV, generic standard measurements do not always produce an accurate reflection of video quality," Spirent's SmartSight solution is highlighted in the paper as the only ecosystem partner to demonstrate a comprehensive end-to-end remote testing and diagnostic capabilities. In addition, the white paper outlines the requirement for strategically placed probes within the network and states, "due to accuracy concerns or scalability concerns an operator should put equipment in the network specific to service assurance." Spirent's SmartSight is the only IPTV service assurance test system on the market today that enables remote diagnostics from the DSLAM (DSL Access Multiplexor) A central office (CO) device for ADSL service that intermixes voice traffic and DSL traffic onto a customer's DSL line. It also separates incoming phone and data signals and directs them onto the appropriate carrier's network. See DSL. to capture accurate subscriber experience data based on content analysis rather than just network performance indicators. "The Alcatel-Lucent white paper has validated Spirent's IP service assurance strategy which focuses on network performance indicators that go one step further to more accurately measure subscribers' QoE," said Jeff Schmitz, vice president of marketing at Spirent Communications. "This strategy enables carriers to measure the QoE of IPTV services prior to installation, ensuring deployments are right the first time. In addition, the system will enable our customers to more economically scale IP service delivery and reduce the cost associated with maintenance." Using SmartSight, call center representatives can rapidly diagnose the cause of service impairment and address the issue from the call center. Then, if required, field technicians can be dispatched to fix rather than find the trouble, a solution that allows a service provider to save considerable time and money. Spirent's Tech-X Plus hand-held field tester provides full triple play testing for field technicians leveraging the same technology in the SmartSight solution. Spirent supported the Alcatel-Lucent Ecosystem's proof of concept lab with the Spirent SmartSight solution and Converged Network Impairment Emulator (ConNIE). Spirent's SmartSight solution was used in active and passive testing of MSTV's traffic streams. Spirent's ConNIE generated network impairments in the lab. About Spirent Communications Spirent Communications (www.spirent.com) is a global provider of integrated performance analysis and service assurance systems that enable the development and deployment of next-generation networking technology such as Internet telephony, broadband services, 3G wireless, global navigation satellite systems, and network security equipment. Spirent Communications' solutions are used by more than 1,700 customers in 30 countries, including the world's largest equipment manufacturers, service providers, enterprises and governments. Based in Sunnyvale, Calif., Spirent Communications has 1,900 employees worldwide. Spirent Communications plc Ordinary shares are traded on the London Stock Exchange London Stock Exchange London marketplace for securities. It was formed in 1773 by a group of stockbrokers who had been doing business informally in local coffeehouses. 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