Category Archives: T-BERD/MTS-5800

Updated Software for T-BERD/MTS Products

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VIAVI just released updated software for the T-BERD/MTS-8000E, -6000A MSAM & CSAM, the T-BERD/MTS-5800, and the SmartClass 4800. This new software version includes test options and feature enhancements to enable network tests at new speeds and with new capabilities that make testing faster and more efficient.

New Orderable Options:

  • 100G Service OAM – test that 100G Carrier Ethernet networks respond properly to control plane traffic such as CCM, LBM/LBR, LTM/LTR, AIS, and RDI messages
  • eCPRI – enables testing of the latest x-haul interfaces for 5G wireless networks

No-cost Feature Enhancements:

  • One Button CPRI Remote Radio Head Install Test – test MIMO radio configurations with multi-antenna PIM detection and diversity imbalance measurements
  • Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) – easily test Ethernet services through routers using BFD without needing to setup test VLAN’s or disable BFD on the port
  • Enhanced Cable Diagnostic Test – revamped graphical interface for CATx cable diagnostic tests with full report generation capabilities
  • Job Manager Enhancements – launch and run all tests including SONET/SDH, T1/E1, VoIP, OTDR from the intuitive job manager interface create a single PDF report and optional zip. Create your test plan.

Just use StrataSync to push the new software directly to your test instruments or use the links below to upgrade manually:

Please send an e-mail to TAC or contact your local VIAVI Solutions sales representative for more information about these newly released features.

TalkTalk Group Resolves Critical Customer Complaints with RFC 6349-Based TrueSpeed™

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“I can only endorse how effective the MTS-6000A MSAM using the RFC-6349 testing has been for my team. There is a real opportunity for the MTS-6000A MSAM to further enhance our testing capabilities with its multifunction and modular platforms. I have no doubt this will ultimately improve our network reliability and customer satisfaction.”

— Keith Vicary, Field Engineering Manager, TalkTalk Group

TalkTalk Group operates the United Kingdom’s largest next-generation network, with more than £600 million invested in infrastructure. As one of the UK’s leading telecom service providers, the company provides voice, broadband, and IPTV services to residential customers throughout the country and to more than 180,000 small and medium-size businesses and 350 partner companies. TalkTalk transports voice and data traffic for both their residential and business customers via a high-speed, all-IP national network that offers significant benefits in terms of efficiency and cost.

Read more to see how JDSU TrueSpeed testing helped.

Burst Testing application note

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 Why Test Burst

Traditional Ethernet service-activation test methodologies such as RFC 2544 focus on testing with constant bit rate traffic. Constant bit rate testing is an important step in testing Ethernet services because it allows for the measurement of throughput, frame loss, latency, and packet jitter while the network is operating in steady state for a given rate of test traffic. While testing with constant bit-rate traffic allows for the validation of important KPIs, it does not validate how well the network will perform when transporting the expected traffic patterns which will likely consist of a mix of constant bit-rate voice and video traffic and bursty data traffic. Ensuring that this bursty data traffic can pass through the network without frame loss and without impacting other services are the two goals of burst testing. Read more.

 

Demystify Burst Testing and CBS – JDSU webinar recording

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Watch the recorded webinar for in-depth view about what burst traffic really is, how it affects the quality of experience for customer services, how network-element policers and buffers operate, and how to properly verify your network’s ability to handle bursty traffic.

To learn more about the complete line of JDSU TrueSpeed test solution, visit www.jdsu.com/go/truespeed.

Stay tuned for a follow-on session as a result of the significant interest in burst testing.

Improve Your LTE/4G Deployment Reliability: Test CPRI over FTTA during Installation

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Watch the recorded webinar to learn how the JDSU T-BERD®/MTS platform can improve FTTA deployment reliability as well as reduce repair time with CPRI and OBSAI testing.

JDSU recommends a robust testing methodology including bit-error rate testing (BERT) and delay testing during installation and protocol-aware monitoring capability to identify alarms during repair.

This presentation includes a live demonstration of the T-BERD/MTS CPRI application.