NETSCOUT delivers continuous monitoring visibility to the delivery
of video service using eMBMS
WESTFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun. 28, 2016--
NETSCOUT
SYSTEMS, INC. (NASDAQ: NTCT), a market leader in service assurance
and cybersecurity solutions, today announced the availability of service
assurance visibility for IP multicast video over 4G/LTE mobile networks
using enhanced Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Services (eMBMS).
NETSCOUT’s nGeniusONE®
Service Assurance platform and Adaptive
Service Intelligence™ (ASI) technology offers a dedicated service
monitor for eMBMS services that enables mobile network operators to
proactively monitor and quickly triage service issues on what has become
the industry’s leading method of efficient live video delivery over
mobile IP networks. NETSCOUT will be on hand to discuss this capability
at 5G World 2016, London, UK in NETSCOUT’s Booth #50.
“Mobile subscribers are increasingly using video to watch content and
communicate. Mobile network operators need to provide high-quality
viewing experiences and eliminate potential challenges with service
quality and delivery, making network performance a mission critical
priority for customer satisfaction,” said Elisabeth Rainge, vice
president, Communications Service Provider Operations at IDC. “IP
multicast and eMBMS, in particular, are key technologies for mobile
network operators to efficiently deliver multimedia content.
Consequently, they require updated visibility tools and strategies.”
eMBMS allows mobile service providers to control the distribution of
multimedia content to targeted audience areas. Operators have leveraged
eMBMS in a number of applications ranging from venue specific broadcast,
for example, within a stadium or arena for providing rich media with
multiple camera angles, replays, and related statistics, to regional
broadcasts of home team games and local news, to nationwide broadcast of
news and major events like the NFL’s Super Bowl, the World Cup or the
Olympic Games. eMBMS leverages the LTE network to provide an efficient
and cost effective solution for mobile network operators to deliver
common multimedia content over the existing infrastructure with a
flexible sharing of unicast and multicast streams. With the introduction
of eMBMS, operators are faced with new challenges associated with
next-generation adaptive bit rate (ABR) video distribution that allows
for the further optimization of resources and bandwidth based on the
capabilities of the end-user device.
“The delivery of IP multicast over 4G/LTE networks involves a very
complex service delivery infrastructure,” said Bruce Kelley, Jr., senior
vice president and chief technology officer at NETSCOUT. “Service can be
impacted at any of a number of key nodes as the video stream traverses
the network, encoding platforms and distribution methods. Issues in any
one of these key areas can adversely impact the quality of service
experienced by the subscriber. To ensure a consistent measure of user
experience, NETSCOUT’s patented ASI technology provides unique key
performance indicators (KPIs) for the service delivery elements and
mechanism required for delivery of both eMBMS and next-generation
adaptive video. As a result, operators who rely on NETSCOUT now have the
tools to consistently measure and report on service performance trending
across their networks.”
NETSCOUT provides a top-down, service-centric perspective of networks,
services, devices and subscribers into a single pane of glass, to
address the requirements of multiple operations groups. NETSCOUT’s
portfolio of products leverages its ASI technology, monitors data and
control plane traffic and correlates data, signaling and service-enabler
performance metrics to reveal critical interactions and
interdependencies that affect service performance.
About NETSCOUT SYSTEMS, INC.
NETSCOUT SYSTEMS, INC. (NASDAQ:
NTCT) is a market leader in real-time service assurance and
cybersecurity solutions for today’s most demanding service provider,
enterprise and government networks. NETSCOUT’s Adaptive Service
Intelligence (ASI) technology continuously monitors the service delivery
environment to identify performance issues and provides insight into
network-based security threats, helping teams to quickly resolve issues
that can cause business disruptions or impact user experience. NETSCOUT
delivers unmatched service visibility and protects the digital
infrastructure that supports our connected world. To learn more, visit www.netscout.com.
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