VeriWave Solutions for Service Providers / Carriers

VeriWave offers solutions to help service providers and carriers deploy access and network edge services with confidence in the products chosen and the network design.

Pre-deployment Lab Testing

Vendor Selection

Selecting the right vendor to equip your network is the basis for a reliable, maintenance free and profitable network. VeriWave’s test solutions can be used to perform comprehensive comparative testing of:

• Residential broadband gateways or multimedia gateways for deployment in subscribers homes
• Consumer grade or corporate grade WLAN Access Points for servicing hot-spots
• Edge routers for managed access services at a corporate office
• WAN backhaul devices for wireless trunk solutions
• Residential and multi-dwelling CPE devices providing broadband connectivity

Network Planning

Realistic network planning is one of the most significant means to reduce long-term network operation costs. When planning WLANs it is common for operators to spend significant amount of time analyzing and planning Access Point placement while neglecting to plan for capacity, service differentiation and QoS. This contributes to frequent network re-balancing, addition or re-location of Access Points and many times causes end-user dissatisfaction. VeriWave’s test solutions offer an operator the unique ability to pre-qualify a network in the lab to assess it will function once deployed.

The VeriWave Solution

Traffic generators / analyzers:

• WaveBlade WiFi 802.11a/b/g – 1 or 4 ports per blade
• WaveBlade WiFi 802.11n – 2x2 or 3x3 MIMO
• WaveBlade Ethernet – 1 or 4 ports per blade

WaveQoE – test suite models real-world deployment network scenarios, such as residential, Multi dwelling units, branch office, hot-spot, and corporate office, and assesses the end-users’ actual quality-of-experience

WaveMTP - a comprehensive automation package that automates tests contained in the VeriWave Master Test Plan

Wireless Mesh Test Suite - designed to analyze a wireless mesh network’s ability to forward and route campus or metro-scale traffic, including voice, video and data, under various RF conditions

Benefits:

• Network operations cost reduction through performance and service quality verification before deployment
• Tests conducted in a wide range of operational scenarios that would otherwise be impossible to recreate before network goes live
• Network assessed in realistic deployment scale
• Use of automation reduces test cycle time from months to days with minimal tester intervention

Field Testing

Rolling a truck to diagnose and pinpoint a network problem is one of the more expensive propositions a service provider faces. The ability to characterize performance of a live network before turn-on can save significant amount of money later spent on truck rolls. Similarly, if a truck roll is needed, the ability to quickly and accurately diagnose the network problem, avoiding subsequent truck rolls, is also a big money saver.

VeriWave solutions for field testing of wireless networks include distributed, portable, field deployable test clients as well as fixed central office / data center test servers. For more information contact: sales@veriwave.com

Benefits:

• Portable field test systems generate dozens of concurrent voice, data and video sessions allowing for real-world testing of a live network in realistic conditions
• Eliminates bottle-necks at the distribution network and ensures accurate testing of access network
• Technician may diagnose problem on site or leave field unit behind for remote diagnostics
• Test before turn-on to reduce customer complaints and support costs
• Optimize installers time in the field