Quebec-based EXFO Inc. has updated its service-assurance solution, the Brix System. It's designed to enhance scalability and monitoring functionality for every service supported by the multiplay solution (voice, video, data and mobile). The result, the company says, is broader coverage of today's rapidly growing multiplay service assurance requirements that help operators reduce capital expenditures by scaling to meet their rapid growth, while at the same time reducing operational expenses by providing more comprehensive monitoring for simpler network troubleshooting.
EXFO says the Brix System now allows carriers to monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) across wireless backhaul and Metro Ethernet networks for thousands of endpoints. This saves both fixed and mobile operators money by allowing them to support more network connections with less equipment – all via one integrated service assurance platform. Scaling improvements also extend across the Brix System's VoIP and VoLTE solutions which now support more than 30 million busy hour call attempts (BHCA) and 100,000 circuits.
One functional enhancement is VoLTE support, which is an extension of EXFO's existing LTE solution for mobile providers. This capability integrates VoIP and VoLTE service assurance across multiple networks on one monitoring platform. EXFO also has enabled new customer-experience management capabilities that allow all operators to monitor and manage the quality of a customer's experience while using any service (for example, Web browsing from an LTE device). Network operators also gain improved reporting capabilities with the addition of user-generated custom reports that make it easier for users to quickly develop unique reporting portals to meet their individual needs, EXFO said.
"Multiplay operators will be able to enhance functionality across all their applications and services with one single release on one integrated service assurance platform," said Vivian Hudson, VP of EXFO's service assurance division. "As a result, network operators can dramatically reduce their operational and capital costs with EXFO's complete service assurance solution while rapidly growing their networks and adopting the new technologies their customers are demanding."
