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The control plane of a routing device is the term for the set of functions that handles incoming traffic that doesn't get forwarded by the forwarding plane. The control plane comprises e.g. device management, routing protocols and security mechanisms. Control Plane Policy (CoPP) testing typically...
Cable operators all around the world are working hard to provide their customers with high speed data services by making use of (Euro)DOCSIS® 3.0 technology. An important problem however is that as of today none of the available CMTS solutions are EuroDOCSIS™ 3.0 Qualified. As an operator you want...
lte-setup-1500x320.jpg It's already well-known that LTE deployments have an impact on the quality of the services that are offered by cable operators to their customers. Signals of LTE handsets can easily get picked up by TV sets, set top boxes, or even by coaxial cabling. If these products are not...
As part of the RF testing services, Excentis has already successfully implemented programmes in which HFC amplifiers are tested for quality before being deployed in the network. This ensures that the amplifiers fulfill all requirements as mandated by the cable operator. The requirements for...
eurodocsis-rf.jpg Excentis uses state-of-the-art test equipment to evaluate if all samples under test are behaving compliant in several areas, and if they all are calibrated properly. A few popular test cases: Upstream Calibration This test verifies the capability of the Cable Modem under test to...
A lot of countries have their own specifications for the POTS interface (the analog telephone line). To be sure that your telephony adapters (E-MTA, ATA, voice gateway,…) are behaving compliant against the regulations of your country, you can count on our know-how and experience to verify every...
With Radio Frequency over Glass (RFoG) solutions cable operators can directly deploy fiber to the premise while leveraging their existing back-office HFC equipment and applications. All RF infrastructure stays in place, but now the fiber goes to the customer premises instead of getting terminated...
home_gateway.jpg Cable operators are now deploying advanced home gateways instead of simple cable modems. New advanced services, the transition to IPv6 and the ever increasing number of connected devices push such gateways to support a multitude of services and devices — fundamentally increasing...
Excentis also offers large scale CMTS testing. We have a setup in use with more than 500 Cable Modems to verify the stability and performance of your CMTS, also long term (order of weeks). The configuration options are countless, here are some examples: All Cable Modems are connected to ByteBlower...
Using our home developed IPv6 traffic generator and analyser ByteBlower , Excentis can run almost any type of IPv6 tests. Example areas of testing: IPv6 Throughput/Performance Testing IPv6 Compliance testing (e.g., Neighbour Discovery, DHCPv6 Prefix delegation, IPv6 Multicast using MLDv1 or MLDv2,...