Navtel Communications Inc. Announces Release of ISUP Performance Test Application
Navtel Communications Inc. has announced the release of the highest performing and most scalable ISUP* Performance Test Application for testing Softswitches deployed in VoIP networks
Markham, ON (PRWEB) May 20, 2005 -- Navtel Communications Inc. a leading
developer of high performance VoIP test solutions has announced the release of
the highest performing and most scalable ISUP* Performance Test Application for
testing Softswitches deployed in VoIP networks.
As Voice over IP and TDM
networks continue to converge, the Softswitch will come under increasing loads
as more and more users from TDM networks access new services offered by IP
networks. Until now testing the load and scalability capabilities of a
Softswitch required racks of SS7 load testers to provide the necessary
high-performance symmetry between off-net to on-net calls. Navtel’s solution
provides this capability in one chassis. The addition of this ISUP Performance
Test Application to Navtel’s existing VoIP product portfolio (which includes
SIP, Megaco and NCS /PacketCable™ High-Performance test applications ), provides
network equipment manufacturers and network operators with the industry’s first
fully integrated high-performance VoIP solution to perform scalability,
performance, reliability and interoperability testing of
Softswitches.
Navtel’s ISUP Performance Test Application is an advanced
hardware and software solution that emulates large-scale SS7 networks generating
thousands of calls per second. It allows users to benchmark the performance of a
Softswitch and to characterize its behavior when subjected to increasing network
loads, various call loading patterns and network congestion and failure
conditions.
Some key features include:
1. High-performance traffic
load generation with different traffic profiles (Uniform, burst, Poisson,
random, Step) over sustained periods of time.
2. Large-scale network
emulation to emulate hundreds of thousands of end-users regardless of the
technology (SIP, NCS/PacketCable™, ISUP, Megaco)
3. Dynamic message
configuration and “on-the fly” generation to emulate real world scenarios
4.
An extensive set of statistics and comprehensive built-in troubleshooting
capabilities.
On one chassis the Navtel’s ISUP Performance Test
Application can emulate 320,000 endpoints, 230 T1 (310 for E1) Signalling Links,
40 Signalling End Points while generating thousands of calls per second. The
user can configure traffic profiles each with its own call rate, standard or
user-defined ISUP message and call flow as well as network mode of operation
(en-block, overlap). These flexible yet powerful features of the application
will significantly simplify the Performance, Scalability, Stability and
Interoperability testing of a Softswitch.
The in-depth troubleshooting
capabilities of the ISUP Performance Test Application will greatly reduce the
time spent in the identification and resolution of Performance, Scalability,
Reliability and Interoperability issues. Each emulated endpoint supports a
complete ISUP-compliant protocol stack which automatically and appropriately
responds to incoming ISUP messages and adjusts the offered load based network
congestion. These features will significantly reduce the technology learning
curve and will help organizations realize significant cost-savings as well as
reducing their test cycles.
Alvin Francis, Navtel’s Director of
Marketing and Product Management commented “Navtel has been a major force in the
signalling performance market over the past decade with its high-performance,
large scale load testing solutions. We continue to lead the market and push the
envelope by providing customers with the most scalable, cost-effective and best
performing solution available today. Continual improvements to our portfolio of
solutions reassure users that their investment today will meet and exceed their
future needs”.
About Navtel Communications Inc.
Navtel Communications
provides high capacity testing solutions that enable telecom equipment
manufacturers and network providers to verify under full load the
characteristics and the design of triple play equipment and converged networks
using a single, high performance, scalable platform - the
InterWatch.
Navtel's InterWatch can substantially reduce both costs and
timelines in the new product development process. It plays a major role in the
rapid development and deployment of the next generation of converged networks
around the globe by organizations who are secure in the knowledge that Navtel's
range of load testing solutions are complimented by their unrivalled ability to
also test for conformance, functionality and interoperability on the single most
powerful integrated test platform available today.
Contact
Information:
Robert Prior
Navtel Communications Inc.
Tel: +1 905 948
7572
Cell: +1 647 219 0109
http://www.navtelcom.com
*The ISDN User Part (ISUP)
defines the protocol and procedures used to set-up, manage, and release trunk
circuits that carry voice and data calls over the public switched telephone
network (PSTN). ISUP is used for both ISDN and non-ISDN
calls.
PacketCable is a trademark of Cable Television Laboratories,
Inc
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