Spirent Communication 旗下 Abacus 是電信業界中最佳 Bulk Call Generator 的領導者, 他們憑藉著近十年來, 從事電信網路測試分析的經驗, 在近期發表出新一代測試系統 Abacus3, 此測試系統有別於先前的測試系統 Abacus1 和 Abacus2, 它成功地在同一測 試平臺上提供相對應的實體介面來銜接上現今已廣泛被使用的 IP 網路和傳統的電信 電話網路, 並且, 將 Abacus 原有強大優異的 Call Generator 和 Protocol Analyzer 測試功 能移植到 Abacus3, 如此一來, 便是現今 Coverged Multi-Media 測試的最佳利器.

Spirent Communications?, a wholly owned business group of Spirent plc (NYSE: SPM and LSE: SPT), today announced the integration of voice and multimedia testing for converged networks in its industry-leading Abacus test product line. The new Abacus3 test system will help customers reduce the costs and risks of integrating data and voice networks by delivering converged test functionality for Voice over IP (VoIP) and traditional telephony on a single platform.

“Our Enterprise and service provider customers are leveraging their investment in traditional networks by adding cost-saving VoIP technology to create an integrated, converged network. These customers now have a testing tool that effectively bridges the IP/PSTN gap by providing traditional and VoIP interfaces, protocols and analysis,” said Alan Sguigna, vice president of marketing for Spirent Communications. “With this new testing tool, service providers, system integrators and Enterprise IT departments can thoroughly test a combined data and voice network prior to deployment of new services.”

Spirent’s Abacus products are industry-leading solutions for functional and performance testing of voice-enabled devices. Abacus1 is a scalable and modular telephony test system for low- to medium-density traffic generation and switching. The Abacus2 telephony test system handles an unparalleled 10,000+ channels of call generation and switching, and generates traffic at the rate of 20 million calls per hour.

The new Abacus3 is a flexible and expandable voice and multimedia test system for converged networks that provides cost savings and shortens the test cycle. Now, testing staffs can quickly locate failure points in a device or network, generate detailed reports on those points and immediately activate the debugging process. In addition, test engineers can avoid management and integration problems resulting from the use of multiple test solutions from multiple vendors, and reduce their reliance on internally developed tools that offer limited user realism and analysis capabilities. Customers can purchase the Abacus3 system based on their current requirements and expand the system as their test needs change. Additional interfaces and functionality can be added with firmware options.

Specifically, Abacus3 tests analog, TDM, ISDN, Voice over IP (VoIP) and video devices and networks. It provides accurate measurements with synchronization between the VoIP and PSTN sides of the network, enabling testing of stand-alone gateways and sub-networks. Abacus3 tests the capacity, functionality, performance, quality of service, and interoperability of IP phones and PBXs; proxy and registration servers; Internetworking gateways; DNS and application servers; call accounting, voice messaging, and conferencing servers; switches and routers; media gateways; signaling gateways; and media gateway controllers (softswitches). It supports all the major VoIP protocols, including SIP, MGCP, H.323 and Megaco. It also supports real-time voice quality measurements using PESQ and PSQM.

About Spirent Communications

Spirent Communications is a worldwide provider of integrated performance analysis and service assurance systems for next-generation network technologies. Spirent’s solutions accelerate the profitable development and deployment of network equipment and services by emulating real-world conditions in the lab and assuring end-to-end performance of large-scale networks.