New solution provides real-world, end-to-end protocol testing in a live network <\/p>\n
As broadband becomes the premier service delivery platform of the 21st century with over 700 million subscribers worldwide, testing of broadband networks has never been more important to ensure the quality of customer experience and reduce service calls. With devices becoming more mobile and cloud dependent and testing today\u2019s broadband networks becoming increasingly complex, QA Cafe IP Test Solutions has announced a new era in testing of broadband networks with the release of its CDRouter Live, ahead of this month\u2019s Broadband World Forum (21-23 October, Amsterdam). <\/p>\n
A change in paradigm from traditional isolated laboratory testing, CDRouter Live lets vendors, providers, and their QA teams perform real-world, end-to-end testing of broadband devices in a live network.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe reality is that laboratory testing will only go so far,\u201d said Joe McEachern, CEO of QA Cafe. \u201cThere comes a time when you need to connect to your production network to find out how it\u2019s really going to work for your customers. However, vendors and providers still want the control and automation of a lab environment when testing in a live network.\u201d<\/p>\n
The release of CDRouter Live is the latest achievement for QA Cafe, creator of the already popular CDRouter test platform, which has become the de-facto industry standard test platform for broadband devices.<\/p>\n
\u201cChipset, OEM, and device vendors, plus service providers and their QA teams, use CDRouter every day to qualify their broadband networking equipment,\u201d said McEachern. \u201cIt really has become the industry standard – our customers use CDRouter\u2019s thousands of automated test reporting tools to demonstrate the quality of their products to themselves and their customers. CDRouter Live not only lets them test their device in a complete broadband network, but also addresses new environments that have not been testable before for end-to-end protocol functionality.\u201d<\/p>\n
These new environments are where CDRouter Live shines. For the new set of virtual devices that move some functionality out of the subscriber\u2019s home and into the provider\u2019s network, CDRouter Live lets users test both the subscriber devices and the virtual services they utilize. For devices that are cloud managed, or require access to dashboard software or other network services, CDRouter Live allows these devices to be connected to the resources they need in order to operate while being tested. Lastly, for mobile devices that require unique or expensive infrastructure in order to be tested properly, CDRouter Live enables the testing of these devices on the LTE or satellite links that are actually used in the real world.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll in all, it\u2019s an exciting time to be in the broadband industry,\u201d said McEachern. \u201cWe hope our customers can take this new paradigm of testing and use it to bring their products to the next level of quality required for today\u2019s demanding broadband world.\u201d<\/p>\n
QA Cafe will be hosting an \u2018End-to-End Broadband Testing with CDRouter Live\u2019 webinar on Wednesday 29 October, 9.30am \u2013 10.30 EDT and 2pm \u2013 3pm EDT. To find out how the solution is changing the way quality assurance works in the broadband world, please register for the webinar: http:\/\/www.qacafe.com\/knowledgebase\/webinar-end-to-end-broadband-testing-with-cdrouter-live\/.<\/a><\/p>\n For more information about CDRouter Live, watch this video: http:\/\/www.qacafe.com\/introducing-cdrouter-live\/<\/a>. To find out more about QA Cafe, visit www.qacafe.com<\/a> or follow @qacafe on Twitter. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" New solution provides real-world, end-to-end protocol testing in a live network <\/p>\n