The challenge
IPTV operators need to maintain high Quality of Experience (QoE) for subscribers of VoD (video on demand) and IPTV.
Qosmos solution
Qosmos probe analyses IPTV and video traffic and extracts fine-grained information in real time, for quality measurement: jitter, packet loss, packet latency, throughput, etc.
Benefits
For IPTV provider
- Speedy identification of problems
- Complete view of entire subscriber base
- Efficient IPTV quality monitoring
- Transparent implementation vs. existing systems
- Improved subscriber satisfaction: lower churn and higher ARPU
For IPTV subscribers
- Better quality IPTV viewing
Example of Implementation
Information Extracted
Recognized applications and protocols (sample)
- MPEG-TS / UDP, MPEG / RTP, IGMP, RTP, RTSP, MMS
- Radius, Diameter
Extracted information (sample)
- Jitter
- Packet loss
- Throughput
- Information to compute zapping time
- Zapping events
- Channel / VoD watched
- Type of terminal: IPTV, mobile client