EXFO EXpert IPTV Test Tools (FTB-200v2) User guide

Brand: EXFO

Model: EXpert IPTV Test Tools (FTB-200v2)

Type: User guide

User Guide

IPTV Test Tools for FTB-200

EXpert IPTV Test Tools

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eserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,

storedinaret

rievalsystemortransmittedinanyform,beitelectronically,mechanically,orby

anyothermeanssuchasphotocopying,recordingorotherwise,withoutthepriorwritten

permissionofEXFOInc.(EXFO).

InformationprovidedbyEXFOisbelievedtobeaccuratean

dreliable.However,no

responsibilityisassumedbyEXFOforitsusenorforanyinfringementsofpatentsorother

rightsofthirdpartiesthatmayresultfromitsuse.Nolicenseisgrantedbyimplicationor

otherwiseunderanypatentrightsofEXFO.

EXFO’sCommerceAn

dGovernmentEntities(CAGE)codeundertheNorthAtlanticTreaty

Organization(NATO)is0L8C3.

Theinformationcontainedinthispublicationissubjecttochangewithoutnotice.

Trademarks

EXFO’strademarkshavebeenidentifiedassuch.However,thepresenceorabsenceofsuch

identificationdoesnotaff ectthelegalstatusofanytrademark.

Unit

sofMeasurement

UnitsofmeasurementinthispublicationconformtoSIstandardsandpractices.

April27, 2012

Versionnumber:2.0.0

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LicenseAgreementandWarranty

IMPORTANT:CAREFULLYREADTHEFOLLOWINGLICENSEAGREEMENTBEFOREOPENINGTHIS

INSTALLATIONPACKAGE.BYOPENINGTHISPACKAGEANDUSINGTHESOFTWAREWHETHER

INCORPORATEDORNOTINANEXFOINC.("EXFO")PRODUCT,YOUINDICATEYOUR

ACCEPTANCETOBEBOUNDBYTHETERMSANDCONDITIONSOFTHISAGREEMENT.IFYOU

DONOTACCEPTTHETERMSANDCONDITIONS

OFTHISLICENSEAGREEMENT,DONOTOPEN

THISPACKAGEANDPROMPTLYRETURNTHEPRODUCTORSOFTWAREWITHYOURPROOFOF

PAYMENT,WHEREUPONYOURMONEYWILLBEREFUNDED.

THEPRODUCTORSOFTWAREYOUORDEREDMIGHTINCLUDESOURCECODEAND/OR

SOFTWARECOMPONENTS,ITISPROVIDEDFORYOURCONVENIENCEINMODIFYINGTHE

PRODUCTORSOFTWARETOSU

ITYOURSPECIFICNEEDS,ORTOCREATEDERIVATIVEWORKS

INCLUDINGSOURCEANDLIBRARYFILESIFAPPLICABLE.

THEPRODUCTANDTHESOFTWAREMUSTBEUSEDONLYFORYOURINTERNALBUSINESS

OPERATIONANDITSINTENDEDAPPLICATION.YOUMAYNOTCOPYORUSETHESOURCE

CODEORTHESOFTWARECOMPONENTSTOPROD

UCEOTHERSOFTWAREDEVELOPMENT

TOOLSFORDISTRIBUTIONANDRESALEWITHOUTEXPRESSWRITTENPERMISSIONFROM

EXFO.EXFORETAINSALLRIGHTSTOTHESOURCECODE,THESOFTWARECOMPONENTSAND

ALLMODIFICATIONSTHEREOF.YOUSHALLRESPECTANDCOMPLYWITHANYOFTHE

PROVISIONSLISTEDBELOWWHICHMAYALSOBENEFITANYGIVENTHIRDPARTYBENEFICIARY

ASDEFINEDHER

EIN.

1.DEFINITIONS:ThefollowingdefinitionsapplytothetermsintheAgreement.

"Documentation"meanstheuser’smanualandotherprintedmaterialsaccompanyingthe

Software.

"Product"meanstheEXFOinstrumentdesignedforusewiththeSoftware,asthecasemay

be.

"Software"meansthecomputerprograms,sourcecodean

dsoftwarecomponentscontained

thereinandallupdatesandupgradesthereto.Thetermalsoincludesallcopiesofanypartof

thecomputerprogram,sourcecodeorsoftwarecomponents.

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2.GRANTOFLICENSE:EXFOgrantstoyou,thepurchaseroftheenclosedSoftware,alimited,

restricted,non‐exclusivelicense.YoushallusetheSoftwareonlyinconjuncti onwithits

purposeorinconjunctionwiththeProduct,subjecttothelimitationsonuseanddisclosure

containedhereinandintheDocumentation.Yo

umay:

 UsetheSoftwareonanetwork,fileserviceorvirtualdisk;providedthataccessis

limitedtooneuseratatimeandthatyouhavetheoriginalcopyofthe

DocumentationandSoftwaremedia.

 Makeone(1)copyoftheSoftwareforbackupormodificationpurp

osesinsupportof

theuseoftheSoftwareonasinglecomputer.

 MergetheSoftwareorincorporatethesameintoanotherprogramprovidedthatsuch

aprogramwill,forsolongastheSoftwareisincludedtherein,besubjecttoallofthe

termsandconditionsofthisAgreem

ent.

 Youmaynot:

Makeco

piesoftheDocumentation.

Assign,giveortransfertheSoftware,anyservicesorinterestsintheSoftware,toanother

individualorentity.Sublicense,lease,time‐share,servicebureau,lend,useforsubscription

serviceorrentaluseanyportionoftheProduct,theSoftware,oryourrightsunderthis

Agreeme

nt.

 Reverseengineering,disassembleordecompileinwholeorinparttheSoftwareorthe

Product.

 PublishanyresultofbenchmarktestsrunontheSoftwareortheProduct.

 YOURECOGNIZETHATTHESOURCECODEANDTHESOFTWARECOMPONENTS

COMPRISINGTHESOFTWAREAREHIGHLYVALUABLETRADESECRETSOFEXFOORANY

GIVENTHIRDPARTYBENEFICIARYANDTHATEXFOWISHESTO

PREVENTTHEIR

DISCLOSURETOYOU,ORANYTHIRDPARTY.

3.SOFTWAREOWNERSHIP:TheSoftwareislicensed,notsold.TitletotheSoftwareshallnot

bepassedtoyouortoanyotherparty.Allapplicablerightstopaten

ts,copyrights,trademarks

andtradesecretsintheSoftware,oranymodificationsmadeatyourrequest,areandshall

remainthepropertyofEXFO.

4.AUDITS:EXFOreservesitsrighttoaudit,atitsconvenience,youruseoftheSoftware.

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5.TERMSOFTERMINATION:ThisAgreementshallremaininfullforceandeffectuntilyou

discontinueuseoftheSoftwareorthe Product,untiltheendofthelifeoftheProductor

SoftwareoruntilthisAgreementisterminated,whicheveroccursearlier.Withoutprejudiceto

itsotherrights,EXFOmayterm

inatethisAgreementifyoufailtocomplywiththeterms

thereof.Insuchevent,youmustdestroyorreturnallcopiesoftheSoftwareand

DocumentationasrequestedinwritingbyEXFO.YoushallbeliableforalldamagestoEXFOas

aresultofthebreachwhetherornotyouwerenotifyofth

elikelihoodofsuchdamages.

EXFOretainsallrightstotheSoftwarenotexpresslygrantedhereunder.Nothinginthis

AgreementconstitutesawaiveroftherightsofEXFOoranyThirdPartyBeneficiary.

6.LIMITEDWARRANTY:EXFOwarrantsthemediaonwhichtheSoftwareisdistributedtobe

freefromdefectsinma

terialandworkmanshipandthattheSoftwarewillperform

substantiallyinaccordancewiththeDocumentation.EXFOwillreplacedefectivemediaor

Documentationatnocharge,providedyoureturntheitemwithdatedproofofpaymentto

EXFOwithin(60)daysofthedateofdelivery.THESEAREYOURSOL

EREMEDIESFORBREACH

OFWARRANTY.EXCEPTASSPECIFICALLYPROVIDEDABOVE,EXFOMAKESNOWARRANTYOR

REPRESENTATION,EITHEREXPRESSORIMPLIEDWITHRESPECTTOTHESOFTWAREOR

DOCUMENTATIONINCLUDINGTHEIRQUALITY,PERFORMANCE,MERCHANTABILITY,OR

FITNESSFORAPARTICULARPURPOSE.

7.LIMITATIONSOFLIABILITY:Becausesoftwareisinherentlycompl

exandmaynotbe

completelyfreeoferrors,youareadvisedtoverifyyourwork.INNOEVENTWILLEXFO,ITS

DEALERS,DISTRIBUTORS,RESELLERS,ORTHIRDPARTYBENEFICIARY,BELIABLEFORDIRECT,

INDIRECT,SPECIAL,INCIDENTAL,ORCONSEQUENTIALDAMAGES,INCLUDINGLOSTPROFITS,

DOWNTIMEORDAMAGESTOPROPERTYARISINGOUTOFTHEUSEOFORI

NABILITYTOUSE

THESOFTWAREORDOCUMENTATION,evenifadvisedofthepossibilityofsuchdamages.THE

WARRANTYANDREMEDIESSETFORTHABOVEAREEXCLUSIVEANDINLIEUOFALLOTHERS,

ORALORWRITTEN,EXPRESSORIMPLIED.Nodealer,distributor,agentoremp loyeeis

authorizedtomakeanymodificationoradditi

ontothiswarranty.SomeUSStatesor

applicablelocallegislationdonotallowtheexclusionorlimitationofimpliedwarrantiesor

limitationofliabilityforincidentalorconsequentialdamages,sotheabovelimitationor

exclusionmaynotapplytoyou.

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8.U.S.GOVERNMENTRESTRICTEDRIGHTS:TheSoftwareandDocumentationareprovided

withRESTRICTEDRIGHTS.Use,duplication,ordisclosurebytheGovernmentissubjectto

restrictionsassetforthinsubparagraph(c)(1)(ii)ofTheRightsinTechnicalDataand

ComputerSoftwareclauseat52.227‐7013.EXFOheadquartersarelocatedat400Godin

Avenue,Quebec,Quebec,G1M2K2,Canada.

9.EXPORTANDIMPORTLAWS:Yo

umustcomplyfullywithallapplicableexportandimport

lawsincluding,butnotlimitedto,exportlawsandregulationsoftheUnitedStatesof

America.NoPrograms,ProductsorSoftwareshallbeexported,directlyorindirectly,in

violationoflaws.

10.THIRDPA

RTYBENEFICIARY:EXFOmaydesignate,fromtimetotime,anyThirdParty

Beneficiary,withrespecttoanyProductorSoftware,whichhasdulyexecutedapriorwriting

agreementwithEXFO.ThirdPartyBeneficiariesmayinclude,butarenotlimitedto,namely

ORACLE,BusinessObjects,AdvanceFiberOptics,an

dMapInfo.ThetermsofthisAgreement

alsogovernsanysourcecodethatmaybeprovidedinsomeprogramsbyThirdParty

Beneficiary,suchastheonementionedabove.ThisAgreementisnotintendedtobeforthe

benefitofandshallnotbeenforceablebyanygivenThirdPartyBeneficiarywithou

taprior

writtenagreementdulyexecutedwithEXFO.

11.GENERAL:ThisAgreementconstitutestheentireagreementbetweenyouandEXFOas

concernsthesubjectmatterhereofandsupersedesanyprioragreementastosuchsubject

matter.IfanyprovisionofthisAgreementshallbedeemedtobeinvalid,illegalor

unenf

orceable,thevalidi t y,legalityandenforceabil ityoftheremainingportionsofthis

Agreementshallnotbeaffectedorimpairedthereby.ThisAgreementshallbegovernedby

andconstruedin accordancewiththelawsapplicableintheprovinceofQuebec,Canada

withoutregardstoitsconflictoflawsprovisions.

BYUSINGTHESOFTWARE,YO

UACKNOWLEDGETHATYOUHAVEREADTHISAGREEMENT,

THATYOUUNDERSTANDIT,ANDYOUAGREETOBEBOUNDBYITSTERMSANDCONDITIONS.

IfyouhaveanyquestionsregardingthisAgreement,youmaycontacttheLegalDepartmentat

EXFOat(418)683‐0211.

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TableofContents

EXFO........................................................................................................................................1

EXPERT

IPTVTESTTOOLS............................................................................................................1

LICENSEAGREEMENTANDWARRANTY....................................................................................3

TABLEOFCONTENTS................................................................................................................7

CHAPTER1INTRODUCINGTHEEXPERTIPTVTESTTOOLS....................................................10

CHAPTER2 SAFETYINFORMATION.....................................................................................14

CHAPTER3 GETTINGSTARTED............................................................................................15

TARTINGAPPLICATION...............................................................................................................15

CHAPTER4 PHYSICALINTERFACE........................................................................................16

THERNET10/100/1000MBITS/SETHERNETPORT.........................................................................16

CHAPTER5 USINGTHEGRAPHICALUSERINTERFACE..........................................................17

AINWINDOW.........................................................................................................................17

CHAPTER6 SETTINGTHEIPTVTEST....................................................................................18

6.1

 SETUPINTERFACE..............................................................................................................18

6.2

 SETUPTHRESHOLDS..........................................................................................................18

6.3

 MANAGECHANNELLIST.....................................................................................................19

CHAPTER7 RUNNINGIPTVTESTS.......................................................................................22

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7.1

 SIMULTANEOUSTESTINGOFMULTIPLECHANNELS.................................................................22

7.2

 PASSIVETEST..................................................................................................................22

7.3

SETTOPBOXEMULATIONTEST..........................................................................................24

7.4

 ETHERNETINTERFACESTATUS..............................................................................................25

CHAPTER8 GETTINGIPTVMETRICS....................................................................................26

8.1

 BASICIPTVMETRICSTEST................................................................................................26

Definitions:............................................................................................................................27

8.2

LIVESTREAMPREVIEW.......................................................................................................28

8.3

ADVANCEDIPTVMETRICSTEST...........................................................................................29

8.3.1

VIDEOPERCEPTUALQUALITYMETRICS...............................................................................29

8.3.2

TRANSPORTPACKETMETRICS...............................................................................................31

8.3.3.

MPEG‐TSTR101290PRIORITY.....................................................................................33

8.3.4

AUDIODESCRIPTIONANDPERCEPTUALMETRICSINFORMATION............................................... 35

8.3.5

VIDEOFRAMEMETRICS..................................................................................................37

8.3.6.

VIDEOBANDWIDTH.......................................................................................................39

8.3.7

METRICSINGRAPHICALFORM‐HISTOGRAMS......................................................................40

CHAPTER9 GENERATINGANDVIEWINGTESTRESULTS......................................................41

9.1 T

ESTRESULTSLOG.............................................................................................................41

9.1.1 A

CCESSINGTESTRESULTS.................................................................................................41

APPENDIXA.........................................................................................................................47

A.1

UNDERSTANDINGIPTVVIDEOPERCEPTUALQUALITY*............................................................47

A.1.1

TRANSMISSION‐RELATEDIMPAIRMENTS.............................................................................48

A.1.2.2 PerformanceofVideoCoders .................................................................................55

A.2

VQMON/HDQUALITYANALYSISALGORITHM*.....................................................................57

A.2.1

VIDEOSTREAMANALYSIS................................................................................................57

A.2.1.1 TR101290MetricsCollection.................................................................................58

A.2.1.2 PlayoutBufferEmulator......................................................................................... 58

A.2.1.3 ContentAnalysis.....................................................................................................58

A.2.1.4 FrameTypeDetection............................................................................................59

A.2.1.5 Per‐frameQualityAnalysis.....................................................................................59

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A.2.1.6 PerceptualQualityModel.......................................................................................59

A.2.1.7 VQmonMarkovModel(VMM)...............................................................................59

A.2.2

AUDIOSTREAMANALYSIS................................................................................................61

A.2.3

TELCHEMYVIDEOQUALITYMETRICS..................................................................................62

A.2.3.1 MeanOpinionScores(MOS)...................................................................................63

A.2.3.2 VQmon/HDVideoServiceTransmissionQualityMetric‐VSTQ...............................64

A.2.3.3 DegradationFactors...............................................................................................65

A.3 IPTV

PROTOCOLS..............................................................................................................66

A.4 PCR

JITTER......................................................................................................................70

A.5 IGMP

LATENCYVS.ZAPTIME..............................................................................................71

APPENDIXB TECHNICALSPECIFICATION...............................................................................74

TROUBLESHOOTING...............................................................................................................77

GLOSSARY.........................................................................................................................78

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C hapter1IntroducingtheEXpertIPTVTestTools

TheEXpertIPTVTestToolsisasoftwareFTB‐200basedIPTVqualityanalyzer.Itconsists

ofseveralcomponents:

 TestLoggerwithmultistreamdetectionandsynchronizerviatheFTB‐200

10/100/1000Ethernetinterface

 SetTopBox(STB)emulatorformulticastandunicaststreams

 VideoPreviewer

 VideoMetrics

 Packe

tstatistics

 TR101290Me

trics

 AudioMetrics

 VideoFrameMetrics

 VideoBandwidthMetrics

 Charts

WhenusedasaSTBemulatorTheEXpertIPTVTestToolsisterminatingthecustomer

modemorGPONadapter.

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11



WhenusedasapassivemonitoringdeviceTheEXpe rtIPTVTestToolsisconnectedviaa

manageableswitchoraggregatingtaptomonitorbidirectionallytheIGMP,RTSPand

otherprotocols,andIPTVstreamsfromthevideoserver.



InbothconnectionmodesvideoandaudioqualityassessmentisprovidedbyVQMON

algorithm.

Testresul

tsarecontinuouslyaccumulatedandsavedontheFTB‐200harddrive.Livetest

resultscanbewatchedonthescreen.Savedtestresultscanbeviewedinthereport

format,pdfformatorbeexportedtoafile. 

Testedmetricscanbesortedandviewedintextorgraphicalform

ats.



The

wit

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examplebelow

individualprev

showsTheEXpe

ewscreens.



12

tIPTVTestToolsduringanalysi

offourIPTVstr

ams

13



Conventions

Beforeusingtheproductdescribedinthisguide,youshouldunderstandthefollowing

conventions:

WARNING

Indicatesapotentiallyhazardoussituationwhich,ifnotavoided,could

resultindeathorseriousinjury.Donotproceedunlessyou

understandandmeettherequiredconditions.

CAUTION

Indicatesapotentiallyhazardoussituationwhich,ifnotavoided,may

resultinminorormoderateinjury.Donotproceedunlessyou

understandandmeettherequiredconditions.

CAUTION

Indicatesapotentiallyhazardoussituationwhich,ifnotavoided,may

resultincomponentdamage.Donotproceedunlessyouunderstand

andmeettherequiredconditions.

IMPORTANT

Referstoinformationaboutthisproductyoushouldnotoverlook.



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C hapter2 SafetyInformation

Safety Information

Laser Safety Warnings

WARNING

Donotinstallorterminatefiberswhilealaser sourceisactive.Never

lookdirectlyintoalivefiber,andensurethatyoureyesareprotected

atalltimes.

Laser Safety Information

TheEXpertIPTVTestToolssoftwareisnotprovidedwithanyhardware

components.However,itmaybeusedwithyourplatformormoduleswhichmay

containlasercomponents.Refertotheuserguidesofyourplatformormodules

forfurtherlasersafetydetailsandinstructions.





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

C hapter3 GettingStarted

TheEXpertIPTVTestToolsapplicationispreinstalledontheFTB‐200.IfTheEXpert

IPTVTestToolsisnotinstalled,refertotheFTB‐200UserGuideformoreinformation

onhowtoinstalltheapplication.

StartingApplication



Youcanaccessmanytoolsdirectlyfromyourunit.

Tostartanapplication:

1. FromCompactToolbox,selecttheTestToolstab.

2. ClickontheExpertIPTVTestTools.

OR

SelectfromtheSTARTmenuEXFO,ToolsandtheExpertIPTVTestTools.



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C hapter4 PhysicalInterface

 TheEXpertIPTVTestToolsusestheGigEportoftheFTB‐200.



Ethernet10/100/1000Mbits/sEthernetPort



 Connectthe10/100/1000electricalsignalwiththeIPTVtotheportwith

theRJ‐45connector.

Note:RefertotheFTB‐200CompactModularPlatformUserGuideformoreinformation.



 

17



C hapter5 UsingtheGraphicalUserInterface

ThischapterdescribesthegraphicaluserinterfaceofyourExpertIPTVTestTools

application.

TheEXpertIPTVTestToolsallowsyoutostartatest,connectanddisconnecttoIPTVstreams,

programanduseSetTopBox,viewinformationaboutthestream,viewIPTVmetricsand

statistics,vieworprinttestresults,andmo

re.

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

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