Spirent Umetrix® Video | HD Streaming
Assuring Superior Quality of Experience
for Streaming Video Services
Spirent Umetrix® Video | HD Streaming
Assuring Superior Quality of Experience for Streaming Video Services
Mobile is Now a Video Distribution Business
Mobile data demand is exponentially growing, with video as the main driver. According to Cisco’s Visual Networking
Index, 78% of the world’s mobile data trafc will be video by 2021.
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The ecosystem for video content delivery is
expanding, too, across wireless carriers, device and chipset manufacturers, and streaming service providers, who
each have their own specialized needs to address:
• Global carriers are at the center of delivering streaming video content as strategically important to their business,
yet at the same time, must balance network optimization and Quality of Experience (QoE)
• Handset and chipset manufacturers must deliver devices optimized for video delivery, while specialty device
manufacturers are actively creating new video devices and services
• Streaming service providers need to deliver apps that perform across a wide variety of devices and carrier
networks
Video delivery is complicated, and as organizations
implement their video strategies, there are a myriad
of challenges and questions that arise. These
questions, and many others, can be answered through
comprehensive testing methods, but there are several
different ways to measure video performance. Rather
than analyzing packets or frames for diagnostic
testing, many performance evaluation methods use
pixel comparisons of the source versus the delivered
video to determine overall quality. This is a common
standardized method, but unfortunately it is not
applicable to most Over-the-Top (OTT) streaming
applications. Now there’s something new.
Spirent has developed a leading-edge methodology
to evaluate video performance without the need for
a reference source. The Umetrix® Video solution can
“view pixels like a person” and score QoE according to
a Video Mean Opinion Score (VMOS), as if hundreds
of human viewers were watching and rating overall
performance.
Umetrix Video supports any video service (e.g., mobile, home, 5G applications), analyzes the video content itself to
detect artifacts, and performs scoring without prior view of the original video. This analysis is via Spirent’s content-
trained non-reference algorithm, which uses machine learning on thousands of sample videos to understand the
variations in different types of content (sports, drama, animation). Content training is based on de facto industry
standards that correlate to human perceptual scoring. The result: faster and less expensive repeatable design
validation, regression testing, and competitive benchmarking.
Why does my
video chat service
have trouble in
one market?
How does my
OTT service
look over
mobile
networks?
How do I look
against my
competitor?
How does this
video service look
on my device vs.
other devices?
Is my new
strategic
streaming service
ready to launch?
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Cisco Visual Networking Index: Global Mobile Data Trafc Forecast Update, 2016–2021 White Paper
Applications:
OTT video streaming | OTT video chat | IR.94
Non-commercial live streaming
Mission-Critical Video (MCVideo) for PS-LTE
Launch, Optimize and Benchmark
Mobile
LTE and 5G
Home
Fixed 5G, Cable and Fiber Specialized
Device
Assure new devices and
chipsets deliver acceptable
QoE before launch
Assure media players, smart
devices and set tops deliver
acceptable QoE before launch
For new types of connected
video devices (i.e. smart home,
sports, transportation)
Service
Assure video services deliver
acceptable QoE before launch,
and as content, devices and
networks evolve
Compare performance to
competitors and over different
devices and networks
Assure home video services
deliver acceptable QoE
before launch and compare
performance to competitors
For specialized video
applications (i.e. telemedicine,
mission critical video, V2X)
Spirent Umetrix Video facilitates faster and less expensive repeatable design validation, regression testing, and
competitive benchmarking.
• Assess live streaming or chat services without specic reference test content
• Enables streaming video assessment of wireless service providers TV services in Fit4Launch
• Provides foundation for the ability to tune the algorithm for specic use cases and conditions (optional service)
• Currently supported capture resolutions: 480p, 720p, 1080p at 24, 30 and 60 FPS
Streaming Solution Overview
Any
streaming or
chat services
Streaming video
Optional benchmark
device
Display device
Smart device, media player, set-top box, etc.
USB
Umetrix Video
UI and algorithms
(laptop or server configurations)
Umetrix Video
universal hub
HDMI, MHL or
DisplayLink
LTE/3G Wi-Fi5G
Live or simulated network
with IP and/or RF impairments
and diagnostics
Spirent Umetrix® Video | HD Streaming
Assuring Superior Quality of Experience for Streaming Video Servicess
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with deep expertise and
decades of experience
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increasingly complex
technological and business
challenges.
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made a promise to their
customers to deliver superior
performance. Spirent assures
that those promises are
fullled.
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Spirent Expertise
Others may know mobile or video individually, but Spirent is unique in our
understanding of the reciprocal impact of mobile and video on each other.
Spirent is a trusted provider for over 25 years spanning multiple generations
of mobile technologies. Our validated test solutions have been used
throughout the world for certifying mobile devices on global carrier
networks; over 90% of all mobile user equipment (UEs) have touched our
solutions.
Spirent knows video. We have a strong history of delivering QoE
assessments and years of experience with video quality assessment
methodologies, algorithms, impairments, and root cause diagnostics.
Spirent’s overall video approach is algorithm- agnostic, allowing us to offer
a variety of methodologies and algorithms to provide the right KPIs for each
individual customer.
Interactive viewer showing video vs. MOS score
