Anritsu this week announced availability of a new solution for evaluating the video quality of 5G devices.
This lab-based solution was developed in partnership with Spirent Communications, and leverages the strengths of Anritsu’s SmartStudio NR Network Simulator and Spirent’s Umetrix Video software, providing the world’s first integrated 5G video quality system.
This solution integrates Anritsu’s Radio Communication Test Station MT8000A and SSNR control software with Spirent’s Attero Network Emulator and Umetrix Video system for evaluating video quality.
The MT8000A operates as a 5G Call Box by simulating a 5G base station and core network using a state-machine-based GUI. Users can simulate a full range of 5G network conditions, including Standalone (SA) and Non-Standalone (NSA) topologies at Frequency Range 1 (FR1) or Frequency Range 2 (FR2) frequencies, all without creating protocol scripts. Testing of throughput, mobility, VoNR, EPS-Fallback, SMS, CMAS, CDRX, and other functions can be performed easily using SSNR’s GUI.
SSNR’s flexible network settings, as well as its simple reproduction of a live 5G network environment, allow easy and effective analysis of video quality. Moreover, a customer’s automation environments can be configured more quickly due to its support for numerous APIs.
Spirent’s Attero allows users to emulate a network or a network element in an accurate and repeatable way to fully stress-test the transport of real-time services such as video and VoIP over Next-Gen IP platforms and networks. Filters can be set to test the effect of impairments on specific packets or traffic types.
Spirent’s Umetrix Video evaluation system measures the receive-side quality of streamed video content by scoring QoE (Quality of Experience) using Video Mean Opinion Scoring (V-MOS) from the receive-side only. It supports video-streaming services and video-content analysis by scoring the original video without prior display, allowing faster and lower-cost repeatable design tests, regression tests, and competitor benchmarking.
