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VIAVI

VSA Agent

An Integral Part of the VIAVI Video Service Assurance Solution

The VSA Agent is a multiscreen, virtualized solution providing

comprehensive network intelligence and visibility

for multiscreen adaptive bit rate video services.

Key Benefits

Maximize Overall Investment

y Prevent issues associated with delivery

of advertising content maximizing

advertising revenue

y Reduce subscriber churn by ensuring quality

and consistent delivery of video and audio

streams to the subscribers

y Minimize overall operational expenses

y Identify problems before subscribers are

impacted by validating manifest files and

ensuring all streams/variants are available

for players

y Reduce MTTR by segmenting the network

rather than relying only on Player statistics

y View events and statistics in real-time for

quick problem isolation

y Open APIs to incorporate unbiased program

and availability data for OSS/BSS systems for

automation, performance management, post-

mortem root cause analysis and

other applications

y Intuitive, easy to use — simplistic, user

interface focused on Video Quality of

Experience (QoE), which can be used by

NOC personnel through to detailed

technical support

y Reduction in overall capital outlay. Scale with

software rather than hardware, leveraging

virtualization and containerization. Spin up

and spin down agents as required for

maximum flexibility

The VSA Agent is a highly cost-effective and scalable

solution for Unicast and ABR video services. This

provides visibility and identifies the transport, CDN,

DNS, and video asset characteristics information that

are critical in delivering a unicast service.

The VSA Agent performs turn-up and service testing

using distributed software agents to monitor live and

VoD services. It simulates multiple users requesting live

and Video on Demand (VoD) content, runs load tests

to verify capacity, and analyzes video MOS. Additional

features include:

y Ad validation

y CDN certification

y Packet retransmit monitoring

y Support for SDN/NFV architectures

Figure 1: VSA Monitor

Key Features

y Proactively monitor and validate all unicast

services

y Segment network issues impacting service to

isolate problems quicker

y Monitor and identify transport, CDN and DNS

issues impacting the overall service

y Verify availability and understand compliance.

y Simultaneously monitors hundreds of assets at

various bit rates to ensure integrity and quality

y Monitor availability  Still/Black detection,

audio loss, program loss

y Monitor Compliance  Loudness (CALM)

and Closed Captioning

y Presents insights in an unbiased integrated

and visually-relevant way

y Streamline and integrate with in-house

systems using non-proprietary open and

powerful unbiased APIs

VSA Agent provides video assurance monitoring

software (Figure 1) in a virtual environment which

can be easily deployed at the relevant points to allow

segmenting of the network. The product addresses the

most important assurance and analytics KPI’s to ensure

your service runs smoothly. It also has a very simple,

easy to use user interface that provides real-time quick

analytics and actions to identify and correct issues

impacting service delivery.

Managing hundreds or thousands of live URLs is a

challenge. VSA Agent allows the easy import of video

assets with easy job creation via a simplified drag and

drop user interface, or these tasks can be scripted for a

completely automated implementation.

Characterizing program availability solely based on

player statistics can be misleading as they are biased

towards user devices and programs being streamed

at any given point in time. Unbiased statistics and

relevant KPI information provided by VSA Agent gives

an agnostic view of availability — shown in real time,

providing an accurate and instantaneous view of

existing/potential issues in the network (Figure 2).

Figure 2: VSA Agent Mosaic

Product specifications and descriptions in this

document are subject to change without notice.

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