Press releases

2009-03-31

Shenick Concurrently Tests and Measures IPv6 and IPv4 flows for DOCSIS® 3.0 on a Per-Flow basis

Market Challenges for Testing Individual IPv6 and IPv4 Flows Resolved with Shenick’s diversifEye

The Cable Show, Washington – March 31, 2009 - Shenick Network Systems, the award winning provider of per-flow IP communication test and monitoring systems, today announced it is the first company to concurrently test and measure IPv4 and IPv6 traffic on a per-flow basis for Data-over-Cable Service Interface Specifications (DOCSIS®) 3.0 and EURODOCSIS specifications. Cable MSO’s and network equipment manufacturers are currently using Shenick’s diversifEye™, to ensure that networks upgraded to deliver DOCSIS 3.0, can support the introduction of high-speed broadband services such as VoD and IPTV and also deliver smooth access to cable networks for thousands of users up to multiple 10 Gbps of traffic. In addition, Shenick enables MSO’s to measure, in real-time, the effectiveness of upstream channel bonding at the application layer on a per-end user, per-flow basis. Shenick will demo these new capabilities at The Cable Show, CableNET booth, April 1-3, 2009.

DOCSIS 3.0 is an interface specification that offers significantly higher data rates and high-speed IP broadband services delivery over cable TV networks. Shenick is the first and only company to concurrently generate IPv6 and IPv4 flows to represent a single customer dialing into a cable network and to test those flows on a granular per-flow basis. Perfecting IPv6 and IPv4 with diversifEye, greatly expands the number of Internet addresses that cable operators may use allowing them to provide consumers with more IP-based services. It also enables cable MSO’s to effectively manage devices that are capturing consumer interest such as portable media players, PDA’s and triple play services.

“Cable MSOs and network suppliers face big challenges as they juggle new service offerings, expand into new markets and continually improve their networks,” said Steven Hawley, Principal Analyst, tvstrategies. “Having test systems that can monitor and test for errors, on a per-flow basis -- even in a mixed IPv4 and IPv6 environment -- will help operators perfect new networks and services even before introducing them to consumers.”

“In any network upgrade such as DOCSIS 3.0, the big promise is more bandwidth, higher performance and the ability to run services such as IPTV over cable. With all that promise, you’ve got to be sure when you are upgrading your network that, not only are you on top of the performance and end user quality of experience (QoE) but, that you’ve also got compliance to the DOCSIS 3.0 standard,” said Robert Winters, CMO, Shenick. “Testing each and every IPv4 and IPv6 flow is extremely difficult, but is a vital link in the DOCSIS delivery chain. Shenick’s diversifEye is currently used by cable operators and network equipment manufacturers worldwide that are upgrading to DOCSIS, to pinpoint errors and improve performance right down to each individual customer flow.”

Shenick’s diversifEye emulates and measures in real-time, individual clients; static, dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) or point-to-point protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE) enabled, with each running real IPv4 or IPv6 voice, video and application data flows including upstream and downstream channel bonding tests. diversifEye helps test cable modem (CM) and Cable Modem Termination Systems (CMTS) using per-flow emulation, analysis and real-time measurement capabilities including:

·    P2P detection and mitigation/Deep packet inspection (DPI) 
and application awareness.

·    Bi-directional, high throughput stateful data tests.

·    Upstream and downstream channel bonding tests.

·    Multiple service flows per cable modem.

·    Service flows mapped to different class of service parameters.

·    Measure QoS boundaries for defined classes.

·    IPv4 and IPv6 flows, with large volumes of DHCP traffic.

·    Multicast - IGMP Request flooding.

·    TCP Flooding – SYN flood, RESET flood etc.

For more information about Shenick's DOCSIS 3.0 testing capabilities visit http://diversifeye.shenick.com/

About Shenick Network Systems

Shenick a provider of IP communications test and performance monitoring systems, enables converged IP network service providers test and monitor the complete service delivery life cycle from lab to live deployment. Shenick addresses next-generation converged network and application performance issues for IPTV, VoD, Triple Play (VoIP video, data), IMS, Security Attack Mitigation, Deep Packet Inspection (DPI), Traffic Shaping, Peer to Peer (P2P), Application Server, Metro Ethernet and IPv4/IPv6 hybrid network deployments. Established in 2000, Shenick has deployed its diversifEye™, diversifEye10G™ and servicEye™ integrated network, application and security attack emulation and performance monitoring systems to converged IP-oriented network service providers, communications equipment manufacturers, large enterprise and governments globally.

servicEye, diversifEye and diversifEye10G are registered trademarks of Shenick Network Systems. DOCSIS is a trademark of Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.

For more information contact:

Shenick Network Systems
Robert Winters (Chief Marketing Officer)
Email: robert.winters@shenick.com
Tel: +353 1 236 7002

KimberPR
Aoife Kimber
Email: akimber@kimberpr.com
Tel: + 1 650 773 7288