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Testing Application
Transforming How Network Connectivity is Tested
Service-Centric Testing
Delivers powerful Ethernet and IP testing capabilities—at both the service and frame/packet level, aligned with industry standards—placing the end-to-end customer experience at the forefront, with the network as the foundation.
High-Efficiency Workflow
Testing is executed through a high-efficiency, streamlined workflow—built for speed and precision—accessible via an intuitive GUI for hands-on control or programmatic API for automation.
Cloud-Native Architecture
A SaaS solution running on a cloud-native architecture with built-in security, elastic compute, and scalable processing—paired with NFV-based test probes that dynamically instantiate on bare-metal without proprietary hardware.
All-Terrain Platform
Its rich feature set and capabilities make it readily usable across a wide range of use cases, environments, and users—from R&D to production, lab to field, and service providers to vendors and enterprises.
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Service-Centric Testing
Turning Networks into Customer Experience
It's All About Services
At its core, the Testing Application validates end-to-end Ethernet and IP services over any network infrastructure—placing the user experience at the forefront, with the network, technologies, and protocols as enablers.
Service attributes and tests are specifically engineered to reflect each service, access type, and infrastructure—creating a customer-centric layer that sits above the network—elevating technology into experience.
End-to-End Services
- Ethernet: E-Line, E-LAN, E-Tree, Access E-Line, Transit E-Line
- IP: Internet Access
Access Technologies
- Dedicated: Fiber, Ethernet
- Broadband: PON, DOCSIS
- Wireless: Satellite, 5G
Subscriber Point of View
- Functionality: Mapping, Protocols
- Traffic: CoS, Bandwidth, Performance
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Frame / Packet Screening
Digging Deeper into Every Bit & Byte
Every Bit Counts
While end-to-end testing validates the service as a whole, the Testing Application also goes deeper—offering powerful frame and packet screening capabilities to fine-tune, inspect, and control traffic at a granular level.
Frame / Packet Builder
- Create any Ethernet frame or IP packet—bit-by-bit—via an intuitive interface with instant hex dump output.
Screening Sessions
- Define traffic patterns—simple to complex—for deep, granular analysis of functionality, traffic flow and performance.
It's ideal for stress-testing, edge-case validation, and simulating intricate scenarios.
It leaves nothing untested, with issues detected as quickly as they can be debugged.
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High-Efficiency Workflow
Built for Speed, Tuned for Precision
Precision at Speed
The Testing Application delivers a fully integrated, end-to-end test workflow—built for the precision engineers demand and the efficiency teams expect.
Efficiency at Every Step
- In-depth service specification using smart tables
- Auto-generated test lists tailored to each service
- Powerful virtual test probes generating up to 100G of traffic
- High-powered test sessions with advanced debug capabilities
- Instant test record issuance that can be securely shared
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Cloud & NFV
More Software, Less Hardware
Architected for the Future
Built on a cloud-native architecture and powered by NFV-based virtual test probes, the Testing Application promises a before and an after—turning testing from hardware-intensive to software-driven.
Cloud-Native
- Built-in Power: Runs natively in the cloud with integrated security, elastic compute, and scalable processing
- On-demand Access: Provides instant access to all test functions—directly from the cloud, anytime, anywhere, for any user or distributed team.
NFV-Based
- Lightweight: Deploys quickly with minimal compute and memory footprint
- Virtualized: Instantiates dynamically on cloud or bare-metal—no proprietary hardware required
- Powerful: Generates any Ethernet or IP traffic profile at speeds up to 100G
This future-proof architecture emancipates testing from legacy burdens—delivering operational agility, technical modernity, dynamic scalability, and economic efficiency.
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GUI & API
One Engine,
Two Access Modes
Dual Access Mode
The Testing Application offers full functionality through both a graphical user interface (GUI) and a programmatic API—two access modes built on the same engine, ensuring consistency, flexibility, and full control across every testing scenario.
Graphical Interface
- Hands-on Control
- Visual Interface
- Real-Time Exploration
- Design & Troubleshooting
Programmatic API
- Full Automation
- Programmatic Interface
- Scalable Execution
- Regression & Orchestration
Together, the GUI and API give teams the flexibility to work hands-on or programmatically—seamlessly blending real-time control with full automation, depending on the testing need.
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Test Collaboration
Going Further Together
Embedded Sharing Capabilities
With built-in, permission-based sharing capabilities, the Testing Application enables live collaboration across teams, customers, and partners at every stage of testing.
Share Test Probes
- To run tests across each other’s infrastructure
Share Test Sessions
- To troubleshoot live, in real time
Share Test Records
- To jointly review results, validate findings
It’s a seamless way to work together—jumpstarting new projects, keeping everyone aligned and speeding up issue resolution.
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All-Terrain Platform
Every Use Case, Any Environment, All Players
Usable for Anything, Anywhere, by Anyone
From lab environments to live networks and customer premises, from design and validation through production—whether you’re a service provider, vendor, or enterprise—the Testing Application has you covered.
Feature-Rich—supports every use case
- Product dev.
- Service delivery
- Partner qual.
- Demos & showcases
NFV-Based—runs across all environments
- In the lab
- On the live network
- In the cloud
- At the customer premise
Service-Centric—fits every player
- Service providers
- Equipment vendors
- Software vendors
- Enterprises
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Off-the-Shelf Solution
Rooted in Standards, Applied to the Real World
Bringing Standards to Life
The Testing Application brings together the authority of industry standards with the usability of a full-fledged product—transforming often abstract, theoretical specifications that leave implementation and usability unaddressed into a fully productized, off-the-shelf solution that’s intuitive to use, easy to deploy, and proven in the field—so you get the best of both worlds.
It's All Standards-Based
- MEF: Ethernet and IP services and attributes
- IEEE: Ethernet layer, bridging and protocols
- IEFT: IP layer, routing and protocols
It's All Ready to Go
- SaaS: Cloud-native delivery, always available.
- UX: Intuitive interface, accelerates every step of testing.
- Ops: Operationally viable, work under real-world conditions.
The result: a standards-aligned, field-proven application that’s technically sound, practically usable, and operationally viable.
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Sister Applications
One Ecosystem, Every Step Covered
The Testing-Catalog Duo
The Testing Application works alongside the Catalog Application to form a bridge between what’s validated in the network (Testing) and what’s offered in the market (Catalog)—seamlessly turning network-validated services into market-ready products.
Services: Validated by Testing, Productized by Catalog
Testing Validates Services on Network: Testing validates—directly on the network—the very services intended for customer delivery, establishing the technical foundation on which every product offering is built.
Catalog Turns Tested Services into Market-Ready Products: Catalog builds on that foundation—adding marketing, commercial, geographic, and operational dimensions to create complete offerings, then makes them available to customers in the Product Catalog through privilege-based access.
Together, Bridging the Gap from Network to Market: Testing and Catalog form a powerful duo—ensuring every product offering is not only well-described, but grounded in real-world, test-proven service behavior, bridging what’s delivered on the network (Testing) with what’s offered to the market (Catalog).
The Supervision-Testing Duo
The Testing Application works alongside the Supervision Application to form a closed loop between issue detection (Supervision) and issue resolution (Testing)—seamlessly turning flagged faults into actionable fixes.
Issues: Detected by Supervision, Resolved by Testing
Supervision Detects Issues in Real-Time: Supervision performs ongoing monitoring and assurance of live services—instantly detecting degradations, faults, and SLA violations, triggering alarms that escalate the issue for deeper testing and resolution.
Testing Resolves Detected Issues in No Time: When Supervision detects an issue, Testing kicks in—launching real-time, targeted tests to trace the root cause, validate the resolution, and restore the full service.
Together, Closing the Loop from Fault to Fix: Supervision and Testing form a powerful duo—ensuring issues are not only detected instantly but also resolved efficiently, guaranteeing SLA compliance and sustained end-to-end service quality—closing the loop between issue detection (Supervision) and issue resolution (Testing).
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Sister Applications
One Ecosystem, Every Step Covered
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