MAIDENHEAD (U.K.),  September 3.

Trend Multipro is a compact and efficient service-oriented test platform for converged networks.

Trend Multipro is an efficient tool for service qualification and troubleshooting.

The tester ensures correct end-to-end operation of converged networks by testing the service performance as it is experienced by the customer.

Provider networks, customer equipment, as well as media coding and transport are all thoroughly analysed and tested.

Trend Multipro has a modular design, supporting several different technologies. The launch application of this tester is triple play, including Pluggable Interface Modules (PIMs) for data, VoIP and IPTV/video testing.

Trend Multipro Data for Internet and Broadband Access Testing

Trend Multipro Data verifies the copper link between the customer premises and the DSLAM.

The tester includes a browser that enables you to view web pages, and thanks to the built-in FTP client, uploading or downloading files is really easy.

The field-replaceable modules of this tester make it quick and easy to test different technologies, such as ADSL2+ or VDSL2.

Trend Multipro Video for VoD
and IPTV Quality of Experience

IP video installers need to know immediately if the service is working correctly for a given customer or not. Trend Multipro adds the most innovative service-oriented test and measurement features to meet the needs of today’s technicians.

Trend Multipro Video is the only tester on the market that displays the video signal directly on screen, the same way as it is seen by the customer. This way, the technician can visually check any image impairments and isolate the problem immediately.

Trend Multipro VoIP for Voice Quality Testing

Trend Multipro VoIP efficiently checks the QoS and performance of VoIP networks and voice encoders.

The tester guarantees effective signalling, thus making the IP telephony business more profitable.

Learn more about Trend Multipro:

• Announcement letter
• Brochure (PDF)
• Multimedia
• Product page
• Video

UNTERSCHLEIßHEIM (Germany),  August 29. One of the biggest technological challenges of triple play is Quality of Service (QoS).

Triple play services are a commodity, which is one of the reasons why consumers expect 100% Quality of Service (QoS) from these services. This has made triple play QoS delivery a competitive necessity for service providers.

The problem of delivering QoS in triple play packet networks can be compared with water distribution.

Light Load

Let us imagine that there are two towns, A and Z, and two water pumps supplying water to these towns; one pump per town.

There are some leaks in the pipelines, so some water is lost between the pumps and the towns. This situation can be controlled quite easily while the use of the pipelines is low. However, things may change if the demand for water increases.

Heavy Load

Let us suppose that there is a third town, M, that also needs water.

A new pump could supply water to Town M, but if you pump more water into a leaking pipeline, you will, naturally, lose more water. Result: There may not be enough water for all three towns.

Over-Provisioning

The water company can solve the problem by installing yet another pump. (With 4 pumps for three towns, the ratio between water pumps and serviced towns is now 1.33 pumps/town.)

Now, much more water is lost, but at least all three towns get the water they need.

While this solution may be OK for three towns, what happens if the company suddenly needs to deliver water to a fourth town? Should they install yet another pump and lose even more water?

Probably not, because there is a better solution.

Fixing the Pipeline

Fixing the pipeline is a good alternative to over-provisioning.

While fixing may be more expensive than over-provisioning, it is a more "scalable" solution.

Two pumps can easily deliver water to three towns (0.66 pumps/town), and no water is lost.

Fixing the Network

Using traffic engineering (Multi-Protocol Label Switching, MPLS) will indirectly help quality of service, because it improves routing performance.

MPLS is also compatible with most networking technologies and protocols, so incompatibilities will not be causing any problems, either.

Resource Reservation (IntServ) guarantees end-to-end QoS in terms of bandwidth, delay and packet loss.

Differentiated Routing (DiffServ) may also be used. Here, edge routers will classify packets into priority classes.

BEIJING (China),  August 29. This year, Trend has been actively present at many international events.

During the past months, Trend Communications has been actively present at many industry events around the world.

VoIP Asia Congress

Trend organised a workshop on multiplay during the IIR VoIP Asia Congress 2007 held in Singapore 16 - 19 July 2007.

Trend's interactive workshop dealt with the strategic, implementation and operational challenges of multiplay services.

Triple Play Training Course

In June we organised a 3-day Triple Play Training Course in Madrid, Spain.

The course offered information on the triple play business as well as VoIP, IPTV and broadband access architectures, technologies and services.

CommunicAsia 2007

From the 19th to the 22nd of June we were exhibiting our latest cutting-edge solutions in Singapore. Visitors to CommunicAsia 2007 got to know our solutions for triple play, E1, Next Generation SDH/SONET and Gigabit Ethernet.

Video Quality Summit

On the 20th of June we travelled to Brussels, Belgium, to participate in the Video Quality Summit and talk about triple play testing.

FTTx 2007

We also visited the FTTx Summit in Munich, Germany, and gave a talk on triple play business development.

More to Come...

We have also participated in several other international events during 2007. For more information, see the Events section at our website.

We are always on the road and actively present in many countries, so, do check out the Events section at our press centre regularly, to see where you can meet us.

LONDON (U.K.),  August 16.

Trend has organised several workshops in different countries.

During the first half of 2007, Trend organised several International Workshops in different countries.

We have travelled through Europe; from Athens to London and from Amsterdam to Madrid.

What Are These Workshops?

Trend's International Workshops are one-day sessions that consist of two parts: intensive technology training and a practical hands-on session.

There are three different workshops:

• The Triple Play Challenge
• Gigabit Ethernet roll-out
• Migration to Next Generation SDH

Where Will They Be Held?

Keep an eye on our press centre or contact us to know when you can find us in your city.

How Can I Participate?

To get more information on Trend's workshops and their contents, check out the following links:

• International Workshops on our website
• Brochure (PDF)

To participate as a delegate, or to organise a workshop in your country, contact us.