WaveAgent™ - Network Device Performance Characterization

WaveAgent - A small footprint software utility loaded onto a networking device. It provides device-specific measurements of forwarding rate, throughput, loss, round-trip latency and jitter when enabled by VeriWave’s WaveInsite, WaveQoE, WaveDynamix and WaveClient applications.

Benefits

Enables performance testing of a network device subsystem (device driver and integration) independently of the application
Integrates with VeriWave’s Traffic Generator / Analyzer providing precise performance measurements in ideal conditions as well as within an eco-system of other devices generated by the VeriWave system
Works over any network interface (Ethernet, WLAN, MoCA, WiMAX, LTE, etc.)
Small footprint of less than 200 Kbytes
Addressess the need to isolate issues to the client application, client driver, or network infrastructure, when poor performance is observed. Forwarding rate, loss, jitter, voice MOS and voice R-Value metrics can be obtained by installing WaveAgent on third party client devices. Network Quality of Experience (QoE) as well as client-specific QoE can be determined and compared, making it easier to determine root cause. Validating vendor-proprietary capabilities such as classified authentication or encryption including WAPI, as well as client-specific features can be determined.

Application Examples

WLAN Client Test

WLAN Client Test Test WLAN client performance in ideal conditions, in live environments, or with eco-system traffic created by VeriWave

Interoperability Test

Interoperability Test Verify interoperability with laptops and PDA’s from various vendors. Test can be run individually on each laptop / PDA or simultaneously

WAN Link Test

WAN Link Test Easily test the performance of any WAN link using remotely installed WaveAgent

Functions

Measure forwarding rate, loss, latency, video quality and voice MOS of the client Device Under Test (DUT) – WaveAgent is loaded onto this device
Operates in conjunction with a “host” VeriWave Ethernet Traffic Generation / Analysis port connected to the network that communicates with the device under test
WaveAgent allows test traffic generated by the VeriWave test port to pass through the DUT without higher layer applications interfering with measured results
WaveAgent can be utilized with the following VeriWave applications: WaveInsite, WaveDynamix, WaveClient and WaveQoE

Supported DUT operating systems:
- Windows XP
- Windows 7
- Windows Vista
- Windows Mobile 6
- Linux—2.6 or higher kernel
- MAC OS X

Supports UDP and TCP traffic

Minimum Requirements

VeriWave Test System	1x VeriWave WaveTest 90 or WaveTest 20 system 1x VeriWave Ethernet port (WBE1101)
VeriWave Software	1x WaveAgent 1x WaveInsite, WaveDynamix, WaveQoE or WaveClient
Host Computer	X86-based PC with 1GHz processor and 256MB RAM Windows XP SP2
Delivery Mechanism	CD or web download

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