JDSU TPS SmartClass
Triple Play Services Tester

The JDSU SmartClass Triple-Play Services (TPS) Tester helps field technicians who roll out broadband Access networks and services deliver a pristine copper access infrastructure that can support Triple-Play Services and meet critical quality of service (QoS) and quality of experience (QoE) requirements.

This all-in-one tool can test copper, fiber, asymmetrical and very high speed digital subscriber lines (ADSL2+/VDSL2), Internet Protocol (IP) data, voice over IP (VoIP), and IP video with straightforward Pass/Fail results and detailed analysis of physical- and application-layer-related problems.

The JDSU SCTP Smart-Class TPS Tester verifies the physical health of the Access copper loop, digital sub-scriber line (DSL) performance, and QoS/QoE of triple-play services to ensure that field technicians have successfully completed the installation and repair job.

Operators and service providers can more quickly locate and repair faults and, thus, guarantee their service quality.

IP Video
The JDSU Smart:Class Triple Play Services Tester can test multiple Standard- (SDTV) and High-Definition Television (HDTV) streams regardless of compression format (Motion Picture Experts Group 2 [MPEG-2], MPEG-4p10/H.264 or VC-1, and others) and automatically detects the stream type with the Broadcast Auto feature.

The JDSU SmartClass TPS Tester IP Video application allows for termination of the IP Video stream anywhere in the Access network using the DSL or Ethernet terminal equipment (TE) interface. The Monitor and Through Mode of the JDSU SmartClass TPS also allows for identification of faulty equipment.

Key performance indicators for Real-Time Protocol (RTP), the correlation to DSL errors, along with an optional Video Mean Opinion Score (VMOS) test gives the JDSU Smart Class TPS the ability to truly measure network QoS and QoE.

VoIP
The JDSU SmartClass TPS Tester is the ideal test tool to quickly place a VoIP call and verify the associated Mean Opinion Score (MOS) value. The DSL or Ethernet TE inter-face allows for testing VoIP anywhere in the Access network. The JDSU SmartClass

TPS includes an Auto Answer Mode in which the unit automatically responds to an incoming call. JDSU provides a wide range of signaling protocols for the JDSU Smart-Class TPS, including SIP, H.323, MGCP, SCCP, and voice decoding (G.711, G.722, G.723, G.726, and G.729).

IP Data
Internet subscribers demand reliable connectivity at the same time as new applications are introduced that require higher performance on data throughput and network delay times. DSL error protection using Interleaver Delay and error recovery mechanisms, for instance for IP Video, counteract time-sensitive data throughput using Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)/IP with acknowledgement and retransmission. The JDSU SmartClass Triple-Play Services Tester lets technicians quickly test Internet connectivity with the optional Web browser and File Transfer Protocol/Hypertext Transfer Protocol (FTP/HTTP) Throughput as key reference tests for a TCP/IP application. Mature tests like IP Ping Delay are still necessary, especially for real-time applications such as Online-Gaming.

ADSL2+/VDSL2
Technicians commonly run DSL synchronization tests at every dispatch, making the JDSU SmartClass TPS Tester a useful tool that supports DSL tests for ADSL1/2/2+ or VDSL2. It provides a bits-per-tone graph that is key toward identifying disturbers and profile utilization.

Copper
The JDSU Smart Class TPS Tester provides an automatic one-button CableCheck function with Pass/Fail results for important copper test parameters, even in environments that produce a high level of noise and interference. Using the CableCheck test sequence, JDSU Smart Class TPS users can secure accurate test results with minimal training and identify obvious copper faults such as a misconnection or copper loops that are too long.

POTS Dialer
The JDSU SmartClass TPS Tester reduces the number of test tools a technician needs to carry by also providing an integrated plain old telephone service (POTS) Dialer. Using the POTS Dialer, technicians can verify that the line is working and does not conflict with the customer’s broadband equipment due to an eventual missing or defective POTS splitter.

Fiber
For various fiber (FTTx) installations, field technicians can use the JDSU Smart-Class TPS together with the JDSU MP-60 USB Optical Power Meter (OPM) to ensure that fiber cable attenuation falls within pass/fail limits and without fault before connecting it to the Optical Network Transport (ONT).

Navigating the JDSU SmartClass TPS
The JDSU SmartClass TPS adopts a new navigation concept with a user interface that offers a wide range of personalization features, allowing users to customize it based on job task and preferences. They can increase or decrease the font size, move menu items up or down, hide or highlight specific menu selections, and change language options.

With remote operation included, training users becomes easy and also provides additional value when coaching users remotely or on-site troubleshooting.

Instrument Handling
The JDSU SmartClass TPS makes transferring results and test configuration files easy using a USB memory device or directly accessing the file manager on the test instrument through the embedded FTP server. Result files are available in .pdf, .csv, and .html file formats.

Technicians can also easily add new features and functions to units while in the field using a USB or FTP.