A software option for Agilent¡¯s FrameScope Pro handheld Ethernet performance tester is designed to simplify the deployment and troubleshooting of IPTV services and enable service quality tests at the residential gateway.

The unit can acquire statistics of MPEG-2 transport stream issues such as loss of synchronization and continuity and transport errors. Measuring the Media Delivery Index (MDI) and analyzing service transactions like channel changes provide metrics that closely relate to the subscriber¡¯s quality of experience.