spirent chromatic
Mobile Video Quality of Experience
Measurement SYSTEM
Mobile video streaming and video chat are two applications that are surging in growth, driven
by rapid smartphone and tablet adoption, and LTE rollout, worldwide.
Online video
25% of smartphone traffic
40% of tablet traffic
Almost 50% of smartphone viewing is outside the home
Twelve-fold increase in data demand 2012-2018
Ericsson Mobility Report Nov 2012
Overview
BENEFITS
The complex interactions between devices, networks, and
applications result in a wide variation in the consumers Video
Quality of Experience (VQoE), which has become an important
differentiator in choosing an operator or a device.
Leading methodology for evaluating users VQoE in the lab
and in the field
Measures performance of the most popular video use casesvideo streaming and video chat
Expectations are rising and consumers will not purchase devices
or subscribe to networks that render jerky images, frozen and
impaired frames, or out-of-sync audio. Operators in turn need
to understand the subscriber experience under varying network
conditions, with different devices and applications.
Supports all screen sizes from smartphones to tablets, and a
variety of resolutions, codecs and file formats
Viewed video is captured by high-speed camera, eliminating
the need for any software on the device
Ready-to-use test content library available from the cloud, on
YouTube, or on dedicated private servers
Data collection and processing delivers rapid results costeffectively
Key Performance Indices (KPIs) are intuitive and easy to
understand by the layperson or expert. The KPIs reflect endto-end performance, from source to screen
Test equipment is packaged into a rugged Pelican case for
stationary and mobility testing
Chromatic is the most advanced, streamlined and cost-effective
method to objectively measure VQoE with Key Performance
Indices (KPIs) across all devices and access technologies.
SPIRENT CHROMATIC
Mobile Video Quality of Experience Measurement SYSTEM
SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE
Chromatic allows the video being played on two devices to be
simultaneously captured and analyzed. The two different devices
can be on the same network, or the same device on two different
networks.
HOW CHROMATIC CAN BE USED
Comparing popular video sharing services (e.g., YouTube) on
different wireless networks
Comparing popular video chat services e.g., (Tango, Skype,
IR.94-based services)
Comparing lab & field video performance
Device pre-release and acceptance testing
Video application testing
Video optimization gateway testing
SPIRENT CHROMATIC
Mobile Video Quality of Experience Measurement SYSTEM
SAMPLE KPI CHARTS & TABLES
Observed Framerate (fps)
Device 1
Device 2
20.00
Framerate
15.00
10.00
5.00
00:09:00
00:08:00
00:07:00
00:06:00
00:05:00
00:04:00
00:03:00
00:02:00
00:01:00
00:00
0.00
A/V Sync
Device 1
Device 2
0.90
A/V Sync (seconds)
0.70
0.50
0.30
0.10
-0.10
-0.30
-0.50
00:09:24
00:09:00
00:08:36
00:08:12
00:07:48
00:07:24
00:07:00
00:06:36
00:06:12
00:05:48
00:05:24
00:05:00
00:04:36
00:04:12
00:03:48
00:03:24
00:03:00
00:02:36
00:02:12
00:01:48
00:01:24
00:01:00
00:00:36
00:00:12
Start
YouTube Test Clip
30 fps
YouTube Test Clip
20 fps
YouTube Test Clip
15 fps
Observed Frame Rate (Average)
29.2
18.7
13.5
Frame Rate Standard Deviation
1.1
0.6
0.2
Session Score (Average)
4.6
3.5
2.9
Average of AV Sync Lead, ms
25
55
70
Average of AV Sync Lag, ms
-111
-154
-215
100.0%
65.1%
31.3%
Chromatic video kpis
Chromatic AV Synch kpis
% Segments within +50 to -200 ms
SPIRENT chromatic
Mobile Video Quality of Experience Measurement SYSTEM
technical specifications
Network Technologies
LTE, WiMAX, UMTS, CDMA2000, WiFi
Devices
Smartphones & tablets
Device Operating Systems
OS-Agnostic
Codecs/Containers
All popular A/V codecs & containers
Video Chat
Skype, Gtalk, Joyn, Tango and more
KPIs
Video frame-rate performance
Audio-video sync performance
Video freeze metrics
Video impairment metrics
Video and audio scores
Video reliability metrics
Spirent Services
Spirent Global Services provides a variety of professional
services, support services and education servicesall focused
on helping customers meet their complex testing and service
assurance requirements. For more information, visit the Global
Services website at www.spirent.com or contact your Spirent
sales representative.
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