When it comes to guaranteeing high quality VoIP
services, accurate service measurements are critical. Hoping to deliver companies the highest quality metrics, Brix Networks (
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U. S. Patent No. 7,058,020 covers a technique for time-stamping a data packet
, which permits the measurement of network characteristics - such as one-way and round-trip latency and jitter - to within one microsecond, and eliminates the uncertainties typically associated with software processing and system load.
Hardware time-stamping promises highly accurate and scalable quality of service measurements that are required for assuring today's real-time, revenue-generating Internet Protocol (IP
) services, such as VoIP and IP television (IPTV (
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According to Kaynam Hedayat, vice president, engineering, and CTO at Brix Networks, who, along with Steve DesRochers, the company’s vice president, solutions, is one of the holders of the patent, “The significance of our patented hardware time-stamping technology is that it gives our customers peace of mind regarding the accuracy and reliability of their quality test results, and that they precisely reflect the true behavior of their networks. By balancing innovation and execution, we are delivering advanced converged service assurance solutions to our customers around the world.”
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Cindy Waxer is a Toronto-based freelance journalist specializing in business and technology. She has written for publications including TIME, Fortune Small Business, Business 2.0, Computerworld, Canadian Business, and Workforce Management. To see more of her articles, please visit Cindy Waxer’s columnist page.
