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Alan Weissberger IPTV Technology

Broadband TV Conference Part 2: How to Measure Streaming Video Quality

Block diagram showing possible quality of service impairments from source to sink.
Image Courtesy of OPTICOM

Introduction: This second article on the 2014 Broadband TV Conference summarizes a presentation by OPTICOM’s CEO on streaming video quality measurements. We think that topic will be very important for many players in the OTT streaming video and connected TV markets. In particular, we believe it’ll be quite valuable for adaptive bit rate OTT and mobile video streaming providers, […]

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Alan Weissberger Cloud Computing Optical Networking Technology

MEF Announces Carrier Ethernet 2.0 & Connection Oriented Ethernet for Private Clouds

Ethernet COE Ecosystem - Image courtesy of Fujitsu
Ethernet COE Ecosystem - Image courtesy of Fujitsu

Introduction: Last week was a very big one for Carrier Ethernet.  It marked the launch of the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) Carrier Ethernet 2.0 (CE 2.0) and new announcements at the very informative Ethernet Technology Summit in San Jose, CA.  While the conference theme was “Ethernet everywhere” (with special emphasis on the Data Center), there […]