VeriWave launches video-over-Wi-Fi test

VeriWave has introduced its WaveVideo, which measures the quality of video streamed over Wi-Fi-based consumer services, video-security networks, and corporate videoconferencing services. The tool accelerates time to market for makers of Wi-Fi access points, video and media gateways, IP (Internet Protocol)-based video-surveillance cameras, and set-top boxes. Service providers and corporate IT departments can use the tool to help select vendors, optimize network design, and troubleshoot end-user problems. WaveVideo supports video ranging from low-quality VGA (video-graphics array) to high-quality HDTV (high-definition television).

The VeriWave tool can provide objective measures of quality using numerical values, or users can subjectively compare original video clips entering a system under test with the resulting video clip after it passes through that system. The tool also enables users to mix video traffic with other types of traffic, such as voice and data, to observe cross impact.

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The WaveVideo tool reports the percentage of I (intracoded), P (predicted), and B (bidirectionally predicted) frames that have become corrupt over time.