MiriMON^® monitors via a small software agent that resides on the set–top box and gathers telemetry data. The agent converts this raw telemetry data into useful information, which is then relayed to the MiriMON server. The conversion of raw data to useful information is governed by an agent configuration, made up of rules and thresholds.

The MiriMON server can change the rules and thresholds used by an individual agent, a group of agents or the entire population by distributing a new configuration. This allows MiriMON to tailor the monitoring that it provides to the needs of a particular network operator, the available network bandwidth and the specific needs of different consumer device types or subscriber types.

Pre–processing telemetry on the set–top box, along with the ability to re–configure telemetry reporting, are essential for monitoring large populations of set–top boxes. Mirifice has registered a patent for this technology.

Sub-Population Analysis

MiriMON provides performance information for individual network segments and individual services by analysing the performance of the devices using that network segment or service.

This can reveal problems that are not reported by the network equipment or service delivery infrastructure.

The same approach can be used to report on the average performance of set–top box models or set–top box software builds.

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MiriMON measures the most important performance issues: those experienced by the consumers!

MiriMON measures faults and performance on the device closest to the consumer, the set–top box. A new an innovative approach has been required to overcome the challenges of monitoring such large device populations and correlation of the large volume of information. Modern set–top boxes are sufficiently powerful that they can easily accommodate MiriMON’s efficient agent implementation.

MiriMON^® technology can also be applied to device testing.