The JDSU RSAM-5800 Remote Service Analyzer Module provides remote analysis of forward path digital and analog signals. It is specifically designed for deployment in remote, unmanned hub sites or headend locations. The RSAM-5800 combines the extensive knowledge of JDSU in both radio frequency (RF) and Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) analysis to quickly identify real customer-affecting issues down to the individual program without having to deploy specialists to remote hub sites. The RSAM RF and MPEG probes provide remote monitoring and analysis with detailed views of channel performance to the field, headend, and network operations center (NOC) technicians using Windows Internet Explorer. Simply viewing the QAM (quadrature amplitude modulation) stack with a spectrum analyzer or measuring and monitoring MER and BER (modulation and bit error rates) on QAM carriers provides absolutely no insight into MPEG video payloads. It is critical for cable network operators to have system-wide visibility into the underlying content or MPEG protocol layer to ensure the quality of programming content and other MPEG parameters such as PCR jitter (timing) and continuity count for both digital video broadcasting (DVB) and Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC). The award winning RSAM-5800 helps segment video problems in minutes--not hours--by proactively monitoring video, voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), and high-speed data (HSD) carriers for RF and MPEG impairments.