Know When the Connection Is Breaking —Even If One Direction|Looks Fine
Ensure performance is consistent in both directions to protect interactive apps.
The Hidden Problem Traditional Monitoring Misses
Forward path appears healthy while reverse path degrades
VoIP and transactional apps fail unpredictably
Automation is risky without confidence
Asymmetric routing can cause high jitter or packet loss on the return trip that goes undetected
Teams struggle to explain why performance varies wildly despite having green edge-to-edge monitors
How Bidirectional Degradation Is Calculated
BPCI Synthesis
Aggregates ARI, BSS, and TDC across longer stability windows
Asymmetry Modeling
Asymmetry captures directional imbalance.
Stability Analysis
Stability tracks route consistency across time
Trust scores
Scores risk only validate data confidence before conclusions are drawn.
AI converts these deterministic signals into a degradation probability.
Watch Bidirectional Analysis in Action
See how PathMetrics analyzes both forward and reverse paths to give you one complete score.
Bidirectional Path Analysis Demo
2:45 min • Forward & reverse path visibility
The Path Intelligence Edge
Ensuring your visibility matches the actual flow of your data
One score represents the entire connection
Explicitly models asymmetry and stability
Designed for bidirectional application behaviour
Bidirectional Analysis
One Complete Score
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Combined Score
Both directions analyzed for complete path visibility
Bidirectional Path Health
Forward and reverse paths are evaluated independently to expose hidden asymmetry that traditional monitoring misses.
Path Health Score
Low latency • No packet loss detected
ARI thresholds exceeded, indicating directional instability between forward and reverse paths despite healthy edge-to-edge metrics.
⚠️ High Risk for VoIP, UC, and Stateful Applications
Path Health Score
Elevated jitter • Packet loss observed
Business Benefits
Measurable outcomes powered by bidirectional path intelligence.
Reduced Churn
Stop "silent" degradation from frustrating your customers.
Superior UC & VoIP Performance
Eliminate the "one-way audio" issues that plague remote teams.
Accurate SLA Measurement
Measure the full round-trip experience as users actually feel it.
Proactive Routing Corrections
Detect asymmetric loops before they cause application timeouts.
Increased Visibility
Gain insight into provider-side routing changes that impact the reverse path.
Confidence in Complex Networks
Safely manage SD-WAN and multi-homed environments.
Ideal Use Cases
VoIP and UC platforms
Financial transaction paths
Stateful firewall environments
Multi-ISP routing
Cloud interconnects
See both directions. Trust the score.
Stop guessing about asymmetric path issues. Get visibility into both forward and reverse directions.
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