Reliability assessment of network elements using black box testing

Author

Sherif, M.H. ; Hoeflin, D. ; Recchia, M.

Author_Institution

AT&T, Middletown, NJ, USA

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

1015

Lastpage

1020

Abstract

In this paper, we outline a procedure for quality assurance of network elements before their deployment. Software reliability is assessed using two models: a process-centric model (Musa´s (1987) basic model) and a product-centric model (proposed by Hoeflin (2000)). Simultaneous use of both approaches is for sensitivity analysis of the results. In addition, we introduce the concept of deployability to measure the degree of confidence on the decision to deploy the equipment in the field.

Keywords

program testing; quality control; software reliability; telecommunication equipment testing; telecommunication network reliability; Hoeflin´s method; Musa´s basic model; black box testing; degree of confidence; deployability; equipment deployment; network elements; process-centric model; product-centric model; quality assurance; reliability assessment; sensitivity analysis; software reliability; telecommunications systems; Manufacturing; Maximum likelihood detection; Maximum likelihood estimation; Quality assurance; Sensitivity analysis; Software quality; Software reliability; Software testing; System testing; Yield estimation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computers and Communications, 2002. Proceedings. ISCC 2002. Seventh International Symposium on

ISSN

1530-1346

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1671-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISCC.2002.1021796

Filename

1021796