Title :
Testing embedded software by metamorphic testing: A wireless metering system case study
Author :
Kuo, Fei-Ching ; Chen, Tsong Yueh ; Tam, Wing K.
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Inf. & Commun. Technol., Swinburne Univ. of Technol., Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Abstract :
In this paper, we present our experience of testing wireless embedded software. We used a wireless metering system in operation, and its software as a case study to demonstrate how a property-based testing technique, called metamorphic testing, can be used in detecting software failures of this wireless embedded system. Our study shows that a careful design of test environments and selection of system properties will enable us to trace back the cause of failures and help in fault diagnosis and debugging.
Keywords :
computerised instrumentation; embedded systems; failure analysis; power engineering computing; power meters; program debugging; program testing; radiotelemetry; debugging; fault diagnosis; metamorphic testing; property-based testing technique; software failure detection; wireless embedded software testing; wireless metering system; Calibration; Embedded software; Meter reading; Radio frequency; Testing; Wireless communication; Wireless communication; embedded systems; software testing and debugging;
Conference_Titel :
Local Computer Networks (LCN), 2011 IEEE 36th Conference on
Conference_Location :
Bonn
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-926-3
DOI :
10.1109/LCN.2011.6115306
