Automated testing system for switching systems with multiple modules

Author

Ono, Kumiko ; Ohmori, Keisuke ; Fujii, Toshiaki ; Asakura, Takeshi

Author_Institution

NTT Network Service Syst. Labs., Tokyo, Japan

Volume

1

fYear

1997

fDate

8-12 Jun 1997

Firstpage

236

Abstract

Efficient testing of switching systems is essential to provide new services quickly and to reduce development costs. This paper presents an automated testing system for switching systems with multiple modules. This system allocates hardware resources, which include test equipment and inter-module connector ports, automatically constructs a test environment for each test item, and executes test scripts. It can reduce the complexity of scheduling hardware and setting up the test environment, reduce the testing cycle time, and improve hardware resource utilization. We also show the effects of this system through our experiences developing the NTT´s NS8000 Series switching systems

Keywords

automatic test software; electronic switching systems; program testing; scheduling; telecommunication computing; telecommunication equipment testing; NTT NS8000 Series switching systems; automated testing system; complexity; development costs; hardware resource utilization; hardware resources; inter-module connector ports; multiple module switching systems; scheduling hardware; software testing; test environment; test equipment; test scripts; testing cycle time; Automatic testing; Connectors; Costs; Hardware; Laboratories; Resource management; Software testing; Switching systems; System testing; Test equipment;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications, 1997. ICC '97 Montreal, Towards the Knowledge Millennium. 1997 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Montreal, Que.

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3925-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICC.1997.605213

Filename

605213