HIVE - Enabling ETSI IMS Plugtests Events

The high costs connected to the interoperability labs setup is one reason limiting the number of Plug tests every year. The experience done through the various IMS Plug tests has shown the needs to have an enabler to speed up setup time and reduce infrastructural costs. HIVE (Hub for Integration and Validation at ETSI) has been created to cope with these needs. It allows to include in Plug tests setups also production infrastructures like this is happening with Pathfinder (GSMA Carrier ENUM) for the 4^th IMS Plug tests. The future of HIVE goes through integration of Teagle principles which can add internet based concept to the interoperability labs enabler.