JP2006352625A - Communication test apparatus, communication test system, communication test method, and communication test program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To efficiently perform the communication test of a 3G mobile terminal or the like by using the reduced number of facilities. <P>SOLUTION: A communication test system 1 performs the communication test of a communication terminal 10 along a scenario defining a series of operations. The communication test system 1 comprises: a plurality of communication terminals 10; a plurality of test user terminals 20; and a pseudo server (communication test apparatus) 30 which is connected with the plurality of communication terminals 10 and the plurality of test user terminals 20, accepts scenario registration requests from the plurality of test user terminals 20, and simultaneously controls a plurality of registered scenarios. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a communication test apparatus, a communication test system, a communication test method, and a communication test program for performing a communication test of a communication terminal in accordance with a scenario that defines a series of operations.

A communication test apparatus that performs a communication test of a communication terminal is known.
For example, in a communication test such as a 3G mobile terminal conforming to the third generation portable specification (3GPP: Third Generation Partnership Project), a pseudo server operating as a pseudo base station (base station simulator) is used, and a call connection test, voice Call tests, packet communication tests, TV phone tests, mobile device facing tests, and the like are performed.
8 and 9 show a communication test system for testing a conventional mobile terminal.
FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a communication test system (single connection test) according to a conventional example, and FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing a communication test system (mobile device facing test) according to a conventional example.

As shown in FIG. 8, when a communication test of the 3G mobile terminal 101 is performed using the pseudo server 100, conventionally, the test is performed by connecting one pseudo server 100 to one 3G mobile terminal 101. Had been implemented.
Also, as shown in FIG. 9, when performing a facing test between 3G mobile terminal 101, conventionally, it is necessary to connect the same number of pseudo servers 100 as 3G mobile terminal 101.
As described above, in the conventional communication terminal test system, it is necessary to provide one test apparatus (pseudo server) for one communication terminal, and particularly when performing a test on a plurality of communication terminals. There was a problem that the efficiency of the system decreased.

Here, as a conventional technique for efficiently performing a communication test of a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone, for example, proposals disclosed in Patent Documents 1-4 are known.
In the “mobile phone system” described in Patent Document 1, a test device is attached to a specific radio base station among a plurality of radio base stations, and the test control device performs the test call between the test device and the test device. Relay between the wireless transmission path and the exchange is instructed to any one wireless base station other than the specific wireless base station via the exchange. For example, the test call can be transmitted from the test control apparatus to a test apparatus attached to one specific radio base station, or can be transmitted from the test apparatus to the test control apparatus.
According to the test system described in Patent Document 1, the normality of a plurality of radio base stations can be efficiently performed by one test apparatus attached to a specific radio base station, and a channel is designated. By exchanging test calls, a test can be performed for each channel.

Moreover, in the “user data load test apparatus” described in Patent Document 2, user data for generating user data for performing load operation evaluation on a radio base station apparatus that implements a mobile terminal subscriber service in a radio access network. The load test apparatus includes means for executing a call processing sequence corresponding to each bearer of the radio access network at an arbitrary timing.
Specifically, (i) execute one of the call connection patterns (incoming to the terminal), (ii) adjust the load of user data communication according to the connection time, (iii) (i) to (ii) above Repeatedly, the load of call processing signaling is adjusted.
According to the test system described in Patent Document 2, it is possible to perform a test by connecting a plurality of user terminals (communication terminals) by executing a plurality of signaling (call processing sequences).

In addition, a “wireless communication system evaluation device” described in Patent Document 3 is a wireless communication system evaluation device that evaluates a wireless communication system including a control device, a base station device, and a mobile device. A scenario control unit that sets the operation of the mobile device as a scenario and a line protocol control unit that communicates with the control device based on the scenario are provided.
According to the test system described in Patent Document 3, the operation of the base station device and the virtual mobile device can be set in advance as a scenario, and communication can be performed with the control device based on this scenario to perform evaluation. The complexity of the evaluation of the control device at the time of system installation is solved, and the control device can be monitored during the operation of the wireless communication system.
And in the proposal of this patent document 3, it was possible to respond also to evaluation of a different radio | wireless communications system by rewriting the scenario of an evaluation apparatus.

Furthermore, the “mobile communication terminal test apparatus” described in Patent Document 4 uses a pseudo base station function capable of communication connection with a mobile communication terminal, and assumes a mobile communication terminal moving between cells. Is supposed to do.
According to the test system described in Patent Document 4, in the connection test performed by the pseudo base station many times, the distribution of time during which the connection state transitions to any cell at which time elapses, and whether the transition is successful or unsuccessful It becomes possible to grasp the distribution of.
In this mobile communication terminal test apparatus, a plurality of base station signals are generated in a pseudo manner assuming movement between cells, but there is only one mobile communication terminal connected to the test apparatus. There is only one procedure (scenario) for testing.

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However, the communication test apparatus described in Patent Literatures 1-4 have the following problems.
First, the “mobile phone system” described in Patent Document 1 realizes that an individual channel is captured and a test is performed for each channel. However, a test is planned to be performed simultaneously by a plurality of test users. In addition, it was not possible to cope with a facing test between 3G mobile terminals.

In addition, since the “user data load test device” described in Patent Document 2 is a load device, a call connection pattern is prepared, and the desired load degree is adjusted by sequentially executing the call connection pattern at sequence execution intervals. As for the execution part of the call processing sequence, although the sequence execution part for each user is prepared, the user data generation / retrieval part is independent and there are not prepared for the user. It was not possible to cope with the 3G mobile terminal test.
Moreover, this load test apparatus is intended for evaluation of a radio base station (radio link node), and at the same time, a simultaneous test for a plurality of users was not planned.

Further, the “wireless communication system evaluation device” described in Patent Document 3 evaluates wireless communication based on a preset scenario, but the scenario needs to be provided for each evaluation device. For example, it is necessary to prepare 500 evaluation devices as a system and generate / rewrite scenarios for the 500 devices, and it is not possible to execute and control a plurality of scenarios with a single server.
For this reason, it has been impossible to simultaneously perform tests for a plurality of users using a single test apparatus.

  Furthermore, the “mobile communication terminal test apparatus” described in Patent Document 4 is intended to test a radio section of a mobile communication terminal that moves between cells by simulating a base station (cell straddling → switching base stations). In the past, it was not originally planned to perform a test simultaneously by a plurality of test users, such as a facing test between 3G mobile terminals.

As described above, since the conventional communication terminal test apparatus does not assume simultaneous use by a plurality of test users, when a plurality of test users desire a communication test in the same time zone, any one of the communication tests is postponed. As a result, there is a problem that the efficiency of the communication test is lowered as a whole.
In addition, in order to increase the efficiency of the communication test, it is possible to increase the number of communication test devices, but introducing the same number of communication test devices as the test users who may perform the communication test in the same time zone, The problem was difficult in terms of cost.

  The present invention has been proposed in order to solve the above-described problems of the conventional technology, and it is possible to simultaneously perform a plurality of communication tests along a plurality of scenarios registered by a plurality of test users. An object of the present invention is to provide a communication test apparatus, a communication test system, a communication test method, and a communication test program capable of performing an efficient communication test with a small number of facilities.

  In order to achieve the above object, a communication test apparatus according to the present invention is a communication test apparatus for performing a communication test of a communication terminal in accordance with a scenario defining a series of operations. Connected to a communication terminal and a plurality of test user terminals, receives a scenario registration request from each of the plurality of test user terminals, and registers each scenario related to the received registration request in association with each of the plurality of communication terminals. A scenario management process for extracting a scenario corresponding to the communication terminal related to the received signal from a plurality of registered scenarios by receiving a signal from each of the plurality of communication terminals; and a scenario extracted by the scenario management process And a scenario execution process for executing a test process for the corresponding communication terminal.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, when the scenario management process receives a scenario registration request from each of the plurality of test user terminals, the communication test apparatus according to the present invention displays the scenario related to the registration request as the scenario. A scenario management table to be registered for each predetermined communication terminal information of a communication terminal corresponding to the scenario, the scenario registered in the scenario management table is activated to generate a process, and the scenario corresponding to the process number is generated When registered in the management table and receiving a link request signal from each of the plurality of communication terminals, the predetermined network information related to the communication terminal is registered in the scenario management table in association with the predetermined communication terminal information, When a call control signal is received from each of a plurality of communication terminals, it is registered in the scenario management table based on the call control signal The extracts process number in accordance with the communication terminal, it is constituted to execute processing on the scenario executing process along the scenario according to the process numbers.

Moreover, the communication test apparatus according to the present invention is configured such that the predetermined communication terminal information relating to each of the plurality of communication terminals is a mobile device identification number of the communication terminal.
In addition, according to the communication test apparatus of the present invention, as described in claim 4, the predetermined network information related to each of the plurality of communication terminals includes individual channel information assigned to each communication terminal and / or each communication terminal. The wireless network identifier is unique.
And the communication test apparatus of this invention is set as the structure which the said communication terminal consists of 3G mobile terminal and / or 3G mobile terminal simulation, as described in Claim 5.

  The communication test system according to the present invention is a communication test system for performing a communication test of a communication terminal according to a scenario defining a series of test operations, as described in claim 6, and a plurality of communication terminals A plurality of test user terminals, a plurality of communication terminals and a communication test apparatus connected to the plurality of test user terminals, and the communication test apparatus receives a scenario registration request from each of the plurality of test user terminals. And receiving each of the scenarios related to the received registration request in association with each of the plurality of communication terminals and receiving a signal from each of the plurality of communication terminals. A scenario management process for extracting a scenario corresponding to the communication terminal related to the signal, and a test of the corresponding communication terminal in accordance with the scenario extracted in the scenario management process. A scenario executing process for executing the process, it is constituted with a.

  According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, when the scenario management process receives a scenario registration request from each of the plurality of test user terminals, the communication test system of the present invention displays the scenario related to the registration request as the scenario. A scenario management table to be registered for each predetermined communication terminal information of a communication terminal corresponding to the scenario, the scenario registered in the scenario management table is activated to generate a process, and the scenario corresponding to the process number is generated When registered in the management table and receiving a link request signal from each of the plurality of communication terminals, the predetermined network information related to the communication terminal is registered in the scenario management table in association with the predetermined communication terminal information, When a call control signal is received from each of the plurality of communication terminals, the scenario management table is based on the call control signal. Extracting the process number of the recording has been the communication terminal, it is constituted to execute processing on the scenario executing process along the scenario according to the process numbers.

  According to a communication test method of the present invention, a communication test apparatus connected to a plurality of communication terminals and a plurality of test user terminals according to a scenario defining a series of operations as described in claim 8. A communication test method for performing a communication test of a terminal, which receives a scenario registration request from each of the plurality of test user terminals, and registers each scenario related to the received registration request in association with each of the plurality of communication terminals. And a scenario management process for extracting a scenario corresponding to the communication terminal related to the received signal from a plurality of registered scenarios by receiving a signal from each of the plurality of communication terminals, and extracted by the scenario management process A scenario execution process for executing a test process for a corresponding communication terminal in accordance with the scenario.

  Further, according to the communication test method of the present invention, as described in claim 9, when the scenario management process receives a scenario registration request from each of the plurality of test user terminals, the scenario related to the registration request is displayed as the scenario. A scenario management table to be registered for each predetermined communication terminal information of a communication terminal corresponding to the scenario, the scenario registered in the scenario management table is activated to generate a process, and the scenario corresponding to the process number is generated When registered in the management table and receiving a link request signal from each of the plurality of communication terminals, the predetermined network information related to the communication terminal is registered in the scenario management table in association with the predetermined communication terminal information, When a call control signal is received from each of a plurality of communication terminals, it is registered in the scenario management table based on the call control signal The extracts process number in accordance with the communication terminal, it is constituted to execute processing on the scenario executing process along the scenario according to the process numbers.

  The communication test program of the present invention is connected to a plurality of communication terminals and a plurality of test user terminals, and performs a communication test of the communication terminal according to a scenario defining a series of operations. Means for receiving a scenario registration request from each of the plurality of test user terminals, means for registering each scenario relating to the received registration request in association with each of the plurality of communication terminals; Means for extracting a scenario corresponding to the communication terminal related to the received signal from a plurality of registered scenarios by receiving a signal from each of the plurality of communication terminals, and extracted by the scenario management means For executing a test process for a corresponding communication terminal in accordance with a set scenario, the scenario execution means comprising It is more configuration.

  Further, the communication test program according to the present invention, as described in claim 11, when the scenario management process means receives a scenario registration request from each of the plurality of test user terminals, the scenario related to the registration request is Means for generating a scenario management table to be registered for each predetermined communication terminal information of a communication terminal corresponding to the scenario, starting each scenario registered in the scenario management table, generating a process, and corresponding the process number Means for registering in the scenario management table; when a link request signal is received from each of the plurality of communication terminals, the predetermined network information relating to the communication terminal is registered in the scenario management table in association with the predetermined communication terminal information Means for receiving a call control signal from each of the plurality of communication terminals, based on the call control signal The extracting process number in accordance with the communication terminal registered in the scenario management table, are along a scenario relating to the process number constituted by a program to function as a means for executing the process to the scenario execution process.

According to the communication test apparatus, communication test system, communication test method, and communication test program of the present invention configured as described above, a plurality of communication tests are simultaneously performed according to a plurality of scenarios registered by a plurality of test users. Therefore, it is possible to perform an efficient communication test with a minimum number of facilities without introducing the same number of communication test apparatuses as test users who may perform a communication test in the same time zone.
That is, a series of operations according to each scenario can be executed independently without being influenced by call control signals of communication terminals related to other test users.
The execution result of the scenario is notified from the communication test device to the test user terminal that registered the scenario, and the execution result of the scenario can be confirmed at each test user terminal without going to the installation location of the communication test device. it can.

Specifically, by starting a scenario for each of a plurality of processes (threads), a function equivalent to using a plurality of pseudo servers with a single pseudo server (communication test apparatus) can be realized. .
Communication terminals and scenarios are based on MSIN (Mobile Station
It is possible to manage by accurately corresponding to the identification number (mobile device identification number), and the process allocation is an individual channel assigned to the user (communication terminal) or a unique identifier (rnti: Radio) for each terminal.
By giving (Network Temporary ID), it becomes possible to manage a plurality of clients (3G mobile devices / pseudo terminals), and to realize a simultaneous test of a plurality of users.
The communication test apparatus and communication test system according to the present invention can not only perform a communication test of a 3G mobile terminal conforming to the third-generation portable specification, but also face the 3G mobile terminal and the 3G mobile terminal simulated. Testing is also possible.

According to the present invention, when performing a communication test of a communication terminal in accordance with a scenario that defines a series of operations, the communication test apparatus receives a scenario registration request from a plurality of test user terminals, and registers a plurality of registered scenarios. Are controlled simultaneously, it is possible to simultaneously perform a plurality of communication tests along a plurality of scenarios registered by a plurality of test users.
In other words, in the present invention, a process is generated for each scenario, and independent control (outgoing / receiving) is possible, corresponding to a plurality of simultaneous connections, and a single test apparatus (pseudo server) for separately testing a plurality of terminals simultaneously ( Multi-operation) can be performed, and connection tests of 3G terminals can be handled.
As a result, an efficient communication test can be performed with a minimum number of facilities without introducing the same number of communication test apparatuses as test users who may perform a communication test in the same time zone.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of a communication test system and a communication test apparatus of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a communication test system according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a conceptual configuration of the communication test system according to an embodiment of the present invention. is there.

As shown in FIG. 1, the communication test system 1 includes a plurality of communication terminals 10 to be subjected to a communication test, a plurality of test user terminals (control AP clients) 20 that request execution of a communication test, and a test user terminal 20. Is configured to include a pseudo server (communication test apparatus) 30 that performs a communication test of the communication terminal 10 in response to a request from the user.
In this embodiment, the communication terminal 10 to be tested constitutes a 3G mobile terminal conforming to the third generation portable specification.
The pseudo server 30 operates in a pseudo manner as a base station conforming to the third generation mobile specifications, and performs various communication tests on the 3G mobile terminal 11 and the 3G mobile terminal pseudo (3G mobile terminal simulator) 12. It may be used as a simulation of an exchange other than 3G, a radio base station, a network, etc. In this case, it becomes possible to perform a communication test on various communication terminals other than 3G.

Here, in the communication test system 1 of the present embodiment, the wireless link node 40 is installed to connect the pseudo server 30 and the 3G mobile terminal 11. Between the pseudo server 30 and the wireless link node 40, an ATM (Asynchronous)
The 3G mobile terminal 11 and the radio link node 40 are connected by RF (Radio Frequency) or COAX (Coaxial: coaxial (cable)).
The test user terminal 20 is composed of an information processing device such as a personal computer, and is connected to the pseudo server 30 via the LAN, registers a scenario with the pseudo server 30, displays a scenario execution result notified from the pseudo server 30, and the communication terminal 10 Set up.
Note that the 3G mobile terminal pseudo 12 is also connected to the pseudo server 30 via the LAN and used for a facing test with the 3G mobile terminal 11 or the like.

The pseudo server 30 receives a scenario registration request from a plurality of test user terminals 20 and simultaneously controls a plurality of registered scenarios in performing a communication test of the communication terminal 10 according to a scenario defining a series of operations. Configured to do.
Specifically, the pseudo server 30 is connected to a plurality of communication terminals and a plurality of test user terminals, receives a scenario registration request from each of the plurality of test user terminals, and stores each scenario related to the received registration request. And a scenario management process for extracting a scenario corresponding to the communication terminal related to the received signal from a plurality of registered scenarios by receiving a signal from each of the plurality of communication terminals And a scenario execution process (scenario control process) for executing a test process for the corresponding communication terminal in accordance with the scenario extracted by the scenario management process.

Thus, by starting a process (or thread) for each of a plurality of scenarios, a function equivalent to using a plurality of pseudo servers 30 can be realized with one pseudo server 30. For example, as shown in FIG. 2, when three test users A to C perform communication tests of the communication terminals 10A to 10C, the pseudo server 30 starts the scenario execution processes A to C for each scenario A to C. And it operates as three virtual pseudo servers 30A-30C.
In addition, the scenario execution processes A to C are allocated to individual channels allocated to the test users A to C, and to a unique identifier rnti (Radio) allocated to each communication terminal 10.
(Network Temporary Id: wireless network temporary identifier). Thereby, the plurality of communication terminals 10A to 10C are managed for each scenario, and the simultaneous test by the plurality of test users A to C is realized.

Next, the operation procedure of the pseudo server 30 will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation procedure of the pseudo server according to this embodiment (scenario registration request reception to call control signal reception waiting), and FIG. 4 shows the operation content of the pseudo server according to this embodiment (when the scenario registration request is received). ), FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing operation contents of the pseudo server according to the present embodiment (when the scenario execution process is started), and FIG. 6 is operation contents of the pseudo server according to the present embodiment (establishing a radio link) FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure (call control signal reception to scenario execution result notification) of the pseudo server according to the present embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 3, the pseudo server 30 includes one management process and a plurality of scenario execution processes A to C activated for each scenario A to C. The management process manages correspondence with scenarios A to C based on individual channels allocated to test users A to C or rnti allocated to each terminal, and call control from communication terminals 10A to 10C When the signal is received, the control is transferred to the corresponding scenario execution process A to C. Since the management process and each scenario execution process A to C are independent, 3G network simulation that is not affected by reception of a call control signal from another communication terminal 10 is realized.
Hereinafter, a specific operation procedure of the pseudo server 30 will be described.

[Scenario registration / process startup]
The management process generates a scenario management table in response to a scenario registration request from each of the test user terminals 20A to 20C, and also includes an MSIN (Mobile) included in the scenario registration request.
Station Identification Number (mobile device identification number) and scenario are set in the scenario management table (S11 in FIG. 3, FIG. 4).
Next, the management process starts the scenario execution processes A to C for each registered MSIN, and starts control of the corresponding scenarios A to C (S12 to S14 in FIG. 3). In the activated scenario execution processes A to C, a message reception waiting from the management process is awaited. This process activation process is executed for the number of MSINs set in the scenario registration request.
After starting the scenario execution processes A to C, the management process registers the process number in the scenario management table (S15 in FIG. 3, FIG. 5), and waits for reception of call control signals from the communication terminals 10A to 10C (FIG. 3). S16).

[Individual channel number / rnti registration]
When the 3G mobile terminal 11 establishes a link in the radio section, a request signal in which MSIN is set is transmitted to the pseudo server 30 via the radio link node 40 (FIG. 6). Upon receiving the wireless link establishment request (S21 in FIG. 6), the pseudo server 30 captures the rnti and the individual channel number (S22 in FIG. 6), registers them in the scenario management table (S23 in FIG. 6), It is set in the response to the 3G mobile terminal 11 (S24 in FIG. 6), and then a radio link establishment response is transmitted (S25 in FIG. 6).

[Call control signal reception / scenario execution / execution result notification]
When a call control signal is received from the communication terminals 10A to 10C, analysis is started in the management process (S31 in FIG. 7). The management process first determines whether or not a signal is received from an individual channel (S32 in FIG. 7). If the determination result is YES, the individual channel is used as key information with reference to the scenario management table. A scenario (process number) is determined (S33 in FIG. 7), and an execution instruction is given to the corresponding scenario execution processes A to C (S34 in FIG. 7).
If the received signal is not received from an individual channel, the corresponding scenario (process number) is determined from the scenario management table using rnti set in the received signal as key information (S35 in FIG. 7), and the corresponding scenario execution process is performed. An execution instruction is given to A to C. When the execution instruction is given to the scenario execution processes A to C, the received signal information is also taken over by the scenario execution processes A to C. In the scenario execution processes A to C that have received the execution instruction, processing is executed according to the scenario (S36 in FIG. 7).

When an execution instruction is given to the scenario execution processes A to C, the management process waits for reception of a call control signal from the communication terminals 10A to 10C. Therefore, the other scenario execution processes A to C execute processing based on the scenario. In the meantime, call control signals can be received from the other communication terminals 10A to 10C, and a plurality of scenarios can be executed simultaneously.
The scenario execution processes A to C transmit the scenario execution results to the test user terminals 20A to 20C that registered the scenario (37 in FIG. 7). As a result, the progress of the communication test can be monitored and the test result can be confirmed by each of the test user terminals 20A to 20C.

  According to the pseudo server 30 of the present embodiment configured as described above, a scenario registration request is received from a plurality of test user terminals 20 and registered in performing a communication test of the communication terminal 10 along the scenario. Since a plurality of scenarios are controlled simultaneously, a plurality of communication tests by a plurality of test users can be performed simultaneously. As a result, it is possible to perform an efficient communication test with a minimum number of facilities without introducing the same number of pseudo servers as test users who may perform a communication test in the same time zone.

  In addition, the pseudo server 30 includes a management process that receives a scenario registration request from a plurality of test user terminals 20 and a plurality of scenario execution processes that are activated for each registered scenario. The operation can be executed independently without being influenced by the call control signal of the communication terminal 10 related to another test user.

In addition, the pseudo server 30 includes a scenario management table that manages registered scenarios in association with MSIN, individual channels, rnti, and the like, so that the communication terminal 10 and the scenario are accurately associated with each other to improve the reliability of the communication test. Can be improved.
Furthermore, since the pseudo server 30 notifies the execution result of the scenario to the test user terminal 20 that registered the scenario, the execution of the scenario is performed at each test user terminal 20 without going to the place where the pseudo server 30 is installed. The result can be confirmed.

As described above, the communication test system and the communication test apparatus according to the present invention have been described with reference to the preferred embodiments, but the communication test system and the communication test apparatus according to the present invention are not limited to the above-described embodiments. It goes without saying that various modifications can be made within the scope of the present invention.
For example, the communication terminal to be tested by the communication test system of the present invention is not limited to the 3G mobile terminal conforming to the third generation portable specification shown in the above-described embodiment, but other communication methods, specifications, and forms. It is also possible to use a communication terminal as a test target.

  The present invention is applied to a communication test system, a communication test apparatus, and a communication test program that perform a communication test of a communication terminal in accordance with a scenario that defines a series of operations. This is particularly useful when an efficient communication test is required with a small number of facilities.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the communication test system which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the notional structure of the communication test system which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement procedure (Scenario registration request reception-Call control signal reception waiting) of the pseudo | simulation server which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the operation content (at the time of scenario registration request reception) of the pseudo server which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the operation content (at the time of scenario execution process start) of the pseudo | simulation server which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the operation content (at the time of radio link establishment) of the pseudo | simulation server which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement procedure (call control signal reception-scenario execution result notification) of the pseudo | simulation server which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the communication test system (single connection test) which concerns on a prior art example. It is a block diagram which shows the communication test system (mobile device opposing test) which concerns on a prior art example.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Communication test system 10 Communication terminal 11 3G mobile terminal 12 3G mobile terminal pseudo | simulation 20 Test user terminal 30 Pseudo server 40 Wireless link node

Claims (11)

A communication test apparatus that performs a communication test of a communication terminal according to a scenario that defines a series of operations,
Connected to a plurality of communication terminals and a plurality of test user terminals,
The scenario registration request from each of the plurality of test user terminals is received, each scenario related to the received registration request is registered in association with each of the plurality of communication terminals, and a signal is received from each of the plurality of communication terminals. A scenario management process for extracting a scenario corresponding to a communication terminal related to a received signal from a plurality of registered scenarios,
A scenario execution process for executing a test process for a corresponding communication terminal in accordance with the scenario extracted in the scenario management process;
A communication test apparatus comprising: The scenario management process is
Upon receiving a scenario registration request from each of the plurality of test user terminals, generate a scenario management table for registering the scenario related to the registration request for each predetermined communication terminal information of the communication terminal corresponding to the scenario,
Activate each scenario registered in the scenario management table to generate a process, register the process number in the corresponding scenario management table,
Upon receiving a link request signal from each of the plurality of communication terminals, the predetermined network information related to the communication terminal is registered in the scenario management table in association with the predetermined communication terminal information,
Upon receiving a call control signal from each of the plurality of communication terminals, a process number related to the communication terminal registered in the scenario management table is extracted based on the call control signal, and the process number related to the scenario related to the process number The communication test apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the scenario execution process executes processing.   The communication test apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the predetermined communication terminal information related to each of the plurality of communication terminals is a mobile device identification number of the communication terminal.   The communication test apparatus according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the predetermined network information relating to each of the plurality of communication terminals is individual channel information assigned to each communication terminal and / or a wireless network identifier unique to each communication terminal. The communication terminal is
The communication test apparatus according to claim 1, comprising a 3G mobile terminal and / or a 3G mobile terminal simulation. A communication test system that performs a communication test of a communication terminal according to a scenario that defines a series of test operations,
Multiple communication terminals,
Multiple test user terminals;
A communication test apparatus connected to the plurality of communication terminals and the plurality of test user terminals,
The communication test apparatus is
The scenario registration request from each of the plurality of test user terminals is received, each scenario related to the received registration request is registered in association with each of the plurality of communication terminals, and a signal is received from each of the plurality of communication terminals. A scenario management process for extracting a scenario corresponding to a communication terminal related to a received signal from a plurality of registered scenarios,
A scenario execution process for executing a test process for a corresponding communication terminal in accordance with the scenario extracted in the scenario management process;
A communication test system comprising: The scenario management process is
Upon receiving a scenario registration request from each of the plurality of test user terminals, generate a scenario management table for registering the scenario related to the registration request for each predetermined communication terminal information of the communication terminal corresponding to the scenario,
Activate each scenario registered in the scenario management table to generate a process, register the process number in the corresponding scenario management table,
Upon receiving a link request signal from each of the plurality of communication terminals, the predetermined network information related to the communication terminal is registered in the scenario management table in association with the predetermined communication terminal information,
Upon receiving a call control signal from each of the plurality of communication terminals, a process number related to the communication terminal registered in the scenario management table is extracted based on the call control signal, and the process number related to the scenario related to the process number The communication test system according to claim 6, wherein the scenario execution process executes processing. In a communication test apparatus connected to a plurality of communication terminals and a plurality of test user terminals, a communication test method for performing a communication test of a communication terminal along a scenario defining a series of operations,
The scenario registration request from each of the plurality of test user terminals is received, each scenario related to the received registration request is registered in association with each of the plurality of communication terminals, and a signal is received from each of the plurality of communication terminals. A scenario management process for extracting a scenario corresponding to a communication terminal related to a received signal from a plurality of registered scenarios,
A scenario execution process for executing a test process for a corresponding communication terminal in accordance with the scenario extracted in the scenario management process;
A communication test method comprising: The scenario management process is
Upon receiving a scenario registration request from each of the plurality of test user terminals, generate a scenario management table for registering the scenario related to the registration request for each predetermined communication terminal information of the communication terminal corresponding to the scenario,
Activate each scenario registered in the scenario management table to generate a process, register the process number in the corresponding scenario management table,
Upon receiving a link request signal from each of the plurality of communication terminals, the predetermined network information related to the communication terminal is registered in the scenario management table in association with the predetermined communication terminal information,
Upon receiving a call control signal from each of the plurality of communication terminals, a process number related to the communication terminal registered in the scenario management table is extracted based on the call control signal, and the process number related to the scenario related to the process number The communication test method according to claim 8, wherein the scenario execution process executes processing. A computer constituting a communication test apparatus that is connected to a plurality of communication terminals and a plurality of test user terminals and performs a communication test of the communication terminals in accordance with a scenario that defines a series of operations.
Means for receiving a scenario registration request from each of the plurality of test user terminals; means for registering each scenario relating to the received registration request in association with each of the plurality of communication terminals; receiving a signal from each of the plurality of communication terminals Means for extracting a scenario corresponding to a communication terminal related to a received signal from a plurality of registered scenarios, and a scenario management means comprising:
A scenario execution means comprising: means for executing a test process for a corresponding communication terminal in accordance with the scenario extracted by the scenario management means;
Communication test program characterized by functioning as The scenario management process means is
Means for generating a scenario management table for registering a scenario related to a registration request for each predetermined communication terminal information of a communication terminal corresponding to the scenario upon receiving a scenario registration request from each of the plurality of test user terminals;
Means for activating each scenario registered in the scenario management table to generate a process and registering the process number in the corresponding scenario management table;
Means for registering predetermined network information relating to the communication terminal in the scenario management table in association with the predetermined communication terminal information upon receiving a link request signal from each of the plurality of communication terminals;
Upon receiving a call control signal from each of the plurality of communication terminals, a process number related to the communication terminal registered in the scenario management table is extracted based on the call control signal, and the process number related to the scenario related to the process number The communication test program according to claim 10, which causes the scenario execution process to function as means for executing processing.

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