CN1777319A - MMS center system performance test system and test method - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a color message center system performance test system and method, test system comprising client side simulation platform and statistic module connected to the platform. Test method comprises: setting color message in the platform; transmitting color message to tested color message center and statistic module; tested color message center returns receiving response information to the platform; the platform transmits the response information to statistic module; and obtaining handling property index parameter of color message center according to statistic information displayed in statistic module. The invention, via the platform, simulates and transmits color message service based on interface MM1, MM3, MM4 OR MM7 to tested color massage center, operation result is statistically displayed via statistic module, and can effectively analyze handling property of different interfaces to MMSC.

Description

MMS center system performance test system and test method

technical field

The present invention relates to a test system and method of a mobile communication service processing system, in particular to a method for testing the information processing performance of a multimedia message center system in a multimedia message service (Multimedia Messaging Service, MMS for short, commonly called MMS) system test system and test method.

Background technique

At present, the multimedia message service develops rapidly, and with the continuous increase of the number of users, high requirements are put forward for the performance of the multimedia message service system. Figure 1 is a system structure diagram of the so-called MMS service in an actual network environment, which mainly includes a multimedia information center (Multimedia Message Service Center, MMSC for short, usually also called a MMS center) 11, an MMS terminal user UA 12, and a Push proxy gateway PPG 13, external mail (External Email) server SMTP 14, value-added service provider VAS 15. These devices can be clients or servers to each other, that is, senders or receivers.

For an MMSC, the architecture generally includes the processing of MM1/MM3/MM4/MM7 interface information, including MM1 interface information from the end user (MO), MM7 interface information from VASP, and external mail ( External Email) server smtp MM3 interface information and MM4 interface information from other MMSCs.

In order to measure whether the MMSC can carry the business of the mobile commercial network and the impact on the MMSC during the peak hours, and to ensure the quality of service of the mobile operator, it is necessary to know the processing performance of each interface on the MMSC. However, at present, some international standardization organizations The processing performance of each interface on the MMSC has not yet been effectively analyzed. For example, OMA generally only focuses on the analysis of the communication protocol, and does not test the performance of the MMS system.

Contents of the invention

The first purpose of the present invention is to provide a MMS center system performance testing system for realizing the MMS processing performance test of the MMS center system in view of the current situation that the processing performance of each interface on the MMSC has not been effectively analyzed at home and abroad.

The second purpose of the present invention is to provide a kind of testing method based on the multimedia message center system performance testing system for the present situation that the processing performance of each interface on the MMSC has not been effectively analyzed at home and abroad at present. The simulation information exchange between the server simulation platform and the MMSC realizes the effective testing of the processing performance of each interface of the MMSC.

In order to realize above-mentioned first object, the present invention provides a kind of MMS center system performance test system, comprise a client emulation platform, be used for simulating MMS sender and send MMS test message to tested MMS center system; And a statistical module, It is connected with the client simulation platform, and is used for counting and displaying the information sent and received by the client simulation platform. In order to test the processing performance of more interfaces of the tested MMS center, the system also includes a server-side emulation platform connected to the client emulation platform through the tested MMS center system for simulating the MMS receiving end.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned second purpose, the present invention provides a method for testing the performance of a multimedia message center system, comprising the following steps:

Step 11. multimedia message is set in described client emulation platform;

Step 12. sends described multimedia message to tested multimedia message center and described statistics module, and this statistics module stores described multimedia message;

Step 13. the measured MMS center returns receiving response information to the client emulation platform;

Step 14. The client emulation platform sends the response information to the statistics module, and the statistics module stores and displays the response information;

Step 15. Calculate according to the statistical information of the MMS and response information displayed by the statistical module, and obtain the processing performance index parameters of the MMS center system.

In the above scheme, sending the multimedia message to the tested multimedia message center in the step 12 is specifically: sending the multimedia message to the simulated multimedia message center client by the simulated user sending terminal in the client emulation platform, and the simulated multimedia message center client sends the short message Forward to the MMS center under test.

Between the step 12 and the step 13, it also includes: the tested multimedia message center forwards the multimedia message to the server-side emulation platform, and after the server-side simulation platform receives the multimedia message, it returns the receiving result information to the tested multimedia message center.

As can be seen from the foregoing scheme, the test method of the present invention is based on the multimedia message center system performance test system, by simulating multimedia message sending and receiving of each interface of the multimedia message center MM1/MM3/MM4/MM7, and statistically displaying the results, the information processing capability is obtained as Information/second, lost information/sent information and other parameters are used to measure the performance index of MMSC, so as to obtain the processing performance of MMS system and interface.

The technical solutions of the present invention will be described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments.

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Fig. 1 is the network structural diagram of existing MMSC;

Fig. 2 is the structural diagram of MMSC performance testing system of the present invention;

Fig. 3 is the flowchart of MMSC performance test method embodiment one of the present invention;

Fig. 4 is a flowchart of Embodiment 2 of the MMSC performance testing method of the present invention.

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Fig. 2 is the structural diagram of multimedia message center system performance test system of the present invention, comprise a client emulation platform, be used for simulating multimedia message sender and send multimedia message test message to tested multimedia message center system; And a statistics module, emulate with this client Platform connection, used to count and display the information sent and received by the client emulation platform. The test system is used to test the processing performance of the tested multimedia message center interface MM4. In order to test the processing performance of other interfaces of the tested multimedia message center, the system also includes a server-side emulation platform, which is connected to the client emulation platform through the tested multimedia message center system, and is used to simulate the reception of the tested multimedia message center by the simulated multimedia message receiving terminal. Forwarded MMS. This system separates the tested MMSC completely from other network devices except the tested MMS center, uses the client simulation platform and the server simulation platform to simulate the network equipment (such as WAP gateway) that interacts with the MMS center except the tested MMS center and PPG) to ensure the fairness and correctness of the test results.

The client emulation platform simulates clients including MM1/MM3/MM4/MM7 interfaces: Mobile Originated (MO for short), which is used to simulate end user (UA for short) and WAP (WG for short) gateway; Email client ( Email Client), used to simulate the Email client to send Email information to the MM3 interface; the simulated MMS center client is used to simulate the MMS center client to send MM4-Forward information from the MM4 interface to the tested MMS center; value-added application service provider customers The terminal is used to simulate the value-added application service provider client to send MM7 interface information.

The server simulation platform simulates the server side of each interface, including simulating PPG to directly communicate with the MM1 interface of the MMS center for processing the PUSH information of the MMS center; the Email server (Email Server) is used to simulate the Email server receiving from the MM3 interface Emai information and process the received information; simulate user receiving terminal MT, used to receive MMS forwarded from PPG; value-added application service provider server end, used to simulate value-added application service provider server end to receive and process MM7 interface information. The MMS system performance test mainly includes the protocol processing of the four interfaces of MM1, MM3, MM4 and MM7.

The concrete embodiment of multimedia message business system performance test method of the present invention is aimed at each interface, realizes all multimedia message sending and receiving processes of MMSC four interfaces and the information interaction between each interface by simulation, promptly receives the information from each interface by multimedia message center , and at the same time send MMS information through each interface, truly simulate various business processes on the live network, and perform statistical display on the sending and receiving information, so as to obtain the processing performance parameters of the MMS center system, and realize the effective test of the performance of the MMS center system.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart of Embodiment 1 of the MMS center system performance testing method of the present invention. Since the receiving end of the MMS in this embodiment is the MMS center under test, the test system adopted does not need a server-side emulation platform. This embodiment tests the processing performance of the MM4 interface of the tested MMS center by simulating the MM1->MM4 direction information flow. Specifically perform the following steps:

Step 101. a large amount of audio multimedia messages are set in the MO of the client emulation platform;

Step 102.MO sends the MMS to the measured MMS center and the statistics module, and the statistics module stores the MMS;

Step 103. The tested MMS center returns receiving response information to the client emulation platform;

Step 104.MO sends the Response response information to the statistics module, and the statistics module stores and displays the response information;

Step 105. Calculate according to the statistical information of the multimedia messages and response information displayed by the statistics module, calculate (number of multimedia messages-quantity of response information)/number of multimedia messages, thereby knowing the processing performance of the MM4 interface of the multimedia message center system.

In the above embodiment, step 102 specifically includes the following two steps:

Step 1021.MO sends MM4_forwardt.REQ request to receive the audio MMS to the simulated MMS center client in the client emulation platform;

Step 1022. The simulated MMS center client receives the audio MMS and processes the MM4_forwardt.REQ request, sends a MM4_forwardt.RES request to the MMS center under test to receive the audio MMS, and MO sends the audio to the statistical module at the same time MMS, the statistical module stores the audio MMS; when testing the processing capabilities of other interfaces of the MMS center, it is necessary to have a simulated MMS receiving end that receives MMS from other interfaces of the MMS center under test, so a server-side emulation platform is added.

Step 103 specifically includes the following two steps:

Step 1031. After the MMS center under test receives the audio MMS, it returns the corresponding Response reception response information to the MMSC in the emulation platform of the client;

Step 1032: The MMS center client simulated by the client emulation platform forwards the Response response information to the MO.

Fig. 4 is the flow chart of MMSC performance test method embodiment two of the present invention, by implementing MM1->MM1 direction information process promptly submits by MO, MT receives business, tests the processing performance of multimedia message central system MM1 interface, specifically comprises the following steps:

Step 201. Set a large number of picture multimedia messages ready to send in the MO of the client emulation platform;

Step 202.MO sends the MMS to the measured MMS center and the statistics module, and the statistics module stores the MMS;

After step 203. the measured MMS center receives the receiving result information, it returns the corresponding Response to the MO in the client emulation platform to receive the response information;

Step 204. The MO in the client emulation platform sends the Response response information to the statistics module, and the statistics module stores and displays the response information;

Step 205. Calculate according to the statistical information of the MMS and response information displayed by the statistics module, and calculate (number of MMS-number of response messages)/number of MMS, so as to know the processing performance of the MMS center system.

In the above embodiment, step 202 specifically includes the following three steps:

Step 2021. Initialize the HTTP Transaction to send the picture multimedia message to the measured multimedia message center, and send the multimedia message to the statistics module simultaneously, and the statistics module stores the multimedia message;

Step 2022. After receiving the picture multimedia message, the tested multimedia message center forwards the picture multimedia message to the simulated information receiving terminal PPG of the server-side simulation platform. Notification information, sent to the simulated MT object;

Step 2023. The MT object initializes the HTTP Transaction and submits a Retrieve request to the MMSC. After receiving the MMS, the MT sends MM1_acknowledge.REQ to the MMS center;

Equally, MM3->MM1 direction information flow is: a large amount of e-mail multimedia messages are set in the SMTP of described client emulation platform; Send described e-mail multimedia message, this statistics module stores described described e-mail multimedia message; Described measured multimedia message center forwards described multimedia message to the simulated information receiving terminal PPG of described server-side emulation platform, and PPG receives MMSC The issued push information is considered to be MMS notification information through analysis and sent to the simulated MT object. The MT object initializes the HTTP Transaction and submits a Retrieve request to the MMSC. After receiving the MMS, the MT sends MM1_acknowledge.REQ to the MMS center; the tested MMS center receives After receiving the result information, return the corresponding Response to the SMTP in the client emulation platform to receive the response information; the SMTP in the client emulation platform sends the Response response information to the statistical module, according to statistics The statistical information of the e-mail MMS and response information displayed by the module is calculated, and the (number of MMS-the number of response information)/the number of MMS is calculated, so as to know the processing performance of the MMS center system.

MM4->MM1 direction information flow is: a large amount of video multimedia messages are set in the MMSC of the client emulation platform; the video multimedia messages are sent to the measured multimedia message center, and the video multimedia messages are sent to the statistical module simultaneously, and the statistical module Storing the video multimedia message; the measured multimedia message center forwards the multimedia message to the simulated information receiving terminal PPG of the server-side emulation platform, and the PPG receives the push information issued by the MMSC, and through parsing, considers it to be an MMS notification message, Send to the simulated MT object, the MT object initializes the HTTP Transaction to submit a Retrieve request to the MMSC, and the MT sends the MM1_acknowledge.REQ to the MMS center after receiving the MMS. The MMSC in returns the corresponding Response to receive the response information; The MMSC in the client emulation platform sends the Response response information to the statistics module, and the statistics module stores and displays the response information; according to the MMS displayed by the statistics module and the statistical information of the response information to calculate (the number of multimedia messages - the number of response messages)/the number of multimedia messages, so as to know the processing performance of the multimedia message center system.

MM7->MM1 direction information flow is: a large number of multimedia messages are set in the value-added application service provider client of the client emulation platform; the value-added application service provider client sends the MM7_submit. Send the multimedia message to the statistical module, and the statistical module stores the described multimedia message; after receiving the multimedia message, the measured multimedia message center forwards it to the simulated information receiving terminal PPG of the server-side simulation platform, PPG After receiving the push information from MMSC, it is considered to be MMS notification information through analysis, and sent to the simulated MT object. The MT object initializes HTTP Transaction and submits a Retrieve request to MMSC. After receiving MMS, MT sends MM1_acknowledge.REQ to the MMS center; After the MMS center receives the described receiving result information, it returns the corresponding Response to the value-added application service provider client in the client emulation platform to receive the response information; the value-added application service provider client in the client emulation platform sends the The Response response information is sent to the statistical module, and the statistical module stores and displays the response information; calculates according to the statistical information of the multimedia messages displayed by the statistical module and the response information, calculates (multimedia message quantity-response information quantity)/multimedia message quantity, Thus, the processing performance of the MMS center system can be known.

MM1->MM7 direction information flow is: in the MO of described client emulation platform, a large amount of picture multimedia messages that prepare to send are set; Initialize HTTP Transaction to send picture multimedia message to the tested multimedia message center, send and described multimedia message to statistics module simultaneously, this Statistical module stores described multimedia message; Described measured multimedia message center sends MM7_deliver.REQ request to receive described picture multimedia message to the simulation value-added application service provider server end of described server-side emulation platform after receiving picture multimedia message, simulates value-added application service provider server After the terminal processes MM7_deliver.REQ and receives the picture multimedia message, it sends MM7_deliver.RES to the tested multimedia message center; after the tested multimedia message center receives the MM7_deliver.RES, it returns response information to the MO in the client emulation platform; the client The MO in the simulation platform sends the Response response information to the statistical module, and the statistical module stores and displays the response information; calculates according to the statistical information of the multimedia messages displayed by the statistical module and the response information, and calculates (multimedia message quantity-response number of messages)/number of MMS messages, so as to know the processing performance of the MMS center system.

Finally, it should be noted that the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present invention without limitation. Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the preferred embodiments, those of ordinary skill in the art should understand that the technical solutions of the present invention can be The scheme shall be modified or equivalently replaced without departing from the spirit and scope of the technical scheme of the present invention.

Claims (8)

1, a multimedia message center system performance testing system, is characterized in that comprising: A client emulation platform, used for simulating the MMS sending end and sending the MMS test message to the MMS central system under test; and A statistical module, connected with the client emulation platform, is used for counting and displaying the information sent and received by the client emulation platform. 2. The multimedia message center system performance testing system according to claim 1, characterized in that it also includes a server-side emulation platform, which is connected with the client emulation platform through the tested multimedia message center system, for simulating the multimedia message receiving end . 3. The MMS center system performance test system according to claim 1, wherein said client emulation platform is provided with a simulated user sending terminal, a simulated e-mail client, a simulated MMS center client and a simulated value-added application service provider client. 4. The MMS center performance testing system according to claim 2 or 3, wherein said server-side simulation platform is provided with a simulation push information gateway, a simulation email server end, a simulation user receiving terminal and a value-added application service provider server end. 5. A method for multimedia message center system performance testing, characterized in that it comprises the following steps: Step 1. MMS is set in the client emulation platform; Step 2. sends described multimedia message to tested multimedia message center and described statistics module, and this statistics module stores described multimedia message; Step 3. the measured MMS center returns receiving response information to the client emulation platform; Step 4. The client emulation platform sends the response information to the statistics module, and the statistics module stores and displays the response information; Step 5. Calculate according to the statistical information of the MMS and response information displayed by the statistical module, and obtain the processing performance index parameters of the MMS center system. 6. The method according to claim 5, characterized in that sending the multimedia message to the measured multimedia message center in the step 2 is specifically: sending the multimedia message to the simulated multimedia message center client by the simulated user sending terminal in the client emulation platform end, the simulated MMS center client forwards the short message to the MMS center under test. 7. The method according to claim 5, characterized in that between said step 2 and step 3, it further comprises: said MMS center under test forwards said MMS message to said server-side simulation platform, said server-side simulation platform After the platform receives the multimedia message, it returns the receiving result information to the tested multimedia message center. 8. The method according to claim 5, characterized in that in the step 5, calculating according to the statistical information of the MMS and response information displayed by the statistical module is specifically: comparing the number of MMS and the response information stored by the statistical module Calculate the number of information to obtain the processing performance index parameters of the MMS center system processing information.

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