KR100315699B1 - Method for connecting call to test communication processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides an automatic call connection method for a system test in a communication processing system supporting connection with a heterogeneous network, the operator having option information including at least the number of call occurrences, call connection holding time, and interval between attempts to call each call. Requesting a virtual call connection, generating virtual calls according to the option information, allocating internal resources, and attempting to access a call according to each call connection attempt interval with an information provider of a heterogeneous network; And passing the call connection information from the information provider to the operator.

Description

Call connection method for communication processing system test {METHOD FOR CONNECTING CALL TO TEST COMMUNICATION PROCESSING SYSTEM}

The present invention relates to a communication processing system, and more particularly to a call connection method for testing a communication processing system.

In general, in order to confirm the performance of the communication processing system and the number of acceptable subscriber channels through a test, a call connection should be attempted in the same manner in the same environment as the subscriber. But such a method would require a lot of equipment and manpower. For example, in the case of a system that supports access to a heterogeneous network through an existing modem or personal computer (PC), it is necessary to have real subscribers corresponding to the system capacity and a corresponding modem or / and PC to test. In addition, during the test, the connection has to be attempted relatively simultaneously, and it is cumbersome to maintain the connected call.

1 is an example configuration of a communication processing system supporting a connection to a heterogeneous network, and includes a telephone network 6 and an ISDN network 16. 1, telephone network subscribers 2, ..., 4 are connected to the telephone network 6, and ISDN network subscribers 12, ..., 14 are connected to the Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) network 16. ) Is connected. The telephone network 6 is connected to the switch 10 through a telephone network matching unit 8, and the ISDN network 16 is connected to the switch 10 through an ISDN network matching unit 18. The switch 10 is connected to a Public Switched Data Network (PSDN) network 22 through an information providing network matching unit 20. The information provider 24 is connected to the PSDN network 22.

In Fig. 1, the PSDN network 22 is heterogeneous in terms of telephone network subscribers 2,... 4 and ISDN network subscribers 12,... 14. In the communication processing system supporting the connection to the heterogeneous network as shown in FIG. 1, the operation of testing the system performance and the number of acceptable subscriber channels is the same as that of the actual subscriber.

In the test, the telephone network subscribers 2, .. 4, or ISDN network subscribers 12, .. 14 of FIG. 1 are prepared, and the prepared telephone network subscribers 2, .. 4, or ISDN network subscribers are prepared. 12, ..., 14 to request a call connection with the information provider 24 connected to the heterogeneous PSDN network 22. In addition, call connection to the telephone network matching unit 8 or the ISDN network matching unit 18 is also required. In consideration of the success or failure of the call connection with the information provider 24 and the waiting for the subscriber call to the telephone network matching unit 8 or the ISDN network matching unit 18, the examiner can evaluate the system performance and the number of acceptable subscriber channels. I can grasp etc.

However, this method requires a lot of equipment and manpower.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a call connection method for an efficient test in a communication processing system supporting a connection to a heterogeneous network.

Another object of the present invention is to reduce the number of manual and test materials required for actual subscriber call connection test of communication processing systems for subscribers connected via modem or ISDN, and to automatically generate calls by software to improve the performance and capacity of the system. The purpose of this test is to provide a more convenient test environment.

In accordance with the above object, the present invention provides an automatic call connection method for a system test in a communication processing system supporting a connection with a heterogeneous network, wherein the number of call occurrences, a call connection holding time, and a connection attempt interval of each call are included at least. A process in which an operator requests a virtual call connection with the specified option information, and a process of attempting a call connection according to the call access attempt interval with a heterogeneous network information provider by generating virtual calls according to the option information and allocating internal resources. And, it characterized in that it consists of the process of delivering the call connection success information from the information provider of the heterogeneous network to the operator.

In addition, the present invention is characterized in that the dummy data is transmitted to the information provider at regular time intervals during the call connection holding time after successful call connection with the information provider of the heterogeneous network.

1 is a configuration diagram of a communication processing system dedicated to a telephone network or an ISDN network;

2 is a configuration diagram of a communication processing system for explaining an automatic call connection function according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a process flow diagram for performing an automatic call connection function according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In a communication processing system supporting connection between heterogeneous networks through a modem or ISDN, a lot of test materials and manpower are required for testers to prepare a real subscriber and attempt to connect as much as the system capacity in order to measure the performance and capacity of the system. This is accompanied by considerable difficulty.

The configuration of an embodiment of the present invention for solving this is as shown in FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a communication processing system for explaining an automatic call connection function according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the present specification, a part of processing a subscriber through a modem or an ISDN in a communication processing system is collectively referred to as a subscriber processing unit. The subscriber processing unit 30 shown in FIG. 2 includes a subscriber network matching unit 32, a main processing unit 34, and a software block unit 36. The subscriber network matching unit 54 of the subscriber processing unit 30 may be the telephone network matching unit 8 or the ISDN network matching unit 18 of FIG. 1. Subscriber network matching unit 32 is connected to subscriber network 54, which may be telephone network 6 or ISDN network 16 of FIG. A plurality of subscribers 50,... 52 are connected to the subscriber network 54 of FIG. 2. In addition, the heterogeneous network matching unit 56 is connected to the subscriber processing unit 30 of FIG. 2 through the switch 60, and the heterogeneous network matching unit 56 is connected to the information provider 58 through the heterogeneous network 62. . The heterogeneous network 62 may be the PSDN network 22 of FIG. 1.

In the subscriber processor 30 of FIG. 2, the main processor 34 and the software block 36 are provided for automatic call connection for the communication processing system test. The software block 36 includes a call processing and resource allocating unit 40, a call generating unit 42, and a command processing unit 44. In the embodiment of the present invention, the operator console 46 is connected to the subscriber processing unit 30 for the communication processing system test.

In the subscriber processing unit 30 of FIG. 2, the network matching unit 32 has a subscriber network matching unit for each of the subscriber networks, for example, the telephone network matching unit 8 and the ISDN network matching unit 18 of FIG. 1. Detect whether or not subscribers access the call. And subscribers inform the main processor 34 of the subscriber processing unit 30 when the call is connected. The main processor 34 performs overall management and processing of the call. In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the main processor 34 generates a call in software when a call connection test request is made by an operator console command and manages the generated call (in this case, the subscriber network matching unit 32 like a real subscriber). Does not go through). According to this method, the problem or difficulty in the existing call connection test is solved.

3 is a flowchart illustrating an automatic call connection function according to an embodiment of the present invention.

An operation of connecting a call during a call connection test according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3.

The operator inputs a command for call connection through the operator console 46. The command options for the call connection include the number of call occurrences, the call connection holding time, the interval between attempts to connect each call, and the method of connecting the virtual call corresponding to the subscriber to the destination information provider 58 to which the user actually wants to connect. There is also information indicating a method of connecting a virtual call corresponding to a subscriber only to the subscriber processing unit 30.

When the operator inputs the command of the above option through the operator console 46 (step 200 of FIG. 3), the command processor 44 of the subscriber processor 30 processes the input command to the main processor 34. The main processor 34 receiving the processed command calls the function of the automatic call connection function in the call generator 42 of the software block 36 to operate the program (step 204 of FIG. 3). Accordingly, the call generator 42 of the software block 36 generates a call in accordance with the command option (step 206 of FIG. 3). That is, the call generator 42 generates its own virtual call in software. Accordingly, the call processing and resource allocating unit 40 allocates internal resources and performs the call processing as if the actual subscriber connected the call (step 208 of FIG. 3). At this time, the main processing unit 30 determines whether there is a call requesting connection to the heterogeneous network 62 among the virtual subscribers based on the command options for each of the calls (step 208 of FIG. 3). If the generated calls require a connection to the heterogeneous network 62, the main processor 24 attempts to connect the call to an information provider 58 connected to the heterogeneous network 62. Accordingly, if the successful call connection from the information provider 58 is transmitted, the main processor 34 monitors the successful call connection with the operator console 46 (step 210 of FIG. 3). When the call connection is successful, the dummy data is transmitted to the information provider 58 at a predetermined time interval during the call connection holding time provided by the operator console command (step 210 of FIG. 3). This is because if the information provider 58 connected to the heterogeneous network 62 does not receive data for a predetermined period, the call connection is forcibly terminated.

Meanwhile, in step 208 of FIG. 3, if the call is not a connection request to the heterogeneous network 62, the call is maintained as it is (step 212 of FIG. 3). Among the actual subscribers, there are subscribers who connect to the subscriber matching unit 22 but do not connect to the information provider 58. Step 212 of Figure 3 takes this situation into account.

In the above description of the present invention, specific embodiments have been described, but various modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be defined by the described embodiments, but should be determined by the equivalent of claims and claims.

In the communication processing system supporting the connection between heterogeneous networks, in order to measure the performance and capacity of the system, the testers have to prepare a real subscriber and try to connect as much as the system capacity. There was this. The present invention solves the above-mentioned difficulties or problems by performing an automatic call connection function in the subscriber processing unit.

Claims (2)

In a call connection method for testing a communication processing system supporting a connection with a heterogeneous network, A process in which an operator requests a virtual call connection with option information including at least the number of call occurrences, a call connection holding time, and a connection attempt interval of each call; Generating virtual calls according to the option information and allocating internal resources and attempting to access a call according to the call access attempt interval with a heterogeneous network information provider; And a step of transmitting information on whether the call is successful from the information provider of the heterogeneous network to the operator. The method of claim 1, wherein after the call connection with the information provider of the heterogeneous network is successful, dummy data is transmitted to the information provider at a predetermined time interval during the call connection holding time.