WO2013000334A1

WO2013000334A1 - Method and device for testing voice media gateway

Info

Publication number: WO2013000334A1
Application number: PCT/CN2012/074861
Authority: WO
Inventors: 闫薛杰; 张超
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2011-06-27
Filing date: 2012-04-27
Publication date: 2013-01-03
Also published as: CN102857645A

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for testing a voice media gateway. The method comprises: initiating a call establishment; after the call establishment succeeds, sending a test sound; determining whether the test sound is received, and if it is received, determining that the test succeeds; otherwise, determining that the test fails. Further disclosed is a device for implementing the above method. By means of the method and device of the present invention, the media test for the voice media gateway may be implemented.

Description

Method and device for testing voice media gateway

The present invention relates to the field of communications, and more particularly to a method and apparatus for testing a voice media gateway. Background technique

Currently, during the batch use of the gateway device, the narrowband voice function enabled on the voice media gateway device needs to be tested for acceptance. This test is performed on the terminal device to see if it can perform normal voice incoming and outgoing calls. Voice media gateway devices are usually distributed at different locations. Testers need to connect to the phone at each test site to test, so testing is extremely inconvenient. If the voice media gateway device is connected to the telephone of the user's home, the path of the telephone needs to be cut off and tested, which increases the difficulty of testing.

In order to solve the problem, in the prior art, the call of the called user is simulated according to the request; when an abnormality occurs in any one of the simulated call office and the office where the called user is in the call, the call is determined to be failed; When the call office and all the stations in the office where the called user is located are normal, the call is determined to be successful. When the fault is detected during the call by simulating the user's real call, it is not necessary to specifically initiate a test call to locate the fault, thereby improving fault location efficiency and user satisfaction, saving maintenance costs and shortening the time for solving the problem. .

The prior art is to determine whether a real call is successful on the service signaling layer device. However, after the call is established, if one end cannot hear the other end, the prior art cannot determine that it has failed. That is: the prior art cannot test whether the streaming media is normal. Summary of the invention

In view of this, the embodiment of the present invention provides a method for testing a voice media gateway and A method for testing a voice media gateway includes the following steps:

Initiating a call setup;

After the call is successfully established, a test tone is sent;

Determine whether the test tone is received. If it is received, it determines that the test is successful, otherwise it determines that the test failed. An apparatus for testing a voice media gateway, comprising:

An analog call control module, configured to initiate call setup, and send a test tone after the call is successfully established;

The analog call analysis module is configured to determine whether a test tone is received, and if received, determine that the test is successful, otherwise the test fails.

In the embodiment of the present invention, after the call is established, the test tone signal is transmitted, and whether the voice media gateway is normal is determined by determining whether the test tone signal is received, that is, whether the streaming media path is successfully established. Media testing of voice media gateways is implemented relative to the prior art. DRAWINGS

1 is a flowchart of a method for testing a voice media gateway according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a detailed method for testing a voice media gateway according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 3 is a voice method according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a method for performing an outbound test in a media gateway according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a method for incoming call testing according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

Figure 6 is a structural diagram of a test apparatus in an embodiment of the present invention. detailed description

In the embodiment of the present invention, after the call is established, the test tone signal is transmitted, and whether the voice media gateway is normal is determined by determining whether the test tone signal is received, that is, whether the streaming media path is successfully established. Media testing of voice media gateways is implemented relative to the prior art. Referring to FIG. 1, the main method for testing the voice media gateway in this embodiment is as follows: Step 101: Initiate call setup.

Step 102: After the call is successfully established, a test tone is sent.

Step 103: Determine whether a test tone is received. If yes, proceed to step 104, otherwise continue to step 105.

Step 104: Determine that the test is successful.

Step 105: Determine that the test failed.

The test process in this embodiment includes an outgoing call test and an incoming call test. In the test, the outgoing call test and the incoming call test need to be distinguished. For the specific implementation process, refer to the following embodiments.

Referring to FIG. 2, the detailed method for testing the voice media gateway in this embodiment is as follows: Step 201: Receive call configuration information. The call configuration information includes an outgoing call test command or an incoming test command, and may also include a test time length for a telephone path, referred to as a circuit, and a called number if the call test is performed, and the called number may be fixedly configured. Here, call configuration information can be sent to the test device by the tester via the remote management platform.

Step 202: Perform legality check on the call configuration information, and identify whether it is an incoming call test or an outgoing call test. If it is legal, the following process is performed. If it is not legal, the process ends, and the illegal inspection result and reason can be output to the remote management platform. The outgoing call test is followed by step 203, and the incoming call test is followed by step 205. The legality check includes: whether the command format is correct, whether the received test duration is within a preset suitable duration, and the like.

Step 203: Send an off-hook signal to the calling side voice media gateway and establish a call. After the call is successfully established, the process proceeds to step 204. If the establishment fails, the process ends, and the result of the call setup failure and the reason for the failure may be output to the remote management platform. Failure at this time is a failure of the call process.

Step 204: Send a test tone to the calling side voice media gateway. Continue with step 207.

Step 205: Send occupied media signaling to the called side voice media gateway and establish a call. The number corresponding to the media channel is the number of a circuit under test on the called side voice media gateway. This step The number of the circuit under test can be dialed by the tester through the test device.

After the call is successfully established, the process proceeds to step 206. If the establishment fails, the process ends, and the result of the call setup failure and the reason for the failure may be output to the remote management platform. Failure at this time is a failure of the call process.

Step 206: Send a test tone to the called side voice media gateway. Preferably, the test tone is a button tone, because the frequency of the button sound of the call device is relatively fixed, and it is easier to accurately recognize the voice. Continue with step 207.

Step 207: Determine whether the called end receives the test tone, and if yes, proceed to step 208, otherwise continue to step 209. Preferably, in order to test more accurately, it is determined whether a preset number of test tones are received, and if so, it is determined that the test is successful, otherwise the test is determined to be unsuccessful.

Step 208: Determine that the test is successful. The results of the test success can also be output to the remote management platform. Step 209: Determine that the test failed. You can also output the results of a test failure to the remote management platform. Failure at this time belongs to the streaming process failure.

A test of a circuit on the voice media gateway is implemented by using the process shown in FIG. 2. Generally, a voice media gateway includes multiple circuits. To improve test efficiency, this embodiment provides a batch test method. See the following embodiments. .

Referring to FIG. 3, the method for performing batch test on the voice media gateway in this embodiment is as follows: Step 301: Receive call configuration information including a test quantity or a circuit identifier to be tested. If it is an outgoing call test, the call configuration information includes an outgoing call test command, the number of circuits to be tested, and a single test duration. It may also include an identification of the circuit under test. For example: The voice media gateway includes 16 circuits. If the number of circuits to be tested is 16, it means that all the circuits to be tested need to be measured. At this time, the identifier of the circuit to be tested may not be carried. If the number of circuits to be tested is 5 and the identifier of the initial circuit under test is 3, test circuit 2 - circuit 6 is required. The circuit identifier is numbered starting from 0. If the identifier of the circuit under test is not carried, the default is from Circuit 0 begins testing. Or do not carry the number of circuits under test, in this case, you need to carry the circuit identifier to be tested, you can have multiple circuit identifications. If it is an incoming call test, then call The configuration information includes the number of multiple circuits under test and the length of a single test.

Step 302: Test a circuit of a voice media gateway. The test process is referred to step 202 - step 209.

Step 303: Determine whether a test result is generated within a single test duration. If yes, proceed to step 304, otherwise proceed to step 305.

Step 304: Output the test result. Continue with step 306.

Step 305: Output the result of the test failure. Continue with step 306.

Step 306: Determine whether there is an untested circuit. If yes, continue with step 307, otherwise the process ends.

Step 307: Determine the next circuit to be tested, and then return to step 302.

The embodiment shown in Fig. 3 is to test a plurality of circuits in sequence, or to test a plurality of circuits at the same time, and initiate a call setup process to a plurality of circuits of one or more voice media gateways.

The test process in this embodiment includes an outgoing call test and an incoming call test. The following two processes are respectively described in detail.

Referring to FIG. 4, the method for exhaling test in this embodiment is as follows:

After receiving the outgoing test command, perform the following process.

Step 401: Send an off-hook signal to the calling side voice media gateway.

Step 402: Receive a number table sent by the calling side voice media gateway and a signal for playing a dial tone. Specifically, the calling side voice media gateway sends an off-hook signal to the softswitch system, and receives a number table sent by the softswitch system and a signal for playing a dial tone, and then the calling side voice media gateway sends a number table and a dial tone to the test device. signal of. Wherein, the number table records a dialing rule.

Step 403: Play a dial tone according to the signal that the dial tone is received.

Step 404: Generate a dialing signal, and check the number corresponding to the dialing signal according to the number table. If the test passes, continue to step 405, otherwise determine that the test fails and end the process.

For example: Check whether the number meets the service range of the user. If the user does not dial the international long distance service, but the number is a foreign number, the detection fails. If the number corresponds to the user, then the test passes. The number may be an empty number, or the length of the number is not the length of the specification.

Step 405: Send a dialing signal to the calling side voice media gateway. Preferably, the number corresponding to the dialing signal is a user around the tester, especially a user who has an office relationship with the simulated outgoing call, which is convenient for testing.

Step 406: The calling side voice media gateway sends the dialing information to the office direction where the called number is located through the calling softswitch. The softswitch system sends occupied media signaling to the called side voice media gateway and establishes a call. The called side voice media gateway sends a ringing tone to the called end.

Step 407: Receive a signal for playing a ring back tone sent by the calling side voice media gateway.

Specifically, the calling side voice media gateway forwards the signal sent by the softswitch system to play the ring back tone to the test device.

Step 408: Play a ringback tone according to the signal for playing the ring back tone.

Step 409: Receive the called off-hook signal sent by the called-side voice media gateway.

Specifically, the called side office sends the called off-hook signal to the calling side voice media gateway after receiving the off-hook signal.

See steps 204, 207, 208, and 209 for subsequent procedures.

The test is terminated when the called party hangs up actively or the test exceeds the preset duration.

Referring to FIG. 5, the method of the incoming call test in this embodiment is as follows:

After receiving the incoming test command, perform the following process.

Step 501: Send occupied media signaling to the called side voice media gateway.

Specifically, the called side voice media gateway receives the signal of the preparation media sent by the softswitch system. The off-hook process before this step to the process of playing the dial tone refers to the process of making a normal call. See also steps 401-404. Step 502: Receive a signal for playing a ringing tone sent by the called side voice media gateway.

Specifically, the softswitch system in the called side voice media gateway sends a signal for playing a ringing tone. Step 503: Play a ringing tone according to a signal for playing a ringing tone.

Step 504: Send the called off-hook signal to the called side voice media gateway. The call was successfully established. This step implements the active called off-hook process.

See steps 206-209 for subsequent procedures.

The test ends when the calling party actively hangs up or tests for more than the preset duration.

Through the above description, the process of testing the voice media gateway is understood. The process can be implemented by the test device. The internal structure and function of the device are introduced below.

Referring to Figure 6, the test apparatus in this embodiment includes: an analog call control module 601 and an analog call analysis module 602. The test device in this embodiment can be connected to a voice media gateway and a softswitch system.

The analog call control module 601 is configured to initiate call setup and send a test tone after the call is successfully established. The analog call control module 601 sends an off-hook signal to the calling-side voice media gateway when performing the outgoing call test, and sends a dialing signal to the calling-side voice media gateway when receiving the signal for playing the dial tone sent by the voice media gateway. The call is successfully established when the signal for playing the ring back tone and the called offhook signal are received. In particular, the off-hook signals are transmitted simultaneously or sequentially to a plurality of circuits of the calling side voice media gateway.

When the incoming call test is performed, the analog call control module 601 sends a called off-hook signal to the called-side voice media gateway when the signal for playing the ringing tone is received, and the call is successfully established. In particular, an off-hook signal is sent to a plurality of circuits of the called-side voice media gateway.

The analog call analysis module 602 is configured to determine whether a test tone is received, and if yes, determine that the test is successful, otherwise determine that the test fails. Preferably, the simulated call analysis module 602 determines whether a preset number of test tone messages are received, and if so, determines that the test is successful, otherwise determines that the test fails. In the embodiment of the present invention, after the call is established, the test tone signal is transmitted, and whether the voice media gateway is normal is determined by determining whether the test tone signal is received, that is, whether the streaming media path is successfully established. Media testing of voice media gateways is implemented relative to the prior art. The embodiments of the present invention provide an effective solution for the outgoing call test and the incoming call test, respectively, and can implement batch testing, which significantly improves test efficiency. In addition, the test tone in the embodiment of the present invention is a button tone, and the test is successful when a plurality of test tone messages are received, thereby further improving the accuracy of the test.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that embodiments of the present invention can be provided as a method, system, or computer program product. Thus, the present invention can take the form of an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment, or a combination of software and hardware. Moreover, the invention can take the form of a computer program product embodied on one or more computer usable storage media containing computer usable program code, including but not limited to disk storage and optical storage.

The present invention has been described with reference to flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams of methods, apparatus/systems, and computer program products according to embodiments of the invention. It will be understood that each flow and/or block of the flowcharts and/or block diagrams, and combinations of processes and/or blocks in the flowcharts and/or block diagrams can be implemented by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions can be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, embedded processor, or other programmable data processing device to produce a machine for the execution of instructions for execution by a processor of a computer or other programmable data processing device. Means for implementing the functions specified in one or more of the flow or in a block or blocks of the flow chart.

The computer program instructions can also be stored in a computer readable memory that can direct a computer or other programmable data processing device to operate in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the computer readable memory produce an article of manufacture comprising the instruction device. The apparatus implements the functions specified in one or more blocks of a flow or a flow and/or block diagram of the flowchart.

These computer program instructions can also be loaded into a computer or other programmable data processing device Having a series of operational steps performed on a computer or other programmable device to produce computer-implemented processing, such that instructions executed on a computer or other programmable device are provided for implementing a process or processes in a flowchart and/or Or block diagram the steps of a function specified in a box or multiple boxes.

It is apparent that those skilled in the art can make various modifications and variations to the invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Thus, it is intended that the present invention cover the modifications and modifications of the invention

Claims

Claim

A method for testing a voice media gateway, the method comprising: initiating a call setup;

After the call is successfully established, a test tone is sent;

Determine whether the test tone is received. If it is received, it determines that the test is successful; otherwise, it determines that the test failed.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein, when the outgoing call test is performed, the originating call is established as: sending an off-hook signal to the calling side voice media gateway, and receiving the play dialing sent by the voice media gateway. When the signal of the tone is received, the dialing signal is sent to the voice media gateway on the calling side, and when the signal for playing the ring back tone and the signal of the called offhook are received, it is determined that the call is successfully established.

The method according to claim 2, wherein the off-hook signal is sent to the calling side voice media gateway to: send the off-hook signal to the plurality of circuits of the calling side voice media gateway simultaneously or sequentially.

The method according to claim 1, wherein, when the incoming call test is performed, the originating call is established as: sending a called party to the called side voice media gateway when receiving the signal for playing the ringing tone Off-hook signal, call setup is successful.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the off-hook signal is sent to the called-side voice media gateway to: send an off-hook signal to multiple circuits of the called side voice media gateway simultaneously or sequentially.

The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the determining whether the test tone is received is: determining whether a preset number of test tone messages are received, and if yes, determining that the test is successful Otherwise, the test is determined to have failed.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises: outputting a result of the test success or the test failure.

8. A device for testing a voice media gateway, the device comprising: An analog call control module, configured to initiate call setup, and send a test tone after the call is successfully established;

The analog call analysis module is configured to determine whether a test tone is received, and if received, determine that the test is successful; otherwise, determine that the test fails.

The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the analog call control module is configured to send an off-hook signal to the calling-side voice media gateway when the call-out test is performed, and receive the play sent by the voice media gateway. When the signal of the dial tone is sent, the dialing signal is sent to the voice media gateway of the calling side, and when the signal for playing the ring back tone and the signal of the called offhook are received, it is determined that the call is successfully established.

The device according to claim 9, wherein the analog call control module is configured to send an off-hook signal to a plurality of circuits of the calling side voice media gateway simultaneously or sequentially.

The device according to claim 8, wherein, when performing an incoming call test, the analog call control module is configured to send a signal to the called side voice media gateway when receiving the signal for playing the ringing tone Called the off-hook signal, the call is successfully established.

The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the analog call control module is configured to send an off-hook signal to the plurality of circuits of the called-side voice media gateway simultaneously or sequentially.

The device according to any one of claims 8 to 12, wherein the analog call analysis module is configured to determine whether a preset number of test tone messages are received, and if yes, determine that the test is successful; Otherwise, the test is determined to have failed.