Use of automated testing in circuit switching system technical analysis

Author

Fu, Richard Ning ; Perkinson, William B.

Author_Institution

Bell Commun. Res., Red Bank, NJ, USA

fYear

1989

fDate

27-30 Nov 1989

Firstpage

656

Abstract

The use of an automated testing tool, the Circuit Switch Automated Test System (CSATS), is described. Use of this tool which has proven effective as a step in improving the quality of circuit switching systems. Benefits of automated testing, the CSATS concept and implementation, and example CSATS test scripts and their applications are summarized. The use of CSATS software in switching system analysis is illustrated, with emphasis on call processing testing. Associated capabilities and techniques are discussed. It is concluded that CSATS has proven effective in identifying requirements violations, minimizing analysis team size, shortening analysis intervals, maintaining test results for auditing, and consistently repeating tests to confirm fault removal

Keywords

automatic test equipment; automatic testing; computerised instrumentation; electronic equipment testing; electronic switching systems; telecommunications computing; Circuit Switch Automated Test System; ESS; automated testing tool; call processing testing; circuit switching system technical analysis; test scripts; test software; Application software; Automatic testing; Circuit testing; Fault diagnosis; Software systems; Software testing; Switches; Switching circuits; Switching systems; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Telecommunications Conference and Exhibition 'Communications Technology for the 1990s and Beyond' (GLOBECOM), 1989. IEEE

Conference_Location

Dallas, TX

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GLOCOM.1989.64050

Filename

64050