Title :
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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Global Telecommunications Conference and Exhibition 'Communications Technology for the 1990s and Beyond' (GLOBECOM), 1989. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Dallas, TX
DOI :
10.1109/GLOCOM.1989.64050
