Method and system for evaluating wireless applications

• US 20030156549A1
• Filed: 01/09/2003
• Published: 08/21/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 01/09/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mverify Corporation
• Original Assignee: Mverify Corporation
• Inventors: Hanlon, James, Binder, Robert
• Granted Patent: US 7,339,891 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/252
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/50 Testing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/18 Network planning tools
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/00 Supervisory, monitoring or testing arrangements

Abstract

The present invention provides a method and system for evaluating wireless applications utilizing a test console, an application model builder, a test repository manager, a simulator, a test controller, test agents, and a comparator in order to test the performance of a plurality of mobile user devices on a wireless network.

Claims

1. A method for evaluating a wireless system comprising the steps of:

modeling a system under test on an application model builder;

developing application specific components to generate expected test results;

saving the expected test results on a test repository manager;

specifying simulation parameters;

generating a test input file on a simulator;

executing a test run of a plurality of test agents controlling wireless mobile user devices under a test controller to generate actual test results;

comparing actual test results to expected test results on a comparator; and

conducting a reliability assessment of the test results.

2. A system for evaluating wireless applications comprising:

a test console having a user interface for communicating with an application model builder, a test repository manager and a simulator, wherein the application model builder generates a model test profile that is saved in the test repository manager and is used by the simulator to generate a test input file;

a test controller that accepts the test input file and communicates with a plurality of test agents, wherein each test agent controls a wireless mobile user device and records and sends test log data to the test controller; and

a comparator that compares expected test result to actual test results and generates a test run result.