Testing and verification of cable modem systems
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1. A method of testing one or more devices of a cable modem system, comprising:
- specifying a MAC address for at least one device under test;
specifying one or more test messages for the at least one device under test;
specifying a mode of failure for the test messages;
sending the one or more test messages according to the mode of failure; and
determining whether one or more devices of the cable modem system respond appropriately.
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Abstract
A method for testing a device of a cable modem system includes specifying a MAC address for the device under test, specifying one or more test messages for the devices under test, specifying a mode of failure for the messages, sending the messages to the device under test according to the failure mode and determining whether the device under test and other devices of the system respond correctly.
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31 Claims
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1. A method of testing one or more devices of a cable modem system, comprising:
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specifying a MAC address for at least one device under test;
specifying one or more test messages for the at least one device under test;
specifying a mode of failure for the test messages;
sending the one or more test messages according to the mode of failure; and
determining whether one or more devices of the cable modem system respond appropriately. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of testing one or more components of a cable modem system, the method comprising:
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specifying one or more devices to test by a MAC number;
redefining a timer associated with a MAC management messaging state machine; and
measuring the response of the one or more devices under test to determine if there has been an anomaly. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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20. A method of testing one or more components of a cable modem system, the method comprising:
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specifying one or more devices to test by MAC number;
transmitting one or more arbitrary messages to the device under test in response to received messages;
determining the response of the device under test. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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23. A method of testing one or more components of a cable modem system, the method comprising:
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skipping one or more MAC Management Messages defined for one or more cable modems;
determining the response of the one or more cable modems for which the one or more MAC Management Messages was skipped. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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27. A system for testing one or more components of a cable modem system, comprising:
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an interface to a cable modem system;
application software to monitor, read and write cable modem attributes and parameters via the interface;
agent software to receive cable modem and cable modem termination system messages from the interface and to respond to the messages; and
collection software to collect network objects or data variables that represent attributes of the managed agent. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30)
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31. A system for testing one or more components of a cable modem system, comprising:
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an interface to a cable modem system wherein;
application software to monitor, read and write cable modem attributes and parameters via the interface;
agent software to receive cable modem and cable modem termination system messages from the interface and to respond to the messages wherein the agent software may be programmed to respond inappropriately to the messages; and
collection software to collect network objects or data variables that represent attributes of the managed agent.
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