Media client emulation tool

• US 20060083175A1
• Filed: 01/30/2004
• Published: 04/20/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Azizullah Syed, Dennis William Ward, Gopalakrishna Sagar
• Original Assignee: Azizullah Syed, Dennis William Ward, Gopalakrishna Sagar
• Inventors: Syed, Azizullah, Sagar, Gopalakrishna, Ward, Dennis William
• Application Number:
  US10/768,272
• Publication Number:
  US 20060083175A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/250
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/28 Automatic routine testing ; Fault testing; Installation testing; Test methods, test equipment or test arrangements therefor

Abstract

The Media Client Emulation (MC-E) Tool is a media software utility used to emulate Media Terminal Adapter (MTA) functionality for positive and negative testing of Call Management Server (CMS) devices. The MC-E communicates with the CMS devices in a variety of protocols. The MC-E can be configured to override correct protocol functionality in real time for further negative testing. MC-E can be controlled remotely for more user flexibility.

Claims

1. A Media software system that emulates communication devices to test Voice over Network (VoN) Application Server devices.

2. A system as described in claim 1, with the ability to override responses in real-time to stimulate expected responses.

3. A system as described in claim 1, with the ability to override responses in real-time to alter expected responses.

4. A system as described in claim 1, with the ability to override responses in real-time due to an utility that takes a scripted text file and uses the contents to analyze incoming datagrams from an Application Server. If the expected values within the scripted text file is identified, the utility will send the scripted text file'"'"'s contents in place of the expected natural datagram from the MC subsystems flow.

5. A system as described in claim 1, with the ability to instantiate multiple entities of itself with the exact form and function to appear to the Application Server as many MTAs.

6. Security:

A Media software system that encodes and decodes Key Management Destribution Centered (KDC) datagrams.

7. A system as described in claim s6, that encodes and decodes secure KDC datagrams for authentication and encryption services.

8. A system as described in claim s6, that sends Kerberos datagrams using PKINIT to KDC systems for authentication to obtain Ticket Granting Tickets (TGTs) and session keys.

9. A system as described in claim s6, that receives secure TGTs to decode until the subkey is obtained for creating Security Parameters for communication to Management Servers.

10. A system as described in claim s6, that transmits and receives encrypted datagrams to created a pair of Security Associations between Management Servers Under Test via IPSec.

11. A system as described in claim s6, to override known good secure datagrams with corrupt secure datagrams.

12. A system as decribed in claim s6, to override known good AS-Requests to the KDC with corrupt parameters to evaluate negative responses.

13. A system as described in claim s6, to override know good AP-Requests to the Management Server Under Test to evaluate negative responses.

14. A system as described in claim s6, to reply normally or abnormally to WakeUp messages from the Management Server.

15. A system as described in claim s6, to reply normally or abnormally to ReKey messages from the Management Server.