System, method and article of manufacture for time point validation
First Claim
1. A method for testing a telecommunications network including a network information concentrator and a trunk group filter table coupled with said network, said method comprising the steps of:
- retrieving an entry from the network information concentrator'"'"'s queue;
parsing the entry from the network information concentrator'"'"'s queue to identify a call record;
synchronizing the entry utilizing timepoint information in the call record, wherein the timepoint information correlates the call record with a common time reference;
comparing entries in the trunk group filter table to the call record;
discarding the call record if the trunk group filter table entry indicates the call record is not of interest; and
inserting the call record into a database if the trunk group filter table entry indicates the call record is of interest for testing the telecommunication network.
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Abstract
A system software solution for testing various network elements/entities and processes in a telecommunications network is provided. A network under test contains network entities which save data to a common database that is associated with processing particular test cases. A server correlates database data from the network under test and compares it to anticipated test case results. A disposition of the test cases is determined. Various elements of the invention interface appropriately, and process accordingly, to accomplish the testing and test result(s) disposition. In addition, the test system provides a means to verify billing records within the telecommunications network. Integrated into the system is logic that captures timepoints associated with critical events in a phone call from a test application perspective (particularly the events important to correct billing) and comparing those timepoints with actual results from the tested network. Timepoints are time information with milestones in the progress of call processing. Time information of applicable network elements is first assured to be synchronized, or translated for consistency. The test application timepoints are gathered, compared to billing records associated with the test case (e.g. call), and used to produce an accurate test case result.
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14 Claims
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1. A method for testing a telecommunications network including a network information concentrator and a trunk group filter table coupled with said network, said method comprising the steps of:
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retrieving an entry from the network information concentrator'"'"'s queue; parsing the entry from the network information concentrator'"'"'s queue to identify a call record; synchronizing the entry utilizing timepoint information in the call record, wherein the timepoint information correlates the call record with a common time reference; comparing entries in the trunk group filter table to the call record;
discarding the call record if the trunk group filter table entry indicates the call record is not of interest; andinserting the call record into a database if the trunk group filter table entry indicates the call record is of interest for testing the telecommunication network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for testing a telecommunications network including a network information concentrator and a trunk group filter table coupled with said network, said system comprising:
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(a) a database that stores call information; (b) logic that retrieves stored call information from the database and parses the information into one or more call record, (c) logic that synchronizes the entry utilizing timepoint information in the call records wherein the timepoint information correlates the call record with a common time reference; (d) logic that compares entries in the trunk group filter table to the one or more call records and discards any call record if the trunk group filter table entry indicates the call record;
is not of interest; and(e) a database for storing the call record if the trunk group filter table entry indicates the call record is of interest for testing the telecommunication network. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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