Platform test environment and unit test framework for a telecommunications gateway

• US 8,160,572 B2
• Filed: 01/30/2009
• Issued: 04/17/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Bovet, Jean
• Primary Examiner(s): Corsaro, Nick
• Assistant Examiner(s): PATEL, MAHENDRA R
• Application Number:
  US12/363,472
• Publication Number:
  US 20100197296A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,173 Days
• Field of Search: 455/423, 709/224, 709/203, 709/229, 709/227, 714/25, 714/E11.173, 701/2, 701/3, 380/270, 340/531
• US Class Current: 455/424
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/06 Testing, supervising or monitoring using simulated traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/16 Gateway arrangements

Abstract

A platform test environment is described for testing the functionality of a gateway. The platform includes a number of clients that simulate the functionality of a service provider application and a number of simulators that simulate the functionality of a telecommunications network component. These clients and simulators can be used to test functionality within a gateway that manages request traffic between the application(s) and the telecommunications network component(s). Once the platform test environment is configured, it can be used to execute a series of testing operations on the gateway by transmitting requests between the clients and simulators via the gateway. Furthermore, a unit test framework is provided that can be used to generate unit tests for the platform environment. These unit tests can be used to input data into the system, obtain a set of results and compare the results to expected values.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a platform test environment which includes

one or more clients that simulate functions of a service provider application,

one or more simulators that simulate functions of a telecommunications network component, and

wherein each client comprises one or more modules, wherein each module includes a stateless module that executes an operation, and a stateful module that initiates a process that continues to execute until the process is terminated, and wherein each module performs a particular operation from an interface used by the service provider application;

a gateway that processes request traffic between the one or more clients and the one or more simulators, wherein the gateway includes at least one exposure service that translates invocations between a protocol of the service provider application and a different protocol of the telecommunications network component;

wherein the platform test environment is used to execute a series of testing operations on the gateway by transmitting request traffic between the one or more clients and the one or more simulators via said gateway; and

a unit testing framework that generates a unit test for the platform test environment, wherein the unit test is used to automatically input data into the platform test environment, retrieve a set of results, and compare said results to expected values.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the platform test environment is used to test a new extension exposure service for the gateway.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more clients further include at least one of the following:

a messaging client, a call control client, a mobility client, a subscriber profile client, a session manager client, a partner relationship management client and a custom client.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more simulators further include a short message peer-to-peer (SMPP) simulator, an MM7 protocol simulator, a mobile location protocol (MLP) simulator, a push access protocol (PAP) simulator and an OSA simulator.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the platform test environment further includes a service provider interface (SPI) used to create new custom modules for simulators or clients for testing one or more extensions.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the platform test environment further includes an interface for accessing data of the results of the series of testing operations.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein results of the series of testing operations is displayed in a HTML format and includes information about any failures and successes of the series of testing operations.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the unit test is performed by implementing a test class based on an abstract class provided by the unit test framework.

7. A method for testing functionality in a telecommunications environment, said method comprising:

providing one or more clients that simulate functions of a service provider application, wherein each client comprises one or more modules, wherein each module includes a stateless module that executes an operation, and a stateful module that initiates a process that continues to execute until the process is terminated, and wherein each module performs a particular operation from an interface used by the service provider application;

providing one or more simulators that simulate functions of a telecommunications network component;

maintaining a gateway that processes request traffic between the one or more clients and the one or more simulators, wherein the gateway includes at least one exposure service that translates invocations between a protocol of the service provider application and a different protocol of the telecommunications network component;

executing a series of testing operations on said gateway by transmitting one or more requests between the one or more clients and the one or more simulators via said gateway; and

providing a unit testing framework that generates a unit test for the platform test environment, wherein the unit test is used to automatically input data into the platform test environment, retrieve a set of results, and compare said results to expected values.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

testing a new exposure service of the gateway by invoking the client and the simulator.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the client further includes at least one of the following:

a messaging client, a call control client, a mobility client, a subscriber profile client, a session manager client, a partner relationship management client and a custom client.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the simulator further includes at least one of:

a short message peer-to-peer (SMPP) simulator, an MM7 protocol simulator, a mobile location protocol (MLP) simulator, a push access protocol (PAP) simulator and an OSA simulator.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the platform test environment further includes a service provider interface (SPI) used to create new custom modules for the simulator or the client in order to testing one or more extensions.

15. The method of claim 7, further comprising displaying the results of the series of testing operations is in a HTML format that includes information about any failures and successes of the series of testing operations.

16. The method of claim 7, wherein the unit test is performed by implementing a test class based on an abstract class provided by the unit test framework.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable medium carrying one or more sequences of instructions for testing functionality in a telecommunications environment, which instructions, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to carry out the steps of:

providing one or more clients that simulate functions of a service provider application, wherein each client comprises one or more modules, wherein each module includes a stateless module that executes an operation, and a stateful module that initiates a process that continues to execute until the process is terminated, and wherein each module performs a particular operation from an interface used by the service provider application;

providing one or more simulators that simulate functions of a telecommunications network component;

maintaining a gateway that processes request traffic between the one or more clients and the one or more simulators, wherein the gateway includes at least one exposure service that translates invocations between a protocol of the service provider application and a different protocol of the telecommunications network component;

executing a series of testing operations on said gateway by transmitting one or more requests between the one or more clients and the one or more simulators via said gateway; and

providing a unit testing framework that generates a unit test for the platform test environment, wherein the unit test is used to automatically input data into the platform test environment, retrieve a set of results, and compare said results to expected values.