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An architecture for handsets network test automation

Published: 22 October 2007 Publication History

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The wireless network evolution has allowed that the handset technology provides a broad and new set of resources and facilities to their users. However, this evolution is also increasing the number and complexity of testing prior to handsets deployment, so that test automation is an essential need to deal with this recent scenario. This paper presents all the steps toward the development of an architecture for handsets network test automation, from the test cases specification to the generation of final reports. Then, we evaluate the efficiency of this architecture via the performance of a sample of test cases, comparing the use of this full-automated approach to other methods of evaluation according to a set of pre-defined criteria.

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    PM2HW2N '07: Proceedings of the 2nd ACM workshop on Performance monitoring and measurement of heterogeneous wireless and wired networks
    October 2007
    144 pages
    ISBN:9781595938053
    DOI:10.1145/1298275
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    1. handsets technology
    2. test automation
    3. wireless network

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