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Testing Technologies to Support Network and Services Testing in a 5G Test Network

Authors:
Teemu Kanstrén
Jukka Mäkelä
Esa Piri
Jussi Liikka
Atso Hekkala

Keywords: 5G, test network, testing technologies, big data, analytics

Abstract:
Trends such as 5G and Internet of Things are driving modern systems towards increasing complexity in diverse configurations of heterogeneous networks, ubiquitous integration of hardware and software, and complex interactions between the different parts. This paper describes the testing technologies developed and deployed in our 5G test network (5GTN), to support development and testing of such systems, next generation services deployed on them, and the underlying network technologies. We describe the 5GTN testing technologies, including the software architecture enabling distributed test generation, monitoring and data collection from test execution. We also describe the 5GTN integrated data analytics services enabling efficient use of the test data, as well as initial results for the first tests in the network.

Pages: 61 to 67

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2016

Publication date: May 22, 2016

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4030

ISBN: 978-1-61208-473-2

Location: Valencia, Spain

Dates: from May 22, 2016 to May 26, 2016