Developing Solutions, Inc. dsTest v5.1 is available to all current customers with active support agreements. It is available for downloading from the Developing Solutions secure support website. All features available in v5.0 are carried forward into v5.1.
In addition to the continued support and development for 3G and 4G core network testing, dsTest v5.1 will include the initial releases of 5G core services for the N2, N8, N10, N13, N12, N11, and N4 reference points.
Implementing automated testing
Their focus for this release is the services necessary for Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF) isolation testing, Session Management Function (SMF) isolation testing, and AMF-SMF system testing. To aid in the 3G/4G/5G core network testing, dsTest v5.1 also provides a building block support to implement automated testing, including test case analysis to determine the resources required to successfully execute a test scenario.
dsTest v5.1 also provides building block support to implement automated testing
They are now considering feature candidates for dsTest v5.1. Please contact them if one has a feature that they would like to submit for consideration for this development cycle. Developing Solutions’ growing collection of Control Plane and User Plane applications and core network testing solutions gives dsTest the ability to identify problems and potential bottlenecks in the lab before they show up in the network.
Software defined networks
One can easily scale an environment — simulating hundreds of millions of subscribers — to test network capacity, compliance, scalability, and redundancy. Additionally, features such as SmartEvents, SmartMessageElement, and inline protocol dictionaries gives one maximum flexibility and control.
dsTest is a high-performance, high-capacity software solution that runs on several distributions of Linux. It is designed to take advantage of the latest processor and virtualization technology to assist carriers’ and vendors’ evolution toward network function virtualization and software-defined networks. Carriers and vendors rely on dsTest for performance, compliance, and reliability validation of their networks. dsTest is also accompanied by the dsClient desktop application, which allows easy configuration and control of the tool using a graphical user interface, and provides test monitoring and operational measurement reporting in chart or tabular form.
