Hammer Class 5 Feature Tester
Automated Regression Test Solution for Class 5 Voice Services
All service providers from Telcos to Cable MSOs delivering voice services offer a wide variety of traditional Class 5 features including caller ID, call waiting, and third-party calling. While these services are now mainly delivered over VoIP networks, subscriber endpoints still include digital, analog as well as IP phones. In order to ensure these voice features function properly in isolation, in combination or under load conditions, service providers need an automated and repeatable network feature testing solution that can scale to emulate multiple subscribers.
By combining the industry leading call generation and verification capabilities of the Hammer G5 and Hammer FX-TDM platforms with a Class 5 feature test case library, the Hammer Class 5 Feature Tester delivers a simple, easy-to-use automated voice testing solution that meets this need. All of the test cases have been proven in actual service provider environments and the Class 5 network feature test automation harness enables users to set up and execute Class 5 regression tests and obtain test results in a matter of minutes. With the flexibility of the Hammer architecture, customization of test cases for vendor specific implementations is extremely simple. In addition, Empirix's professional services organization is available for more complex test scenarios, dramatically reducing test script development costs.
Figure 1: Hammer Class 5 Feature Tester Solution Verifying Class 5 Voice Services
Class 5 Feature Testing Cases
- Basic point-to-point calls
- Voicemail deposit and retrieval
- Three-way call/n-way conference call
- Call Transfer (Attended)
- Call Transfer (Blind)
- Call Forward No Answer (CFNA)
- Call Forward Unconditional (CFU)
- Call Forward Busy (CFB)
- Call Hold/Call Un-hold
- Call Waiting with Call Hold
- Caller ID
- Call Park
- Hunt Group
- Call Forking
- Find Me/Follow Me/Closed User Group
- And many more!
Summary
The Hammer Class 5 Feature Tester is an easy-to-use, automated voice test solution for software developers, quality assurance teams and network verification groups. This automated regression test solution gives service providers the ability to cost effectively verify that Class 5 features consistently function properly in isolation or in combination with other features and under load conditions from TDM, analog and IP endpoints.
