Wireline-Wireless Network Testing Automation at Scale
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current mobile network testing methods are expensive, laborious, and time-consuming, often missing important variables and requiring re-testing, which leads to minimal data for assessing user experience and increased operational costs.
Innovation Solution
An automated network testing system that commands and controls the testing of network services at scale using user devices, enabling flexible testing scenarios, data aggregation, and analysis with minimal user intervention.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If manual testing is used with testers physically traveling to locations, then testing can be performed at specific sites, but testing becomes expensive, laborious, and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service testing where user devices automatically perform network tests without requiring physical testers to travel to locations. Test scripts are deployed to user devices that autonomously execute testing procedures and report results, eliminating the need for manual intervention while maintaining comprehensive testing coverage
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical system of physical travel and manual operation with an automated digital system. Test scripts and commands are transmitted electronically to user devices, which automatically execute testing procedures and transmit results back to the centralized platform, substituting physical presence with remote automated control
2Measurement precision
If manual testing is used with physical travel to locations, then on-site testing can be performed, but operational costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
User devices perform self-service testing by automatically executing test scripts and reporting results without requiring dispatched testers. This eliminates costs associated with tester travel, accommodation, and on-site operations while maintaining comprehensive network testing capabilities across multiple locations simultaneously
Solution Approach 2:
The centralized testing platform serves multiple locations and network elements simultaneously through a single automated system. User devices across different geographic locations can be provisioned with test scripts to perform identical or differentiated testing procedures, providing universal testing coverage without requiring location-specific manual resources
3Quantity of substance
If extensive manual testing is performed, then comprehensive network coverage can be achieved, but the process becomes laborious and requires significant manual effort
Solution Approach 1:
The testing system is segmented into modular components: a centralized platform that manages test orchestration, user devices that execute local tests, and automated data aggregation services. This segmentation allows comprehensive network testing to be divided into independent, automatically executed tasks that can be distributed across numerous user devices simultaneously
Solution Approach 2:
Manual testing operations are replaced with automated electronic systems. The centralized platform electronically provisions test scripts to user devices, which automatically execute testing procedures and transmit results back through electronic channels. This substitution eliminates the need for manual test execution while enabling scaled comprehensive testing
4Measurement precision
If manual testing with re-testing is performed, then important variables can be tested, but time consumption increases due to repeated testing
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements automated feedback loops where test results are immediately transmitted back to the centralized platform for analysis. The platform can identify failed tests or incomplete variable coverage and automatically trigger re-testing of specific variables without requiring manual intervention. This feedback mechanism ensures comprehensive variable testing while maintaining high productivity through automated iteration
Solution Approach 2:
The centralized platform performs preliminary analysis of test results to identify which variables require re-testing before dispatching new test scripts. This preliminary action prevents unnecessary repeated testing of already-passed variables while ensuring that important variables are thoroughly tested, optimizing both completeness and efficiency
Data Source
AI summary
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining that one or more tests are to be executed for a core network of a telecommunications system, based on the determining, transmitting one or more test initiation commands to a set of user equipment (UEs) of a plurality of UEs communicatively coupled to the core network, wherein the one or more test initiation commands cause the set of UEs to execute the one or more tests, obtaining, from the set of UEs, results associated with the one or more tests, analyzing the results based on one or more machine learning (ML) models to identify a network issue, and responsive to the analyzing, performing one or more actions to address the network issue. Other embodiments are disclosed.