Acme Packet Expands Their Use of dsTest™
Acme Packet, leading Network Equipment Manufacturer (NEM), uses the high-capacity functional and performance capabilities of dsTest to verify the performance of their Diameter Routing Agent (DRA), and have expanded their use of dsTest with a new installation. The broad capabilities of dsTest provide comprehensive solutions for the Diameter interfaces involved in Policy & Charging Control (PCC), Subscriber Management, Authentication Accounting & Authorization (AAA), and Short Message Service (SMS) functionality.
DRA testing requires the extreme performance that dsTest provides, and Acme Packet can simulate the traffic generated by an entire 4G Evolved Packet Core (EPC) network of Diameter clients and servers with a single dsTest applicance. dsTest is the only product that enables Acme Packet to create stateful Diameter traffic that stresses the DRA's ability to properly route and maintain the state of complex multi-interface transactions such as those involving the Gx and Rx interfaces, while simultaneously processing Home Subscriber Server (HSS) transactions involving the S6a and S6d interfaces – with the same set of subscribers. By using SmartEvents™ they can also coordinate actions between unrelated interface applications to achieve the desired traffic mix and volume.
The SmartEvents feature gives them the ability to extend the state machine of an interface application and to define the behavior of individual subscribers or groups of subscribers.
- Modify the behavior of an application
- Trigger client-initiated, server-initiated, or network-initiated procedures based on time or on the result of another procedure
- Coordinate the actions of multiple interface applications to simulate subscriber activity
[01/06/12] dsTest Adds Support for the S6b Interface
[12/30/11] New Feature for dsTest SmartEvents
[10/07/11] Tier 1 North American Carrier Selects dsTest
[08/29/11] dsTest v1.3 Final Release
[08/08/11] New Headquarters Established
[04/28/11] Gx and Rx Interfaces ready for beta testing
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dsTest 1.3 Final Release
The final release of dsTest v1.3 software is now available. This release brings many new applications and feature enhancements to the dsTest platform. As Developing Solutions continues to focus our efforts on testing the mobile packet core, dsTest has become the standard for performance testing and device emulation of Subscriber Management, Policy & Charging Control (PCC), and Short Message Service (SMS) network elements.
"dsTest 1.3 gives users the ability for control plane testing of the SGW, PGW, GGSN, and SGSN. Our SmartFlow application introduces the ability to create GTP-Cv1/v2 state machines and use them in combination with PCC interface applications to test gateway elements in the mobile packet core," said John Minnis, founder of Developing Solutions. "Users can also take advantage of the new Chained Events feature to trigger network-initiated events from our PCRF emulator and validate the resulting GTP-C signaling."
Featured Interfaces
Rx Interface
Policy Control and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) emulation and load generation capabilities for the Rx Diameter application are available for beta testing.
Sh Interface
Home Subscriber Server (HSS) emulation and load generation capabilities for the Sh interface are available for alpha testing.