Dial-up resource simulator
An apparatus to enable an application which tests a data service, including a dial-up resource simulator to simulate a dial-up resource to connect the application and the data service.
1 . An apparatus to enable an application which tests a data service, the apparatus comprising:
a dial up resource simulator to simulate a dial-up resource to connect the application and the data service.
2 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the simulator simulates a mobile phone service.
3 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the simulator simulates an AT-modem.
4 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the simulator comprises a responder to simulate a response to an AT command received from the application to thereby establish a connection between the simulator and the application.
5 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the simulator comprises a connector to give an appearance of pppd to the application to connect the application to the data service over a network.
6 . The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the network is a LAN.
7 . The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the connector is a pppd wrapper.
8 . The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the responder comprises:
an emulator to emulate a digital cellular data service.
9 . The apparatus of claim 8 , further comprising:
a first pseudo-TTY unit to receive the AT command from the application and receive the response from the simulator; and
a second pseudo-TTY unit to transmit the received AT command from the first pseudo-TTY unit to the simulator, and transmit the response from the simulator to the first pseudo-TTY unit.
10 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the data service is an HTTP service, a mail service, news service, an MMS service, or an SMS service.
11 . A method of enabling an application which tests a data service, comprising:
simulating a dial-up resource to connect the application and the data service with a simulator.
12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the simulating of the dial-up resource comprises:
establishing a connection between the application and the simulator, comprising:
generating an AT command with the application; and
simulating a response to the AT command by the dial-up resource with the simulator.
13 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the simulating of the dial-up resource comprises:
establishing a network connection between the application and the data service, comprising simulating a pppd, comprising establishing an IP connection over a LAN.
14 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the establishing of the network connection comprises emulating the data service.
15 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
exercising the data service with the application.
16 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising:
transmitting the AT command from the application to the simulator using a pseudo TTY; and
transmitting the response from the simulator to the application using the pseudo TTY.
17 . A system, comprising:
a test application to test a data service; and
a simulator to simulate a dial-up resource to connect the test application and the data service.
18 . The system of claim 17 , wherein the simulator comprises:
an AT command emulator to emulate a response to an AT command received from the test application.
19 . The system of claim 17 , wherein the simulator comprises:
a connector to give an appearance of pppd to the test application to connect the test application to the data service over a network.
20 . The system of claim 19 , wherein the simulator simulates an AT modem which makes a simulated wireless or wired connection with the data service to make a wireless or a wired connection.