Parser to dynamically generate preferred multi-mode system selection entries
Disclosed is a method of dynamically parsing MLPL, MSPL, HPLMN, EHPLMN, PLMN, ePRL and the like lists. Each of the parsed entries is used to create simulated network conditions (for example, MCC/MNC for 3GPP network, SID/Sector ID for 3GPP2 networks) for verifying the device behavior through automation.
1. A method of testing mum-mode devices for multi-mode system selection capability, said method comprising:
parsing of system entries from a Universal Integrated Circuit Card (UICC) with respect to a plurality of attributes defined for multimode system selection (MMSS), wherein said system entries are generated in a multi-mode device under test (DUT) responsive to broadcast from a network simulator comprising base station emulation hardware;
producing parameters based upon said system entries for different network system modes as simulated by said network simulator;
configuring said network simulator with said parameters; and
verifying system selection behavior under respective network system modes in an automated fashion.
2. The method of testing according to claim 1 , wherein said plurality of attributes comprise Public Land Mobile Networks (PLMN), MMSS system priority List (MSPL), MMSS Location Associated priority List (MLPL), Home Plan Land Mobile Network (HPLMN), Equivalent Home Public Land Mobile Network (EHPLMN) and Enhanced Preferred Roaming List (ePRL), wherein said parsing is further performed by a parser engine coupled to the network simulator.
3. The method of testing according to claim 2 wherein said parser engine dynamically creates a list of said system entries based on the information parsed from records to determine multi-mode device behavior in scenarios including Power-up, Empty Most Recently Use (MR) list, Cell Reselection upon system loss, and System selection based on priority.
4. The method of testing according to claim 2 wherein said MMSS Location Associated Priority List (MLPL) is a data record containing location specific information.
5. The method of testing according to claim 2 wherein said MMSS system priority List (MSPL) is a data record containing system priorities.
6. The method of testing according to claim 1 wherein a user selects an area to be tested through a graphical user interface (GUI).
7. The method of testing according to claim 1 further comprising controlling a plurality of emulators and RF conditions.
8. The method of testing according to claim 7 wherein said RF conditions are generated using said base station emulation hardware.
9. The method of testing according to claim 7 wherein said RF conditions are based on the entries in test Public Land Mobile Networks (PLMN)/MMSS System Priority List (MSPL)/MMSS Location Associated Priority List (MLPL)/Enhanced Preferred Roaming List (ePRL) List.
10. The method of testing according to claim 1 wherein said parameters are extracted from a preprogrammed data file having combinations of systems created per the requirements of a test case.
11. The method of testing according to claim 1 wherein automatic scripts are used to set said parameters.
12. The method of testing according to claim 11 wherein said automatic scripts are used to set said parameters on said base station emulation hardware and on said multi-mode DUT programmatically controlled through test procedures.
13. The method of testing according to claim 1 wherein said multi-mode device is a 3GPP2 device.
14. The method of testing according to claim 1 wherein said multi-mode device is a 4G device.
15. The method of testing according to claim 1 wherein said different network system modes comprise a MCC/MNC for 3GPP network.
16. The method of testing according to claim 1 wherein said different network system modes comprise a SID/Sector ID for 3GPP2 network.
17. The method of testing according to claim 1 wherein said different network system modes are programmatically configured network simulators.