Loaders
Loaders are traffic load generators for many protocols including CAP, COAP, Diameter, HTTP2 REST, GTP, IuCS, IuPS, MAP, Megaco, NGAP, NAS 4G/5G, P25, PFCP, Radius, RANAP, S1AP, SBCAP, SIGTRAN, SIP, RTP
Loaders are traffic load generators for many protocols including CAP, COAP, Diameter, HTTP2 REST, GTP, IuCS, IuPS, MAP, Megaco, NGAP, NAS 4G/5G, P25, PFCP, Radius, RANAP, S1AP, SBCAP, SIGTRAN, SIP, RTP
Overview
Loaders enable the user to run customizable message flows for many different protocols. Each Loaders focuses on a specific area (e.g. mobile security), interface (e.g. 5G SA N2) or protocol (e.g. SIP). These suites are extensible by the end user or by Valid8's engineering services.
What It Can Do For You
The Loader solution is capable of simulating and testing a variety of protocols including:
- CAP
- COAP
- Diameter
- GTP
- HTTP2 REST
- IuCS/IuPS
- MAP
- Megaco
- NGAP
- NAS
- PFCP
- Radius
- RANAP
- S1AP
- SBCAP
- SIGTRAN
- SIP
Why It’s Different
- Scalable software-based architecture can run on a range of hardware from COTS and high-end customer provided hardware to Virtual Machines and the Cloud (e.g. Amazon AWS) for maximum versatility and performance
- Web-based UI is easy to learn
- HTTP API enable integration with automation test systems and other equipment
- Stateful modeling provides accurate emulation of network elements
Features
- Pre-made test scenarios and procedures
- Valid / Invalid testing
- Customizable source-code
- User-configurable proprietary messages, IEs, headers
- Animated test results action-replay
- Easy to configure
- Automatic execution of test batches
- UDP, TCP, SCTP transport layer IPv4/IPv6 support
- Suitable for Development and QA test lab environments, negative and robustness testing, Regression testing and Reproducing customer issues in the field
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Subsystems
KPIs
- Traffic rate - broken down per message type
- Active, Successful and Failed calls/sessions
Configurable Parameters
- IP address and port
- Network layer- IPv4 / IPv6
- Transport layer- UDP / TCP / SCTP / TLS
- Phone numbers
- Authentication - username and password
- Unexpected message handling - Stop / Continue
Automation API
Scripting
Use Cases
SIP Server Under Test
For testing the SIP Server, the Valid8 Tester can generate SIP calls to test performance and stability.
Supported Scenarios:
Message flows
- REGISTER
- INVITE Audio/Video calls
- MESSAGE
- UPDATE
- PRACK
- SUBSCRIBE/NOTIFY
- INFO
Emulate Real Network Conditions
- Peak times
- PSTN to IP calls
- Jitter
- Limited bandwidth
- Duplicate packets
- Corrupted packets
- Bursty network traffic
- Redundant link switchover / outage
AMF Under Test
For testing the AMF, the 5G SA Network Emulator can wrap around the node using the N1, N2, N8, N11, N12 & N22 interfaces. Traffic can be originated from real or emulated UE and IoT devices
Supported Scenarios:
• General Registration
• Registration with AMFre-allocation
• UE-initiated Deregistration
• Network-initiated Deregistration
• UE Triggered Service Request
• Network Triggered Service Request
• UE Configuration Update procedure for access and mobility management related parameters
• UE Configuration Update procedure for transparent UE Policy delivery
• UE Reachability Notification Request procedure
• UE Activity Notification procedure
• AN Release
DHCP Server
For testing the DHCP Server, the Valid8 Tester can generate DHCP v4 and v6 messages to test performance, stability and security.
Supported Scenarios:
- DHCPv4 DISCOVER, OFFER, REQUEST, ACK
- DHCPv6 SOLICIT, ADVERTISE, REQUEST, REPLY
Firewall Under Test
GTP, SCTP, S1-AP, MAP SIGTRAN Firewall
Supported Scenarios:
- Invalid version
- Invalid IEs/AVPs
- Invalid TIDs
- Invalid UE IDs
- Too large messages
- Too short messages
HLR Under Test
For testing the HLR Server, the Valid8 Tester can generate MAP traffic on a variety of interfaces in parallel to test performance and stability.
Supported Scenarios:
- C
- Gr
HSS Under Test
For testing the HSS Server, the Valid8 Tester can generate Diameter traffic on a variety of interfaces in parallel to test performance and stability.
Supported Scenarios:
- Cx
- D/D'
- S6a/S6c/S6d/S6m/S6n/S6t
- S13/S13'
- Sh
- SLh
- Sp
- SWx
- Zh
IoT Gateway Under Test
For testing the IoT Gateway, the Valid8 Tester can generate MQTT, COAP, HTTP, SIP calls to test performance and stability.
Supported Scenarios:
- MQTT
- COAP
- SIP
- HTTP
- other on request
MCPTT Application Server Under Test
For testing the MCPTT AS, the Valid8 Tester can generate SIP PTT calls to test performance and stability.
Supported Scenarios:
- REGISTER
- INVITE Audio/Video calls
- MESSAGE
- UPDATE
Media Gateway Under Test
For testing the Media Gateway (MG), the Valid8 Tester can generate SIP, Megaco & ISUP calls with user plan media to test performance and stability.
Supported Scenarios:
- SIP calls - INVITE/200/ACK/INFO/BYE/200
- Megaco calls - Add/Modify/Subtract/Audit
- ISUP calls - IAM/ACM/ANM/REL/RLC
- RTP & TDM user plane with voice Quality check option (PESQ/PoLQA)
MME Under Test
For testing MME, the HSS emulator can provide a realistic, stateful emulation of the subscriber DB for testing purposes
Supported Scenarios:
- Attach
- Detach
- Location Update
MSC Under Test
For testing the MSC Server, the Valid8 Tester can generate MAP traffic on a variety of interfaces in parallel to test performance and stability.
Supported Scenarios:
- B interface
- C interface
- D interface
- E interface
- F interface
- H interface
- I interface
- J interface
NSSF Under Test
For testing the NSSF, the 5G Network Emulator can wrap around the node using the N22 interface. Traffic can be originated from real or emulated UE and IoT devices
Supported Scenarios:
- Selection of network slice using NSSAI
- Update information on S-NSSAIs
- Notification or removal of restricted S-NSSAIs
PCF Under Test
For testing the PCF, the 5G Network Emulator can wrap around the node using the N7 & N15 interfaces. Traffic can be originated from real or emulated UE and IoT devices
Supported Scenarios:
- Policy information provisioning at AMF
- Trigger information provisioning at AMF
- Policy information provisioning at SMF
- UE deregistration
PCRF Under Test
For testing the PCRF, the 4G Network Emulator can wrap around the PCRF with the core network and IMS.
Supported Scenarios:
PGW Under Test
For testing the PGW, the 4G Network Emulator can wrap around the node using the S5/8, S7, Sxx and SGi interfaces. Traffic can be originated from real or emulated UE and IoT devices.
Supported Scenarios:
- Create Session
- Delete Session
- Create Bearer
- Modify Bearer
- Delete Bearer
- Echo
- Emulates all required nodes for wrapping around, including MME and PCRF for testing over interfaces S5/8, S7, Sxx nd SGi
- Exposes all internal interfaces
- Conformance tests available for each interface (S5/8, S7, Sxx, SGi)
RFSS or Dispatch Console Under Test
For testing the RFSS or the dispatch Console, the Valid8 Tester can generate SIP PTT calls on ISSI or CSSI to test conformance to the published standards
Supported Scenarios:
- Unconfirmed Group Call
- Confirmed Group Call
- Emergency Call
- Emergency Alarm
- REGISTER
- INVITE SG calls
- INVITE SU calls
- PTT RTP IMBE/AMBE
SGSN Under Test
For testing the SGSN Server, the Valid8 Tester can generate MAP traffic on a variety of interfaces in parallel to test performance and stability.
Supported Scenarios:
- Gr interface
- Gd interface
- Gs interface
- Ge interface
- Gf interface
SMF Under Test
For testing the SMF, the 5G Network Emulator can wrap around the node using the N4, N6, N10 & N11 interfaces. Traffic can be originated from real or emulated UE and IoT devices
Supported Scenarios:
• General Registration
• Registration with AMFre-allocation
• UE-initiated Deregistration
• Network-initiated Deregistration
• UE Triggered Service Request
• Network Triggered Service Request
• UE Configuration Update procedure for access and mobility management related parameters
• UE Configuration Update procedure for transparent UE Policy delivery
• UE Reachability Notification Request procedure
• UE Activity Notification procedure
• AN Release
UDM/EIR/AUSF Under Test
For testing the UDM/EIR/AUSF, the 5G Network Emulator can wrap around the nodes using the N8, N10, N12, N17 interfaces. Traffic can be originated from real or emulated UE and IoT devices
Supported Scenarios:
- General Registration
- Registration with AMFre-allocation
- UE-initiated Deregistration
- Network-initiated Deregistration
- UE Triggered Service Request
- Network Triggered Service Request
- UE Configuration Update procedure for access and mobility management related parameters
- UE Configuration Update procedure for transparent UE Policy delivery
- UE Reachability Notification Request procedure
- UE Activity Notification procedure
- AN Release
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