Simulation Toolkits
Extensible simulation toolkits for many protocols and application areas including CAP/CAMEL, COAP, Diameter, HELD, HTTP2 REST, GTP, LCSAP, LOST, MAP, Megaco, NGAP, NG911, NAS 4G/5G, PFCP, Radius, RANAP, S1AP, SBCAP, SIGTRAN, SIP, using Simul8
Extensible simulation toolkits for many protocols and application areas including CAP/CAMEL, COAP, Diameter, HELD, HTTP2 REST, GTP, LCSAP, LOST, MAP, Megaco, NGAP, NG911, NAS 4G/5G, PFCP, Radius, RANAP, S1AP, SBCAP, SIGTRAN, SIP, using Simul8
Overview
Simul8r enables the user to create and run customizable message flows for many different simulated protocols. Each Toolkit focuses on a specific area (e.g. mobile security), interface (e.g. 5G N2) or protocol (e.g. SIP). These Toolkits are extensible by the end user or by Valid8's engineering services.
What we Can Do For You
The Simul8r solution is capable of simulating and testing a variety of protocols, interfaces and areas including:
- CAP (CAMEL Application Part)
- CBS (Cell Broadcast System) and CBC (Cell Broadcast Center)
- COAP (Constrained Application Protocol)
- Diameter
- HTTP2 REST
- GTP (GPRS Tunneling Protocol)
- LCSAP (Location Services Application Protocol)
- MAP (Mobile Application Part)
- Megaco (Media Gateway Control Protocol)
- NAS (Non-Access Stratum)
- NG911 (Next-gen 911/112)
- NGAP (NG Application Protocol)
- PFCP (Packet Forwarding Control Protocol)
- Radius
- RANAP (Radio Access Network Application Part)
- S1AP (S1 Application Part)
- SABP (Service Area Broadcast Protocol)
- SBCAP (SBC Application Protocol)
- SIGTRAN (Signaling Transport)
- SIP (Session Initiation Protocol)
Why we’re 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-canned, ready-to-run test scenarios and procedures
- Valid / Invalid testing
- Customizable source-code
- User-configurable proprietary messages, IEs, headers
- Animated test results action-replay (coming soon)
- 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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Tests include:
- Security, wrong authentication credentials
- Flood, denial of service
- Penetration
- Negative testing - malformed messages, invalid headers / IEs
- Duplicate packets
- Dropped packets
- Delayed packets
- User plane traffic with unknown TEID, invalid Message Type, wrong GTP version
- User plane SIP REGISTER/INVITE/MESSAGE/CANCEL/BYE flood
- User plane SIP malformed messages
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Subsystems
KPIs
- System trace
- Event log
- PCAP capture
Configurable Parameters
- IP address and port
- Network layer- IPv4 / IPv6
- Transport layer- UDP / TCP / SCTP / TLS
- Unexpected message handling - Stop / Continue
Automation API
Scripting
PRODUCT OPTIONS
Use Cases
SIP Client Under Test
For testing the SIP Client, the Valid8 Tester can generate SIP calls to test performance and stability.
Supported Scenarios:
- REGISTER
- INVITE Audio/Video calls
- MESSAGE
- UPDATE
- PRACK
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
MCX Client Under Test
For testing the MCX Client, the Valid8 Tester can generate SIP/HTTP/Floor Control calls to test conformance, performance and stability.
Supported Scenarios:
- Bootstrap
- Registration
- INVITE Audio/Video/Data calls
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
Summary of Specifications
Specifications
Product Details
There are many scenarios available to suit different requirements and grouped into the Toolkit options listed below:
Mobile Security 5G
- GTP-U with unknown SEID
- GTP-U with invalid Message Type
- GTP-U with wrong GTP version
- PFCP with invalid header
- PFCP with invalid IEs
- PFCP with wrong GTP version
- PFCP create session flood
- PFCP delete session flood
- PFCP create bearer flood
- NGAP Setup invalid message
- NGAP UE Attach/Registration flood
- NGAP UE Detach/Deregister with invalid UE ID
- NGAP SCTP invalid message
- SIP REGISTER/INVITE/MESSAGE/CANCEL/BYE flood
- SIP malformed messages
Mobile Security 4G
- GTP-U with unknown TEID
- GTP-U with invalid Message Type
- GTP-U with wrong GTP version
- GTP-C with invalid header
- GTP-C with invalid IEs
- GTP-C with wrong GTP version
- GTP-C create session flood
- GTP-C delete session flood
- GTP-C create bearer flood
- S1AP Setup invalid message
- S1AP UE Attach/Registration flood
- S1AP UE Detach/Deregister with invalid UE ID
- S1AP SCTP invalid message
- SIP REGISTER/INVITE/MESSAGE/CANCEL/BYE flood
- SIP malformed messages
- Diameter S6a AIR with wrong credentials to HSS
- Diameter S6a AIR/ULR flood to HSS
- Diameter S6a IDR, DSR, ULR,CLR, PUR, NOR with wrong subscriber
- Diameter CCR flood to PCRF
- Diameter Sh UDR to HSS
- SMS malformed messages
Mobile Security 3G
- GTP-U with unknown SEID
- GTP-U with invalid Message Type
- GTP-U with wrong GTP version
- MAP with invalid IEs
- MAP with wrong GTP version
- MAP create session flood
- MAP delete session flood
- RANAP UE Attach/Registration flood
- RANAP UE Detach/Deregister with invalid UE ID
- RANAP SCTP invalid message
- SIP REGISTER/INVITE/MESSAGE/CANCEL/BYE flood
- SIP malformed messages
- SMS malformed messages
Mobile Performance 5G
- Register standard message flow
- Register IPv6
- Register Emergency
- Network rejection
- Detach
- Bearer Allocation
- SMS
Mobile Performance 4G
- Attach standard message flow
- Attach IPv6
- Attach Emergency
- Network rejection
- Detach
- Bearer Allocation
- SMS
Mobile Performance 3G
- Attach standard message flow
- Attach IPv6
- Attach Emergency
- Network rejection
- Detach
- Bearer Allocation
- SMS
Diameter
- Standard message flow
- Invalid AVP
- Invalid version
Radius
- Standard message flow
- Invalid AVP
- Invalid version
Megaco
- Standard message flow
- Invalid AVP
- Invalid version
GTP
- Standard message flow
- Invalid AVP
- Invalid version
SIP
- Standard message flow
- Invalid header
- Invalid version
- Too large message
- Too short message
Related Protocols
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