SIP automated test platform

Abstract

IP networks have been becoming more popular communication infrastructures due to the lower operational costs in recent years. Mainly, usage of IP networks in voice services, which is denominated by VoIP (Voice over IP), has made difference in telephony networks not only the way of the people's communications, but also telecommunication companies' and operators' solutions. In this scope, IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystems)/SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) networks have some challenges for testing processes. Testing and validation of SIP scenarios in IMS networks can be complex and time consuming due to the lots of different kind of scenarios with traditional manual methods. This paper aims to develop automated test environment for SIP messages. In this perspective, this system provides to manage SIPp-like XML (eXtensible Markup Language) scenario files, which is aimed to support IMS network nodes with GUI (Graphical User Interface). Automation of SIP signaling test environment is also implemented for plotting data automatically.