Designing of a Semi-Automation Tool for Wireless LAN Interoperability Testing
Issakainen, Jukka (2013)
Issakainen, Jukka
Tampereen ammattikorkeakoulu
2013
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2013121721492
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2013121721492
Tiivistelmä
Interoperability testing for devices using wireless local area networks may require a complex test environment consisting of several Access Points and authentication servers. These entities are used to verify the correct operation of a device under test.
Each entity has several settings for various authentication types and encryptions. There is no global standard for remote (or local) user interface to enable machine-to-machine automation for changing the settings. When user has to manually setup each feature, it is prone to errors. These erroneous situations may slow down the actual testing and therefore create pressure for the schedules.
By creating a user interface based on radio-buttons it is possible to reduce the complexi-ty of setting up the test environment to an acceptable level. The user interface takes care of powering up the desired Access Point, communicates with it and restores the desired setup and, if needed, sets the definitions for authentication servers. Focus can be set to actual interoperability testing instead of setting up the test environment.
A clear reduction of errors caused by faulty setups of the test environment was achieved when the user interface was taken into use. Also reliability and repeatability of testing got better.
This thesis focuses on describing the functionality and the structure of the WLAN veri-fication Wizard user interface -tool. Actual interoperability testing of wireless local area networks is out of scope due to non-disclosure agreements.
Each entity has several settings for various authentication types and encryptions. There is no global standard for remote (or local) user interface to enable machine-to-machine automation for changing the settings. When user has to manually setup each feature, it is prone to errors. These erroneous situations may slow down the actual testing and therefore create pressure for the schedules.
By creating a user interface based on radio-buttons it is possible to reduce the complexi-ty of setting up the test environment to an acceptable level. The user interface takes care of powering up the desired Access Point, communicates with it and restores the desired setup and, if needed, sets the definitions for authentication servers. Focus can be set to actual interoperability testing instead of setting up the test environment.
A clear reduction of errors caused by faulty setups of the test environment was achieved when the user interface was taken into use. Also reliability and repeatability of testing got better.
This thesis focuses on describing the functionality and the structure of the WLAN veri-fication Wizard user interface -tool. Actual interoperability testing of wireless local area networks is out of scope due to non-disclosure agreements.