A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EMULATING MULTIPLE INDEPENDENT WIRELESS CLIENT DEVICES IN THE CLOUD

摘要

Wireless network performance test is initiated and test results are gathered from multiple independent wireless client devices which simplify and assist in the process of analysis and generation of test reports. The system for emulating multiple independent wireless client device in the cloud comprising a cloud platform (104) consisting a plurality of virtual machines (110a-110n); a plurality of USB wireless adapters (106); and a device agent (102). The method for emulating multiple independent wireless client devices in the cloud comprising steps of setting up test environment by user (202); reading files by Device Agent and providing list of USB devices in cloud platform which can be used (204); specifying number of wireless client to be created by user (206); launching different virtual machines in the cloud platform by the Device Agent by using virtual machine images provided by the user based on settings in the configuration files (208); mapping and attaching physical USB devices to virtual machines in the cloud platform to create multiple independent wireless client device by the Device Agent (210); injecting test automation scripts into all virtual machines by the Device Agent and initiating test execution in all virtual machine in the cloud platform based on settings in the configuration files (212); and gathering results from all virtual machines by the Device Agent upon completion of test execution based on the settings in the configuration files (214); and analyzing test results received from all virtual machines and generating test report (216).