SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR UTILIZING A MOBILE ROBOTIC PLATFORM TO CONDUCT FUNCTIONALITY TESTING IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK

摘要

According to one aspect, the disclosed subject matter describes herein a system that includes a mobile robotic platform for navigating within a coverage area associated with an access point belonging to a communications network under test, wherein the mobile robotic platform includes a client device emulation module configured to emulate multiple client devices that are wirelessly connected to the access point and to send emulated test traffic data to the access point from each of the emulated client devices via a wireless connection. The mobile robotic platform also includes a real client device that includes a client application configured to communicate simulated test traffic data to the access point via an established wireless connection and a performance metrics module configured to determine wireless communication performance metrics associated with the wireless connection between the access point and at least one of the real client device or the emulated client devices.

主权项

1. A system for testing a wireless access point associated with a wireless communications network, the system comprising:
a mobile robotic platform configured to navigate within a service coverage area associated with a wireless access point belonging to a wireless communications network, wherein the mobile robotic platform includes:
a client device emulation module configured to emulate multiple client devices that are wirelessly connected to the wireless access point via multiple wireless connections, to generate emulated test traffic data for each of the emulated client devices, and to send the emulated test traffic data to the wireless access point from each of the emulated client devices via the multiple wireless connections;at least one real client device that includes a client application configured to establish a wireless connection with the wireless access point and to communicate simulated test traffic data to the wireless access point via the established wireless connection; anda performance metrics module configured to determine performance metrics associated with traffic data being wirelessly communicated between the wireless access point and at least one of the emulated client devices or the at least one real client device.