TY - GEN
T1 - Test recommendation for service validation in 5G networks
AU - Touloupos, Marios
AU - Kapassa, Evgenia
AU - Kyriazis, Dimosthenis
AU - Christodoulou, Klitos
PY - 2020/1/1
Y1 - 2020/1/1
N2 - System Testing is the testing of a fully integrated software, as well as a series of different tests whose purpose is to exercise the full computer-based system. Software testing though, is an arduous and expensive activity. In the context of manual testing, any effort to reduce the test execution time and to increase defect findings is welcome. One of the biggest challenges in the upcoming 5G era is the validation and verification of VNFs and NSs, so that operators can be sure of their behavior in different execution environments. 5G technologies as well as SDNs are already introducing great challenges in the field service validation, testing and optimization of the underlying network. Considering the above, we propose a recommendation system acting as a Decision Support Mechanism integrated in an SDN environment. Its purpose is the proposition of tests to the software developers towards a stable NS ready to be deployed to the production environment.
AB - System Testing is the testing of a fully integrated software, as well as a series of different tests whose purpose is to exercise the full computer-based system. Software testing though, is an arduous and expensive activity. In the context of manual testing, any effort to reduce the test execution time and to increase defect findings is welcome. One of the biggest challenges in the upcoming 5G era is the validation and verification of VNFs and NSs, so that operators can be sure of their behavior in different execution environments. 5G technologies as well as SDNs are already introducing great challenges in the field service validation, testing and optimization of the underlying network. Considering the above, we propose a recommendation system acting as a Decision Support Mechanism integrated in an SDN environment. Its purpose is the proposition of tests to the software developers towards a stable NS ready to be deployed to the production environment.
KW - 5G networks
KW - Decision support
KW - Network services
KW - Recommendations
KW - Software testing
KW - Validation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85084004385&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-44322-1_11
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-44322-1_11
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85084004385
SN - 9783030443214
T3 - Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing
SP - 139
EP - 150
BT - Information Systems - 16th European, Mediterranean, and Middle Eastern Conference, EMCIS 2019, Proceedings
A2 - Themistocleous, Marinos
A2 - Papadaki, Maria
PB - Springer India
T2 - 16th European, Mediterranean, and Middle Eastern Conference on Information System, EMCIS 2019
Y2 - 9 December 2019 through 10 December 2019
ER -