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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2015
Amdocs Software Systems Limited, Dublin, IE;
Ido Shaham, Hod-HaSharon, IL;
Michael Benattar, Lod, IL;
Guy Levi, Raanana, IL;
Ofer Hermoni, Yavne, IL;
Amdocs Software Systems Limited, Dublin, IE;
Amdocs Develpment Limited, Limassol, CY;
Abstract
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for testing at least a portion of a Network Function Virtualization based (NFV-based) communication network utilizing at least one virtual service testing element. In use, at least one virtual service testing element is instantiated, the at least one virtual service testing element being operable for testing at least a portion of a NFV-based communication network including a plurality of virtual services. Further, at least one time to implement the at least one virtual service testing element is identified such that the at least one virtual service testing element tests the at least a portion of the NFV-based communication network by: sending a known test case communication from the at least one virtual service testing element as an input to an ingress point of the at least a portion of the NFV-based communication network; receiving a result of the input as an output at an egress point of the at least a portion of the NFV-based communication network; and analyzing the result to determine whether at least a portion of the NFV-based communication network is performing as expected.