The PCRF Nodal Test Case
The PCRF Nodal test case allows you to emulate the Access Gateway (AGW) and Application Function (AF) such that a PCRF can be tested in isolation. Landslide emulates the AGW to provide the Ty interface to the PCRF, and emulates the AF to provide the Tx interface to the PCRF.
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NOTE: Although defined slightly different in their associated standards, both the 3GPP and 3GPP2 organizations have implemented a policy decision function and associated reference points. 3GPP2 defines the reference points as Tx and Ty, while 3GPP defines them as Rx and Gx. The Landslide PCRF Test application provides support for all four reference points in any combination. |
With this test case, you define:
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The Ty Diameter/Gx/R3 interface parameters
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Optional/mandatory parameters in Diameter messages (Tx interface)
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Optional/mandatory parameters in Ty messages (for Diameter protocol)
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IP addresses for the AGW Node and AF Node
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Number of simultaneous sessions to establish
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Rate of session establishment
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Duration of each session before initiating teardown
Measurements collected for this test case include:
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Summary showing number of sessions established
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Number of messages sent and received by interface (for example, number of Access Requests sent and number of Access Accepts received on Ty interface)
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Error indications such as timeouts, error messages received, and failed sessions
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The Gx, Tx, and Gxc interface parameters
- Event trigger parameters provisioned with PCC and QoS rules
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Optional/mandatory parameters in Ty messages (for Diameter protocol)
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IP addresses for the AGW Node, AF Node, and BBERF Node
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Number of simultaneous sessions to establish
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Duration of each session before initiating teardown
Test Options
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Use the SUT Query option to monitor the CPU utilization of an SUT, and determine the amount of activity that the SUT can handle within a given CPU threshold.
Measurements
Measurements collected for the basic PCRF Nodal test case are reported on the following tabs. Additional measurements may be available depending on the test activity and options executed with the test case.