A Case Study on a New Testing Strategy in the Scope of IMS Service Requirements Applied to Mobile Devices
Gaspar Henrique Alves Mota, Andre Jose de Franca, Flavia Camila Morais de Oliveira · 2024
In this paper, the authors describe a case study of the software development industry.They discuss the issues related to testing the Android operating system facing the Software Engineering Laboratory (SEL) team with respect to IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) services and personalizing them according to carrier requirements.These tests are crucial for the approval of each new model and software update because telecommunications carriers differentiate their services through the personalization of the embedded software in the mobile device.Driven by the growing demand, the authors proposed reducing the scope of tests and developed an automation tool called IMS Deep Assertion (IDeAs) to validate each applied requirement.It was verified that this new process can result in a considerable reduction in the testing time when its use is planned in a high-demand scenario.As a result, it was found that this new approach can have a positive impact, which can allow for up to a 77% reduction in laboratory availability and, consequently, in a high-demand scenario, can reduce the delivery time of test requests.