Remote access of cellular communication devices for software development and testing

A system comprising:

• multiple cellular communication devices, each cellular communication device being provisioned to operate as part of a cellular communications network, each cellular communication device having a wired communication port, each cellular communication device being configured to implement a logical control interface through the wired communication port of the cellular communication device;
• multiple interface devices, each interface device having a wired communication port that is connected to a corresponding cellular communication device through the wired communication port of the corresponding cellular communication device;
• a server computer configured to provide network communication ports corresponding respectively to the cellular communication devices;
• the server computer and the interface devices being configured to create a communication channel corresponding to each cellular communication device, the communication channel for a particular cellular communication device extending between the wired communication port of the particular cellular communication device and the network communication port corresponding to the particular cellular communication device;
• and
• the network communication ports being accessible for use by software developers and testers.

A method, comprising:

• provisioning multiple test devices for communicating as part of a cellular communications network, each test device having a logical control interface;
• configuring multiple interface devices for communicating with the logical control interfaces of the test devices;
• configuring a server computer to communicate with the interface devices;
• creating network communication ports at the server computer, the network communication ports being accessible through a wide-area network;
• creating a communication channel corresponding to each test device, the communication channel for a particular test device extending between one of the network communication ports and the logical control interface of the particular test device, the communication channel being implemented at least in part by one of the interface devices;
• and
• wherein the communication channels are accessible by software development devices through the network communication ports to communicate with the logical control interfaces of the test devices.