Mobility manager destructive testing

A method of testing a cellular communications network, the method comprising:

• configuring a Mobility Management Entity (MME) of an Evolved Packet Core (EPC) to communicate through a transport communication network;
• configuring multiple Evolved Node Bs (eNodeBs) to communicate with the MME through the transport communication network;
• configuring multiple communication devices to (a) access the MME through the multiple eNodeBs and (b) establish multiple communication sessions using the MME;
• applying a setting in a network router of the transport communication network that interrupts communications between the eNodeBs and the MME;
• and
• determining how many of the multiple communication sessions are dropped after applying the setting.

A method of testing a cellular communications network, the method comprising:

• configuring one or more components of the cellular communications network to communicate through a transport communication network;
• configuring a radio access network of the cellular communications network to communicate with the one or more components through the transport communication network;
• configuring multiple communication devices to (a) access the one or more components through the radio access network and (b) establish multiple communication sessions using the one or more components;
• applying a setting in a network router of the transport communication network that interrupts communications between the radio access network and the one or more components;
• and
• detecting one or more events occurring within the cellular communications network after applying the setting.