Transport media quality testing remote from testing site

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium impressed with computer program instructions to test transport audio quality irrespective of tester location, the instructions, when executed on a processor, implement a method comprising:

• a virtual test agent (VTA) selecting a mobility management component corresponding to an eNodeB positioned at a physical location served by a core network, to route a second connection for media communication over a transport segment under test with a tester terminus that includes a user equipment (UE) or a second VTA (collectively tester terminus);
• the VTA establishing a first connection to a tester appliance;
• the VTA establishing the second connection, over the transport segment under test, to the tester terminus by signaling the mobility management component;
• and
• the VTA bridging the first and second connections by relaying media during a test of subjective media quality, whereby the bridging assures that the relayed media in the second connection continues to be relayed over the transport segment under test and not re-routed by core network components.

A system including one or more processors coupled to memory, the memory loaded with computer instructions to test transport audio quality irrespective of tester location, the instructions, when executed on the processors, implement actions comprising:

• a virtual test agent (VTA) selecting a mobility management component corresponding to an eNodeB positioned at a physical location served by a core network, to route a second connection for media communication over a transport segment under test with a tester terminus that includes a user equipment (UE) or a second VTA (collectively tester terminus);
• the VTA establishing a first connection to a tester appliance;
• the VTA establishing the second connection, over the transport segment under test, to the tester terminus by signaling the mobility management component;
• and
• the VTA bridging the first and second connections by relaying media during a test of subjective media quality, whereby the bridging assures that the relayed media in the second connection continues to be relayed over the transport segment under test and not re-routed by core network components.