Method for determining deviations of an end-system message from a reference message
AssigneeRohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG
InventorAndreas Michl
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Abstract
A method is disclosed for determining deviations of a modular end-system message, generated in a hierarchically structured end-system of a telecommunications device, from a reference message. A reference message is read, and an end-system message generated in the end-system is read. A message-structure analysis is performed for the reference message and the end-system message. Any deviations of the end-system message from the reference message are determined from the message structure and structural units of the end-system message that deviate from the reference message are output.
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A method for determining deviations of a part of an end-system message of modular structure generated in a hierarchically-structured end system of a telecommunications device structured and based on an OSI reference model by comparison with a reference message comprising the steps of:
- reading in a reference message,
- reading in an end-system message containing information of different layers according to the OSI reference model generated in the end system,
- performing a message-structure analysis of the reference message,
- performing a message-structure analysis of the generated end-system message,
- displaying both structural units of the reference message and structural units of the generated end-system message,
- selecting a displayed structural unit of the reference message,
- selecting a displayed structural unit of the end-system message,
- determining deviations of the selected structural unit of the end-system message by comparison with the selected structural unit of the reference message, after the respective selections of the respective structural units, based on a structure and values for parameters of structural units, and
- outputting of individual structural units of the selected structural unit of the end-system message deviating from the selected structural unit of the reference message indicating values of parameters of the respective individual structural units of the selected structural unit of the end-system message generated in the end system in a first region of a screen display,
- wherein, in a second area of the screen display, the structural units of the end-system message are shown giving details for all structural units of the end-system message in the form of a table, and, in a third area of the screen display, the structural units of the reference message are shown giving details for all structural units of the end-system message in the form of a table, and
- wherein, in the second area and the third area, in each case the byte assigned to a structural unit within the end-system message or the reference message respectively is given.
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