Automated Testing Framework for Geographical Distributed Testing Environment

Abstract

Automated testing is critical for the complex products development and manufacture. In generally, connecting multiple test environments in geographical distributed environment to share resources is a way to reduce cost. However, it conflicts with the principle of "keep test environment clean". Moreover, high latency between geographical different networks may impact origin automated test activities in reality. In this paper, we propose an automated testing framework for geographical distributed testing environment to solve the problems of sharing resources. In the proposed framework, improved Test Harness (TH) and integrated Test as a Service (TaaS) are proposed to assure automated testing flow and guarantee test integrity. The proposed framework may not impact origin automated test activities, which could reduce the cost of test activities in really. In addition, a basic implementation of Test Harness and TaaS Console in the proposed framework are presented in this paper.