What is protocol testing ? What types of tool used in telecom testing ?

• Testing the functionality of the node to some standard message flow for compliance is known as protocol testing.
  
• Tester is used to send the standard message to the node that is under test.
  
• The testing tools used for protocol testing are:

1. Glomosim simulator – To test 100 nodes on single CPU
2. Abacus5000 – To test SIP.
3. Etherpeek – To test IP.
4. Nethawk – for SS7 testing.
5. Wireshasrk – for SS7/IP testing.
6. K1297- for testing G20(tektronics).