Abstract: A method for adapting a user interface on a display device of a protocol tester having a visual network plan which is used for the configuration of a telecommunication measurement task by a user includes modifying the visual network plan in comparison to a basic network plan according to hardware and/or software existing in the protocol tester.

Abstract: On a test apparatus for a telecommunication network a plurality of quality rules are defined as a function of the results of counts of events for a plurality of test parameters. The events relating to the plurality of test parameters during the performance of a test are counted. A plurality of statistics are created from the results of the counts. The statistics and quality rules which belong together are compared. A display is generated on a display unit in accordance with the results of the comparisons showing success or failure for each test run. Details of errors that caused any failure may be displayed using a drill-down technique so that test runs may be run rapidly without requiring expert knowledge of the test apparatus.

Abstract: A load testing apparatus and method has a display unit for the presentation of data that relate to a load test of a telecommunication network. The display includes a graphical user interface with the load test being divided into several test phases and on the graphical user interface functionalities being assigned to these test phases. The load testing apparatus further has a storage device into which user identifiers are enterable, and the functionalities are pooled into groups so that for each identifier there one or more groups of functionalities may be enabled.

Abstract: Configuration of a measurement task on a protocol tester includes displaying a problem field on a display device, the problem field having several network elements of a telecommunication network; graphically activating one of the network elements by a user; displaying different measurement tasks on the display device which are possible with respect to the activated network element; graphically selecting one of the measurement tasks by the user; and entering further parameters for the configuration of the measurement task, proceeding from one level of the network element level by level in lower levels, with the parameters not specified by the user being occupied by standard values.

Abstract: A load testing apparatus and method has a display unit for the presentation of data that relate to a load test of a telecommunication network. The display includes a graphical user interface with the load test being divided into several test phases and on the graphical user interface functionalities being assigned to these test phases. The load testing apparatus further has a storage device into which user identifiers are enterable, and the functionalities are pooled into groups so that for each identifier there one or more groups of functionalities may be enabled.

Abstract: On a test apparatus for a telecommunication network a plurality of quality rules are defined as a function of the results of counts of events for a plurality of test parameters. The events relating to the plurality of test parameters during the performance of a test are counted. A plurality of statistics are created from the results of the counts. The statistics and quality rules which belong together are compared. A display is generated on a display unit in accordance with the results of the comparisons showing success or failure for each test run. Details of errors that caused any failure may be displayed using a drill-down technique so that test runs may be run rapidly without requiring expert knowledge of the test apparatus.

Abstract: Configuration of a measurement task on a protocol tester includes displaying a problem field on a display device, the problem field having several network elements of a telecommunication network; graphically activating one of the network elements by a user; displaying different measurement tasks on the display device which are possible with respect to the activated network element; graphically selecting one of the measurement tasks by the user; and entering further parameters for the configuration of the measurement task, proceeding from one level of the network element level by level in lower levels, with the parameters not specified by the user being occupied by standard values.

Abstract: A method for adapting a user interface on a display device of a protocol tester having a visual network plan which is used for the configuration of a telecommunication measurement task by a user includes modifying the visual network plan in comparison to a basic network plan according to hardware and/or software existing in the protocol tester.