Method and system for IPTV test, and IPTV test apparatus

摘要

Embodiment of the present invention disclose a method for Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) test, the method includes: connecting to a user port to be tested of an IPTV access apparatus via an access matrix; accessing an IP carrier network; downloading channel information from an IPTV network; receiving IPTV media contents according to the channel information; and analyzing the channel information and the IPTV media contents, and generating an IPTV test result. Embodiment of the present invention also provides a system for IPTV test and a test apparatus. In embodiment of the present invention, automatic IPTV test is implemented without any operation on the user side. According to embodiments of the present invention, tests may be done at more than one user port via the Test Access Matrix. In addition, in embodiments of the present invention, packet capturing and analyzing at Set Top Boxes (STBs) are not required, so the test does not depend on operation of the STBs, which brings more convenience to the testers.