diff --git a/cmake_targets/autotests/core.py b/cmake_targets/autotests/core.py
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+#******************************************************************************
+
+#  Eurecom OpenAirInterface
+#  Copyright(c) 1999 - 2013 Eurecom
+
+#  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+#  under the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License,
+#  version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+
+#  This program is distributed in the hope it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+#  ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+#  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for
+#  more details.
+
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+#  this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+#  51 Franklin St - Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+
+#  The full GNU General Public License is included in this distribution in
+#  the file called "COPYING".
+
+#  Contact Information
+#  Openair Admin: openair_admin@eurecom.fr
+#  Openair Tech : openair_tech@eurecom.fr
+#  Forums       : http://forums.eurecom.fsr/openairinterface
+#  Address      : Eurecom, Compus SophiaTech 450, route des chappes, 06451 Biot, France
+
+#*****************************************************************************
+
+# \file core.py
+# \brief OAI core testing class that provides various primitives to send/recv cmd to openair class searching for patterns and process the responses and tag the test case as passed/failed/skipped 
+# \author Navid Nikaein
+# \date 2013
+# \version 0.1
+# @ingroup _test
+
+
+import pexpect
+import time
+import re
+import string
+import sys
+import os
+
+import openair
+import log
+
+class core:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.send_cr = 1
+        self.expect_echo = 0
+        self.expect_response = 1
+        self.flag_errors = 1
+        self.log = None
+
+    def clean(self, obj):
+        if type(obj) is str:
+            return obj
+        else:
+            return repr(obj)
+
+    def mark(self, marker):
+        if self.log:
+            print >> self.log, "\n\n{" + marker + "}\n\n"
+            
+    def expected(self, expected, got):
+        return "================================= Failure ===================================\n"+\
+               "_________________________________ Expected __________________________________\n"+\
+               "--->" + expected + "<-\n" +\
+               "_________________________________ Received __________________________________\n"+\
+               "--->" + got + "<-\n" +\
+               "=============================================================================\n"
+
+    def unexpected(self, notexpected, got):
+        return "================================= Failure ===================================\n"+\
+               "__________________________ not expect to find _______________________________\n"+\
+               "---> " + self.clean(notexpected) + "\n" +\
+               "_________________________________ Received___________________________________\n"+\
+               "---> " + self.clean(got) + "\n" +\
+               "=============================================================================\n"
+
+    def failed(self, command, expect,debug):
+        time.sleep(2)
+        ret = "================================= Failure =================================\n"
+        ret +="_________________________________ Sent ____________________________________\n"
+        ret +="---> " + command + "\n"
+        ret +="______________________________Searching for _______________________________\n"
+        ret +="---> " + self.clean(expect) + "\n" 
+        if debug >= 1 : 
+            ret +="________________________________ Received _________________________________\n"
+            ret +="---> " + self.clean(self.oai.before) + "\n" 
+            ret +="_______________________________ Remaining _________________________________\n"
+            ret +="---> " + self.clean(self.oai.after) + "\n" 
+        ret +="===========================================================================\n"
+        return ret
+
+    def err(self, command):
+        return "============================ Error received ================================\n"+\
+               "__________________________________ Sent ____________________________________\n"+\
+               '---> ' + command + "\n"+\
+               "_________________________________ Error was ________________________________\n"+\
+               "---> " + self.oai.before + "\n" +\
+               "============================================================================\n"
+
+            
+    def wait_quiet(self, timeout=0.5):
+        while 1:
+            try:
+                self.oai.expect(['..*'], timeout=0.5)
+            except pexpect.TIMEOUT, e:
+                return
+#            print '[Flushing ' + self.oai.after + ']'
+
+    # **************************Send*****************************    
+    # 1) send a command and return, do not wait
+    # ************************************************************
+    def send_nowait(self, command, sudo=False):
+        rsp1 = self.prompt1
+        rsp2 = self.prompt2
+        if sudo == True:
+          command = 'echo \'' + self.password + '\' | sudo -S -E ' + command
+
+        self.wait_quiet()
+        if self.send_cr:
+            log.stats['cmd'] += 1
+            self.oai.sendline(command)
+        else:
+            self.oai.send(command)
+
+
+    # **************************Send*****************************    
+    # 1) send a command
+    # 2) wait for a return prompt. Don't capture the response.
+    # 3) Check for error or timeout.
+    # ************************************************************
+    def send(self, command,sudo=False, timeout = 50, rsp1=None, rsp2=None,debug=0):
+        if not rsp1:
+            rsp1 = self.prompt1
+        if not rsp2:
+            rsp2 = self.prompt2
+        self.wait_quiet()
+        if sudo == True:
+          command = 'echo \'' + self.password + '\' | sudo -S -E ' + command
+        if self.send_cr:
+            log.stats['cmd'] += 1
+            self.oai.sendline(command)
+        else:
+            self.oai.send(command)
+
+        if self.expect_echo:
+            #cmd = self.oai.expect([re.escape(command), pexpect.TIMEOUT], timeout=timeout);
+            cmd = self.oai.expect_exact([command, pexpect.TIMEOUT], timeout=timeout);
+            if cmd != 0:
+                raise log.err(self.failed(command, command,debug))
+
+        if self.expect_response:
+            #index = self.oai.expect([re.escape(rsp1), re.escape(rsp2),'%', pexpect.TIMEOUT], timeout=timeout)
+            index = self.oai.expect_exact([rsp1, rsp2, pexpect.TIMEOUT], timeout=timeout)
+
+            if index == 0 or index == 1:
+                return 'OK'
+            elif index == 2:
+                #self.oai.expect([re.escape(rsp1), re.escape(rsp2), pexpect.TIMEOUT], timeout=timeout)
+                self.oai.expect_exact([rsp1, rsp2, pexpect.TIMEOUT], timeout=timeout)
+                if self.flag_errors:
+                    raise log.err(self.err(command))
+                else:
+                    return 'OK'
+            else:
+                raise log.err(self.failed(command, rsp1 + ' or ' + rsp2,debug))
+
+    # **************************send_recv*************************    
+    # 1) send a command
+    # 2) wait for either rsp1 or rsp2 is found (normally prompts)
+    # 3) return everything seen before that
+    # ************************************************************
+    def send_recv(self, command, sudo=False, timeout=100, rsp1=None, rsp2=None,debug=0):
+        if not rsp1:
+            rsp1 = self.prompt1
+        if not rsp2:
+            rsp2 = self.prompt2
+        self.wait_quiet()
+        if sudo == True:
+          command = 'echo \'' + self.password + '\' | sudo -S -E ' + command
+        if self.send_cr:
+            log.stats['cmd'] += 1
+            self.oai.sendline(command)
+        else:
+            self.oai.send(command)
+        #index = self.oai.expect([re.escape(rsp1), re.escape(rsp2), pexpect.TIMEOUT], timeout=timeout);
+        index = self.oai.expect_exact([rsp1, rsp2, pexpect.TIMEOUT], timeout=timeout);
+        if index == 0 or index == 1 :
+            return self.oai.before
+        else:
+            raise log.err(self.failed(command, rsp1 + ' or ' + rsp2,debug))
+
+           
+    # **************************send_expect*************************    
+    # 1) send a command, and optionally specify a the time to wait
+    # 2) search for an expected pattern in the response
+    # 3) raise an error if not found
+    # **************************************************************
+    def send_expect(self, command, expect, sudo=False, delay = 50, rsp1=None, rsp2=None,debug=0):
+        if debug :
+            print command 
+            print expect 
+            print delay
+        rsp = self.send_recv(command, sudo, delay, rsp1, rsp2)
+        #print rsp
+        if  (rsp.find(expect) != -1):
+            return 'Ok'
+        
+        raise log.err(self.failed(command, expect,debug))
+
+           
+    # **************************send_expect_re*************************    
+    # 1) send a command, and optionally specify a the time to wait
+    # 2) search for an expected pattern defined by a regular expression in the response
+    # 3) return a error if raise_err flag is set and re not found, otherwise return 'Ok'
+    # *****************************************************************
+    def send_expect_re(self, command, expect, sudo=False, raise_err=1, delay = 50, rsp1=None, rsp2=None,debug=0):
+        rsp = self.send_recv(command, sudo, delay, rsp1, rsp2)
+#        print rsp
+        match = re.compile(expect).search(rsp)
+        if match:
+            return match
+        if raise_err:
+            raise log.err(self.failed(command, expect,debug))
+        else :
+            return None
+        
+    # **************************send_expect*************************    
+    # 1) send a command, and optionally specify a the time to wait
+    # 2) search for an expected pattern defined by a re in the response
+    # 3) return ok if not found
+    # **************************************************************
+    def send_expect_false(self, command, expect, sudo=False, delay = 5, rsp1=None, rsp2=None,debug=0):
+        rsp = self.send_recv(command, sudo, delay, rsp1, rsp2)
+    #    print rsp
+        if  (rsp.find(expect) == -1):
+            return 'OK'
+
+        raise log.err(self.failed(command, expect,debug))
+
+    
+    # **************************send_wait*************************    
+    # 1) send a command, and optionally specify a the time to wait
+    # 2) search for an expected pattern in the response
+    # 3) retry for a numretries if not found
+    # 4) return an error if not found after the numtries
+    # 3) return the response if found
+    # **************************************************************
+    def send_wait(self, command, expect, sudo=False, numretries=3, rsp1=None, rsp2=None,debug=0):
+        timer = 0
+        for i in range(numretries):
+            rsp = self.send_recv(command, sudo, 10, rsp1, rsp2)
+            if  (rsp.find(expect) != -1):
+                return rsp;
+            time.sleep(2)
+            timer = timer+2
+        raise log.err(self.failed(command, expect,debug))
+    
+    # **************************send_wait_re*************************    
+    # 1) send a command, and optionally specify a the time to wait
+    # 2) search for an expected pattern defined by a re in the response
+    # 3) retry for a numretries if not found
+    # 4) return an error if not found after the numtries
+    # 3) return the response if found
+    # **************************************************************
+    def send_wait_re(self, command, expect, sudo=False, numretries=3, rsp1=None, rsp2=None,debug=0):
+        timer = 0
+        for i in range(numretries):
+            rsp = self.send_recv(command,sudo)
+            if  re.compile(expect).search(rsp):
+#                print "Found in",i,"attempts"
+                return rsp;
+            time.sleep(2)
+            timer = timer+2
+        raise log.err(self.failed(command, expect,debug))
+    
+    # **************************send_wait_false*************************    
+    # 1) send a command, and optionally specify a the time to wait
+    # 2) search for an expect pattern in the response
+    # 3) return the response if not found 
+    # 4) return an error if the pattern found after the numtries
+    # **************************************************************
+    def send_wait_false(self, command, expect, sudo=False, numretries=3, rsp1=None, rsp2=None,debug=0):
+        timer = 1
+        for i in range(numretries):
+            rsp = self.send_recv(command,sudo)
+            if (rsp.find(expect) == -1):
+                return rsp;
+            time.sleep(2)
+            timer = timer+2
+        raise log.err(self.failed(command, expect,debug))
+    
+    # **************************send_wait_false*************************    
+    # 1) send a command, and optionally specify a the time to wait
+    # 2) search for an expect pattern defined by a re in the response
+    # 3) return the response if not found 
+    # 4) return an error if the pattern found after the numtries
+    # **************************************************************
+    def send_wait_false_re(self, command, expect, sudo=False, numretries=3, rsp1=None, rsp2=None,debug=0):
+        timer = 0
+        for i in range(numretries):
+            rsp = self.send_recv(command,sudo)
+            if  not re.compile(expect).search(rsp):
+                return rsp;
+            time.sleep(2)
+            timer = timer+2
+        raise log.err(self.failed(command, expect,debug))
+    
+    # **************************find*************************    
+    # 1) find an exact pattern in a given string 
+    # 2) raise an error if not found
+    # **************************************************************
+    def find(self, string, pattern):
+        word = string.replace(pattern,'*','\*')
+        words = string.replace(word,' ','\s*')
+        if re.search(words,string):
+            pass
+        else:
+            raise log.err(string)
+            
+    
+    # **************************find_false**************************    
+    # 1) find an exact pattern in a given string 
+    # 2) raise an error if found
+    # **************************************************************
+    def find_false(self, string, pattern):
+        if string.find(pattern) != -1:
+            raise log.err(string)
+        
+    # **************************find_re*************************    
+    # 1) find an exact re  pattern in a given string 
+    # 2) raise an error if not found
+    # **************************************************************
+    def find_re(self, string, pattern):
+        if not re.compile(pattern).search(string):
+            raise log.err(string)
+        
+    # **************************find_false_re*************************    
+    # 1) find an exact re  pattern in a given string 
+    # 2) raise an error if found
+    # **************************************************************
+    def find_false_re(self, string, pattern):
+        if re.compile(pattern).search(string):
+            raise log.err(string)
+    
diff --git a/cmake_targets/autotests/log.py b/cmake_targets/autotests/log.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0b4baff3e98ba672730e11725d5c943bad1fb1d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake_targets/autotests/log.py
@@ -0,0 +1,206 @@
+#******************************************************************************
+
+#  Eurecom OpenAirInterface
+#  Copyright(c) 1999 - 2013 Eurecom
+
+#  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+#  under the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License,
+#  version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+
+#  This program is distributed in the hope it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+#  ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+#  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for
+#  more details.
+
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+#  this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+#  51 Franklin St - Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+
+#  The full GNU General Public License is included in this distribution in
+#  the file called "COPYING".
+
+#  Contact Information
+#  Openair Admin: openair_admin@eurecom.fr
+#  Openair Tech : openair_tech@eurecom.fr
+#  Forums       : http://forums.eurecom.fsr/openairinterface
+#  Address      : Eurecom, Compus SophiaTech 450, route des chappes, 06451 Biot, France
+
+#*****************************************************************************
+
+# \file log.py
+# \brief provides primitives and defines how the logs and statistics are generated
+# \author Navid Nikaein
+# \date 2013
+# \version 0.1
+# @ingroup _test
+
+import sys
+import re
+import time
+import datetime
+import array
+import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
+
+
+debug = False
+docfile = ''
+start_time = time.time()
+testcase_starttime = start_time
+debug = 0
+stats = {'passed':0, 'failed':0, 'skipped':0, 'internal_errors':0, 'cmd':0}
+
+# xml result (jUnit like)
+xUnitTestsuites = ET.Element( 'testsuites' )
+xUnitTestsuite = ET.SubElement( xUnitTestsuites, 'testsuite' )
+xUnitTestsuite.set( 'name', 'OAI' )
+xUnitTestsuite.set( 'timestamp', datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(start_time).strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S') )
+xUnitTestsuite.set( 'hostname', 'localhost' )
+#xUnitSystemOut = ET.SubElement( xUnitTestsuite, 'system-out' )
+
+class bcolors:
+    header = '\033[95m'
+    okblue = '\033[94m'
+    okgreen = '\033[92m'
+    warning = '\033[93m'
+    fail = '\033[91m'
+    normal = '\033[0m'
+    
+    def __init__(self):
+        if not sys.stdout.isatty():
+            self.disable()
+
+    def disable(self):
+        self.header = ''
+        self.okblue = ''
+        self.okgreen = ''
+        self.warning = ''
+        self.fail = ''
+        self.normal = ''
+
+class err(Exception):
+    def __init__(self, value):
+        self.value = value
+    def __str__(self):
+        return repr(self.value)
+
+def writefile(logfile, message):   
+    F_testlog = open(logfile, 'a')
+    F_testlog.write(message + '\n')
+    F_testlog.close()
+
+
+def sleep(seconds):
+        time.sleep(seconds)
+
+def start():
+    """Start the timer for the following testcase."""
+    global testcase_starttime
+    testcase_starttime = time.time()
+
+def set_debug_level(level):
+    debug = level
+
+def statistics(logfile):
+    global start_time
+    
+    #if stats['passed'] == 0:
+     #   print "no test executed...exiting"
+      #  sys.exit()
+        
+    total_tests = stats['passed'] + stats['failed'] + stats['skipped']
+    total_ex_tests = stats['passed'] + stats['failed']
+    elapsed_time = time.gmtime(time.time() - start_time)
+    print '\n'
+    log_record('info', '===============================================')
+    log_record('info', 'Total tests performed                ' + repr(total_tests))
+    log_record('info', 'Tests passed                         ' + repr(stats['passed']))
+    log_record('info', 'Tests failed                         ' + repr(stats['failed']))
+    log_record('info', 'Tests skipped                        ' + repr(stats['skipped']))
+    log_record('info', '')
+    log_record('info', 'Total commands sent                  ' + repr(stats['cmd']))
+    log_record('info', 'Total elapsed time (h:m:s)           ' + time.strftime('%H:%M:%S', elapsed_time))
+    log_record('info', '===============================================')
+    log_record('info', 'Testing pass rate                    ' + repr((stats['passed'] * 100) / total_tests) + '%')
+    log_record('info', '===============================================')
+    
+    writefile(logfile, '\n=====================Results===================')
+    writefile(logfile, 'Total tests performed                ' + repr(total_tests))
+    writefile(logfile, 'Tests passed                         ' + repr(stats['passed']))
+    writefile(logfile, 'Tests failed                         ' + repr(stats['failed']))
+    writefile(logfile, 'Tests skipped                        ' + repr(stats['skipped']))
+    writefile(logfile, '')
+    writefile(logfile, 'Total commands sent                  ' + repr(stats['cmd']))
+    writefile(logfile, 'Total elapsed time (h:m:s)           ' + time.strftime('%H:%M:%S', elapsed_time))
+    writefile(logfile, '===============================================')
+    writefile(logfile, 'Testing pass rate                    ' + repr((stats['passed'] * 100) / total_tests) + '%')
+    writefile(logfile, '===============================================\n')
+    
+    xUnitTestsuite.set( 'tests', repr(total_tests) )
+    xUnitTestsuite.set( 'failures', repr(stats['failed']) )
+    xUnitTestsuite.set( 'skipped', repr(stats['skipped']) )
+    xUnitTestsuite.set( 'errors', '0' )
+    time_delta = datetime.datetime.now() - datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(start_time)
+    xUnitTestsuite.set( 'time', repr(time_delta.total_seconds()) )
+    writefile( logfile + '.xml', ET.tostring( xUnitTestsuites, encoding="utf-8", method="xml" ) )
+
+def log_record(level, message):
+    ts = time.strftime('%d %b %Y %H:%M')
+    message = ts + ' [' + level + '] ' + message
+    if level == 'passed' : 
+        print bcolors.okgreen + message + bcolors.normal
+    elif   level == 'failed' :   
+        print bcolors.fail + message  + bcolors.normal
+    elif   level == 'skipped' :   
+        print bcolors.warning + message  + bcolors.normal
+    else : 
+        print message
+
+def fail(case, testnum, testname, conf,  message, diag, output,trace):
+#    report(case, testnum, testname, conf, 'failed', output, diag, message)
+    report(case, testnum, testname, conf, 'failed', output, diag)
+    log_record('failed', case + testnum + ' : ' + testname  + ' ('+ conf+')')
+    if message :
+        log_record('failed', "Output follows:\n" + message )  
+    if trace :
+        log_record('failed', "trace file can be found in " + trace + "\n" )  
+    stats['failed'] += 1
+
+def failquiet(case, testnum, testname, conf):
+    log_record('failed', case + testnum + ' :' + testname + ' ('+ conf+')')
+    stats['failed'] += 1
+    
+def ok(case, testnum, testname, conf, message, output):
+    report(case, testnum, testname, conf, 'passed', output)
+    log_record('passed', case + testnum + ' : ' + testname + ' ('+ conf+')')
+    if message :
+        print bcolors.okgreen + message + bcolors.normal 
+    stats['passed'] += 1
+    
+        
+def skip(case, testnum, testname, conf, message=None, diag=None, output=None):
+    log_record('skipped', case + testnum + ' :' + testname + ' ('+ conf+')')
+    report(case, testnum, testname, conf, 'skipped', output, diag)
+    if message :
+        log_record('skipped', "Output follows:\n" + message )
+    if diag : 
+        log_record('skipped', "Diagnostic: \n" + diag )
+    stats['skipped'] += 1
+
+    
+def report(case, test, name, conf, status, output, diag=None, desc=None):
+    writefile (output, '[' +status+ '] ' + case + test + ' : ' + name + ' ('+ conf+')')
+    if diag : 
+        writefile (output, '-------> ' + diag)
+    if desc:
+        writefile(output, desc)
+    #log_record('report', + case + test + ' documented')
+    e = ET.SubElement( xUnitTestsuite, 'testcase' )
+    e.set( 'name', case + '_' + test + '_' + name )
+    e.set( 'classname', 'shellscript' )
+    e.set( 'time', repr( time.time() - testcase_starttime ) )
+    if status == 'failed':
+        e = ET.SubElement( e, 'failure' )
+        e.set( 'message', 'failed' )
+        e.text = diag
+    if status == 'skipped':
+        e = ET.SubElement( e, 'skipped' )