diff --git a/cmake_targets/autotests/run_exec_autotests.bash b/cmake_targets/autotests/run_exec_autotests.bash
index 2101c84735..836a8c197a 100755
--- a/cmake_targets/autotests/run_exec_autotests.bash
+++ b/cmake_targets/autotests/run_exec_autotests.bash
@@ -496,6 +496,7 @@ for search_expr in "${test_case_array[@]}"
     if [ "$class" == "compilation" ]; then
         test_compile "$name" "$compile_prog" "$compile_prog_args" "$pre_exec" "$pre_exec_args" "$main_exec" "$main_exec_args" "search_array_true[@]" "$search_expr_false" "$nruns" "$pre_compile_prog" "$class" "$compile_prog_out" "$tags"
     elif  [ "$class" == "execution" ]; then
+        $SUDO killall -q oaisim_nos1
         test_compile_and_run "$name" "$compile_prog" "$compile_prog_args" "$pre_exec" "$pre_exec_args" "$main_exec" "$main_exec_args" "search_array_true[@]" "$search_expr_false" "$nruns" "$pre_compile_prog" "$class" "$compile_prog_out" "$tags" "$mypassword" 
     else
         echo "Unexpected class of test case...Skipping the test case $name ...."
diff --git a/cmake_targets/autotests/run_exec_lte-softmodem_tests.py b/cmake_targets/autotests/run_exec_lte-softmodem_tests.py
index 398592df5a..be4082bee5 100644
--- a/cmake_targets/autotests/run_exec_lte-softmodem_tests.py
+++ b/cmake_targets/autotests/run_exec_lte-softmodem_tests.py
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ class testCaseThread_generic (threading.Thread):
      except Exception, e:
          error=''
          error = error + ' In Class = testCaseThread_generic,  function: ' + sys._getframe().f_code.co_name + ': *** Caught exception: '  + str(e.__class__) + " : " + str( e)
-         error = error + '\n threadID = ' + str(self.threadID) + '\n threadName = ' + self.name + '\n testcasename = ' + self.testcasename + '\n machine = ' + self.machine + '\n logdirOAI5GRepo = ' + self.logdirOAI5GRepo +  '\n' + '\n timeout = ' + str(timeout)  
+         error = error + '\n threadID = ' + str(self.threadID) + '\n threadName = ' + self.name + '\n testcasename = ' + self.testcasename + '\n machine = ' + self.machine + '\n logdirOAI5GRepo = ' + self.logdirOAI5GRepo +  '\n' + '\n timeout = ' + str(self.timeout)  
          error = error + traceback.format_exc()
          print error
          sys.exit()
@@ -801,7 +801,7 @@ def handle_testcaseclass_softmodem (testcase, oldprogramList, logdirOAI5GRepo ,
     result='FAIL'
   else:
     result = 'PASS'
-  xml="<testcase classname=\'"+ testcaseclass +  "\' name=\'" + testcasename + "."+tags +  "\' Run_result=\'" + test_result_string + "\' time=\'" + str(duration) + " s \' RESULT=\'" + result + "\'></testcase>"
+  xml="\n<testcase classname=\'"+ testcaseclass +  "\' name=\'" + testcasename + "."+tags +  "\' Run_result=\'" + test_result_string + "\' time=\'" + str(duration) + " s \' RESULT=\'" + result + "\'></testcase>"
   write_file(xmlFile, xml, mode="w")
 
 
diff --git a/cmake_targets/autotests/test_case_list.xml b/cmake_targets/autotests/test_case_list.xml
index 4448a45c3b..2f76a769d3 100644
--- a/cmake_targets/autotests/test_case_list.xml
+++ b/cmake_targets/autotests/test_case_list.xml
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@
                       -O $OPENAIR_TARGETS/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/enb.band7.generic.oaisim.local_no_mme.conf -A AWGN -b1 -u3 -n100 -R 25 -x 6 -a
                       -O $OPENAIR_TARGETS/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/enb.band7.generic.oaisim.local_no_mme.conf -A AWGN -b1 -u3 -n100 -R 50 -x 6 -a
                       -O $OPENAIR_TARGETS/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/enb.band7.generic.oaisim.local_no_mme.conf -A AWGN -b1 -u3 -n100 -R 100 -x 6 -a</main_exec_args>
-      <tags>oaisim_noS1.tdd.5MHz.TM1 oaisim_noS1.tdd.10MHz.TM1 oaisim_noS1.tdd.20MHz.TM1 oaisim_noS1.tdd.5MHz.TM2 oaisim_noS1.tdd.10MHz.TM2 tdd.20MHz.TM2 oaisim_noS1.tdd.5MHz.TM5 oaisim_noS1.tdd.10MHz.TM5 oaisim_noS1.tdd.20MHz.TM5 oaisim_noS1.tdd.5MHz.TM6 oaisim_noS1.tdd.10MHz.TM6               oaisim_noS1.tdd.20MHz.TM6</tags>
+      <tags>oaisim_noS1.tdd.5MHz.TM1 oaisim_noS1.tdd.10MHz.TM1 oaisim_noS1.tdd.20MHz.TM1 oaisim_noS1.tdd.5MHz.TM2 oaisim_noS1.tdd.10MHz.TM2  oaisim_nos1.tdd.20MHz.TM2 oaisim_noS1.tdd.5MHz.TM5 oaisim_noS1.tdd.10MHz.TM5 oaisim_noS1.tdd.20MHz.TM5 oaisim_noS1.tdd.5MHz.TM6 oaisim_noS1.tdd.10MHz.TM6               oaisim_noS1.tdd.20MHz.TM6</tags>
       <search_expr_true>"Received RRCConnectionReconfigurationComplete from UE 0" "Received RRCConnectionReconfigurationComplete from UE 1" "Received RRCConnectionReconfigurationComplete from UE 2"</search_expr_true>
       <search_expr_false>segmentation fault|assertion|exiting|fatal</search_expr_false>
       <nruns>3</nruns>
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@
                       -O $OPENAIR_TARGETS/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/enb.band7.generic.oaisim.local_no_mme.conf -A AWGN -b1 -u3 -n100 -R 25 -x 6 -c26 -a
                       -O $OPENAIR_TARGETS/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/enb.band7.generic.oaisim.local_no_mme.conf -A AWGN -b1 -u3 -n100 -R 50 -x 6 -c26 -a
                       -O $OPENAIR_TARGETS/PROJECTS/GENERIC-LTE-EPC/CONF/enb.band7.generic.oaisim.local_no_mme.conf -A AWGN -b1 -u3 -n100 -R 100 -x 6 -c26 -a </main_exec_args>
-      <tags>oaisim_noS1.tdd.5MHz.TM1 oaisim_noS1.tdd.10MHz.TM1 oaisim_noS1.tdd.20MHz.TM1 oaisim_noS1.tdd.5MHz.TM2 oaisim_noS1.tdd.10MHz.TM2 oaisim_noS1.tdd.20MHz.TM2 oaisim_noS1.tdd.5MHz.TM5 oaisim_noS1.tdd.10MHz.TM5 tdd.20MHz.TM5 oaisim_noS1.tdd.5MHz.TM6 oaisim_noS1.tdd.10MHz.TM6                oaisim_noS1.tdd.20MHz.TM6</tags>
+      <tags>oaisim_noS1.tdd.5MHz.TM1 oaisim_noS1.tdd.10MHz.TM1 oaisim_noS1.tdd.20MHz.TM1 oaisim_noS1.tdd.5MHz.TM2 oaisim_noS1.tdd.10MHz.TM2 oaisim_noS1.tdd.20MHz.TM2 oaisim_noS1.tdd.5MHz.TM5 oaisim_noS1.tdd.10MHz.TM5 oaisim_nos1.tdd.20MHz.TM5 oaisim_noS1.tdd.5MHz.TM6 oaisim_noS1.tdd.10MHz.TM6                oaisim_noS1.tdd.20MHz.TM6</tags>
       <search_expr_true>"DL and UL loss rate below 10"</search_expr_true>
       <search_expr_false>segmentation fault|assertion|exiting|fatal</search_expr_false>
       <nruns>3</nruns>
@@ -893,7 +893,7 @@
       <tags>dlsim.test1 dlsim.test5 dlsim.test6 dlsim.test6b dlsim.test7 dlsim.test7b dlsim.test10 dlsim.test10b dlsim.test11 dlsim.TM2_test1 dlsim.TM2_test1b</tags>
       <search_expr_true>"passed"</search_expr_true>
       <search_expr_false>segmentation fault|assertion|exiting|fatal</search_expr_false>
-      <nruns>1</nruns>
+      <nruns>3</nruns>
     </testCase>
 
     <testCase id="015101">
@@ -919,7 +919,7 @@
      <tags>ulsim.test1 ulsim.test2 ulsim.test3 ulsim.test4 ulsim.test5 ulsim.test6</tags>
       <search_expr_true>"passed"</search_expr_true>
       <search_expr_false>segmentation fault|assertion|exiting|fatal</search_expr_false>
-      <nruns>1</nruns>
+      <nruns>3</nruns>
     </testCase>
 
   <testCase id="015500" >
@@ -1226,9 +1226,9 @@
     <EPC_main_exec_args></EPC_main_exec_args>
     <HSS_main_exec>/opt/hss_sim0609/starthss >> /dev/null ; sleep 3000 </HSS_main_exec>
     <HSS_main_exec_args></HSS_main_exec_args>
-    <EPC_traffic_exec>sleep 5; iperf -u -c  192.172.0.2 -b 10Mbits/s -t 120 -B 192.172.0.1</EPC_traffic_exec>
+    <EPC_traffic_exec>sleep 60; iperf -u -c  192.172.0.2 -b 10Mbits/s -t 120 -B 192.172.0.1</EPC_traffic_exec>
     <EPC_traffic_exec_args></EPC_traffic_exec_args>
-    <EPC_search_expr_true>throughput_test min=5.0Mbits/sec max=5.0Mbits/sec average=5.0Mbits/sec duration=60.0s </EPC_search_expr_true>
+    <EPC_search_expr_true>throughput_test min=4.0Mbits/sec max=5.0Mbits/sec average=4.0Mbits/sec duration=60.0s </EPC_search_expr_true>
     <EPC_search_expr_false></EPC_search_expr_false>
     <EPC_terminate_missing_procs>True</EPC_terminate_missing_procs>
     <tags>USRP.ALU_EPC.Bandrich.5MHz.FDD.Band_7.DL.1TX.1RX</tags>
@@ -1304,9 +1304,9 @@
     <EPC_main_exec_args></EPC_main_exec_args>
     <HSS_main_exec>/opt/hss_sim0609/starthss >> /dev/null ; sleep 3000 </HSS_main_exec>
     <HSS_main_exec_args></HSS_main_exec_args>
-    <EPC_traffic_exec>sleep 5; iperf -u -c  192.172.0.2 -b 10Mbits/s -t 120 -B 192.172.0.1</EPC_traffic_exec>
+    <EPC_traffic_exec>sleep 60; iperf -u -c  192.172.0.2 -b 10Mbits/s -t 120 -B 192.172.0.1</EPC_traffic_exec>
     <EPC_traffic_exec_args></EPC_traffic_exec_args>
-    <EPC_search_expr_true>throughput_test min=10.0Mbits/sec max=10.0Mbits/sec average=10.0Mbits/sec duration=60.0s </EPC_search_expr_true>
+    <EPC_search_expr_true>throughput_test min=8.0Mbits/sec max=9.0Mbits/sec average=8.5Mbits/sec duration=60.0s </EPC_search_expr_true>
     <EPC_search_expr_false></EPC_search_expr_false>
     <EPC_terminate_missing_procs>True</EPC_terminate_missing_procs>
     <tags>USRP.ALU_EPC.Bandrich.10MHz.FDD.Band_7.DL.1TX.1RX</tags>
@@ -1382,7 +1382,7 @@
     <EPC_main_exec_args></EPC_main_exec_args>
     <HSS_main_exec>/opt/hss_sim0609/starthss >> /dev/null ; sleep 3000 </HSS_main_exec>
     <HSS_main_exec_args></HSS_main_exec_args>
-    <EPC_traffic_exec>sleep 5; iperf -u -c  192.172.0.2 -b 10Mbits/s -t 120 -B 192.172.0.1</EPC_traffic_exec>
+    <EPC_traffic_exec>sleep 60; iperf -u -c  192.172.0.2 -b 10Mbits/s -t 120 -B 192.172.0.1</EPC_traffic_exec>
     <EPC_traffic_exec_args></EPC_traffic_exec_args>
     <EPC_search_expr_true>throughput_test min=15.0Mbits/sec max=15.0Mbits/sec average=15.0Mbits/sec duration=60.0s </EPC_search_expr_true>
     <EPC_search_expr_false></EPC_search_expr_false>