SIST EN 301 003-4 V1.1.3:2005
(Main)Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network (B-ISDN); Digital Subscriber Signalling System No. two (DSS2) protocol; Connection characteristics; Peak cell rate modification by the connection owner; Part 4: Abstract Test Suite (ATS) and partial Protocol Implementation eXtra Information for Testing (PIXIT) proforma specification for the user
General Information
- Abstract
Develop par 4 (ATS&PIXIT for the user) of EN 301 003
- Status
- Published
- Publication Date
- 30-Jun-2005
- Technical Committee
- SPN - Services and Protocols for Networks
- Current Stage
- 6060 - National Implementation/Publication (Adopted Project)
- Start Date
- 01-Jul-2005
- Due Date
- 01-Jul-2005
- Completion Date
- 01-Jul-2005
- Mandate
- M/213
Overview
SIST EN 301 003-4 V1.1.3:2005 is a Slovenian standard that aligns identically with EN 301 003-4 Version 1.1.3. It is jointly developed by SIST and ETSI to support conformance testing for the Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network (B-ISDN) using the Digital Subscriber Signalling System No. two (DSS2) protocol for connection characteristics, specifically for peak cell rate modification by the connection owner. This part, Part 4, covers the Abstract Test Suite (ATS) and the partial Protocol Implementation eXtra Information for Testing (PIXIT) proforma for users at the user-network interface.
This standard is crucial for ensuring interoperability, reliability, and conformance of products and systems that implement the DSS2 protocol as specified for B-ISDN environments, with a particular focus on the user side at reference points defined by international recommendations.
Key Topics
- Abstract Test Suite (ATS): Defines a comprehensive series of test cases that assess conformance of DSS2 user implementations regarding peak cell rate modification capabilities.
- Partial PIXIT Proforma: Provides structured guidance for collecting implementation-specific information necessary for conformance testing. This ensures correct setup, configuration, and interpretation of test results, tailored to the exact implementation.
- Protocol Conformance Test Report (PCTR): Specifies the format for documenting conformance assessment results, referencing static and dynamic conformity against the protocol and logging test campaign details.
- Conformance Methodology: Adopts international frameworks (ISO/IEC 9646 series) to structure its testing approach, including the use of the remote test method at defined points of control and observation (PCO).
- Clear Mapping: Ensures a one-to-one relationship between test purposes (as defined in related structural specifications) and corresponding test cases for straightforward assessment.
- Integration with Other Standards: References key documents like EN 301 003-1 (Protocol specification) and EN 301 003-3 (Test Suite Structure and Purposes), facilitating seamless integration into wider conformance and interoperability programs.
Applications
- Product Testing: Suppliers and manufacturers of B-ISDN and DSS2 equipment, such as network interface cards and user-premises equipment, use this standard to verify product compliance before release or deployment.
- Accredited Laboratories: Conformance and test laboratories apply the ATS and PIXIT proforma for standardized assessment projects, ensuring uniform reporting and reproducible results.
- Procurement Specifications: Operators, integrators, and service providers reference this standard when defining technical requirements for procurement, guaranteeing that purchased solutions support peak cell rate modification as specified.
- Interoperability Assurance: By adhering to these testing methods and specifications, organizations can minimize integration issues and ensure smooth communication between diverse systems in European broadband ISDN networks.
Related Standards
- EN 301 003-1: Protocol specification for DSS2 peak cell rate modification (foundation for ATS and PIXIT).
- EN 301 003-2: Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement (PICS) proforma for detailed capability declaration.
- EN 301 003-3: Test Suite Structure and Test Purposes (TSS&TP) specification for the user.
- ISO/IEC 9646 Series: International framework for conformance testing, referenced throughout for methodology and test case specification.
- ITU-T I.413: Defines the relevant user-network interface reference points utilized in ATS design.
Practical Value
Implementing the procedures and templates from SIST EN 301 003-4 V1.1.3:2005 streamlines the conformance testing process, reduces ambiguity, and supports clear documentation. This leads to improved product quality, reduced time to market, and enhanced assurance of compatibility within European B-ISDN environments.
Keywords: B-ISDN, DSS2, abstract test suite, ATS, PIXIT, protocol conformance, broadband ISDN, testing, interoperability, user-network interface, protocol implementation, SIST standard, ETSI, peak cell rate modification.
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Frequently Asked Questions
SIST EN 301 003-4 V1.1.3:2005 is a standard published by the Slovenian Institute for Standardization (SIST). Its full title is "Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network (B-ISDN); Digital Subscriber Signalling System No. two (DSS2) protocol; Connection characteristics; Peak cell rate modification by the connection owner; Part 4: Abstract Test Suite (ATS) and partial Protocol Implementation eXtra Information for Testing (PIXIT) proforma specification for the user". This standard covers: Develop par 4 (ATS&PIXIT for the user) of EN 301 003
Develop par 4 (ATS&PIXIT for the user) of EN 301 003
SIST EN 301 003-4 V1.1.3:2005 is classified under the following ICS (International Classification for Standards) categories: 33.080 - Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN). The ICS classification helps identify the subject area and facilitates finding related standards.
SIST EN 301 003-4 V1.1.3:2005 is associated with the following European legislation: Standardization Mandates: M/213. When a standard is cited in the Official Journal of the European Union, products manufactured in conformity with it benefit from a presumption of conformity with the essential requirements of the corresponding EU directive or regulation.
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Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network (B-ISDN); Digital Subscriber Signalling
System No. two (DSS2) protocol; Connection characteristics; Peak cell rate modification
by the connection owner; Part 4: Abstract Test Suite (ATS) and partial Protocol
Implementation eXtra Information for Testing (PIXIT) proforma specification for the user
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 301 003-4 Version 1.1.3
ICS:
33.080 Digitalno omrežje z Integrated Services Digital
integriranimi storitvami Network (ISDN)
(ISDN)
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
European Standard (Telecommunications series)
Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network (B-ISDN);
Digital Subscriber Signalling System No. two (DSS2) protocol;
Connection characteristics;
Peak cell rate modification by the connection owner;
Part 4: Abstract Test Suite (ATS) and partial Protocol
Implementation eXtra Information for Testing (PIXIT)
proforma specification for the user
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Reference
DEN/SPS-05152-4 (9ad00ie0.PDF)
Keywords
ATM, ATS, B-ISDN, broadband, DSS2, ISDN,
PIXIT, UNI, user
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights.5
Foreword .5
1 Scope.6
2 References.6
3 Definitions and abbreviations .7
3.1 Definitions.7
3.1.1 Definitions related to conformance testing .7
3.1.2 Definitions related to EN 301 003-1.7
3.2 Abbreviations .8
4 Abstract Test Method (ATM) .8
5 Untestable test purposes.9
6 ATS to TP map.9
7 PCTR conformance.9
8 PIXIT conformance.9
9 ATS Conformance .10
Annex A (normative): Protocol Conformance Test Report (PCTR) proforma.11
A.1 Identification summary .11
A.1.1 Protocol conformance test report.11
A.1.2 IUT identification.11
A.1.3 Testing environment.11
A.1.4 Limits and reservations.12
A.1.5 Comments.12
A.2 IUT Conformance status .12
A.3 Static conformance summary.12
A.4 Dynamic conformance summary.13
A.5 Static conformance review report .13
A.6 Test campaign report.14
A.7 Observations.15
Annex B (normative): Partial PIXIT proforma.16
B.1 Identification summary .16
B.2 Abstract test suite summary .16
B.3 Test laboratory .16
B.4 Client (of the Test Laboratory) .17
B.5 SUT .17
B.6 Protocol information .18
B.6.1 Protocol identification .18
B.6.2 Configuration to be tested .18
B.6.3 Test management timers.18
B.6.4 Parameter Values.19
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Annex C (normative): Abstract Test Suite (ATS).20
C.1 The TTCN Graphical form (TTCN.GR).20
C.2 The TTCN Machine Processable form (TTCN.MP) .20
History.21
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Intellectual Property Rights
IPRs essential or potentially essential to the present document may have been declared to ETSI. The information
pertaining to these essential IPRs, if any, is publicly available for ETSI members and non-members, and can be found
in SR 000 314: "Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs); Essential, or potentially Essential, IPRs notified to ETSI in respect
of ETSI standards", which is available from the ETSI Secretariat. Latest updates are available on the ETSI Web server
(http://www.etsi.org/ipr).
Pursuant to the ETSI IPR Policy, no investigation, including IPR searches, has been carried out by ETSI. No guarantee
can be given as to the existence of other IPRs not referenced in SR 000 314 (or the updates on the ETSI Web server)
which are, or may be, or may become, essential to the present document.
Foreword
This European Standard (Telecommunications series) has been produced by ETSI Technical Committee Signalling
Protocol and Switching (SPS).
The present document is part 4 of a multi-part standard covering the Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network
(B-ISDN); Digital Subscriber Signalling System No. two (DSS2) protocol; Connection characteristics; Peak cell rate
modification by the connection owner, as identified below:
Part 1: "Protocol specification [ITU-T Recommendation Q.2963.1 (1996), modified]";
Part 2: "Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement (PICS) proforma specification";
Part 3: "Test Suite Structure and Test Purposes (TSS&TP) specification for the user";
Part 4: "Abstract Test Suite (ATS) and partial Protocol Implementation eXtra Information for Testing
(PIXIT) proforma specification for the user";
Part 5: "Test Suite Structure and Test Purposes (TSS&TP) specification for the network";
Part 6: "Abstract Test Suite (ATS) and partial Protocol Implementation eXtra Information for Testing (PIXIT)
proforma specification for the network".
National transposition dates
Date of adoption of this EN: 26 November 1999
Date of latest announcement of this EN (doa): 29 February 2000
Date of latest publication of new National Standard
or endorsement of this EN (dop/e): 31 August 2000
Date of withdrawal of any conflicting National Standard (dow): 31 August 2000
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1 Scope
The present document specifies the user Abstract Test Suite (ATS) for the T reference point or coincident S and T
B B B
reference point (as defined in ITU-T Recommendation I.413 [12]) of implementations conforming to the standards for
the signalling user-network layer 3 specification for Peak cell rate modification by the connection owner of the Digital
Subscriber Signalling System No. two (DSS2) protocol for the pan-European Broadband Integrated Services Digital
Network (B-ISDN), EN 301 003-1 [1].
A further part of the present document specifies the Test Suite Structure and Test Purposes (TSS&TP) related to this
ATS and partial PIXIT proforma. Other parts specify the TSS&TP and the ATS and partial PIXIT proforma for the
Network side of the T reference point or coincident S and T reference point of implementations conforming to
B B B
EN 301 003-1 [1].
2 References
The following documents contain provisions which, through reference in this text, constitute provisions of the present
document.
• References are either specific (identified by date of publication, edition number, version number, etc.) or
non-specific.
• For a specific reference, subsequent revisions do not apply.
• For a non-specific reference, the latest version applies.
• A non-specific reference to an ETS shall also be taken to refer to later versions published as an EN with the same
number.
[1] EN 301 003-1 (V1.1): "Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network (B-ISDN); Digital
Subscriber Signalling System No. two (DSS2) protocol; Connection characteristics; Peak cell rate
modification by the connection owner; Part 1: Protocol specification
[ITU-T Recommendation Q.2963.1 (1996), modified]".
[2] EN 301 003-2 (V1.1): "Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network (B-ISDN); Digital
Subscriber Signalling System No. two (DSS2) protocol; Connection characteristics; Peak cell rate
modification by the connection owner; Part 2: Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement
(PICS) proforma specification".
[3] EN 301 003-3 (V1.1): "Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network (B-ISDN); Digital
Subscriber Signalling System No. two (DSS2) protocol; Connection characteristics; Peak cell rate
modification by the connection owner; Part 3: Test Suite Structure and Test Purposes (TSS&TP)
specification for the user".
[4] EN 300 443-1: "Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN); Digital Subscriber
Signalling System No. two (DSS2) protocol; B-ISDN user-network interface layer 3 specification
for basic call/bearer control; Part 1: Protocol specification [ITU-T
Recommendation Q.2931 (1995), modified]".
[5] EN 300 443-2: "Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network (B-ISDN); Digital Subscriber
Signalling System No. two (DSS2) protocol; Part 2: Protocol Implementation Conformance
Statement (PICS) proforma specification".
[6] ETS 300 406: "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); Protocol and profile conformance
testing specifications; Standardization methodology".
[7] ISO/IEC 9646-1 (1994): "Information technology - Open Systems Interconnection - Conformance
testing methodology and framework - Part 1: General concepts".
[8] ISO/IEC 9646-2 (1994): "Information technology - Open Systems Interconnection - Conformance
testing methodology and framework - Part 2: Abstract Test Suite specification".
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[9] ISO/IEC 9646-3 (1998): "Information technology - Open Systems Interconnection - Conformance
testing methodology and framework - Part 3: The Tree and Tabular Combined Notation (TTCN)".
[10] ISO/IEC 9646-4 (1994): "Information technology - Open Systems Interconnection - Conformance
testing methodology and framework - Part 4: Test realization".
[11] ISO/IEC 9646-5 (1994): "Information technology - Open Systems Interconnection - Conformance
testing methodology and framework - Part 5: Requirements on test laboratories and clients for the
conformance assessment process".
[12] ITU-T Recommendation I.413 (1993): "Overview of Recommendations on Layer 1 for ISDN and
B-ISDN customer accesses".
3 Definitions and abbreviations
3.1 Definitions
For the purposes of the present document, the following terms and definitions apply, in addition to those given in
EN 301 003-1 [1] and EN 300 443-1 [4].
3.1.1 Definitions related to conformance testing
abstract test case: refer to ISO/IEC 9646-1 [7]
Abstract Test Method (ATM): refer to ISO/IEC 9646-1 [7]
Abstract Test Suite (ATS): refer to ISO/IEC 9646-1 [7]
Implementation Under Test (IUT): refer to ISO/IEC 9646-1[7]
System Under Test (SUT): see ISO/IEC 9646-1 [7]
UpperTester(UT): see ISO/IEC 9646-1[7]
Lower Tester (LT): refer to ISO/IEC 9646-1[7]
Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement (PICS): refer to ISO/IEC 9646-1 [7]
PICS proforma: refer to ISO/IEC 9646-1 [7]
Protocol Implementation eXtra Information for Testing (PIXIT): refer to ISO/IEC 9646-1 [7]
PIXIT proforma: refer to ISO/IEC 9646-1 [7]
Test Purpose (TP): refer to ISO/IEC 9646-1 [7]
Point of Control and Observation (PCO): see ISO/IEC 9646-1 [7]
3.1.2 Definitions related to EN 301 003-1
user: DSS2 protocol entity at the User side of the user-network interface where a T reference point or coincident S
B B
and T reference point applies
B
user (S /T ): DSS2 protocol entity at the User side of the user-network interface where a coincident S and T
B B B B
reference point applies
user (T ): DSS2 protocol entity at the User side of the user-network interface where a T reference point applies (user
B B
is a private ISDN)
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3.2 Abbreviations
For the purposes of the present document, the following abbreviations apply:
ATM Abstract Test Method
ATS Abstract Test Suite
B-ISDN Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network
DSS2 Digital Subscriber Signalling System No. two
ExTS Executable Test Suite
IUT Implementation Under Test
LT Lower Tester
MOT Means Of Testing
PCO Point of Control and Observation
PICS Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement
PIXIT Protocol Implementation eXtra Information for Testing
SUT System Under Test
TP Test Purpose
TSS Test Suite Structure
TTCN Tree and Tabular Combined Notation
U0 Null link state
U7 Call Received link state
UT Upper Tester
VCI Virtual Channel Identifier
VP Virtual Path
VPCI Virtual Path Connection Identifier
4 Abstract Test Method (ATM)
The remote test method is applied for the user ATS. The Point of Control and Observation (PCO) resides at the service
access point between layers 2 and 3. This PCO is named "L0" (for Lower). The L0 PCO is used to control and observe
the behaviour of the Implementation Under Test (IUT) and test case verdicts are assigned depending on the behaviour
observed at this PCO.
Tester SUT
LT IUT
PCO
Layer 2 Layer 2
Layer 1 Layer 1
Service provider
Figure 1: Remote test method
ISO/IEC 9646-2 [8] allows the informal expression of Test Co-ordination Procedures (TCP) between the System Under
Test (SUT) upper layer(s) and the Lower Tester (LT). In the ATS contained in annex C, TCP is achieved by use of a
second "informal" PCO, called "O" (for Operator). This PCO is used to specify control but not observation above the
IUT and consequently, events at this PCO are never used to generate test case verdicts. The use of this O PCO is
regarded as a preferred alternative to the use of the implicit send event, in that it allows the ATS to specify in a clear and
meaningful way what actions are required to be performed on the IUT.
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5 Untestable test purposes
There are no untestable test purposes associated with this ATS.
6 ATS to TP map
The identifiers used for the TPs (see EN 301 003-3 [3]) are reused as test case names. Thus there is a straightforward
one-to-one mapping.
7 PCTR conformance
A test laboratory, when requested by a client to produce a PCTR, is required, as specified in ISO/IEC 9646-5 [11], to
produce a PCTR conformant with the PCTR template given in annex B of ISO/IEC 9646-5 [11].
Furthermore, a test laboratory, offering testing for the ATS specification contained in annex C, when requested by a
client to produce a PCTR, is required to produce a PCTR conformant with the PCTR proforma contained in annex A of
the present document.
A PCTR which conforms to this PCTR proforma specification shall preserve the content and ordering of the clauses
contained in annex A. Clause A.6 of the PCTR may contain additional columns. If included, these shall be placed to the
right of the existing columns. Text in italics may be retained by the test laboratory.
8 PIXIT conformance
A test realizer, producing an executable test suite for the Abstract Test Suite (ATS) specification contained in annex C,
is required, as specified in ISO/IEC 9646-4 [10], to produce an augmented partial PIXIT proforma conformant with this
partial PIXIT proforma specification.
An augmented partial PIXIT proforma which conforms to this partial PIXIT proforma specification shall, as a minimum,
have contents which are technically equivalent to annex B. The augmented partial PIXIT proforma may contain
additional questions that need to be answered in order to prepare the Means Of Testing (MOT) for a particular
Implementation Under Test (IUT).
A test laboratory, offering testing for the ATS specification contained in annex C, is required, as specified in
ISO/IEC 9646-5 [11], to further augment the augmented partial PIXIT proforma to produce a PIXIT proforma
conformant with this partial PIXIT proforma specification.
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