SIST ETS 300 012-2 E2:2003
(Main)Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN); Basic User-Network Interface (UNI); Part 2: Implementation Conformance Statement (ICS) and Implementation eXtra Information for Testing (IXIT) specification for interface IA
General Information
- Abstract
This second edition of ETS 300 012 will incorporate the test suite specification and referenced material from ITU-T I.430
- Status
- Published
- Publication Date
- 30-Nov-2003
- Current Stage
- 6060 - National Implementation/Publication (Adopted Project)
- Start Date
- 01-Dec-2003
- Due Date
- 01-Dec-2003
- Completion Date
- 01-Dec-2003
Overview
SIST ETS 300 012-2 E2:2003 is a Slovenian standard, identical to the second edition of ETS 300 012-2, established for the Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN). Focusing on the Basic User-Network Interface (UNI), this document specifies the structure and use of the Implementation Conformance Statement (ICS) and Implementation eXtra Information for Testing (IXIT) proformas for interface IA. The standard ensures ISDN UNI implementations align with core requirements from ETS 300 012-1 and referenced material from ITU-T Recommendation I.430.
By incorporating ICS/IXIT specifications, this standard supports conformance testing for ISDN interface IA, driving system interoperability and rigorous performance validation in digital telecommunication environments.
Key Topics
- ISDN Basic User-Network Interface (UNI): Defines requirements for Layer 1 protocols at interface IA, ensuring compatibility between users’ equipment and the network.
- Implementation Conformance Statement (ICS): Establishes a standardized method for suppliers to declare which protocol features their products implement, using PICS proformas.
- Implementation eXtra Information for Testing (IXIT): Provides essential additional information required by test laboratories to execute effective protocol conformance testing.
- Conformance Testing: Supports comprehensive static conformance reviews, enabling reliable assessment of ISDN UNI implementations against clear criteria.
- Compatibility with ITU-T I.430: Ensures international alignment and supports global interoperability for ISDN basic rate interfaces.
- Structured Test Proformas: Includes guidance and templates for completing PICS and PIXIT documents, covering product identification, contact details, conformance declarations, and other technical data.
- Reference to International Standards: Adheres to ISO/IEC 9646 methodology for conformance testing, enhancing confidence in test procedures and results.
Applications
SIST ETS 300 012-2 E2:2003 offers significant value in multiple real-world contexts:
- ISDN Equipment Manufacturing: Manufacturers use the ICS/IXIT proformas to declare protocol coverage, facilitating procurement, system integration, and certification processes.
- Telecommunications Conformance Testing: Test laboratories utilize the standard’s structures to conduct efficient and reliable static and dynamic assessments of equipment, ensuring that only compliant devices are deployed.
- Regulatory Compliance: National and regional telecommunications authorities reference this standard to enforce mandatory ISDN protocol compatibility.
- Network Operator Selection: Providers can assess and select user equipment that demonstrably meets UNI layer 1 requirements, reducing technical support issues and safeguarding network integrity.
- International Projects: As the standard harmonizes with ETSI and ITU-T recommendations, it streamlines global ISDN deployments and cross-border interoperability.
Related Standards
- ETS 300 012-1: ISDN; Basic User-Network Interface (UNI); Part 1: Layer 1 specification
- ETS 300 012-4: ISDN UNI; Conformance test specification for interface IA
- ETS 300 012-6: ISDN UNI; Abstract Test Suite (ATS) specification for interface IA
- ETS 300 406: Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); Protocol and profile conformance testing specifications
- ISO/IEC 9646 Series: Information technology - Open Systems Interconnection; Conformance Testing Methodology and Framework
- ITU-T I.430: Basic user-network interface - Layer 1 specification
By adhering to SIST ETS 300 012-2 E2:2003, stakeholders in the telecommunications sector facilitate robust, interoperable ISDN solutions, supporting efficient market access and long-term network reliability.
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Frequently Asked Questions
SIST ETS 300 012-2 E2:2003 is a standard published by the Slovenian Institute for Standardization (SIST). Its full title is "Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN); Basic User-Network Interface (UNI); Part 2: Implementation Conformance Statement (ICS) and Implementation eXtra Information for Testing (IXIT) specification for interface IA". This standard covers: This second edition of ETS 300 012 will incorporate the test suite specification and referenced material from ITU-T I.430
This second edition of ETS 300 012 will incorporate the test suite specification and referenced material from ITU-T I.430
SIST ETS 300 012-2 E2:2003 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.
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Standards Content (Sample)
SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-december-2003
Digitalno omrežje z integriranimi storitvami (ISDN) – Osnovni vmesnik uporabnik-
omrežje (UNI) – 2. del: Izjava o skladnosti izvedbe (ICS) in dodatne informacije za
preskušanje izvedbe (IXIT) – Specifikacija za vmesnik IA
Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN); Basic User-Network Interface (UNI); Part 2:
Implementation Conformance Statement (ICS) and Implementation eXtra Information for
Testing (IXIT) specification for interface IA
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: ETS 300 012-2 Edition 2
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 ETS 300 012-2
TELECOMMUNICATION October 1998
STANDARD Second Edition
Source: TM Reference: RE/TM-03038-2
ICS: 33.020
Key words: Basic, ICS, ISDN, layer 1, transmission, UNI
Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN);
Basic User Network Interface (UNI);
Part 2: Implementation Conformance Statement (ICS) and
Implementation eXtra Information for Testing (IXIT)
specification for interface I
A
ETSI
European Telecommunications Standards Institute
ETSI Secretariat
Postal address: F-06921 Sophia Antipolis CEDEX - FRANCE
Office address: 650 Route des Lucioles - Sophia Antipolis - Valbonne - FRANCE
Internet: secretariat@etsi.fr - http://www.etsi.fr - http://www.etsi.org
Tel.: +33 4 92 94 42 00 - Fax: +33 4 93 65 47 16
Copyright Notification: No part may be reproduced except as authorized by written permission. The copyright and the
foregoing restriction extend to reproduction in all media.
© European Telecommunications Standards Institute 1998. All rights reserved.
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Whilst every care has been taken in the preparation and publication of this document, errors in content,
typographical or otherwise, may occur. If you have comments concerning its accuracy, please write to
"ETSI Standards Making Support Dept." at the address shown on the title page.
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Contents
Foreword .5
Introduction.5
1 Scope .7
2 Normal references.7
3 Definitions and abbreviations .8
3.1 Definitions .8
3.2 Abbreviations .8
4 Conformance to this PICS proforma specification .8
Annex A (normative): PICS proforma for ETS 300 012-1 .9
A.1 Guidance for completing the PICS proforma .9
A.1.1 Purpose and structure .9
A.1.2 Abbreviations and conventions.9
A.2 Table/item identification.10
A.3 Filling in guidance.10
A.4 Identification of the implementation.10
A.4.1 Date of the statement .10
A.4.2 Implementation Under Test (IUT) identification .10
A.4.3 System Under Test (SUT) identification .10
A.4.4 Product supplier.11
A.4.5 Client (if different from product supplier) .11
A.4.6 PICS contact person.12
A.5 Identification of the protocol .12
A.6 PICS proforma tables.12
A.7 Global statement of conformance .13
A.8 Tables.13
Annex B (normative): PIXIT proforma for interface point I (TE) in ETS 300 012-1 .19
A
B.1 Introduction.19
B.2 PIXIT proforma.19
B.2.1 Identification summary.19
B.2.2 Abstract Test Suite (ATS) summary .20
B.2.3 Test laboratory.20
B.2.4 Client.20
B.2.5 IUT .20
B.3 Proforma structure and contents.21
B.4 Table / item identification.21
B.5 Filling in guidance.21
History.24
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Foreword
This second edition European Telecommunication Standard (ETS) has been produced by the ETSI
Technical Committee Transmission and Multiplexing (TM).
This ETS concerns the basic User Network Interface (UNI) for the Integrated Services Digital Network
(ISDN) and consists of 7 parts as follows:
Part 1: "Layer 1 specification";
Part 2: "Implementation Conformance Statement (ICS) and Implementation eXtra Information
for Testing (IXIT) specification for interface I ";
A
Part 3: "Implementation Conformance Statement (ICS) and Implementation eXtra Information for
Testing (IXIT) specification for interface I ";
B
Part 4: "Conformance test specification for interface I ";
A
Part 5: "Conformance test specification for interface I ";
B
Part 6: "Abstract Test Suite (ATS) specification for interface I ";
A
Part 7: "Abstract Test Suite (ATS) specification for interface I ";
B
and is based on ITU-T Recommendation I.430 [9].
Transposition dates
Date of adoption of this ETS: 18 September 1998
Date of latest announcement of this ETS (doa): 31 January 1999
Date of latest publication of new National Standard
or endorsement of this ETS (dop/e): 31 July 1999
Date of withdrawal of any conflicting National Standard (dow): 31 July 1999
Introduction
To evaluate conformance of a particular implementation, it is necessary to have a statement of which
capabilities and options have been implemented for a telecommunication specification. Such a statement
is called an Implementation Conformance Statement (ICS).
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1 Scope
This part 2 of ETS 300 012 provides the Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement (PICS) and the
Protocol Implementation eXtra Information for Testing (PIXIT) proformas for the ISDN basic rate UNI I ,
A
layer 1 specification defined in ETS 300 012-1 [1] in compliance with the relevant requirements, and in
accordance with the relevant guidance given in ISO/IEC 9646-2 [6], ISO/IEC 9646-7 [8] and
ETS 300 406 [4].
2 Normal references
This ETS incorporates by dated and undated reference, provisions from other publications. These
normative references are cited at the appropriate places in the text and the publications are listed
hereafter. For dated references, subsequent amendments to or revisions of any of these publications
apply to this ETS only when incorporated in it by amendment or revision. For undated references the latest
edition of the publication referred to applies.
[1] ETS 300 012-1 (1998): "Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN); Basic User
Network Interface (UNI); Part 1: Layer 1 specification".
[2] ETS 300 012-4 (1998): "Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN); Basic User
Network Interface (UNI); Part 4: Conformance test specification for interface I ".
A
[3] ETS 300 012-6 (1998): "Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN); Basic User
Network Interface (UNI); Part 6: Abstract Test Suite (ATS) specification for
interface I ".
A
[4] ETS 300 406 (1995): "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); Protocol
and profile conformance testing specifications; Standardization methodology".
[5] ISO/IEC 9646-1 (1994): "Information technology; Open Systems
Interconnection; Conformance Testing Methodology and Framework; Part 1:
General concepts".
[6] ISO/IEC 9646-2 (1994): "Information technology; Open Systems
Interconnection; Conformance Testing Methodology and Framework; Part 2:
Abstract test suite specification".
[7] 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".
[8] ISO/IEC 9646-7 (1995): "Information technology; Open Systems
Interconnection; Conformance Testing Methodology and Framework; Part 7:
Implementation Conformance Statements".
[9] ITU-T Recommendation I.430 (1995): "Basic user-network interface; layer 1
specification".
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3 Definitions and abbreviations
3.1 Definitions
For the purposes of this ETS, the following definitions apply:
- terms defined in ETS 300 012-1 [1];
- terms defined in ISO/IEC 9646-1 [5] and in ISO/IEC 9646-7 [8].
In particular, the following terms defined in ISO/IEC 9646-1 [5] apply:
Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement (PICS): A statement made by the supplier of an
Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) implementation or system, stating which capabilities have been
implemented for a given OSI protocol.
PICS proforma: A document, in the form of a questionnaire, designed by the protocol specifier or the
conformance test suite specifier, which when completed for an OSI implementation or system becomes
the PICS.
static conformance review: A review of the extent to which the static conformance requirements are met
by the Implementation Under Test (IUT), accomplished by comparing the PICS with the static
conformance requirements expressed in the relevant standard(s).
3.2 Abbreviations
For the purposes of this ETS, the following abbreviations apply:
I Interface point A
A
I Interface point B
B
ICS Implementation Conformance Statement
IUT Implementation Under Test
IXIT Implementation eXtra Information for Testing
OSI Open Systems Interconnection
PICS Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement
PIXIT Protocol Implementation eXtra Information for Testing
SCS System Conformance Statement
SUT System Under Test
4 Conformance to this PICS proforma specification
If it is claimed to conform to this ETS, the actual PICS proforma to be filled in by a supplier shall be
technically equivalent to the text of the PICS proforma in annex A, and shall preserve the
numbering/naming of the proforma items.
A PICS which conforms to this ETS shall be a conforming PICS proforma completed in accordance with
the instructions for completion given in clause A.1.
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Annex A (normative): PICS proforma for ETS 300 012-1
Notwithstanding the provisions of the copyright clause related to the text of this ETS, ETSI grants that
users of this ETS may freely reproduce the PICS proforma in this annex so that it can be used for its
intended purposes and may further publish the completed PICS proforma.
A.1 Guidance for completing the PICS proforma
A.1.1 Purpose and structure
The purpose of this PICS proforma is to provide a mechanism whereby a supplier of an implementation
defined in ETS 300 012-1 [1] may provide information about the implementation in a standardized
manner.
The PICS proforma is subdivided into subclauses for the following categories of information:
- instructions for completing the PICS proforma;
- identification of the implementation;
- identification of the reference ETS;
- PICS proforma tables:
- global statement of conformance;
- tables.
A.1.2 Abbreviations and conventions
The PICS proforma contained in this annex is comprised of information in tabular form in accordance with
the guidelines presented in ISO/IEC 9646-7 [8].
The reference column contained in the tables gives reference to the appropriate part(s) of
ETS 300 012-1 [1] describing the particular item.
NOTE: However, a reference merely indicates the place the core of a description of an item
can be found. Any additional information contained in ETS 300 012-1 [1] has to be
taken into account when making a statement about the conformance of that particular
item.
The following common notations, defined in ISO/IEC 9646-7 [8], are used for the status column:
m mandatory.
o optional.
n/a not applicable - in a given context, it is impossible to use the capability.
o.i qualified optional - for mutually exclusive or selectable options from a set. "i" is the integer which
identifies a unique group of related optional items and the logic of their selection which is defined
immediately following the table, in "Optional Status Notes" area.
ci conditional- the requirement on the capability ("m", "o", "x" or "n/a") depends on the support of other
optional or conditional items. "i" is an integer identifying an unique conditional status expression
which is defined immediately following the table.
x prohibited (excluded) - there is a requirement not to use this capability in the given context.
The following common notations, defined in ISO/IEC 9646-7 [8], are used for the support column:
y for supported/implemented.
n for not supported/not implemented.
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A.2 Table/item identification
The PICS table is provided with a table/item identification label pre-printed to the left in the table headers.
The labels are composed as follows:
- one capital letter, being the first letter of the layer name;
- a serial number.
Each item in a PICS table is provided with a serial number in the left-hand table column, called "Item No."
To identify an item unambiguously, the table label and the item number are combined by use of a slash
character, "/", e.g. in the 2nd table of the physical layer PICS, the 3rd item is identified by "A.2/3".
A.3 Filling in guidance
The filling in is done in the rows of the right table column named "Support" as follows:
- for implemented items a Y, y, Yes, yes or YES is entered;
- for not implemented items a N, n, No, no or NO is entered.
For each not implemented mandatory item, the client shall give a justification e.g. as an added note
associated with the item.
A.4 Identification of the implementation
Identification of the Implementation Under Test (IUT) and the system in which it resides (the System
Under Test (SUT)) should be filled in so as to provide as much as possible regarding version numbers
and configuration options.
The product supplier and client information should both be filled in if they are different.
A person who can answer queries regarding information supplied in the PICS should be named as the
contact person.
A.4.1 Date of the statement
Date:
........................................................................................................................................................................
A.4.2 Implementation Under Test (IUT) identification
IUT name:
........................................................................................................................................................................
........................................................................................................................................................................
IUT version:
........................................................................................................................................................................
A.4.3 System Under Test (SUT) identification
SUT name:
........................................................................................................................................................................
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Hardware configuration:
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Operating system:
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A.4.4 Product supplier
Name:
.........................................................................................................................................................................
Address:
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Telephone number:
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Facsimile number:
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E-mail address:
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Additional information:
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A.4.5 Client (if different from product supplier)
Name:
.........................................................................................................................................................................
Address:
.........................................................................................................................................................................
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Telephone number:
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Facsimile number:
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E-mail address:
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Additional information:
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A.4.6 PICS contact person
(A person to contact if there are any queries concerning the content of the PICS)
Name:
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