ETSI ES 202 786 V1.5.1 (2022-04)
Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and Test Control Notation version 3; TTCN-3 Language Extensions: Support of interfaces with continuous signals
Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and Test Control Notation version 3; TTCN-3 Language Extensions: Support of interfaces with continuous signals
RES/MTS-202786ed151
Metode za preskušanje in specificiranje (MTS) - 3. različica zapisa preskušanja in krmiljenja preskusov - Razširitev nabora jezikov TTCN-3: podpora vmesnikov z neprekinjenimi signali
Ta dokument določa paket za podporo neprekinjenim signalom TTCN-3. TTCN-3 je mogoče uporabiti za specificiranje vseh vrst reaktivnih sistemskih preskusov v okviru različnih komunikacijskih vrat. Običajna področja uporabe so preskušanje protokolov (vključno z mobilnimi in internetnimi protokoli), preskušanje storitev (vključno z dopolnilnimi storitvami), preskušanje modulov, programskih vmesnikov (API) itd. TTCN-3 ni omejen na preskušanje skladnosti in se lahko uporablja za številne druge vrste preskušanja, vključno s preskušanjem interoperabilnosti, robustnosti, regresije, sistema in integracije. Specificiranje preskuševalnih nizov za protokole fizične plasti ne spada na področje uporabe tega dokumenta. Paketi TTCN-3 so namenjeni določitvi dodatnih pojmov TTCN-3, ki niso obvezni kot pojmi v jedrnem jeziku TTCN-3, ampak so izbirni kot del paketa, ki je primeren za namenske aplikacije in/ali načine uporabe jezika TTCN-3. Ta paket opredeljuje pojme za sisteme preskušanja z neprekinjenimi signali v nasprotju s sistemi z diskretnimi sporočili in opredelitev napredovanja takšnih signalov z uporabo tokov. Za proizvodnjo in ocenjevanje neprekinjenih signalov je vpeljan pojem načina. Signale je mogoče procesirati kot sledi zgodovine. Za TTCN-3 so določene osnovne matematične funkcije, ki so uporabne za analizo takšnih sledi. Zato je še zlasti uporaben za sisteme preskušanja, ki komunicirajo s stvarnim svetom prek senzorjev in aktuatorjev. Zasnova paketa TTCN-3 upošteva skladnost kombinirane uporabe jedrnega jezika z več paketi, vendar pa dejanske uporabe tega paketa in smernice zanj v kombinaciji z drugimi paketi ne spadajo na področje uporabe tega dokumenta.
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ETSI ES 202 786 V1.5.1 (2022-04)
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Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS);
The Testing and Test Control Notation version 3;
TTCN-3 Language Extensions:
Support of interfaces with continuous signals
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 5
Foreword . 5
Modal verbs terminology . 5
1 Scope . 6
2 References . 6
2.1 Normative references . 6
2.2 Informative references . 7
3 Definition of terms, symbols and abbreviations . 7
3.1 Terms . 7
3.2 Symbols . 7
3.3 Abbreviations . 7
4 Package conformance and compatibility . 7
5 Package concepts for the core language . 8
5.0 General . 8
5.1 Time and Sampling . 9
5.1.0 General . 9
5.1.1 The now operator . 9
5.1.2 Define the default step size for sampling . 10
5.2 Data streams . 10
5.2.0 General . 10
5.2.1 Data Streams: static perspective . 11
5.2.2 Data Streams: dynamic perspective . 12
5.2.2.0 General . 12
5.2.2.1 Defining stream port types . 12
5.2.2.2 Declaration and instantiation of stream ports . 13
5.2.2.3 The Connect and Map operations . 14
5.2.3 Data Streams: access operations . 15
5.2.3.0 General . 15
5.2.3.1 The value operation . 15
5.2.3.2 The timestamp operation . 16
5.2.3.3 The delta operation . 16
5.2.4 Data Streams: navigation operations. 17
5.2.4.0 General . 17
5.2.4.1 The prev operation . 17
5.2.4.2 The at operation . 18
5.2.5 Data Streams: extraction and application operations . 19
5.2.5.0 General . 19
5.2.5.1 The history operation . 19
5.2.5.2 The values operation . 20
5.2.5.3 The apply operation. 21
5.2.6 Port control operations . 22
5.2.7 Stream ports in static configurations . 22
5.3 The assert statement . 22
5.4 Control structures for continuous and hybrid behaviour . 23
5.4.0 General . 23
5.4.1 Modes . 23
5.4.1.0 General . 23
5.4.1.1 Definition of the until block . 25
5.4.1.1.0 General . 25
5.4.1.1.1 Definition of transition guards and events . 26
5.4.1.1.2 Definition of follow up modes . 26
5.4.1.1.3 The repeat statement . 27
5.4.1.1.4 The continue statement . 28
5.4.1.2 Definition of invariant blocks . 28
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5.4.1.3 Definition of the onentry block . 29
5.4.1.4 Definition of the onexit block . 29
5.4.1.5 Local predicate symbols in the context of modes . 30
5.4.1.6 The duration operator . 31
5.4.2 Atomic modes: the cont statement . 31
5.4.3 Parallel mode composition: the par statement . 32
5.4.4 Sequential mode composition: the seq statement. 33
5.4.5 Parameterizable modes . 34
5.4.5.0 General . 34
5.4.5.1 Parameterizable mode definitions . 35
5.4.5.2 Mode types (optional) . 35
5.5 The wait statement. 36
6 TRI extensions for the package . 36
6.0 General . 36
6.1 Extensions to clause 5.5 of ETSI ES 201 873-5: Communication interface operations . 37
6.2 Extensions to clause 5.6 of ETSI ES 201 873-5: Platform interface operations. 38
6.3 Extensions to clause 6.3.2 of ETSI ES 201 873-5: Structured type mapping . 40
6.3.1 TriConfigurationIdType . 40
6.3.1.0 General . 40
6.3.1.1 Methods . 40
6.4 Extensions to clause 6.5.2.1 of ETSI ES 201 873-5: TriCommunicationSA . 41
6.5 Extensions to clause 6.5.3.1 of ETSI ES 201 873-5: TriPlatformPA . 41
6.6 Extensions to clause 6.5.3.2 of ETSI ES 201 873-5: TriPlatformTE . 42
6.7 Extensions to clause 7.2.1 of ETSI ES 201 873-5: Abstract type mapping . 42
6.8 Extensions to clause 7.2.4 of ETSI ES 201 873-5: TRI operation mapping . 42
6.9 Extensions to clause 8.5.2 of ETSI ES 201 873-5: Abstract data types . 43
6.9.1 TriConfigurationId . 43
6.9.1.0 General . 43
6.9.1.1 Methods . 43
6.10 Extensions to clause 8.6.1 of ETSI ES 201 873-5: TriCommunicationSA . 43
6.11 Extensions to clause 8.6.3 of ETSI ES 201 873-5: TriPlatformPA . 44
6.12 Extensions to clause 8.6.4 of ETSI ES 201 873-5: TriPlatformTE . 44
6.13 Extensions to clause 9.4.2 of ETSI ES 201 873-5: Structured type mapping . 44
6.13.1 TriConfigurationIdType . 44
6.13.1.0 General . 44
6.13.1.1 Members . 44
6.14 Extensions to clause 9.5.2.1 of ETSI ES 201 873-5: ITriCommunicationSA . 45
6.15 Extensions to clause 9.5.2.3 of ETSI ES 201 873-5: ITriPlatformPA . 45
6.16 Extensions to clause 9.5.2.4 of ETSI ES 201 873-5: ITriPlatformTE . 45
7 TCI extensions for the package . 46
7.1 Extensions to clause 7.3.3.2 of ETSI ES 201 873-6: TCI-CH provided . 46
7.2 Extensions to clause 7.3.3.1 of ETSI ES 201 873-6: TCI-CH required . 47
7.3 Extensions to clause 8.5.3.1 of ETSI ES 201 873-6: TCI-CH provided . 47
7.4 Extensions to clause 8.5.3.2 of ETSI ES 201 873-6: TCI-CH required . 48
7.5 Extensions to clause 9.4.3.1 of ETSI ES 201 873-6: TCI-CH provided . 48
7.6 Extensions to clause 9.4.3.2 of ETSI ES 201 873-6: TCI-CH required . 48
7.7 Extensions to clause 10.6.3.1 of ETSI ES 201 873-6: TciChRequired . 48
7.8 Extensions to clause 10.6.3.2 of ETSI ES 201 873-6: TciChProvided . 48
7.9 Extensions to clause 12.5.3.1 of ETSI ES 201 873-6: TCI-CH provided. 49
7.10 Extensions to clause 12.5.3.2 of ETSI ES 201 873-6: TCI-CH required . 49
Annex A (normative): BNF and static semantics . 50
A.1 New TTCN-3 terminals . 50
A.2 Changed BNF Rules . 50
A.3 New BNF Rules . 51
Annex B (informative): Bibliography . 53
History . 54
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Foreword
This ETSI Standard (ES) has been produced by ETSI Technical Committee Methods for Testing and Specification
(MTS).
The use of underline (additional text) and strike through (deleted text) highlights the differences between base
document and extended documents.
The present document relates to the multi-part standard ETSI ES 201 873 covering the Testing and Test Control
Notation version 3, as identified in ETSI ES 201 873-1 [1].
Modal verbs terminology
In the present document "shall", "shall not", "should", "should not", "may", "need not", "will", "will not", "can" and
"cannot" are to be interpreted as described in clause 3.2 of the ETSI Drafting Rules (Verbal forms for the expression of
provisions).
"must" and "must not" are NOT allowed in ETSI deliverables except when used in direct citation.
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1 Scope
The present document defines the "Continuous Signal support" package of TTCN-3. TTCN-3 can be used for the
specification of all types of reactive system tests over a variety of communication ports. Typical areas of application are
protocol testing (including mobile and Internet protocols), service testing (including supplementary services), module
testing, testing of APIs, etc. TTCN-3 is not restricted to conformance testing and can be used for many other kinds of
testing including interoperability, robustness, regression, system and integration testing. The specification of test suites
for physical layer protocols is outside the scope of the present document.
TTCN-3 packages are intended to define additional TTCN-3 concepts, which are not mandatory as concepts in the
TTCN-3 core language, but which are optional as part of a package which is suited for dedicated applications and/or
usages of TTCN-3.
This package defines concepts for testing systems using continuous signals as opposed to discrete messages and the
characterization of the progression of such signals by use of streams. For both the production as well as the evaluation
of continuous signals the concept of mode is introduced. Also, the signals can be processed as history-traces. Finally,
basic mathematical functions that are useful for analyzing such traces are defined for TTCN-3. It is thus especially
useful for testing systems which communicate with the physical world via sensors and actuators.
While the design of TTCN-3 package has taken into account the consistency of a combined usage of the core language
with a number of packages, the concrete usages of and guidelines for this package in combination with other packages
is outside the scope of the present document.
2 References
2.1 Normative references
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific. For specific references, only the cited version applies. For non-specific references, the latest version of the
referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
Referenced documents which are not found to be publicly available in the expected location might be found at
https://docbox.etsi.org/Reference.
NOTE: While any hyperlinks included in this clause were valid at the time of publication, ETSI cannot guarantee
their long term validity.
The following referenced documents are necessary for the application of the present document.
[1] ETSI ES 201 873-1 (V4.9.1): "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and
Test Control Notation version 3; Part 1: TTCN-3 Core Language".
[2] ETSI ES 201 873-4 (V4.6.1): "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and
Test Control Notation version 3; Part 4: TTCN-3 Operational Semantics".
[3] ETSI ES 201 873-5 (V4.8.1): "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and
Test Control Notation version 3; Part 5: TTCN-3 Runtime Interface (TRI)".
[4] ETSI ES 201 873-6 (V4.9.1): "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and
Test Control Notation version 3; Part 6: TTCN-3 Control Interface (TCI)".
[5] ISO/IEC 9646-1: "Information technology -- Open Systems Interconnection -- Conformance
testing methodology and framework; Part 1: General concepts".
[6] ETSI ES 202 785 (V1.3.1): "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and Test
Control Notation version 3; TTCN-3 Language Extensions: Behaviour Types".
[7] ETSI ES 202 781 (V1.3.1): "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and Test
Control Notation version 3; TTCN-3 Language Extensions: Configuration and Deployment
Support".
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2.2 Informative references
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific. For specific references, only the cited version applies. For non-specific references, the latest version of the
referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
NOTE: While any hyperlinks included in this clause were valid at the time of publication, ETSI cannot guarantee
their long term validity.
The following referenced documents are not necessary for the application of the present document but they assist the
user with regard to a particular subject area.
[i.1] ETSI ES 201 873-7: "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and Test Control
Notation version 3; Part 7: Using ASN.1 with TTCN-3".
[i.2] ETSI ES 201 873-8: "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and Test Control
Notation version 3; Part 8: The IDL to TTCN-3 Mapping".
[i.3] ETSI ES 201 873-9: "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and Test Control
Notation version 3; Part 9: Using XML schema with TTCN-3".
[i.4] ETSI ES 201 873-10: "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and Test
Control Notation version 3; Part 10: TTCN-3 Documentation Comment Specification".
[i.5] ETSI ES 202 784: "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and Test Control
Notation version 3; TTCN-3 Language Extensions: Advanced Parameterization".
[i.6] ETSI ES 202 782: "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and Test Control
Notation version 3; TTCN-3 Language Extensions: TTCN-3 Performance and Real Time Testing".
3 Definition of terms, symbols and abbreviations
3.1 Terms
For the purposes of the present document, the terms given in ETSI ES 201 873-1 [1], ETSI ES 201 873-4 [2], ETSI
ES 201 873-5 [3], ETSI ES 201 873-6 [4] and ISO/IEC 9646-1 [5] apply.
3.2 Symbols
Void.
3.3 Abbreviations
For the purposes of the present document, the abbreviations given in ETSI ES 201 873-1 [1], ETSI ES 201 873-4 [2],
ETSI ES 201 873-5 [3], ETSI ES 201 873-6 [4] and ISO/IEC 9646-1 [5] apply.
4 Package conformance and compatibility
The package presented in the present document is identified by the package tag:
• "TTCN-3:2012 Support for Testing Continuous Signals" - to be used with modules complying
with the present document.
For an implementation claiming to conform to this package version, all features specified in the present document shall
be implemented consistently with the requirements given in the present document and in ETSI E
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TTCN-3 Language Extensions:
Support of interfaces with continuous signals
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Keywords
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 5
Foreword . 5
Modal verbs terminology . 5
1 Scope . 6
2 References . 6
2.1 Normative references . 6
2.2 Informative references . 7
3 Definition of terms, symbols and abbreviations . 7
3.1 Terms . 7
3.2 Symbols . 7
3.3 Abbreviations . 7
4 Package conformance and compatibility . 7
5 Package concepts for the core language . 8
5.0 General . 8
5.1 Time and Sampling . 9
5.1.0 General . 9
5.1.1 The now operator . 9
5.1.2 Define the default step size for sampling . 10
5.2 Data streams . 10
5.2.0 General . 10
5.2.1 Data Streams: static perspective . 11
5.2.2 Data Streams: dynamic perspective . 12
5.2.2.0 General . 12
5.2.2.1 Defining stream port types . 12
5.2.2.2 Declaration and instantiation of stream ports . 13
5.2.2.3 The Connect and Map operations . 14
5.2.3 Data Streams: access operations . 15
5.2.3.0 General . 15
5.2.3.1 The value operation . 15
5.2.3.2 The timestamp operation . 16
5.2.3.3 The delta operation . 16
5.2.4 Data Streams: navigation operations. 17
5.2.4.0 General . 17
5.2.4.1 The prev operation . 17
5.2.4.2 The at operation . 18
5.2.5 Data Streams: extraction and application operations . 19
5.2.5.0 General . 19
5.2.5.1 The history operation . 19
5.2.5.2 The values operation . 20
5.2.5.3 The apply operation. 21
5.2.6 Port control operations . 22
5.2.7 Stream ports in static configurations . 22
5.3 The assert statement . 22
5.4 Control structures for continuous and hybrid behaviour . 23
5.4.0 General . 23
5.4.1 Modes . 23
5.4.1.0 General . 23
5.4.1.1 Definition of the until block . 25
5.4.1.1.0 General . 25
5.4.1.1.1 Definition of transition guards and events . 26
5.4.1.1.2 Definition of follow up modes . 26
5.4.1.1.3 The repeat statement . 27
5.4.1.1.4 The continue statement . 28
5.4.1.2 Definition of invariant blocks . 28
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5.4.1.3 Definition of the onentry block . 29
5.4.1.4 Definition of the onexit block . 29
5.4.1.5 Local predicate symbols in the context of modes . 30
5.4.1.6 The duration operator . 31
5.4.2 Atomic modes: the cont statement . 31
5.4.3 Parallel mode composition: the par statement . 32
5.4.4 Sequential mode composition: the seq statement. 33
5.4.5 Parameterizable modes . 34
5.4.5.0 General . 34
5.4.5.1 Parameterizable mode definitions . 35
5.4.5.2 Mode types (optional) . 35
5.5 The wait statement. 36
6 TRI extensions for the package . 36
6.0 General . 36
6.1 Extensions to clause 5.5 of ETSI ES 201 873-5: Communication interface operations . 37
6.2 Extensions to clause 5.6 of ETSI ES 201 873-5: Platform interface operations. 38
6.3 Extensions to clause 6.3.2 of ETSI ES 201 873-5: Structured type mapping . 40
6.3.1 TriConfigurationIdType . 40
6.3.1.0 General . 40
6.3.1.1 Methods . 40
6.4 Extensions to clause 6.5.2.1 of ETSI ES 201 873-5: TriCommunicationSA . 41
6.5 Extensions to clause 6.5.3.1 of ETSI ES 201 873-5: TriPlatformPA . 41
6.6 Extensions to clause 6.5.3.2 of ETSI ES 201 873-5: TriPlatformTE . 42
6.7 Extensions to clause 7.2.1 of ETSI ES 201 873-5: Abstract type mapping . 42
6.8 Extensions to clause 7.2.4 of ETSI ES 201 873-5: TRI operation mapping . 42
6.9 Extensions to clause 8.5.2 of ETSI ES 201 873-5: Abstract data types . 43
6.9.1 TriConfigurationId . 43
6.9.1.0 General . 43
6.9.1.1 Methods . 43
6.10 Extensions to clause 8.6.1 of ETSI ES 201 873-5: TriCommunicationSA . 43
6.11 Extensions to clause 8.6.3 of ETSI ES 201 873-5: TriPlatformPA . 44
6.12 Extensions to clause 8.6.4 of ETSI ES 201 873-5: TriPlatformTE . 44
6.13 Extensions to clause 9.4.2 of ETSI ES 201 873-5: Structured type mapping . 44
6.13.1 TriConfigurationIdType . 44
6.13.1.0 General . 44
6.13.1.1 Members . 44
6.14 Extensions to clause 9.5.2.1 of ETSI ES 201 873-5: ITriCommunicationSA . 45
6.15 Extensions to clause 9.5.2.3 of ETSI ES 201 873-5: ITriPlatformP A . 45
6.16 Extensions to clause 9.5.2.4 of ETSI ES 201 873-5: ITriPlatformTE . 45
7 TCI extensions for the package . 46
7.1 Extensions to clause 7.3.3.2 of ETSI ES 201 873-6: TCI-CH provided . 46
7.2 Extensions to clause 7.3.3.1 of ETSI ES 201 873-6: TCI-CH required . 47
7.3 Extensions to clause 8.5.3.1 of ETSI ES 201 873-6: TCI-CH provided . 47
7.4 Extensions to clause 8.5.3.2 of ETSI ES 201 873-6: TCI-CH required . 48
7.5 Extensions to clause 9.4.3.1 of ETSI ES 201 873-6: TCI-CH provided . 48
7.6 Extensions to clause 9.4.3.2 of ETSI ES 201 873-6: TCI-CH required . 48
7.7 Extensions to clause 10.6.3.1 of ETSI ES 201 873-6: TciChRequired . 48
7.8 Extensions to clause 10.6.3.2 of ETSI ES 201 873-6: TciChProvided . 48
7.9 Extensions to clause 12.5.3.1 of ETSI ES 201 873-6: TCI-CH provided. 49
7.10 Extensions to clause 12.5.3.2 of ETSI ES 201 873-6: TCI-CH required . 49
Annex A (normative): BNF and static semantics . 50
A.1 New TTCN-3 terminals . 50
A.2 Changed BNF Rules . 50
A.3 New BNF Rules . 51
Annex B (informative): Bibliography . 53
History . 54
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This final draft ETSI Standard (ES) has been produced by ETSI Technical Committee Methods for Testing and
Specification (MTS), and is now submitted for the ETSI standards Membership Approval Procedure.
The use of underline (additional text) and strike through (deleted text) highlights the differences between base
document and extended documents.
The present document relates to the multi-part standard ETSI ES 201 873 covering the Testing and Test Control
Notation version 3, as identified in ETSI ES 201 873-1 [1].
Modal verbs terminology
In the present document "shall", "shall not", "should", "should not", "may", "need not", "will", "will not", "can" and
"cannot" are to be interpreted as described in clause 3.2 of the ETSI Drafting Rules (Verbal forms for the expression of
provisions).
"must" and "must not" are NOT allowed in ETSI deliverables except when used in direct citation.
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1 Scope
The present document defines the "Continuous Signal support" package of TTCN-3. TTCN-3 can be used for the
specification of all types of reactive system tests over a variety of communication ports. Typical areas of application are
protocol testing (including mobile and Internet protocols), service testing (including supplementary services), module
testing, testing of APIs, etc. TTCN-3 is not restricted to conformance testing and can be used for many other kinds of
testing including interoperability, robustness, regression, system and integration testing. The specification of test suites
for physical layer protocols is outside the scope of the present document.
TTCN-3 packages are intended to define additional TTCN-3 concepts, which are not mandatory as concepts in the
TTCN-3 core language, but which are optional as part of a package which is suited for dedicated applications and/or
usages of TTCN-3.
This package defines concepts for testing systems using continuous signals as opposed to discrete messages and the
characterization of the progression of such signals by use of streams. For both the production as well as the evaluation
of continuous signals the concept of mode is introduced. Also, the signals can be processed as history-traces. Finally,
basic mathematical functions that are useful for analyzing such traces are defined for TTCN-3. It is thus especially
useful for testing systems which communicate with the physical world via sensors and actuators.
While the design of TTCN-3 package has taken into account the consistency of a combined usage of the core language
with a number of packages, the concrete usages of and guidelines for this package in combination with other packages
is outside the scope of the present document.
2 References
2.1 Normative references
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific. For specific references, only the cited version applies. For non-specific references, the latest version of the
referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
Referenced documents which are not found to be publicly available in the expected location might be found at
https://docbox.etsi.org/Reference.
NOTE: While any hyperlinks included in this clause were valid at the time of publication, ETSI cannot guarantee
their long term validity.
The following referenced documents are necessary for the application of the present document.
[1] ETSI ES 201 873-1 (V4.9.1): "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and
Test Control Notation version 3; Part 1: TTCN-3 Core Language".
[2] ETSI ES 201 873-4 (V4.6.1): "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and
Test Control Notation version 3; Part 4: TTCN-3 Operational Semantics".
[3] ETSI ES 201 873-5 (V4.8.1): "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and
Test Control Notation version 3; Part 5: TTCN-3 Runtime Interface (TRI)".
[4] ETSI ES 201 873-6 (V4.9.1): "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and
Test Control Notation version 3; Part 6: TTCN-3 Control Interface (TCI)".
[5] ISO/IEC 9646-1: "Information technology -- Open Systems Interconnection -- Conformance
testing methodology and framework; Part 1: General concepts".
[6] ETSI ES 202 785 (V1.3.1): "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and Test
Control Notation version 3; TTCN-3 Language Extensions: Behaviour Types".
[7] ETSI ES 202 781 (V1.3.1): "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and Test
Control Notation version 3; TTCN-3 Language Extensions: Configuration and Deployment
Support".
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2.2 Informative references
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific. For specific references, only the cited version applies. For non-specific references, the latest version of the
referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
NOTE: While any hyperlinks included in this clause were valid at the time of publication, ETSI cannot guarantee
their long term validity.
The following referenced documents are not necessary for the application of the present document but they assist the
user with regard to a particular subject area.
[i.1] ETSI ES 201 873-7: "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and Test Control
Notation version 3; Part 7: Using ASN.1 with TTCN-3".
[i.2] ETSI ES 201 873-8: "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and Test Control
Notation version 3; Part 8: The IDL to TTCN-3 Mapping".
[i.3] ETSI ES 201 873-9: "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and Test Control
Notation version 3; Part 9: Using XML schema with TTCN-3".
[i.4] ETSI ES 201 873-10: "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and Test
Control Notation version 3; Part 10: TTCN-3 Documentation Comment Specification".
[i.5] ETSI ES 202 784: "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and Test Control
Notation version 3; TTCN-3 Language Extensions: Advanced Parameterization".
[i.6] ETSI ES 202 782: "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and Test Control
Notation version 3; TTCN-3 Language Extensions: TTCN-3 Performance and Real Time Testing".
3 Definition of terms, symbols and abbreviations
3.1 Terms
For the purposes of the present document, the terms given in ETSI ES 201 873-1 [1], ETSI ES 201 873-4 [2], ETSI
ES 201 873-5 [3], ETSI ES 201 873-6 [4] and ISO/IEC 9646-1 [5] apply.
3.2 Symbols
Void.
3.3 Abbreviations
For the purposes of the present document, the abbreviations given in ETSI ES 201 873-1 [1], ETSI ES 201 873-4 [2],
ETSI ES 201 873-5 [3], ETSI ES 201 873-6 [4] and ISO/IEC 9646-1 [5] apply.
4 Package conformance and compatibility
The package presented in the present document is identified by the package tag:
• "TTCN-3:2012 Support for Testing Continuous Signals" - to be used with modules complying
with the present document.
For an implementation claiming to conform to this package version, all features specified in the present document shall
be implemented consistently with the requirements given in the present document and in ETSI ES 201 873-1 [1], ETSI
ES 201 873-4 [2], ETSI ES 201 873-5 [3]
...
SLOVENSKI STANDARD
SIST ES 202 786 V1.5.1:2022
01-junij-2022
Metode za preskušanje in specificiranje (MTS) - 3. različica zapisa preskušanja in
krmiljenja preskusov - Razširitev nabora jezikov TTCN-3: podpora vmesnikov z
neprekinjenimi signali
Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS) - The Testing and Test Control Notation
version 3 - TTCN-3 Language Extensions: Support of interfaces with continuous signals
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: ETSI ES 202 786 V1.5.1 (2022-04)
ICS:
35.060 Jeziki, ki se uporabljajo v Languages used in
informacijski tehniki in information technology
tehnologiji
SIST ES 202 786 V1.5.1:2022 en
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
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ETSI ES 202 786 V1.5.1 (2022-04)
ETSI STANDARD
Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS);
The Testing and Test Control Notation version 3;
TTCN-3 Language Extensions:
Support of interfaces with continuous signals
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Reference
RES/MTS-202786ed151
Keywords
interface, testing, TTCN-3
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 5
Foreword . 5
Modal verbs terminology . 5
1 Scope . 6
2 References . 6
2.1 Normative references . 6
2.2 Informative references . 7
3 Definition of terms, symbols and abbreviations . 7
3.1 Terms . 7
3.2 Symbols . 7
3.3 Abbreviations . 7
4 Package conformance and compatibility . 7
5 Package concepts for the core language . 8
5.0 General . 8
5.1 Time and Sampling . 9
5.1.0 General . 9
5.1.1 The now operator . 9
5.1.2 Define the default step size for sampling . 10
5.2 Data streams . 10
5.2.0 General . 10
5.2.1 Data Streams: static perspective . 11
5.2.2 Data Streams: dynamic perspective . 12
5.2.2.0 General . 12
5.2.2.1 Defining stream port types . 12
5.2.2.2 Declaration and instantiation of stream ports . 13
5.2.2.3 The Connect and Map operations . 14
5.2.3 Data Streams: access operations . 15
5.2.3.0 General . 15
5.2.3.1 The value operation . 15
5.2.3.2 The timestamp operation . 16
5.2.3.3 The delta operation . 16
5.2.4 Data Streams: navigation operations. 17
5.2.4.0 General . 17
5.2.4.1 The prev operation . 17
5.2.4.2 The at operation . 18
5.2.5 Data Streams: extraction and application operations . 19
5.2.5.0 General . 19
5.2.5.1 The history operation . 19
5.2.5.2 The values operation . 20
5.2.5.3 The apply operation. 21
5.2.6 Port control operations . 22
5.2.7 Stream ports in static configurations . 22
5.3 The assert statement . 22
5.4 Control structures for continuous and hybrid behaviour . 23
5.4.0 General . 23
5.4.1 Modes . 23
5.4.1.0 General . 23
5.4.1.1 Definition of the until block . 25
5.4.1.1.0 General . 25
5.4.1.1.1 Definition of transition guards and events . 26
5.4.1.1.2 Definition of follow up modes . 26
5.4.1.1.3 The repeat statement . 27
5.4.1.1.4 The continue statement . 28
5.4.1.2 Definition of invariant blocks . 28
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5.4.1.3 Definition of the onentry block . 29
5.4.1.4 Definition of the onexit block . 29
5.4.1.5 Local predicate symbols in the context of modes . 30
5.4.1.6 The duration operator . 31
5.4.2 Atomic modes: the cont statement . 31
5.4.3 Parallel mode composition: the par statement . 32
5.4.4 Sequential mode composition: the seq statement. 33
5.4.5 Parameterizable modes . 34
5.4.5.0 General . 34
5.4.5.1 Parameterizable mode definitions . 35
5.4.5.2 Mode types (optional) . 35
5.5 The wait statement. 36
6 TRI extensions for the package . 36
6.0 General . 36
6.1 Extensions to clause 5.5 of ETSI ES 201 873-5: Communication interface operations . 37
6.2 Extensions to clause 5.6 of ETSI ES 201 873-5: Platform interface operations. 38
6.3 Extensions to clause 6.3.2 of ETSI ES 201 873-5: Structured type mapping . 40
6.3.1 TriConfigurationIdType . 40
6.3.1.0 General . 40
6.3.1.1 Methods . 40
6.4 Extensions to clause 6.5.2.1 of ETSI ES 201 873-5: TriCommunicationSA . 41
6.5 Extensions to clause 6.5.3.1 of ETSI ES 201 873-5: TriPlatformPA . 41
6.6 Extensions to clause 6.5.3.2 of ETSI ES 201 873-5: TriPlatformTE . 42
6.7 Extensions to clause 7.2.1 of ETSI ES 201 873-5: Abstract type mapping . 42
6.8 Extensions to clause 7.2.4 of ETSI ES 201 873-5: TRI operation mapping . 42
6.9 Extensions to clause 8.5.2 of ETSI ES 201 873-5: Abstract data types . 43
6.9.1 TriConfigurationId . 43
6.9.1.0 General . 43
6.9.1.1 Methods . 43
6.10 Extensions to clause 8.6.1 of ETSI ES 201 873-5: TriCommunicationSA . 43
6.11 Extensions to clause 8.6.3 of ETSI ES 201 873-5: TriPlatformPA . 44
6.12 Extensions to clause 8.6.4 of ETSI ES 201 873-5: TriPlatformTE . 44
6.13 Extensions to clause 9.4.2 of ETSI ES 201 873-5: Structured type mapping . 44
6.13.1 TriConfigurationIdType . 44
6.13.1.0 General . 44
6.13.1.1 Members . 44
6.14 Extensions to clause 9.5.2.1 of ETSI ES 201 873-5: ITriCommunicationSA . 45
6.15 Extensions to clause 9.5.2.3 of ETSI ES 201 873-5: ITriPlatformPA . 45
6.16 Extensions to clause 9.5.2.4 of ETSI ES 201 873-5: ITriPlatformTE . 45
7 TCI extensions for the package . 46
7.1 Extensions to clause 7.3.3.2 of ETSI ES 201 873-6: TCI-CH provided . 46
7.2 Extensions to clause 7.3.3.1 of ETSI ES 201 873-6: TCI-CH required . 47
7.3 Extensions to clause 8.5.3.1 of ETSI ES 201 873-6: TCI-CH provided . 47
7.4 Extensions to clause 8.5.3.2 of ETSI ES 201 873-6: TCI-CH required . 48
7.5 Extensions to clause 9.4.3.1 of ETSI ES 201 873-6: TCI-CH provided . 48
7.6 Extensions to clause 9.4.3.2 of ETSI ES 201 873-6: TCI-CH required . 48
7.7 Extensions to clause 10.6.3.1 of ETSI ES 201 873-6: TciChRequired . 48
7.8 Extensions to clause 10.6.3.2 of ETSI ES 201 873-6: TciChProvided . 48
7.9 Extensions to clause 12.5.3.1 of ETSI ES 201 873-6: TCI-CH provided. 49
7.10 Extensions to clause 12.5.3.2 of ETSI ES 201 873-6: TCI-CH required . 49
Annex A (normative): BNF and static semantics . 50
A.1 New TTCN-3 terminals . 50
A.2 Changed BNF Rules . 50
A.3 New BNF Rules . 51
Annex B (informative): Bibliography . 53
History . 54
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Intellectual Property Rights
Essential patents
IPRs essential or potentially essential to normative deliverables may have been declared to ETSI. The declarations
pertaining to these essential IPRs, if any, are publicly available for ETSI members and non-members, and can be
found in ETSI 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 (https://ipr.etsi.org/).
Pursuant to the ETSI Directives including the ETSI IPR Policy, no investigation regarding the essentiality of IPRs,
including IPR searches, has been carried out by ETSI. No guarantee can be given as to the existence of other IPRs not
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DECT™, PLUGTESTS™, UMTS™ and the ETSI logo are trademarks of ETSI registered for the benefit of its
Members. 3GPP™ and LTE™ are trademarks of ETSI registered for the benefit of its Members and of the 3GPP
Organizational Partners. oneM2M™ logo is a trademark of ETSI registered for the benefit of its Members and of the
®
oneM2M Partners. GSM and the GSM logo are trademarks registered and owned by the GSM Association.
Foreword
This ETSI Standard (ES) has been produced by ETSI Technical Committee Methods for Testing and Specification
(MTS).
The use of underline (additional text) and strike through (deleted text) highlights the differences between base
document and extended documents.
The present document relates to the multi-part standard ETSI ES 201 873 covering the Testing and Test Control
Notation version 3, as identified in ETSI ES 201 873-1 [1].
Modal verbs terminology
In the present document "shall", "shall not", "should", "should not", "may", "need not", "will", "will not", "can" and
"cannot" are to be interpreted as described in clause 3.2 of the ETSI Drafting Rules (Verbal forms for the expression of
provisions).
"must" and "must not" are NOT allowed in ETSI deliverables except when used in direct citation.
ETSI
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1 Scope
The present document defines the "Continuous Signal support" package of TTCN-3. TTCN-3 can be used for the
specification of all types of reactive system tests over a variety of communication ports. Typical areas of application are
protocol testing (including mobile and Internet protocols), service testing (including supplementary services), module
testing, testing of APIs, etc. TTCN-3 is not restricted to conformance testing and can be used for many other kinds of
testing including interoperability, robustness, regression, system and integration testing. The specification of test suites
for physical layer protocols is outside the scope of the present document.
TTCN-3 packages are intended to define additional TTCN-3 concepts, which are not mandatory as concepts in the
TTCN-3 core language, but which are optional as part of a package which is suited for dedicated applications and/or
usages of TTCN-3.
This package defines concepts for testing systems using continuous signals as opposed to discrete messages and the
characterization of the progression of such signals by use of streams. For both the production as well as the evaluation
of continuous signals the concept of mode is introduced. Also, the signals can be processed as history-traces. Finally,
basic mathematical functions that are useful for analyzing such traces are defined for TTCN-3. It is thus especially
useful for testing systems which communicate with the physical world via sensors and actuators.
While the design of TTCN-3 package has taken into account the consistency of a combined usage of the core language
with a number of packages, the concrete usages of and guidelines for this package in combination with other packages
is outside the scope of the present document.
2 References
2.1 Normative references
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific. For specific references, only the cited version applies. For non-specific references, the latest version of the
referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
Referenced documents which are not found to be publicly available in the expected location might be found at
https://docbox.etsi.org/Reference.
NOTE: While any hyperlinks included in this clause were valid at the time of publication, ETSI cannot guarantee
their long term validity.
The following referenced documents are necessary for the application of the present document.
[1] ETSI ES 201 873-1 (V4.9.1): "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and
Test Control Notation version 3; Part 1: TTCN-3 Core Language".
[2] ETSI ES 201 873-4 (V4.6.1): "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and
Test Control Notation version 3; Part 4: TTCN-3 Operational Semantics".
[3] ETSI ES 201 873-5 (V4.8.1): "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and
Test Control Notation version 3; Part 5: TTCN-3 Runtime Interface (TRI)".
[4] ETSI ES 201 873-6 (V4.9.1): "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and
Test Control Notation version 3; Part 6: TTCN-3 Control Interface (TCI)".
[5] ISO/IEC 9646-1: "Information technology -- Open Systems Interconnection -- Conformance
testing methodology and framework; Part 1: General concepts".
[6] ETSI ES 202 785 (V1.3.1): "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and Test
Control Notation version 3; TTCN-3 Language Extensions: Behaviour Types".
[7] ETSI ES 202 781 (V1.3.1): "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and Test
Control Notation version 3; TTCN-3 Language Extensions: Configuration and Deployment
Support".
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2.2 Informative references
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific. For specific references, only the cited version applies. For non-specific references, the latest version of the
referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
NOTE: While any hyperlinks included in this clause were valid at the time of publication, ETSI cannot guarantee
their long term validity.
The following referenced documents are not necessary for the application of the present document but they assist the
user with regard to a particular subject area.
[i.1] ETSI ES 201 873-7: "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and Test Control
Notation version 3; Part 7: Using ASN.1 with TTCN-3".
[i.2] ETSI ES 201 873-8: "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and Test Control
Notation version 3; Part 8: The IDL to TTCN-3 Mapping".
[i.3] ETSI ES 201 873-9: "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and Test Control
Notation version 3; Part 9: Using XML schema with TTCN-3".
[i.4] ETSI ES 201 873-10: "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and Test
Control Notation version 3; Part 10: TTCN-3 Documentation Comment Specification".
[i.5] ETSI ES 202 784: "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and Test Control
Notation version 3; TTCN-3 Language Extensions: Advanced Parameterization".
[i.6] ETSI ES 202
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