ETSI ETS 300 374-9 ed.1 (1998-02)

Intelligent Network (IN); Intelligent Network Capability Set 1 (CS1); Core Intelligent Network Application Protocol (INAP); Part 9: Test Suite Structure and Test Purposes (TSS&TP) specification for the Service Control Function (SCF) to Service Switching Function and the SCF to Specialized Resource Function (SRF) interfaces

DE/SPS-03032-5

Inteligentno omrežje (IN) - Prvi nabor zmožnosti (CS1) inteligentnega omrežja - Jedrni aplikacijski protokol inteligentnega omrežja (INAP) - 9. del: Zgradba preskušalnega niza in namena preskušanja (TSS&TP) - Specifikacija vmesnika med funkcijo krmiljenja storitev (SCF) in funkcijo preklapljanja storitev (SSF) ter med funkcijo krmiljenja storitev (SCF) in funkcijo posebnih virov (SRF)

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 22-Feb-1998
• Technical Committee: SPS 3 - IN protocols
• Current Stage: 12 - Completion
• Due Date: 27-Feb-1998
• Completion Date: 23-Feb-1998
• Ref Project: SIST ETS 300 374-9:1998 - Intelligent Network (IN); Intelligent Network Capability Set 1 (CS1); Core Intelligent Network Application Protocol (INAP); Part 9: Test Suite Structure and Test Purposes (TSS&TP) specification for the Service Control Function (SCF) to Service Switching Function and the SCF to Specialized Resource Function (SRF) interfaces

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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
SIST ETS 300 374-9:1998
01-oktober-1998
Inteligentno omrežje (IN) - Prvi nabor zmožnosti (CS1) inteligentnega omrežja -
Jedrni aplikacijski protokol inteligentnega omrežja (INAP) - 9. del: Zgradba
preskušalnega niza in namena preskušanja (TSS&TP) - Specifikacija vmesnika
med funkcijo krmiljenja storitev (SCF) in funkcijo preklapljanja storitev (SSF) ter
med funkcijo krmiljenja storitev (SCF) in funkcijo posebnih virov (SRF)
Intelligent Network (IN); Intelligent Network Capability Set 1 (CS1); Core Intelligent
Network Application Protocol (INAP); Part 9: Test Suite Structure and Test Purposes
(TSS&TP) specification for the Service Control Function (SCF) to Service Switching
Function and the SCF to Specialized Resource Function (SRF) interfaces
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: ETS 300 374-9 Edition 1
ICS:
33.040.35 Telefonska omrežja Telephone networks
SIST ETS 300 374-9:1998 en
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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SIST ETS 300 374-9:1998
EUROPEAN ETS 300 374-9
TELECOMMUNICATION February 1998
STANDARD
Source: SPS Reference: DE/SPS-03032-5
ICS: 33.020
Key words: IN, INAP, protocol, CS1, TSS&TP, testing
Intelligent Network (IN);
Intelligent Network Capability Set 1 (CS1);
Core Intelligent Network Application Protocol (INAP);
Part 9: Test Suite Structure and Test Purposes (TSS&TP)
specification for the Service Control Function (SCF) to
Service Switching Function (SSF) and the SCF to
Specialized Resource Function (SRF) interfaces
ETSI
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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 Editing and Committee Support Dept." at the address shown on the title page.

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Contents
Foreword .7
Introduction.8
1 Scope .9
2 Normative references.9
3 Definitions and abbreviations .9
3.1 Definitions .9
3.2 Abbreviations .9
4 Test Suite Structure (TSS) .10
4.1 Test Groups .10
4.1.1 Interface Groups.10
4.1.1.1 Basic SCF (bC).10
4.1.1.2 SCF-SSF relay handling (rC).11
4.1.1.3 SCF assist with relay handling (aC).11
4.1.1.4 SCF direct path IP handling (pC).11
4.1.2 Main Test Groups.11
4.1.2.1 Basic interconnection tests (BIT).11
4.1.2.2 Capability tests (CA) .11
4.1.2.3 Valid behaviour tests (BV) .11
4.1.2.4 Invalid behaviour tests (BI) .12
4.1.2.5 Inopportune behaviour tests (BO) .12
4.1.3 State Groups .12
4.2 Physical scenarios .12
4.3 Overview .14
4.4 Timers of ATS.15
5 Test Purposes (TP).17
5.1 Test purpose naming convention.17
5.2 Test purposes .19
5.2.1 General description of the test methodology.19
5.2.2 Basic SCF (bC) .20
5.2.2.1 Basic Interconnection Test (BIT) .20
5.2.2.1.1 State Idle.20
5.2.2.2 Capability (CA).20
5.2.2.3 Valid Behaviour (BV) .20
5.2.2.3.1 State Idle (State 1).20
5.2.2.3.2 State Preparing SSF Instructions
(State 2.1) .22
5.2.2.3.3 State Queuing FSM (State 2.2).26
5.2.2.3.4 State Preparing SSF Instructions
(State 2.2.1) .26
5.2.2.3.5 State Queueing (State 2.2.2) .27
5.2.2.3.6 State Waiting for notification or
request (State 2.3) .28
5.2.2.3.7 State Service filtering idle (State M3).30
5.2.2.3.8 State Waiting for SSF Service Filtering
Response (State M4).31
5.2.2.4 Invalid behaviour (BI).32
5.2.2.4.1 State Idle (State 1).32
5.2.2.4.2 State Waiting for notification or
request (State 2.3) .32
5.2.2.5 Inopportune behaviour (BO) .33
5.2.2.5.1 State Idle (State 1).33

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5.2.2.5.2 State Preparing SSF instructions
(State 2.1). 33
5.2.2.5.3 State Waiting for notification or
request (State 2.3) . 33
5.2.3 SCF-SSF relay handling (rC). 34
5.2.3.1 Valid behaviour (VB) . 34
5.2.3.1.1 State Determine Mode (State 3.1) . 34
5.2.3.1.2 State Waiting for Response from the
SRF (State 4.1) . 36
5.2.3.2 Invalid behaviour (BI) . 37
5.2.3.3 Inopportune behaviour (BO). 37
5.2.3.3.1 State Determine Mode (State 3.1) . 37
5.2.3.3.2 State Waiting for response from the
SRF (State 4.1) . 38
5.2.4 SCF assist with relay handling (aC). 38
5.2.4.1 Valid behaviour (VB) . 38
5.2.4.1.1 State Determine Mode (State 3.1),
hand-off . 38
5.2.4.1.2 State Idle (State 1), hand-off . 38
5.2.4.1.3 State Determine Mode (State 3.1) . 39
5.2.4.1.4 State Waiting for Assist Request
Instructions (State 3.2) . 40
5.2.4.2 Invalid behaviour (BI) . 41
5.2.4.2.1 State Idle (State 1), hand-off . 41
5.2.4.2.2 State Waiting for Assist Request
Instructions (State 3.2) . 42
5.2.4.3 Inopportune behaviour (BO). 42
5.2.4.3.1 State Waiting for Assist Request
Instructions (State 3.2) . 42
5.2.5 SCF direct path IP handling (pC). 43
5.2.5.1 Valid behaviour (BV) . 43
5.2.5.1.1 State Determine Mode (State 3.1) . 43
5.2.5.1.2 State Waiting for Assist Request
Instructions (State 3.2) . 43
5.2.5.1.3 State Waiting for Response from the
SRF (State 4.1) . 44
5.2.5.2 Invalid behaviour (BI) . 47
5.2.5.2.1 State Waiting for Assist Request
Instructions (State 3.2) . 47
5.2.5.3 Inopportune behaviour (BO). 48
5.2.5.3.1 State Waiting for Response from the
SRF (State 4.1) . 48
Annex A (normative): Service logic control values . 49
Annex B (informative): Global Service Logic (GSL) . 61
B.1 Test_GSL_001. 61
B.2 Test_GSL_002. 62
B.3 Test_GSL_003. 62
B.4 Test_GSL_004. 62
B.5 Test_GSL_005. 63
B.6 Test_GSL_006. 63
B.7 Test_GSL_007. 63
B.8 Test_GSL_008. 64

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B.9 Test_GSL_009 .64
B.10 Test_GSL_010 .64
B.11 Test_GSL_011 .65
B.12 Test_GSL_012 .65
B.13 Test_GSL_013 .65
B.14 Test_GSL_014 .66
B.15 Test_GSL_015 .66
B.16 Test_GSL_016 .66
B.17 Test_GSL_017 .67
B.18 Test_GSL_018 .67
B.19 Test_GSL_019 .67
B.20 Test_GSL_020 .68
B.21 Test_GSL_021 .68
B.22 Test_GSL_022 .68
B.23 Test_GSL_023 .69
B.24 Test_GSL_024 .69
B.25 Test_GSL_025 .69
B.26 Test_GSL_026 .70
B.27 Test_GSL_027 .70
B.28 Test_GSL_028 .70
B.29 Test_GSL_029 .71
B.30 Test_GSL_030 .71
B.31 Test_GSL_031 .71
B.32 Test_GSL_032 .72
B.33 Test_GSL_033 .72
B.34 Test_GSL_034 .72
B.35 Test_GSL_035 .73
B.36 Test_GSL_036 .73
B.37 Test_GSL_037 .73
B.38 Test_GSL_038 .74
B.39 Test_GSL_039 .74

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B.40 Test_GSL_040. 75
B.41 Test_GSL_041. 75
B.42 Test_GSL_042. 76
B.43 Test_GSL_043. 76
B.44 Test_GSL_044. 77
B.45 Test_GSL_045. 78
B.46 Test_GSL_046. 78
B.47 Test_GSL_047. 79
B.48 Non-covered TPs. 79
Annex C (informative): Test methods. 80
C.1 Introduction. 80
C.2 Test Methods. 80
C.2.1 Selection of Abstract Test Method(s). 80
C.2.2 The Distributed Test Method. 80
C.2.2.1 Principle . 80
C.2.2.2 Lower Tester. 81
C.2.2.3 Upper Tester. 81
C.2.2.4 Test Coordination Procedures. 82
C.2.2.5 Advantages/Disadvantages . 83
C.2.3 The Remote Test Method . 83
C.2.3.1 Principle . 83
C.2.3.2 Lower Tester. 83
C.2.3.3 Upper Tester. 83
C.2.3.4 Test Coordination Procedures. 84
C.2.3.5 Advantages/Disadvantages . 84
C.2.3.6 Open Issues. 84
C.2.4 Advantages/disadvantages of both methods . 85
History. 86

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Foreword
This European Telecommunication Standard (ETS) has been produced by the Signalling Protocols and
Switching (SPS) Technical Committee of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI).
This ETS is part 9 of a multi-part standard covering the Capability Set 1 (CS1) core Intelligent Network
Application Protocol (INAP) as described below:
Part 1: "Protocol specification";
Part 2: "Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement (PICS) proforma specification for Service
Switching Function (SSF), Specialized Resource Function (SRF) and Service Control
Function (SCF)";
Part 3: "Test Suite Structure and Test Purposes (TSS&TP) specification for Service Switching
Function (SSF) and Specialized Resource Function (SRF)";
Part 4: "Abstract Test Suite (ATS) and partial Protocol Implementation eXtra Information for Testing
(PIXIT) proforma specification for Service Switching Function (SSF) and Specialized
Resource Function (SRF)";
Part 5: "Protocol specification for the Service Control Function (SCF) - Service Data Function (SDF)
interface";
Part 6: "Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement proforma specification for the Service
Control Function (SCF) - Service Data Function (SDF) interface";
Part 9: "Test Suite Structure and Test Purposes (TSS&TP) specification for the Service
Control Function (SCF) to Service Switching Function (SSF) and the SCF to
Specialized Resource Function (SRF) interface."
NOTE: Parts 7 and 8 are currently not planned.
Transposition dates
Date of adoption of this ETS: 6 February 1998
Date of latest announcement of this ETS (doa): 31 May 1998
Date of latest publication of new National Standard
or endorsement of this ETS (dop/e): 30 November 1998
Date of withdrawal of any conflicting National Standard (dow): 30 November 1998

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Introduction
In order to be able to perform conformance testing for the core INAP SCF-SSF and SCF-SRF interfaces,
a test suite needs to be available, giving detailed and unambiguous test cases that can be used for the
conformance test campaign.
Before any test suite can be developed, it needs to be known which functional aspects needs to be tested,
and what is the structure of the test suite. This ETS contains the test purposes and the test suite structure.
For testing core INAP SCF-SSF and SCF-SRF interfaces some kind of test functionality needs to be
available that replaces the normal Service Logic and that configures the SCF’s behaviour in a desired and
predictable way. This test functionality may be implemented in various ways like a test responder or by
creating a test service using Global Service Logic. In order to assist the implementors of such test
functionality, examples are given of the latter possibility in annex B.
The test purposes in this ETS use a particular field of an operation to "trigger" the SCF to perform a
particular behaviour e.g. to issue an operation to the SSF. The field "calledPartyNumber" of the "InitialDP"
operation shall be used for this purpose.
Clause 1 defines the scope in which this ETS can be placed. In clause 2 the references to other relevant
literature are given followed by a list of definitions and abbreviations in clause 3.
In clause 4 the Test Suite Structure is described. This includes a description of all defined branches in the
Test Suite Structure as well as an overview of the possible physical scenarios on which the Test Purposes
are based.
Clause 5 contains all the Test Purposes, each one consisting of a preamble, the actual test purpose, and
a postamble.
In annex A a list is given of all values for the calledPartyNumber field of the InitialDP operation that are
used to remotely control the behaviour of the test functionality that replaces the normal Service Logic.
Annex B gives examples of how the needed test functionality at the Service Logic side of the SCF can be
implemented using Service Logic building blocks.
Finally, annex C gives an overview of possible Abstract Test Methods that can be used to execute the test
cases derived from the Test Purposes as described in this ETS.
Annex A is a normative annex that needs to be used by implementors of an Abstract Test Case while
annex B and annex C informative only. The contents of annex B and C are rather meant to advise than to
restrict the users of the ETS.

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1 Scope
This European Telecommunication Standard (ETS) specifies the Test Suite Structure and Test Purposes
(TSS&TP) for the Service Control Function (SCF) to Service Switching Function (SSF) and the SCF to
Specialized Resource Function (SRF) interfaces of the core Intelligent Network Application Protocol
(INAP) Capability Set 1 (CS1) according to ETS 300 374-1 [1].
ISO/IEC 9646-1 [3] and ISO/IEC 9646-2 [4] are used as the basis for the test methodology.
2 Normative 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 300 374-1 (1994): "Intelligent Network (IN); Intelligent Network Capability
Set 1 (CS1); Core Intelligent Network Application Protocol (INAP); Part 1:
Protocol specification".
[2] ETS 300 374-2 (1996): "Intelligent Network (IN); Intelligent Network Capability
Set 1 (CS1); Core Intelligent Network Application Protocol (INAP); Part 2:
Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement (PICS) proforma specification
for Service Switching Function (SSF), Specialized Resource Function (SRF) and
Service Control Function (SCF)".
[3] ISO/IEC 9646-1: "Information technology - Open Systems Interconnection -
Conformance Testing Methodology and Framework - Part 1: General concepts".
[4] ISO/IEC 9646-2: "Information technology - Open Systems Interconnection -
Conformance Testing Methodology and Framework - Part 2: Abstract Test Suite
Specification".
3 Definitions and abbreviations
3.1 Definitions
For the definitions of Implementation Under Test (IUT), System Under Test (SUT), Abstract Test Suite
(ATS) and Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement (PICS) refer to ISO/IEC 9646-1 [3].
3.2 Abbreviations
For the purposes of this ETS, the following abbreviations apply:
aC SCF assist with relay handling
ATM Abstract Test Method
ATS Abstract Test Suite
bC Basic SCF
BI Invalid Behaviour test
BIT Basic Interconnection Test
BO inOpportune Behaviour test
BV Valid Behaviour test
CA CApability test
EDP-N Event Detection Point - Notification
EDP-R Event Detection Point - Request
ETS European Telecommunication Standard
FE Functional Entity
FSM Finite State Machine
GSL Global Service Logic
IN Intelligent Network
INAP Intelligent Network Application Protocol

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IP Intelligent Peripheral
ISO International Standard Organisation
IUT Implementation Under Test
LT Lower Tester
pC SCF direct path IP handling
PCO Point of Control and Observation
PDU Protocol Data Unit
PICS Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement
rC SCF-SSF relay handling
SCF Service Control Functions
SCME Service Control Management Entity
SCP Service Control Point
SDF Service Data Function
SDP Service Data Point
SL Service Logic
SRF Specialized Resource Function
SSF Service Switching Function
SSP Service Switching Point
SUT System Under Test
TCAP Transaction Capabilities Application Part
TMP Test Management Protocol
TP Test Purpose
TSS Test Suite Structure
UT Upper Tester
4 Test Suite Structure (TSS)
4.1 Test Groups
4.1.1 Interface Groups
In the test suite structure 4 interface groups shall be used that are described in the following subclauses.
4.1.1.1 Basic SCF (bC)
Regarding ETS 300 374-1 [1], clauses 7, 8, 9 and 10, the defined test purposes cover the INAP
procedures at the SCP for the basic functions. The basic functions (bC) are the INAP procedures at the
SCP for the following operations:
- ActivateServiceFiltering
- ActivityTest
- ApplyCharging
- ApplyChargingReport
- CallGap
- CallInformationRequest
- CallInformationReport
- CollectInformation
- Connect
- Continue
- EventNotificationCharging
- EventReportBCSM
- FurnishChargingInformation
- InitialDP
- InitiateCallAttempt
- ReleaseCall
- RequestNotificationChargingEvent
- RequestReportBCSMEvent
- ResetTimer
- SendChargingInformation
- ServiceFilteringResponse

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4.1.1.2 SCF-SSF relay handling (rC)
Regarding ETS 300 374-1 [1], clauses 7, 8, 9 and 10, the defined test purposes cover the INAP
procedures at the SCP needed in addition to the basic functions (bC) for the interaction with the SSF
relay. These are the procedures for the following operations:
- Cancel
...