SIST ETS 300 497-6 E1:2003
(Main)Radio Equipment and Systems (RES); Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT); Common Interface (CI) Test Case Library (TCL);Part 6: Test Suite Structure (TSS) and Test Purposes (TP) - Network (NWK) layer - Portable radio Termination (PT)
- Abstract
Conformance Test Specification for voluntary testing to ETS 300 175.
- 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
- Mandate
- T-292
SIST ETS 300 497-6 E1:2003 is the Slovenian adoption of ETS 300 497-6 Edition 1, published by SIST. It is a DECT conformance test specification for the Network (NWK) layer of the Portable radio Termination (PT). The document defines the Test Suite Structure (TSS) and Test Purposes (TP) used for voluntary testing against ETS 300 175.
What does SIST ETS 300 497-6 E1:2003 specify?
SIST ETS 300 497-6 E1:2003 specifies how to structure and describe conformance tests for the DECT NWK layer at the PT side. Its stated objective is to support approval testing and to help achieve air interface interoperability between different manufacturers’ DECT equipment.
The standard is organized as follows:
- Clause 1 - Scope
- Clause 2 - Normative references
- Clause 3 - Definitions and abbreviations
- Clause 4 - Test Suite Structure (TSS)
- Clause 5 - Test Purposes (TPs)
- Annex A - Bibliography
Clause 4 gives the test grouping model, and Clause 5 defines the individual test purposes and their naming conventions. The scope also states that the Physical Layer (PHL) is covered in other DECT standards, so this document focuses on the NWK layer rather than radio measurements or PHL testing.
What are the key requirements of SIST ETS 300 497-6 E1:2003?
Test suite structure and test groups
SIST ETS 300 497-6 E1:2003 divides the NWK-layer test program into protocol groups and main test groups. Clause 4 names the functional areas as Call Control (CC), Mobility Management (MM), Lower Layer Management Entity (LLME), Link Control (LC), Call Independent Supplementary Services (CISS), Connection Oriented Message Services (COMS), and ConnectionLess Message Services (CLMS).
The main test groups are:
- IT - Basic InTerconnection tests
- CA - CApability tests
- BV - Valid Behaviour tests
- BI - Invalid Behaviour tests
- BO - InOpportune Behaviour tests
- TI - Timer expiry and counter mismatch tests
In practice, this means the document is not just a list of pass/fail cases. It tells a test lab which kind of behaviour is being checked, from basic connectivity through error handling and timer behaviour. That makes it easier to choose the right subset of tests for approval or product verification.
Call Control, Mobility Management, and Link Control
Clause 5 places most of the substance in the TP list. CC tests cover outgoing and incoming call setup, information transfer, call release, and call-related supplementary services. The TPs check state transitions, handling of setup information, display and keypad information, release collisions, and timer-driven clearing.
MM tests cover identity, authentication, location, access rights, key allocation, parameter retrieval, and ciphering. The test purposes check whether the PT can answer identity requests, perform authentication, store and use values such as ZAP, react to access-rights procedures, and start location registration when higher-layer capability bits allow it. In practice, this is the part that verifies whether the portable terminal can register, authenticate, and move safely between radio fixed parts.
LC tests cover direct and indirect link establishment, partial and normal release, unsupported protocol discriminators, illegal transaction identifiers, and timer-related link retention. These tests matter because higher layers depend on a link that can be created, held, and released correctly without leaking resources or mishandling invalid messages.
Supplementary services, message handling, and timing
ME test purposes check priority and interleaving between MM and CC procedures. They cover cases where authentication, ciphering, access rights, or parameter retrieval interrupt call setup or other ongoing procedures. In practice, this tells you whether the PT can manage overlapping procedures without losing state.
IS and CL tests cover message handling for CISS and CLMS. The document includes TPs for outgoing and incoming calls containing Feature Activate, KEYPAD, and Facility information elements, as well as CLMS-FIXED and CLMS-VARIABLE message handling. These are the tests that confirm supplementary-service and connectionless message exchange behaves as expected.
The BO, BI, and TI groups are the robustness part of the specification. BO checks syntactically correct but out-of-phase events, BI checks invalid or malformed messages, and TI checks timer expiry and counter mismatch handling. Several tests specify defined timing margins, such as ± 5%, which matters when a lab needs to verify not only the event sequence but also when it happens.
What terms does SIST ETS 300 497-6 E1:2003 define?
- Implementation Under Test (IUT) - The device, protocol stack, or subsystem being exercised by the tests.
- System Under Test (SUT) - The complete system that includes the IUT in the test configuration.
- Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement (PICS) - The statement of which protocol features the implementation claims to support.
- Protocol Implementation eXtra Information for Testing (PIXIT) - Extra implementation details needed to run the conformance tests correctly.
- Point of Control and Observation (PCO) - The defined test point where the tester can control or observe protocol behaviour.
- Test Suite Structure (TSS) - The organizational model that groups the test purposes into protocol areas and behaviour classes.
- Test Purpose (TP) - A single test objective that describes the initial condition, stimulus, and expected behaviour.
- Lower Tester (LT) - The test component that interacts with the lower side of the protocol implementation.
Who uses SIST ETS 300 497-6 E1:2003?
SIST ETS 300 497-6 E1:2003 is used by DECT equipment manufacturers, test laboratories, and approval bodies that need a common basis for voluntary conformance testing to ETS 300 175. It is also useful for quality and validation teams that prepare PICS/PIXIT material and plan interoperability testing.
In practice, the document helps teams that work on portable DECT terminals, protocol implementations, and certification-style verification. Buyers and technical evaluators can also use it to understand what parts of the NWK layer a product has been tested against, especially for call control, mobility management, and link behaviour.
Which standards are used with SIST ETS 300 497-6 E1:2003?
- ETS 300 175-1 to ETS 300 175-8 - The DECT common interface parts that define the protocol and radio framework being tested.
- ETS 300 175-5 - The main NWK-layer reference for most test purposes in this part.
- ETS 300 444 - The GAP reference used by many test purposes as the profile context for behaviour under test.
- ETS 300 476 - The PICS proforma for the Common Interface, used to state claimed capabilities.
- ETS 300 497 - The overall Common Interface Test Case Library of which this part is one section.
- ISO/IEC 9646-1 to ISO/IEC 9646-7 - The conformance testing methodology, ATS concepts, notation, realization, and PICS/PIXIT framework.
- ISO 7498 - The OSI basic reference model used as background for the protocol framework.
- ETS 300 406 - ETSI’s protocol and profile conformance testing methodology.
- I-ETS 300 176 - The approval test specification referenced for approval context.
- TBR 6, TBR 10, TBR 11, and TBR 22 - Terminal attachment requirement documents referenced where the TPs relate to specific DECT application profiles.
- ETS 300 474 and ETS 300 494 - GAP profile requirement and test specification documents referenced in the normative list.
What does the SIST ETS 300 497-6 E1:2003 document contain?
The document contains the TSS overview figure, the TP definition rules, and the TP naming convention that identifies each test by radio termination, functional module, behaviour class, subgroup, and sequence number. It then gives detailed TP entries for CC, MM, ME, LC, IS, and CL, each with reference links, initial state where relevant, stimulus, and expected behaviour.
Many TPs point to specific protocol procedures such as call setup, identity request, authentication, location registration, access rights, key allocation, cipher switching, and link release. Some TPs refer to figures or tables in related DECT and GAP standards, so the document works as a test index and a test description map rather than a complete execution script.
Annex A provides a bibliography that supports the conformance-testing background and the DECT methodology used in the specification.
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EUROPEAN ETS 300 497-6
TELECOMMUNICATION August 1996
STANDARD
Source: ETSI TC-RES Reference: DE/RES-03026-6
ICS: 33.020, 33.060.50
Key words: DECT, TCL, TSS, TP
Radio Equipment and Systems (RES);
Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT);
Common Interface (CI) Test Case Library (TCL);
Part 6: Test Suite Structure (TSS) and Test Purposes (TP) -
Network (NWK) layer - Portable radio Termination (PT)
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
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Tel.: +33 92 94 42 00 - Fax: +33 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 1996. 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 .5
1 Scope .7
2 Normative references.7
3 Definitions and abbreviations .10
3.1 DECT definitions.10
3.2 DECT abbreviations.10
3.3 ISO 9646 definitions.11
3.4 ISO 9646 abbreviations .11
4 Test Suite Structure (TSS) .12
4.1 TSS overview.12
4.2 Test groups.13
4.2.1 Protocol groups .13
4.2.1.1 Call Control (CC) .13
4.2.1.2 Mobility Management (MM) .13
4.2.1.3 Lower Layer Management Entity (LLME) .13
4.2.1.4 Link Control (LC) .13
4.2.1.5 Call Independent Supplementary Services (CISS).13
4.2.1.6 Connection Oriented Message Services (COMS).13
4.2.1.7 ConnectionLess Message Services (CLMS).13
4.2.2 Main test groups.13
4.2.2.1 Basic InTerconnection tests (IT).13
4.2.2.2 CApability tests (CA).13
4.2.2.3 Valid Behaviour tests (BV).13
4.2.2.4 Invalid Behaviour tests (BI).14
4.2.2.5 InOpportune Behaviour tests (BO) .14
4.2.2.6 TImer expiry and counter mismatch tests (TI).14
5 Test Purposes (TPs) .14
5.1 Introduction .14
5.1.1 TP definition conventions .14
5.1.2 References.15
5.1.3 TP naming conventions.15
5.2 CC.16
5.2.1 CC/IT.16
5.2.2 CC/CA .16
5.2.3 CC/BV .16
5.2.3.1 CC/BV/OC .17
5.2.3.2 CC/BV/IC .18
5.2.3.3 CC/BV/CI .19
5.2.3.4 CC/BV/CR.21
5.2.3.5 CC/BV/SC.22
5.2.3.6 CC/BV/PM .22
5.2.3.7 CC/BV/RS.23
5.2.4 CC/BO .24
5.2.5 CC/BI.24
5.2.6 CC/TI.25
5.3 MM.26
5.3.1 MM/IT .26
5.3.2 MM/CA .26
5.3.3 MM/BV.26
5.3.3.1 MM/BV/ID .27
5.3.3.2 MM/BV/AU.28
5.3.3.3 MM/BV/LO .29
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5.3.3.4 MM/BV/AR . 31
5.3.3.5 MM/BV/KA. 32
5.3.3.6 MM/BV/PR . 32
5.3.3.7 MM/BV/CH . 33
5.3.4 MM/BO. 34
5.3.5 MM/BI . 34
5.3.6 MM/TI. 35
5.4 ME. 36
5.4.1 ME/BV. 36
5.4.2 ME/BO . 37
5.5 LC. 37
5.5.1 LC/BV . 37
5.5.1.1 LC/BV/LE . 38
5.5.1.2 LC/BV/LR . 38
5.5.1.3 LC/BV/LS . 39
5.5.1.4 LC/BV/LL. 39
5.5.2 LC/BI. 39
5.5.3 LC/TI. 40
5.6 IS. 40
5.6.1 IS/BV. 40
5.7 MO. 41
5.8 CL. 41
5.8.1 CL/BV . 41
Annex A (informative): Bibliography . 42
History. 43
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Foreword
This European Telecommunication Standard (ETS) has been produced by the Radio Equipment and
Systems (RES) Technical Committee of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI).
The DECT Test Specification multipart ETS comprises nine parts, as follows:
Part 1: "Part 1: Test Suite Structure (TSS) and Test Purposes (TP) for Medium Access Control
(MAC) layer".
Part 2: "Part 2: Abstract Test Suite (ATS) for Medium Access Control (MAC) layer - Portable radio
Termination (PT)".
Part 3: "Part 3: Abstract Test Suite (ATS) for Medium Access Control (MAC) layer - Fixed radio
Termination (FT)".
Part 4: "Part 4: Test Suite Structure (TSS) and Test Purposes (TP) - Data Link Control (DLC) layer".
Part 5: "Part 5: Abstract Test Suite (ATS) - Data Link Control (DLC) layer".
Part 6: "Part 6: Test Suite Structure (TSS) and Test Purposes (TP) - Network (NWK) layer -
Portable radio Termination (PT)".
Part 7: "Part 7: Abstract Test Suite (ATS) for Network (NWK) layer - Portable radio Termination
(PT)".
Part 8: "Part 8: Test Suite Structure (TSS) and Test Purposes (TP) - Network (NWK) layer - Fixed
radio Termination (FT)".
Part 9: "Part 9: Abstract Test Suite (ATS) for Network (NWK) layer - Fixed radio Termination (FT)".
Transposition dates
Date of adoption of this ETS: 16 August 1996
Date of latest announcement of this ETS (doa): 30 November 1996
Date of latest publication of new National Standard
or endorsement of this ETS (dop/e): 31 May 1997
Date of withdrawal of any conflicting National Standard (dow): 31 May 1997
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1 Scope
This European Telecommunication Standard (ETS) contains the test specification for the Digital
Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT) (ETS 300 175 [1] to [8]).
The objective of this test specification is to provide a basis for approval tests for DECT equipment giving a
high probability of air interface inter-operability between different manufacturer's DECT equipment. This
test specification defines the Test Suite Structure (TSS) and Test Purposes (TP) for testing of the Network
(NWK) layer at the Portable radio Termination (PT).
The ISO standard for the methodology of conformance testing (ISO/IEC 9646-1 [21]) as well as the ETSI
rules for conformance testing (ETS 300 406 [29]) are used as a basis for the test methodology.
Test specifications for the Physical Layer (PHL) are provided in other DECT standards.
2 Normative references
This ETS incorporates, by dated or 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 300 175-1 (1992): "Radio Equipment and Systems (RES); Digital European
Cordless Telecommunications (DECT); Common interface; Part 1: Overview".
[2] ETS 300 175-2 (1992): "Radio Equipment and Systems (RES); Digital European
Cordless Telecommunications (DECT); Common interface; Part 2: Physical
layer".
[3] ETS 300 175-3 (1992): "Radio Equipment and Systems (RES); Digital European
Cordless Telecommunications (DECT); Common interface; Part 3: Medium
access control layer".
[4] ETS 300 175-4 (1992): "Radio Equipment and Systems (RES); Digital European
Cordless Telecommunications (DECT); Common interface; Part 4: Data link
control layer".
[5] ETS 300 175-5 (1992): "Radio Equipment and Systems (RES); Digital European
Cordless Telecommunications (DECT); Common interface; Part 5: Network
layer".
[6] ETS 300 175-6 (1992): "Radio Equipment and Systems (RES); Digital European
Cordless Telecommunications (DECT); Common interface; Part 6: Identities
and addressing".
[7] ETS 300 175-7 (1992): "Radio Equipment and Systems (RES); Digital European
Cordless Telecommunications (DECT); Common interface; Part 7: Security
features".
[8] ETS 300 175-8 (1992): "Radio Equipment and Systems (RES); Digital European
Cordless Telecommunications (DECT); Common interface; Part 8: Speech
coding and transmission".
[9] ETS 300 175-9 (1992): "Radio Equipment and Systems (RES); Digital European
Cordless Telecommunications (DECT); Common interface; Part 9: Public
access profile".
[10] ETS 300 444: "Radio Equipment and Systems (RES); Digital European
Cordless Telecommunications (DECT); Generic Access Profile (GAP)".
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[11] ETS 300 370: "Radio Equipment and Systems (RES); Digital European
Cordless Telecommunications/Global System for Mobile communications
(DECT/GSM) inter-working profile; Access and mapping (Protocol/procedure
description for 3,1 kHz speech service)".
[12] ETS 300 434: "Radio Equipment and Systems (RES); Digital European
Cordless Telecommunications (DECT) and Integrated Services Digital Network
(ISDN) inter-working for end system configuration".
[13] ETS 300 331: "Radio Equipment and Systems (RES); Digital European
Cordless Telecommunications (DECT); DECT Authentication Module (DAM)".
[14] CCITT Recommendation G.726 (1991): "40, 32, 24, 16 kbit/s adaptive
differential pulse code modulation (ADPCM)".
[15.20] Reserved values.
[21] ISO/IEC 9646-1 (1991): "Information technology - Open Systems
Interconnection - Conformance testing methodology and framework - Part 1:
General concepts". (See also CCITT Recommendation X.290 (1991)).
[22] ISO/IEC 9646-2 (1991): "Information technology - Open Systems
Interconnection - Conformance testing methodology and framework - Part 2:
Abstract test suite specification". (See also CCITT Recommendation X.291
(1991)).
[23] ISO/IEC 9646-3 (1991): "Information technology - Open Systems
Interconnection - Conformance testing methodology and framework - Part 3:
The tree and tabular combined notation". (See also CCITT Recommendation
X.292 (1992)).
[24] ISO/IEC 9646-4 (1991): "Information technology - Open Systems
Interconnection - Conformance testing methodology and framework - Part 4:
Test realisation". (See also CCITT Recommendation X.292 (1992)).
[25] ISO/IEC 9646-5 (1991): "Information technology - Open Systems
Interconnection - Conformance testing methodology and framework - Part 5:
Requirements on test laboratories and clients for the conformance assessment
process". (See also CCITT Recommendation X.292 (1992)).
[26] ISO/IEC 9646-6 (1991): "Information technology - Open Systems
Interconnection - Conformance testing methodology and framework - Part 6:
Protocol profile test specification".
[27] ISO/IEC 9646-7 (1991): "Information technology - Open Systems
Interconnection - Conformance testing methodology and framework - Part 7:
Implementation conformance statement".
[28] ISO 7498: "Information Processing Systems - Open Systems Interconnection -
Basic Reference model".
[29] ETS 300 406 (1995): "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); Protocol
and profile conformance testing specifications; Standardization methodology".
[30] 91/263/EEC: "Council Directive of 29 April 1991 on the approximation of the
laws of the Member states concerning telecommunications terminal equipment,
including the mutual recognition of their conformity. (Terminal Directive)".
[31.40] Reserved values.
[41] I-ETS 300 176: "Radio Equipment and Systems (RES); Digital European
Cordless Telecommunications (DECT); Approval test specification".
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[42] TBR 6: "Radio Equipment and Systems (RES); Digital European Cordless
Telecommunications (DECT); General terminal attachment requirements".
[43] TBR 10: "Radio Equipment and Systems (RES); Digital European Cordless
Telecommunications (DECT); General terminal attachment requirements:
Telephony applications".
[44] TBR 11 (1992): "Radio Equipment and Systems (RES); Attachment
requirements for terminal equipment for Digital European Cordless
Telecommunications (DECT) Public Access Profile (PAP) applications".
[45] ETS 300 323 (1994): "Radio Equipment and Systems (RES); Digital European
Cordless Telecommunications (DECT); Public Access Profile (PAP) test
specification".
[46] ETS 300 476: "Radio Equipment and Systems (RES); Digital Enhanced
Cordless Telecommunications (DECT); Common Interface (CI); Protocol
Implementation Conformance Statement (PICS) proforma".
[47] ETS 300 497: "Radio Equipment and Systems (RES); Digital Enhanced
Cordless Telecommunications (DECT); Common Interface (CI) Test Case
Library (TCL)".
[48] ETS 300 474: "Radio Equipment and Systems (RES); Digital Enhanced
Cordless Telecommunications (DECT); Generic Access Profile (GAP); Profile
requirement list and profile specific Implementation Conformance Statement
(ICS) proforma".
[49] ETS 300 494: "Radio Equipment and Systems (RES); Digital Enhanced
Cordless Telecommunications (DECT); Generic Access Profile (GAP); Profile
Test Specification (PTS)".
[50] TBR 22: "Radio Equipment and Systems (RES); Attachment requirements for
terminal equipment for Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT)
Generic Access Profile (GAP) applications".
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3 Definitions and abbreviations
3.1 DECT definitions
For the purposes of this ETS, the definitions given in ISO/IEC 9646-1 [21], ISO/IEC 9646-2 [22],
ETS 300 175-1 [1], ETS 300 175-5 [5], ETS 300 175-6 [6] and ETS 300 175-7 [7] apply.
3.2 DECT abbreviations
For the purposes of this ETS the NWK layer abbreviations defined in ETS 300 175-5 [5] and the following
abbreviations apply:
AC Authentication Code
AR Access Rights
AU Authentication
CA CApability
CC Call Control
CCSM Call Control State Machine
CI Call Information
CH Ciphering
CR Call Release
CTS Conformance Testing Services
DECT Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunication
DLC Data Link Control layer
ETSI European Telecommunications Standards Institute
FT Fixed radio termination
GAP Generic Access Profile
IC Incoming Call
ID Identification
IPUI International Portable User Identity
IPEI International Portable Equipment Identity
KA Key Allocation
LC Link Control entity
LE Connection oriented Link Establishment
LL ConnectionLess Link control
LO Location
LR Connection oriented Link Release
LS Connection oriented Link Suspend and resume
MAC Medium Access Control layer
ME Management Entity
ML Connectionless Message Services
MM Mobility Management
MO Connection Oriented Message Services
NWK Network layer
OC Outgoing Call
PAP Public Access Profile
PARK Portable Access Rights Key
PM Packet Mode
PR Parameter Retrieval
PT Portable radio termination
RPN Radio Fixed Part Number
RS Call Related Supplementary Services
SC Service Change
UAK User Authentication Key
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3.3 ISO 9646 definitions
For the purposes of this ETS the following ISO 9646 definitions apply:
Implementation Under Test (IUT)
System Under Test (SUT)
Abstract Test Suite (ATS)
Point of Control and Observation (PCO)
Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement (PICS)
Protocol Implementation eXtra Information for Testing (PIXIT)
Lower Tester (LT)
Upper Tester (UT)
3.4 ISO 9646 abbreviations
For the purposes of this ETS the following ISO 9646 abbreviations apply:
ATS Abstract Test Suite
ASP Abstract Service Primitive
BI Invalid Behaviour
BO InOpportune Behaviour
BV Valid Behaviour
CA CApability tests
ETS European Telecommunication Standard
ISO International Organisation for Standardisation
IUT Implementation Under Test
IWU InterWorking Unit
LT Lower Tester
PDU Protocol Data Unit
PHL Physical Layer
PICS Protocol Implementation Conformance Statements
PIXIT Protocol Implementation eXtra Information for Testing
SUT System Under Test
TP Test Purpose
TSS Test Suite Structure
TTCN Tree and Tabular Combined Notation
UT Upper Tester
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4 Test Suite Structure (TSS)
4.1 TSS overview
IT
NWK CC
CA
BV OC
BO IC
BI CI
TI CR
SC
PM
RS
IT
MM
CA
ID
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BO AU
BI LO
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TI
KA
PR
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BO
LC BV
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BI
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LL
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BV
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Figure 1: TSS
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4.2 Test groups
4.2.1 Protocol groups
4.2.1.1 Call Control (CC)
Ref.: ETS 300 175-5 [5], subclause 5.2 and clause 9
4.2.1.2 Mobility Management (MM)
Ref.: ETS 300 175-5 [5], subclause 5.6 and clause 13
4.2.1.3 Lower Layer Management Entity (LLME)
Ref.: ETS 300 175-5 [5], clause 15
4.2.1.4 Link Control (LC)
Ref.: ETS 300 175-5 [5], subclause 5.7 and clause 14
4.2.1.5 Call Independent Supplementary Services (CISS)
Ref.: ETS 300 175-5 [5], subclauses 5.3 and 10.4.2.2
4.2.1.6 Connection Oriented Message Services (COMS)
Ref.: ETS 300 175-5 [5], subclause 5.4 and clause 11
4.2.1.7 ConnectionLess Message Services (CLMS)
Ref.: ETS 300 175-5 [5], subclause 5.5 and clause 12
4.2.2 Main test groups
4.2.2.1 Basic InTerconnection tests (IT)
IT tests provide limited testing of an IUT in order to establish that there is sufficient conformance for
possible interconnection without trying to perform thorough testing. In particular, only those test cases will
be executed which will assure the sufficient interconnection between the IUT of the NWK layer and the
test system exists, so that the rest of the test cases can then be put into execution.
4.2.2.2 CApability tests (CA)
CA tests provide limited testing that the observable capabilities of the IUT are in accordance with the static
conformance requirements and the additional capabilities claimed in the PICS/PIXIT. In particular, this test
group can be regarded as a set of spot checks for all the capabilities of the IUT stated in the PICS/PIXIT.
Scope of the test group is the observable capabilities of the IUT with respect to NWK layer connection,
call control, and the mobility management.
4.2.2.3 Valid Behaviour tests (BV)
BV group tests an IUT in response to valid behaviour of the test system. "Valid" means that a test event is
syntactically and contextually correct. All test cases in the valid behaviour group are intended to verify as
thoroughly as possible the various functions of the protocol.
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4.2.2.4 Invalid Behaviour tests (BI)
BI group is intended to verify that the IUT is able to react properly in case an invalid protocol data unit
(message) occurring. Invalid PDU here means syntactically or semantically invalid test events generated
by the test system. A syntactically or semantically invalid test event regardless of the current state is not
allowed.
4.2.2.5 InOpportune Behaviour tests (BO)
BO test group is intended to verify that the IUT is able to react properly in case an inopportune test event
occurring. Such an event is syntactically correct, but occurs when it is not allowed.
4.2.2.6 TImer expiry and counter mismatch tests (TI)
Different timers and counters are defined to supervise the various state transitions. This test subgroup is
intended to verify that the IUT is reacting properly to an expiry of one of the timers or counters mismatch.
5 Test Purposes (TPs)
Each test case is allocated directly under a defined TP.
5.1 Introduction
5.1.1 TP definition conventions
The TPs are defined following particular rules as shown in the table 1.
Table 1: TP definition rules
TP Id according to Reference
the TP naming
conventions
Initial condition
Source reference Stimulus
Expected behaviour
TP Id: the TP Id is a unique identifier it shall be specified according to the TP naming
conventions defined in the subclause below.
Reference: the reference should contain the references of the subject to be validated by the
actual TP (specification reference, clause, paragraph).
Condition: the condition defines in which initial state the IUT has to be to apply the actual
TP.
Stimulus: the stimulus defines the test event to which the TP is related.
Expected behaviour: definition of the events that are expected from the IUT to conform to the base
specification.
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5.1.2 References
This subclause defines the use of references given in the TPs. The structure provides the interrelationship
with:
- the source ETS giving the clause/subclause reference;
- the profile ETS giving the clause/subclause reference; and
- the cross reference to the output of the CTS 5 project (see annex A).
5.1.3 TP naming conventions
The identifier of the TP is built according to table 2:
Table 2: TP naming convention
TP/