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Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN); Completion of Calls to Busy Subscriber
(CCBS) supplementary service; Digital Subscriber Signalling System No. one (DSS1)
protocol; Part 5: Test Suite Structure and Test Purposes (TSS&TP) specification for the
network
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 300 359-5 Version 1.3.6
ICS:
33.080 Digitalno omrežje z Integrated Services Digital
integriranimi storitvami Network (ISDN)
(ISDN)
SIST EN 300 359-5 V1.3.6:2005 en
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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SIST EN 300 359-5 V1.3.6:2005
ETSI EN 300 359-5 V1.3.6 (2000-06)
European Standard (Telecommunications series)
Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN);
Completion of Calls to Busy Subscriber (CCBS)
supplementary service;
Digital Subscriber Signalling System No. one (DSS1) protocol;
Part 5: Test Suite Structure and Test Purposes (TSS&TP)
specification for the network

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SIST EN 300 359-5 V1.3.6:2005
2 ETSI EN 300 359-5 V1.3.6 (2000-06)
Reference
REN/SPS-05169-5
Keywords
ISDN, DSS1, supplementary service, CCBS,
TSS&TP, network
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights.4
Foreword .4
1 Scope.5
2 References.5
3 Definitions and abbreviations .6
3.1 Definitions.6
3.1.1 Definitions related to conformance testing .6
3.1.2 Definitions related to EN 300 359-1.6
3.2 Abbreviations .7
4 Test Suite Structure (TSS) .8
5 Test Purposes (TP).8
5.1 Introduction .8
5.1.1 TP naming convention .8
5.1.2 Source of TP definition.8
5.1.3 TP structure.9
5.1.4 Test strategy.9
5.2 Network TPs for CCBS.9
5.2.1 Network (S/T).9
5.2.1.1 Network A.10
5.2.1.1.1 Activation .10
5.2.1.1.2 Deactivation.11
5.2.1.1.3 Interrogation .12
5.2.1.1.4 Invocation and operation .12
5.2.1.1.5 Retention .16
5.2.1.1.6 Timers.17
5.2.1.2 Network B .18
5.2.1.2.1 ExistingServiceNoStatusReq .18
5.2.1.2.2 ExistingServiceWithStatusReq.18
5.2.1.2.3 NotExistingService.19
5.2.1.3 GFP .20
5.2.2 Network (T) .20
5.2.2.1 Originating side.20
5.2.2.1.1 General .20
5.2.2.1.2 Timers.23
5.2.2.1.3 GFP.23
5.2.2.2 Destination side.24
5.2.2.2.1 General .24
5.2.2.2.2 Timers.25
5.2.2.2.3 GFP.25
6 Compliance .26
7 Requirements for a comprehensive testing service.26
Annex A (informative): Change record.27
A.1 Changes with respect to EN 300 359-5 V1.2.27
A.2 Changes with respect to the previous ETS 300 359-5 .27
History.28
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Intellectual Property Rights
IPRs essential or potentially essential to the present document may have been declared to ETSI. The information
pertaining to these essential IPRs, if any, is publicly available for ETSI members and non-members, and can be found
in 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 (http://www.etsi.org/ipr).
Pursuant to the ETSI IPR Policy, no investigation, including IPR searches, has been carried out by ETSI. No guarantee
can be given as to the existence of other IPRs not referenced in ETSI SR 000 314 (or the updates on the ETSI Web
server) which are, or may be, or may become, essential to the present document.
Foreword
This European Standard (Telecommunications series) has been produced by ETSI Technical Committee Services and
Protocols for Advanced Networks (SPAN).
The present document is part 5 of a multi-part EN covering the Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN);
Completion of Calls to Busy Subscriber (CCBS) supplementary service; Digital Subscriber Signalling System No. one
(DSS1) protocol, as described below:
Part 1: "Protocol specification";
Part 2: "Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement (PICS) proforma specification";
Part 3: "Test Suite Structure and Test Purposes (TSS&TP) specification for the user";
Part 4: "Abstract Test Suite (ATS) and partial Protocol Implementation eXtra Information for Testing (PIXIT)
proforma specification for the user";
Part 5: "Test Suite Structure and Test Purposes (TSS&TP) specification for the network";
Part 6: "Abstract Test Suite (ATS) and partial Protocol Implementation eXtra Information for Testing (PIXIT)
proforma specification for the network".
National transposition dates
Date of adoption of this EN: 19 May 2000
Date of latest announcement of this EN (doa): 31 August 2000
Date of latest publication of new National Standard
or endorsement of this EN (dop/e): 28 February 2001
Date of withdrawal of any conflicting National Standard (dow): 28 February 2001
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1 Scope
The present document specifies the Test Suite Structure and Test Purposes (TSS&TP) for the Network side of the
T reference point or coincident S and T reference point (as defined in ITU-T Recommendation I.411 [7]) of
implementations conforming to the stage three standard for the Completion of Calls to Busy Subscriber (CCBS)
supplementary service for the pan-European Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) by means of the Digital
Subscriber Signalling System No. one (DSS1) protocol, EN 300 359-1 [1].
A further part of the present document specifies the Abstract Test Suite (ATS) and partial Protocol Implementation
eXtra Information for Testing (PIXIT) proforma based on the present document. Other parts specify the TSS&TP and
the ATS and partial PIXIT proforma for the User side of the T reference point or coincident S and T reference point of
implementations conforming to EN 300 359-1 [1].
2 References
The following documents contain provisions which, through reference in this text, constitute provisions of the present
document.
• References are either specific (identified by date of publication, edition number, version number, etc.) or
non-specific.
• For a specific reference, subsequent revisions do not apply.
• For a non-specific reference, the latest version applies.
• A non-specific reference to an ETS shall also be taken to refer to later versions published as an EN with the same
number.
[1] ETSI EN 300 359-1 (V1.2): "Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN); Completion of Calls to
Busy Subscriber (CCBS) supplementary service; Digital Subscriber Signalling System No. one
(DSS1) protocol; Part 1: Protocol specification".
[2] ETSI EN 300 359-2 (V1.2): "Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN); Completion of Calls to
Busy Subscriber (CCBS) supplementary service; Digital Subscriber Signalling System No. one
(DSS1) protocol; Part 2: Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement (PICS) proforma
specification".
[3] ISO/IEC 9646-1 (1994): "Information technology - Open Systems Interconnection - Conformance
testing methodology and framework - Part 1: General concepts".
[4] ISO/IEC 9646-2 (1994): "Information technology - Open Systems Interconnection - Conformance
testing methodology and framework - Part 2: Abstract test suite specification".
[5] ISO/IEC 9646-3 (1998): "Information technology - Open Systems Interconnection - Conformance
testing methodology and framework - Part 3: The Tree and Tabular Combined Notation (TTCN)".
[6] ETSI EN 300 196-1: "Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN); Generic functional protocol for
the support of supplementary services; Digital Subscriber Signalling System No. one (DSS1)
protocol; Part 1: Protocol specification".
[7] ITU-T Recommendation I.411 (1993): "ISDN user-network interfaces - Reference configurations".
[8] ETSI EN 300 403-1: "Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN); Digital Subscriber Signalling
System No. one (DSS1) protocol; Signalling network layer for circuit-mode basic call control;
Part 1: Protocol specification [ITU-T Recommendation Q.931 (1993), modified]".
[9] ITU-T Recommendation I.112 (1993): "Vocabulary of terms for ISDNs".
[10] ITU-T Recommendation E.164 (1997): "The international public telecommunication numbering
plan".
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[11] ITU-T Recommendation I.210 (1993): "Principles of telecommunication services supported by an
ISDN and the means to describe them".
[12] ETSI EN 300 359-5 (V1.2): "Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN); Completion of Calls to
Busy Subscriber (CCBS) supplementary service; Digital Subscriber Signalling System No. one
(DSS1) protocol; Part 5: Test Suite Structure and Test Purposes (TSS&TP) specification for the
network".
[13] ETSI ETS 300 359-5: "Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN); Completion of Calls to Busy
Subscriber (CCBS) supplementary service; Digital Subscriber Signalling System No. one (DSS1)
protocol; Part 5: Test Suite Structure and Test Purposes (TSS&TP) specification for the network".
3 Definitions and abbreviations
3.1 Definitions
For the purposes of the present document, the following terms and definitions apply.
3.1.1 Definitions related to conformance testing
abstract test case: refer to ISO/IEC 9646-1 [3]
Abstract Test Suite (ATS): refer to ISO/IEC 9646-1 [3]
Implementation Under Test (IUT): refer to ISO/IEC 9646-1 [3]
implicit send event: refer to ISO/IEC 9646-3 [5]
lower tester: refer to ISO/IEC 9646-1 [3]
point of control and observation: refer to ISO/IEC 9646-1 [3]
Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement (PICS): refer to ISO/IEC 9646-1 [3]
PICS proforma: refer to ISO/IEC 9646-1 [3]
Protocol Implementation eXtra Information for Testing (PIXIT): refer to ISO/IEC 9646-1 [3]
PIXIT proforma: refer to ISO/IEC 9646-1 [3]
system under test: refer to ISO/IEC 9646-1 [3]
Test Purpose (TP): refer to ISO/IEC 9646-1 [3]
3.1.2 Definitions related to EN 300 359-1
Call Reference (CR): see EN 300 403-1 [8], subclause 4.3
component: see EN 300 196-1 [6], subclause 11.2.2.1
Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN): see ITU-T Recommendation I.112 [9], definition 308
ISDN number: number conforming to the numbering and structure specified in ITU-T Recommendation E.164 [10]
invoke component: see EN 300 196-1 [6], subclause 11.2.2.1
network: DSS1 protocol entity at the Network side of the user-network interface where a T reference point or
coincident S and T reference point applies
network (S/T): DSS1 protocol entity at the Network side of the user-network interface where a coincident S and T
reference point applies
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network (T): DSS1 protocol entity at the Network side of the user-network interface where a T reference point applies
(Network connected to Private ISDN)
return error component: see EN 300 196-1 [6], subclause 11.2.2.1
return result component: see EN 300 196-1 [6], subclause 11.2.2.1
served user: served user is the user who invokes the CCBS supplementary service
service; telecommunication service: see ITU-T Recommendation I.112 [9], definition 201
supplementary service: see ITU-T Recommendation I.210 [11], subclause 2.4
3.2 Abbreviations
For the purposes of the present document, the following abbreviations apply:
ATM Abstract Test Method
ATS Abstract Test Suite
CCBS Completion of Calls to Busy Subscriber
CR Call Reference
CR1 normal (bearer related) CR
CR2 CR used for bearer independent transport mechanism
DSS1 Digital Subscriber Signalling System No. one
GFP Generic Functional Protocol
ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network
IUT Implementation Under Test
N00 Null call state
N01 Call Initiated call state
N03 Outgoing Call Proceeding call state
N04 Call Delivered call state
N06 Call Present call state
N07 Call Received call state
N08 Connect Request call state
N09 Incoming Call Proceeding call state
N10 Active call state
N12 Disconnect Indication call state
N31 Bearer Independent Transport call state
PICS Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement
PIXIT Protocol Implementation eXtra Information for Testing
TP Test Purpose
TSS Test Suite Structure
UI Unnumbered Information
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4 Test Suite Structure (TSS)
CCBS - Network
Network (S/T) Network (T)
Network A Network B GFP Originating Destination
(10) side side
General Timers GFP General Timers GFP
(11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16)
ExistingServiceNoStatusReq ExistingServiceWithStatusReq NotExistingService
(07) (08) (09)
Activation Deactivation Interrogation Invocation and Retention Timers
(01) (02) (03) operation (05) (06)
(04)
NOTE: Numbers in brackets represent group numbers and are used in TP identifiers.
Figure 1: Test suite structure
5 Test Purposes (TP)
5.1 Introduction
For each test requirement a TP is defined.
5.1.1 TP naming convention
TPs are numbered, starting at 001, within each group. Groups are organized according to the TSS. Additional references
are added to identify the actual supplementary service and whether it applies to the network or the user (see table 1).
Table 1: TP identifier naming convention scheme
Identifier: __
= supplementary service: e.g. "CCBS"
= type of IUT: U User
NNetwork
= group 2 digit field representing group reference according to TSS
= sequential number (001-999)
5.1.2 Source of TP definition
The TPs are based on EN 300 359-1 [1].
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5.1.3 TP structure
Each TP has been written in a manner which is consistent with all other TPs. The intention of this is to make the TPs
more readable and checkable. A particular structure has been used and this is illustrated in table 2. This table should be
read in conjunction with any TP, i.e. use a TP as an example to fully understand the table.
Table 2: Structure of a single TP
TP part Text Example
Header tab seetable1
tab subclause 0.0.0
tab valid, invalid, inopportune
CR. mandatory, optional, conditional
Stimulus Ensure that the IUT in the
N10, N12, etc.
and CCBS Idle state
see below for message structure receiving a XXXX message
or to request a .
Reaction sends, saves, does, etc.
using en-bloc sending, .
if the action is sending
see below for message structure
, etc.
and enters
and/or and remains in the same state(s)
or and enters state
Message SETUP, FACILITY, CONNECT, .
structure message containing a
a)
Bearer capability, Facility, .
information element with
b) a
encoded as or including
and back to a or b,
NOTE: Text in italics will not appear in TPs and text between <> is filled in for each TP and may differ from one
TP to the next.
5.1.4 Test strategy
As the base standard EN 300 359-1 [1] contains no explicit requirements for testing, the TPs were generated as a result
of an analysis of the base standard and the PICS specification EN 300 359-2 [2]. The criteria applied include the
following:
- only the requirements from the point of view of the T or coincident S and T reference point are considered;
- whether or not a test case can be built from the TP is not considered.
5.2 Network TPs for CCBS
5.2.1 Network (S/T)
NOTE 1: All FACILITY messages in TPs associated with clause 9, use the dummy call reference as specified in
subclauses 8.3.2.2 and 8.3.2.4 of EN 300 196-1 [6] (bearer independent connectionless transport
mechanism). Unless stated otherwise, FACILITY messages are sent/received using point-to-point data
link (I frame) and the IUT is configured so that it "knows" that a point-to-point configuration exists at the
user's access.
NOTE 2: Although the sending or receiving of a message using the dummy call reference is independent of any
particular call state, in the following TPs call state N12 is used to show that the IUT has just begun
clearing of a call and call state N00 is used to indicate that Layer 2 is active and capable of carrying
bearer independent messages.
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5.2.1.1 Network A
5.2.1.1.1 Activation
CCBS_N01_001 subclause 9.1.1 valid mandatory
Ensure that the IUT in the Disconnect Indication call state N12 and CCBS Idle state and Retention Active state for
CCBS, on receipt of a FACILITY message containing a Facility information element with a CCBSRequest invoke
component including the CallLinkageID, sends a FACILITY message containing a Facility information element with a
CCBSRequest return result component including the CCBSReference and recallMode and remains in call state N12.
CCBS_N01_002 subclause 9.1.2 inopportune optional
Ensure that the IUT in the Disconnect Indication call state N12 and CCBS Idle state and Retention Active state, on
receipt of a FACILITY message containing a Facility information element with a CCBSRequest invoke component
including the CallLinkageID from a user who has not subscribed to CCBS, sends a FACILITY message containing a
Facility information element with a CCBSRequest return error component indicating "notSubscribed" and remains in
call state N12.
Selection:IUT provides Call Information Retention procedures even though CCBS not subscribed.
CCBS_N01_003 subclause 9.1.2 inopportune mandatory
Ensure that the IUT in the Disconnect Indication call state N12 and CCBS Idle state and Retention Active state for
CCBS, on receipt of a FACILITY message containing a Facility information element with a CCBSRequest invoke
component including an invalid CallLinkageID, sends a FACILITY message containing a Facility information element
with a CCBSRequest return error component indicating "invalidCallLinkageID" and remains in call state N12.
CCBS_N01_004 subclause 9.1.2 inopportune optional
Ensure that the IUT in the Disconnect Indication call state N12 and CCBS Idle state and Retention Active state, on
receipt of a FACILITY message containing a Facility information element with a CCBSRequest invoke component
including the CallLinkageID even though the attempted call failed for a reason other than the called user was busy,
sends a FACILITY message containing a Facility information element with a CCBSRequest return error component
indicating "callFailureReasonNotBusy" and remains in call state N12.
Selection:IUT provides Call Information Retention procedures for service other than CCBS.
CCBS_N01_005 subclause 9.1.2 inopportune optional
Ensure that the IUT in the Disconnect Indication call state N12 and CCBS Idle state and Retention Active state, on
receipt of a FACILITY message containing a Facility information element with a CCBSRequest invoke component
including the CallLinkageID but user A's CCBS queue is full, sends a FACILITY message containing a Facility
information element with a CCBSRequest return error component indicating "outgoingCCBSQueueFull" and remains in
call state N12.
Selection:IUT provides Call Information Retention procedures for service other than CCBS OR IUT provides Call
Information Retention procedures for CCBS even when user A's CCBS queue is full.
CCBS_N01_006 subclause 9.1.2 inopportune mandatory
Ensure that the IUT in the Null call state N00 and CCBS Activated state, on receipt of a FACILITY message containing
a Facility information element with a CCBSRequest invoke component including the CallLinkageID (but the served user
has already activated the CCBS supplementary service for the call identified by the CallLinkageID), sends a FACILITY
message containing a Facility information element with a CCBSRequest return error component indicating
"cCBSIsAlreadyActivated" and remains in call state N00.
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CCBS_N01_007 subclause 9.1.2 inopportune optional
Ensure that the IUT in the Disconnect Indication call state N12 and CCBS Idle state and Retention Active state, on
receipt of a FACILITY message containing a Facility information element with a CCBSRequest invoke component
including the CallLinkageID but the served user has already activated CCBS supplementary service for an identical call
(in Null call state N00 and CCBS Activated state), sends a FACILITY message containing a Facility information
element with a CCBSRequest return error component indicating "cCBSIsAlreadyActivated" and remains in call state
N12.
Selection:IUT supports option to "Check for identical calls". PICS: MC 8.
CCBS_N01_008 subclause 9.1.2 inopportune mandatory
Ensure that the IUT in the Disconnect Indication call state N12 and CCBS Idle state and Retention Active state for
CCBS, on receipt of a FACILITY message containing a Facility information element with a CCBSRequest invoke
component including the CallLinkageID, but interactions between CCBS supplementary service and the call identified
by the CallLinkageID are invalid, sends a FACILITY message containing a Facility information element with a
CCBSRequest return error component indicating "supplementaryServiceInteractionNotAllowed" and remains in
call state N12.
CCBS_N01_009 subclause 9.1.2 inopportune optional
Ensure that the IUT in the Disconnect Indication call state N12 and CCBS Idle state and Retention Active state, on
receipt of a FACILITY message containing a Facility information element with a CCBSRequest invoke component
including the CallLinkageID, but CCBS is not available to the destination, sends a FACILITY message containing a
Facility information element with a CCBSRequest return error component indicating "longTermDenial" and remains in
call state N12.
Selection: The IUT supports Call Information Retention procedure when "CCBS is not available to the destination".
CCBS_N01_010 subclause 9.1.2 inopportune mandatory
Ensure that the IUT in the Disconnect Indication call state N12 and CCBS Idle state and Retention Active state, on
receipt of a
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