Protocol Test Systems

Part One. Open issues in conformance test specification. OSI protocol testing system based on user friendly test scenario specification functions. TTCN test case correctness validation. Invited Address 1. Fault coverage of tests based on finite state models. Part Two. On transition time testing based on extended finite state machines. Selecting test sequences for partially-specified nondeterministic finite state machines. An optimal state identification method using a dynamic-programming-based approach for protocol testing. The present status of conformance testing and interoperability testing. Part Three. Design and implementation of an interconnectability testing system - AICTS. Evaluation of some test generation tools on a real protocol example. Protocol validation tools as test case generators. Invited Address 2. Framework for formal methods in conformance testing. Part Four. Testing strategies for communicating FSMs. A generalization of the multiple UIO method of test sequence selection for protocols represented in FSM. Automatic generation of extended UIO sequences for communication protocols in an EFSM model. Part Five. A new test sequence generation method for interoperability testing. How to observe interoperability at the service levels of protocols. Testing using telecommunications management. An implementation of CMIP/CMISE conformance testing system. A conformance testing framework for applying test purposes. Implementation of TTCN operational semantics in Estelle. Part Seven: Short Paper Session 2. An approach to TTCN-based test execution. Time oriented protocol testing simulator. On the exploitation of parallelism in a test generation method for LOTOS-specifications. Panel Session 2. Panel on some issues on testing theory and its application. Some issues on testing theory and its application. Index of contributors. Keyword index.