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Application of the ferry clip approach to multi-party and interoperability testing

University of British Columbia

As communications protocols are becoming more complex and sophisticated, developing a test system that has the ability to provide a controlled environment for comprehensive protocol testing is essential to achieve a "real open system". This thesis advocates the need for a multi-party test method as currently identified by ISO, and discusses two important aspects of protocol testing: Conformance and Interoperability. They are complementary to each other and are necessary to ensure the conformity and interoperability of a protocol implementation. The proposed ferry clip based test architecture is presented. Both the concepts and design principles employed to achieve a flexible and generalized test system and the specific components which comprise the Ferry Clip based Test System are described. The test system is general and flexible not only with respect to the test configurations and test methods but also with respect to the protocol to be tested, the system under test, and the underlying communication system. Applications of the ferry clip approach to multi-party conformance and interoperability testing are discussed, followed by an example of MHS conformance testing which demonstrates the applicability of the ferry clip approach to multi-party testing.

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2010-10-06

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http://hdl.handle.net/2429/28971

Computer Science

University of British Columbia

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