SIST ES 201 873-6 V4.1.1:2009

Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS) - The Testing and Test Control Notation version 3 - Part 6: TTCN-3 Control Interface (TCI)

SIST ES 201 873-6 V4.1.1:2009

Name:SIST ES 201 873-6 V4.1.1:2009   Standard name:Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS) - The Testing and Test Control Notation version 3 - Part 6: TTCN-3 Control Interface (TCI)
Standard number:SIST ES 201 873-6 V4.1.1:2009   language:English language
Release Date:16-Aug-2009   technical committee:SPN - Services and Protocols for Networks
Drafting committee:   ICS number:33.040.01 - Telecommunication systems in general
ETSI ES 201 873-6 V4.1.1 (2009-06)
ETSI Standard


Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS);
The Testing and Test Control Notation version 3;
Part 6: TTCN-3 Control Interface (TCI)

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Reference
RES/MTS-00107-6 T3 ed411 TCI
Keywords
control, interface, MTS, TCI, testing, TTCN
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights.13
Foreword.13
1 Scope.14
2 References.14
2.1 Normative references.14
2.2 Informative references.15
3 Definitions and abbreviations.15
3.1 Definitions.15
3.2 Abbreviations.16
4 Introduction .17
5 Compliance.17
6 General structure of a TTCN-3 test system.17
6.1 Entities in a TTCN-3 test system.18
6.1.1 Test Management and Control (TMC).19
6.1.1.1 Test Management (TM) .19
6.1.1.2 Coding and Decoding (CD) .19
6.1.1.3 Component Handling (CH) .19
6.1.1.4 Test Logging (TL).21
6.1.2 TTCN-3 Executable (TE) .21
6.1.3 SUT Adaptor (SA).21
6.1.4 Platform Adaptor (PA).21
6.2 Execution requirements for a TTCN-3 test system .21
7 TTCN-3 control interface and operations.21
7.1 Overview of the TCI.21
7.1.1 Correlation between TTCN-3 and TCI operation invocations.22
7.2 TCI data.23
7.2.1 General abstract data types .23
7.2.1.1 Management.23
7.2.1.2 Communication.24
7.2.2 Abstract TTCN-3 data types and values .24
7.2.2.1 Abstract TTCN-3 data types .25
7.2.2.2 Abstract TTCN-3 values .26
7.2.2.2.1 The abstract data type Value .26
7.2.2.2.2 The abstract data type IntegerValue .27
7.2.2.2.3 The abstract data type FloatValue .27
7.2.2.2.4 The abstract data type BooleanValue .27
7.2.2.2.5 The abstract data type CharstringValue .27
7.2.2.2.6 The abstract data type UniversalCharstringValue.28
7.2.2.2.7 The abstract data type BitstringValue.28
7.2.2.2.8 The abstract data type OctetstringValue.29
7.2.2.2.9 The abstract data type HexstringValue.29
7.2.2.2.10 The abstract data type RecordValue.30
7.2.2.2.11 The abstract data type RecordOfValue.30
7.2.2.2.12 The abstract data type UnionValue .31
7.2.2.2.13 The abstract data type EnumeratedValue .31
7.2.2.2.14 The abstract data type VerdictValue .32
7.2.2.2.15 The abstract data type AddressValue .32
7.2.3 Abstract logging types .32
7.2.3.1 The abstract data type TciValueTemplate.32
7.2.3.2 The abstract data type TciNonValueTemplate.32
7.2.3.3 The Value List and Mismatch Types .32
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7.2.3.4 The Status Types.33
7.3 TCI operations.33
7.3.1 The TCI-TM interface.34
7.3.1.1 TCI-TM required.35
7.3.1.1.1 tciRootModule.35
7.3.1.1.2 tciGetImportedModules.35
7.3.1.1.3 tciGetModuleParameters.35
7.3.1.1.4 tciGetTestCases.35
7.3.1.1.5 tciGetTestCaseParameters.36
7.3.1.1.6 tciGetTestCaseTSI.36
7.3.1.1.7 tciStartTestCase.36
7.3.1.1.8 tciStopTestCase.36
7.3.1.1.9 tciStartControl.37
7.3.1.1.10 tciStopControl.37
7.3.1.2 TCI-TM provided.37
7.3.1.2.1 tciTestCaseStarted.37
7.3.1.2.2 tciTestCaseTerminated.37
7.3.1.2.3 tciControlTerminated.38
7.3.1.2.4 tciGetModulePar.38
7.3.1.2.5 tciLog.38
7.3.1.2.6 tciError.38
7.3.2 The TCI-CD interface.38
7.3.2.1 TCI-CD required.39
7.3.2.1.1 getTypeForName.39
7.3.2.1.2 getInteger.40
7.3.2.1.3 getFloat.40
7.3.2.1.4 getBoolean.40
7.3.2.1.5 Void.40
7.3.2.1.6 getCharstring.40
7.3.2.1.7 getUniversalCharstring.40
7.3.2.1.8 getHexstring.40
7.3.2.1.9 getBitstring.40
7.3.2.1.10 getOctetstring.40
7.3.2.1.11 getVerdict.41
7.3.2.1.12 tciErrorReq.41
7.3.2.2 TCI-CD provided .41
7.3.2.2.1 decode.41
7.3.2.2.2 encode.41
7.3.3 The TCI-CH interface.41
7.3.3.1 TCI-CH required.42
7.3.3.1.1 tciEnqueueMsgConnected.43
7.3.3.1.2 tciEnqueueCallConnected.43
7.3.3.1.3 tciEnqueueReplyConnected.43
7.3.3.1.4 tciEnqueueRaiseConnected.44
7.3.3.1.5 tciCreateTestComponent.44
7.3.3.1.6 tciStartTestComponent.44
7.3.3.1.7 tciStopTestComponent.44
7.3.3.1.8 tciConnect.45
7.3.3.1.9 tciDisconnect.45
7.3.3.1.10 tciMap.45
7.3.3.1.11 tciUnmap.45
7.3.3.1.12 tciTestComponentTerminated.45
7.3.3.1.13 tciTestComponentRunning.46
7.3.3.1.14 tciTestComponentDone.46
7.3.3.1.15 tciGetMTC.46
7.3.3.1.16 tciExecuteTestCase.46
7.3.3.1.17 tciReset.47
7.3.3.1.18 tciKillTestComponent.47
7.3.3.1.19 tciTestComponentAlive.47
7.3.3.1.20 tciTestComponentKilled.47
7.3.3.2 TCI-CH provided .47
7.3.3.2.1 tciSendConnected.47
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7.3.3.2.2 tciSendConnectedBC.48
7.3.3.2.3 tciSendConnectedMC.48
7.3.3.2.4 tciCallConnected.48
7.3.3.2.5 tciCallConnectedBC.49
7.3.3.2.6 tciCallConnectedMC.49
7.3.3.2.7 tciReplyConnected.50
7.3.3.2.8 tciReplyConnectedBC.50
7.3.3.2.9 tciReplyConnectedMC.51
7.3.3.2.10 tciRaiseConnected.51
7.3.3.2.11 tciRaiseConnectedBC.51
7.3.3.2.12 tciRaiseConnectedMC.52
7.3.3.2.13 tciCreateTestComponentReq.52
7.3.3.2.14 tciStartTestComponentReq.52
7.3.3.2.15 tciStopTestComponentReq.52
7.3.3.2.16 tciConnectReq.53
7.3.3.2.17 tciDisconnectReq.53
7.3.3.2.18 tciMapReq.53
7.3.3.2.19 tciUnmapReq.53
7.3.3.2.20 tciTestComponentTerminatedReq.54
7.3.3.2.21 tciTestComponentRunningReq.54
7.3.3.2.22 tciTestComponentDoneReq.54
7.3.3.2.23 tciGetMTCReq.54
7.3.3.2.24 tciExecuteTestCaseReq.55
7.3.3.2.25 tciResetReq.55
7.3.3.2.26 tciKillTestComponentReq.55
7.3.3.2.27 tciTestComponentAliveReq.55
7.3.3.2.28 tciTestComponentKilledReq.55
7.3.4 The TCI-TL interface.56
7.3.4.1 TCI-TL provided.56
7.3.4.1.1 tliTcExecute.56
7.3.4.1.2 tliTcStart.57
7.3.4.1.3 tliTcStop.57
7.3.4.1.4 tliTcStarted.57
7.3.4.1.5 tliTcTerminated.58
7.3.4.1.6 tliCtrlStart.58
7.3.4.1.7 tliCtrlStop.58
7.3.4.1.8 tliCtrlTerminated.59
7.3.4.1.9 tliMSend_m.59
7.3.4.1.10 tliMSend_m_BC.60
7.3.4.1.11 tliMSend_m_MC.60
7.3.4.1.12 tliMSend_c.61
7.3.4.1.13 tliMSend_c_BC.61
7.3.4.1.14 tliMSend_c_MC.61
7.3.4.1.15 tliMDetected_m.62
7.3.4.1.16 tliMDetected_c.62
7.3.4.1.17 tliMMismatch_m.63
7.3.4.1.18 tliMMismatch_c.63
7.3.4.1.19 tliMReceive_m.64
7.3.4.1.20 tliMReceive_c.64
7.3.4.1.21 tliPrCall_m.65
7.3.4.1.22 tliPrCall_m_BC.65
7.3.4.1.23 tliPrCall_m_MC.66
7.3.4.1.24 tliPrCall_c.66
7.3.4.1.25 tliPrCall_c_BC.67
7.3.4.1.26 tliPrCall_c_MC.67
7.3.4.1.27 tliPrGetCallDetected_m.68
7.3.4.1.28 tliPrGetCallDetected_c.68
7.3.4.1.29 tliPrGetCallMismatch_m.69
7.3.4.1.30 tliPrGetCallMismatch_c .69
7.3.4.1.31 tliPrGetCall_m.70
7.3.4.1.32 tliPrGetCall_c.70
7.3.4.1.33 tliPrReply_m.71
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7.3.4.1.34 tliPrReply_m_BC.71
7.3.4.1.35 tliPrReply_m_MC.72
7.3.4.1.36 tliPrReply_c.
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