Objective
Background Test specifications which accompany ETSI telecommunications standards are mostly provided in Tree and Tabular Combined Notation (TTCN) in order to permit testing of products and services based on the standards. However, the observed quality of the TTCN test suites is often regarded as poor, resulting in delays in the availability of the means of testing and of tested products and services.
Objectives A systematic enhancement of the ATS development process implementation can be achieved by means of establishment of a proper programming style. To achieve this aim, the main objectives of the Improved Quality Assessment for Abstract Test Suites (IQ-ATS) project can be summarised as follows: - definition of style objectives and rules for the TTCN notation - definition of metrics and thresholds for the quality assessment of TTCN test suites - development of a software tool for automated quality assessment and generation of machine processable files - dissemination of quality assessment methods to industry and standardisation bodies.
Work programme The main results of the IQ-ATS project will be: - a methodology document, that will identify quality objectives and for metrics ATSs using TTCN - a portable software tool for automated quality assessment of TTCN machine processable files - an assessment report incorporating feedback from users The software tool will be delivered as a licence free executable for free distribution by the European Commission. It will be maintained by Partner 1 and be freely available for 12 months. Contributions will be provided to standardisation organisations and groups, in particular ETSI and EWOS Technical Committees. Collaborative liaisons will be sought with a range European test systems manufacturers and TTCN tool providers to encourage an open solution to the problem of ATS quality assessment and to actively peruse knowledge dissemination.
State of progress A consortium of software and hardware developers and several established telecommunications equipment manufacturers as end users has been formed. The project got off to a good start.
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Germany
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