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This draft European Telecommunication Standard (ETS) contains the test specification for Digital European Cordless Telecommunications (DECT) Public Access Profile (PAP) applications.

The main objective of the PAP test specification is to provide approval tests giving a high probability of air interface inter-operability between different manufacturer's equipment.

The ISO standard for the methodology of conformance testing (ISO 9646 Part 1 [14], ISO 9646 Part 2 [15], ISO 9646 Part 3 [16], and ISO 9646 Part 6 [17]) is used as the basis for the test methodology, and ISO 9646 Part 3 [16], commonly referred to as Tree and Tabular Combined Notation (TTCN) is used as the basis for test case specification. This provides a mature framework for protocol testing as recommended by EWOS//ETSI Project Team No. 5 report, and ETR 021.

ETS 300 175-9 [9] has been used to produce a PICS proforma which unambiguously expresses the static conformance requirements. Specific tests check both the static conformance requirements as declared in the PICS and the dynamic conformance requirements as described in the ETS 300 175 Parts 1 - 9 [1] to [9].

The PAP test specification ETS comprises seven parts:

Part 1: Overview (this ETS Part 1).

Part 2: Portable radio Termination (PT) Abstract Test Suite (ATS); versions available in both ISO 9646 TTCN.MP format (electronic) and TTCN.GR format (paper).

Part 3: Portable radio Termination (PT) Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement (PICS) proforma.

Part 4: Portable radio Termination (PT) Protocol Implementation eXtra Information for Testing (PIXIT) proforma.

Part 5: Fixed radio Termination (FT) Abstract Test Suite (ATS); versions available in both IS09646 TTCN.MP format (electronic) and TTCN.GR format (paper).

Part 6: Fixed radio Termination (FT) Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement (PICS) proforma.

Part 7: Fixed radio Termination (FT) Protocol Implementation eXtra Information for Testing (PIXIT) proforma.

The Abstract Test Suite (ATS) describes a set of tests which can be converted using commonly available tools into an executable test suite . For the protocol tests, it consists of TTCN tables comprising an overview section, a declarations section, a constraints section and a dynamic behaviour section. For the non-protocol tests (real-effects), it describes the test method using natural language. The real effects test procedures are contained in Annex C of this ETS.

The Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement (PICS) proforma shows a checklist of all mandatory, optional and conditional features, elements of procedure, parameters, options, timers, multi-layer dependancies and other capabilities identified in the protocol specification. Once completed by the manufacturer, this shows which parts of the PAP static conformance requirements the manufacturer has implemented.

The Protocol Implementation eXtra Information for Testing (PIXIT) proforma is a questionnaire for the manufacturer to complete showing all the detailed information required by the test laboratory, for example, methods of feature invocation, real timer values and identities.