Title :
SCoTS-a system for testing equipment conformance to SMDS generic requirements
Author :
Lin, Yih-Kang Maurice ; Erramilli, Shobha ; Koblentz, Michael E.
Author_Institution :
Bell Commun. Res., Red Bank, NJ, USA
Abstract :
The Bellcore SMDS Conformance Test System (SCoTS), which is being used to test switching system (SS) and customer premises equipment (CPE) conformance to generic requirements for switched multimegabit data services (SMDS) is described. The SCoTS hardware and software architectures are presented, and functions to test all levels of SMDS interface protocol (SIP) data unit formatting and transmit and receive procedures are described. Test configurations are described for the DS1-rate subscriber network interface (SNI) between SSs and CPE. Additional test capabilities being developed to support the phased deployment of SMDS are outlined
Keywords :
computer networks; conformance testing; data communication systems; electronic switching systems; protocols; Bellcore SMDS Conformance Test System; CPE; DS1-rate subscriber network interface; SCoTS; SIP; SMDS; SMDS interface protocol; SNI; customer premises equipment; data unit formatting; equipment conformance testing; generic requirements; hardware architecture; receive procedures; software architectures; switched multimegabit data services; switching system; test configurations; transmit procedure; Access protocols; Convergence; Local area networks; Media Access Protocol; Network interfaces; Performance evaluation; Physical layer; Sociotechnical systems; Switching systems; System testing;
Conference_Titel :
Global Telecommunications Conference, 1992. Conference Record., GLOBECOM '92. Communication for Global Users., IEEE
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0608-2
DOI :
10.1109/GLOCOM.1992.276368
