Testing of Communicating Systems 16th IFIP International Conference, TestCom 2004, Oxford, UK, March 17-19, 2004., Proceedings

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 16th IFIP TC6/WG6.1 International Conference on Testing of Communicating Systems, TestCom 2004, held in Oxford, UK in March 2004.
The 14 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the book. All Current issues in testing communications system are addressed, ranging from classical telecommunications issues to the testing of reactive systems and testing from UML.

Implementation of an Open Source Toolset for CCM Components and Systems Testing.- A Multi-service and Multi-protocol Validation Platform – Experimentation Results.- From Design to Test with UML.- BCMP Performance Test with TTCN-3 Mobile Node Emulator.- FSM Based Interoperability Testing Methods for Multi Stimuli Model.- On Testing Partially Specified IOTS through Lossless Queues.- Testing Multi Input/Output Transition System with All-Observer.- Soip Over Satellite Testing – TIM Experience.- Generation of Optimized Testsuites for UML Statecharts with Time.- Communication Patterns for Expressing Real-Time Requirements Using MSC and Their Application to Testing.- From Safety Verification to Safety Testing.- Derivation of Abstract Protocol Type Definitions for the Conformance Testing of Text-Based Protocols.- Mutation Testing Applied to Validate SDL Specifications.- Execution of External Applications using TTCN-3.