CONTENTS

 1     Scope 
 2     References 
 3     Definitions  
 4     Abbreviations and acronyms        
 5     Types of testing
        5.1     Interoperability testing        
        5.2     Conformance testing          
        5.3     Combining interoperability testing and conformance testing  
 6     Interoperability testing process overview  
 7     Basic concepts 
        7.1     Means of testing    
        7.2     Equipment under test (EUT)           
        7.3     Qualified equipment (QE)  
        7.4     System under test (SUT)    
        7.5     Test interface         
        7.6     Test driver 
        7.7     Test coordinator    
        7.8     Interoperability test cases   
        7.9     Means of communication (MoC)    
 8     Generic interoperability test architectures  
        8.1     Test architectures with a single QE 
        8.2     Test architectures with multiple QEs           
 9     Developing interoperability tests   
        9.1     Overview  
        9.2     Specify abstract architecture          
        9.3     Prepare draft IFS proforma           
        9.4     Specify test suite structure  
        9.5     Write test purposes
        9.6     Write test cases     
        9.7     Validate test cases 
        9.8     Finalize IFS           
10     Interoperability testing process    
       10.1     Overview 
       10.2     Prepare for testing
       10.3     Testing  
       10.4     Write test report   
Appendix I – Example IFS (Internet Key Exchange protocol, IKEv2)     
        I.1        Introduction         
        I.2        Instructions for completing the IFS proforma        
        I.4        IKEv2 entities      
Appendix II – Example IFS (TIPHON Profile of SIP, Release 3)     
       II.1     Introduction           
       II.2     Instructions for completing the IFS proforma           
       II.3     IFS proforma         
       II.4     SIP entities 
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