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TTCN-3 Tutorial About ETSI Protocol and Testing Competence Centre What is TTCN-3? Testing and Test Control Notation Version 3 Internationally standardized testing language Product of the ETSI Technical Committee MTS (Methods for Testing and Specification) A programming language that has been used for more than 15 years in standardization as well as industry Specifically designed for black box testing and certification Constantly developed and maintained at ETSI by a team of leading testing experts from industry, institutes, and academia A testing technology that applies to a variety of application domains and types of testing Knowledge of TTCN-3 is valuable both for employees as well as employers due to its wide applicability Offers potential for reducing training and test maintenance costs significantly Proven to work in very large and complex industrial tests, e.g., 3G network elements The TTCN-3 Standards(free download at /Specifications.htm) ES 201 873-1 (Z.140) TTCN-3 Core Language ES 201 873-2 (Z.141) TTCN-3 Tabular Presentation Format (TFT) ES 201 873-3 (Z.142) TTCN-3 Graphical Presentation Format (GFT) ES 201 873-4 (Z.143) TTCN-3 Operational Semantics ES 201 873-5 TTCN-3 Runtime Interface (TRI) ES 201 873-6 TTCN-3 Control Interfaces (TCI) ES 201 873-7 and onwards (under development) Using ASN.1, XML, IDL, C/C++ with TTCN-3 What makes TTCN-3 different … From conventional programming or scripting languages? Rich type system including native list types and support for subtyping Embodies powerful build-in matching mechanism Snapshot semantics, i.e., well defined handling of port and timeout queues during their access Concept of verdicts and a verdict resolution mechanism Support for specification of concurrent test behaviour Support for timers Allows test configuration at run-time Tests focus only on implementation to be tested From a test tool or vendor proprietary testing language? Not tied to a particular application or its interface(s) Not