Method and apparatus for testing protocols
US5659555A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 29, 1996 |
| Grant date | Aug 19, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 29, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/03
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus is disclosed for conformance testing of protocols specified as a collection of communicating finite state machines (FSMs). A guided random walk procedure is advantageously used to cover a substantial number of transitions in the component FSMs to determine if the FSM output corresponds to the protocol as specified.
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