简介:TheadvantageofATMtechnologyforstatisticallymultiplexingnetworkresourcesbydifferentusersinvokesthecompetitionofnetworkresources.Thiscompetitionhassomedamagingeffectsonmessagetransmitting.TheresearchfortestingmethodsandtechnologyofATMisimportantforustodevelopATMnetworks,topromotetheirconstruction,toensurethatvariousATMdevicesprovidedbydifferentprovidersinteroperateproperlyandtoprovideexcellentservicesfortelecommunicationusers.Afterdiscussingtheabstracttestingmethodofconformancetestingandtheabstractdescriptionofprotocoltesting,thethesisputsforwardakindofabstracttestingconfigurationforATMtestingandakindofabstractdescriptionmethodfortestingcase.Fromtheangleofapplication,thethesisdiscussesthebasicrulesforATMtesting.Afterthat,thethesispointsoutthattheATMtestingmustbemadefromthefouraspectsofnormaltesting,conformancetesting,performancetestingandinteroperabilitytesting.Thegeneraltestingmethods,generalconfigurationandconnectionforATMtestingandtheselectionofATMtestingitemsarediscussed,respectively,inthefouraspects.CombinedwiththecharacteristicsofthetrafficssupportedbyATMsystems,thethesisdiscussesseveralkindsoftrafficmodelsforconductingATMtesting.Onthebasisofstudyingvarioustrafficmodels,theauthorclassifiestrafficmodelsforATMtestingasthreekinds:periodictrafficmodels,stochastictrafficmodelsandmanualtrafficmodels.Theparametersofdescribingtrafficmodelsandtheircalculatingmethodarediscussedinthethesis.Anewkindofperiodiccell-sequencetrafficmodelisproposedinthisthesis.Theperiodiccell-sequencetrafficmodelhasexcellentlinearlydescendingcharacteristicsinthecellinterval.ThetrafficmodelsdiscussedinthisthesiscanbeappliedtovariousATMtestingcases.Fromthepointofnormaltesting,physicallayertesting,ATMlayertesting,AALlayertesting,networkmanagementtesting