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PICS proforma for H.450.1 Supplementary Services

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Publication Date
31-Mar-2004
Current Stage
6060 - National Implementation/Publication (Adopted Project)
Start Date
01-Apr-2004
Due Date
01-Apr-2004
Completion Date
01-Apr-2004

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SIST-TS TS 101 340 V1.1.1:2004

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SIST-TS TS 101 340 V1.1.1:2004 is the Slovenian version of ETSI TS 101 340 V1.1.1. It provides a Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement (PICS) proforma for the support of supplementary services in H.323, specifically for ITU-T Recommendation H.450.1.

The standard is aimed at suppliers and evaluators of H.323 implementations. It tells them what to record about supported roles, procedures, protocol data units, parameters, and timers when claiming conformance to H.450.1.

What does SIST-TS TS 101 340 V1.1.1:2004 specify?

SIST-TS TS 101 340 V1.1.1:2004 specifies the PICS proforma for the generic functional protocol that supports supplementary services in ITU-T Recommendation H.323, as defined in ITU-T Recommendation H.450.1. It is written to be completed by the supplier of an implementation that claims conformance to H.450.1, using the guidance of ISO/IEC 9646-7.

The document is organized into four main clauses and one normative annex:

PartWhat it covers
Clause 1Scope
Clause 2References
Clause 3Definitions and abbreviations
Clause 4Conformance to the PICS proforma specification
Annex ANormative PICS proforma for ITU-T Recommendation H.450.1

Annex A is the practical core of the standard. It contains the questions and tables that a supplier fills in to describe the implementation.

What are the key requirements of SIST-TS TS 101 340 V1.1.1:2004?

Completing the PICS correctly

SIST-TS TS 101 340 V1.1.1:2004 requires the completed PICS to be technically equivalent to the proforma in Annex A, with the same numbering, naming, and ordering. It also requires the supplier to complete the proforma in the spaces provided and to give explicit answers in the support fields.

In practice, this means the completed statement is not a free-form description. It has to follow the structure of the tables so that another party can compare implementations in a consistent way.

Identifying the implementation and system

Annex A asks for identification of the statement date, the Implementation Under Test (IUT), the System Under Test (SUT), the product supplier, a client if different, and a contact person. It also asks for hardware configuration and operating system information where relevant.

This matters because a PICS is only useful if it clearly identifies what was tested or described. The reader can then link the claimed capabilities to a specific product version and system setup.

Stating overall conformance and roles

The proforma includes a global question asking whether all mandatory capabilities are implemented. Annex A also asks the supplier to declare supported roles such as endpoint, gatekeeper using the GK routed model, source entity, and destination entity.

That tells the evaluator whether the implementation is a terminal, gateway, MCU, or gatekeeper-related product, and which function it plays in H.323 supplementary service handling.

Declaring the major and subsidiary capabilities

Annex A lists major capabilities for call-related and call-independent transport of H.450.1 SS APDUs, sending and receiving those APDUs, and source and destination entity actions. It also asks about subsidiary capabilities such as third-party initiated pause and H.323 V2 re-routing procedures, multiple H.450.1 SS APDUs in one H.225.0 message, multiple ROS APDUs in one H.450.1 SS APDU, and maximum APDU length.

In practice, these tables tell a buyer or tester which supplementary-service behaviors the implementation can actually handle and where optional limits apply.

Specifying transport and coding behavior

Annex A requires the supplier to state support for H.450.1 SS APDU transport in H.225.0 V2 messages such as ALERTING, CALL PROCEEDING, CONNECT, RELEASE COMPLETE, PROGRESS, FACILITY, and SETUP. It also covers APDU coding items such as the overall format, networkFacilityExtension, sourceEntityAddress, destinationEntityAddress, interpretationApdu, ROS APDU processing, ASN.1 generic parameters, Manufacturer Specific Information (MSI), and basic aligned Packed Encoding Rules (PER).

This is the part that shows how the implementation carries supplementary-service information over the signalling channel. It is the most useful section for interoperability checks and conformance testing.

What terms does SIST-TS TS 101 340 V1.1.1:2004 define?

  • Implementation Conformance Statement (ICS) - a statement from the supplier describing which capabilities of a specification have been implemented.
  • Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement (PICS) - an ICS for an implementation or system that claims conformance to a protocol specification.
  • Implementation Under Test (IUT) - the implementation being described or evaluated.
  • System Under Test (SUT) - the system in which the IUT resides.
  • Protocol Data Unit (PDU) - a unit of protocol information exchanged between systems.
  • Remote Operations Service (ROS) - the service used for remote operation exchange within the protocol context.
  • Supplementary Service (SS) - an additional service associated with H.323/H.450.1 handling.

Who uses SIST-TS TS 101 340 V1.1.1:2004?

Suppliers of H.323 and H.450.1 products use this standard to prepare a conformance statement for their implementation. Test laboratories and conformance evaluators use it to check what an implementation supports and to compare it with the H.450.1 requirements.

It is also relevant to engineers working on endpoints, gateways, MCU systems, and gatekeepers, because the annex names the roles and signalling behaviors that matter in practice. Buyers and quality managers use it to verify that a supplier’s claim of H.450.1 support is documented in a standard way.

Which standards are used with SIST-TS TS 101 340 V1.1.1:2004?

  • ITU-T Recommendation H.450.1 - the protocol being described by the PICS proforma.
  • ITU-T Recommendation H.323 - the packet-based multimedia communication environment in which the supplementary services operate.
  • ITU-T Recommendation H.225.0 - the call signalling and media packetization protocol used for transporting the H.450.1 SS APDUs.
  • ISO/IEC 9646-1 - provides the general conformance testing concepts and terms used in the document.
  • ISO/IEC 9646-7 - provides the rules and guidance for Implementation Conformance Statements and PICS proformas.

What does the SIST-TS TS 101 340 V1.1.1:2004 document contain?

Annex A contains the full questionnaire-style PICS proforma, including tables for roles, procedures, transport messages, coding rules, and timer handling. It also includes guidance on how to fill in the form, including status symbols, support answers, value ranges, conditional expressions, and references to individual table items.

The tables are structured so that a supplier can state whether each capability is mandatory, optional, conditional, not applicable, or out of scope, and can add comments where needed. This makes the document suitable for interoperability documentation, procurement review, and conformance testing.

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SIST-TS TS 101 340 V1.1.1:2004 is a technical specification published by the Slovenian Institute for Standardization (SIST). Its full title is "Telecommunications and Internet Protocol Harmonization Over Networks (TIPHON); Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement (PICS) proforma for the support of supplementary services in H.323; Support of H.450.1". This standard covers: PICS proforma for H.450.1 Supplementary Services

PICS proforma for H.450.1 Supplementary Services

SIST-TS TS 101 340 V1.1.1:2004 is classified under the following ICS (International Classification for Standards) categories: 33.020 - Telecommunications in general. The ICS classification helps identify the subject area and facilitates finding related standards.

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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-april-2004
Harmonizacija telekomunikacij in internetnega protokola prek omrežij (TIPHON) -
Proforma izjava o skladnosti izvedbe protokola (PICS) za podporo dopolnilnih
storitev v H.323 - Podpora H.450.1
Telecommunications and Internet Protocol Harmonization Over Networks (TIPHON);
Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement (PICS) proforma for the support of
supplementary services in H.323; Support of H.450.1
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: TS 101 340 Version 1.1.1
ICS:
33.020 Telekomunikacije na splošno Telecommunications in
general
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

Technical Specification
Telecommunications and Internet Protocol
Harmonization Over Networks (TIPHON);
Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement (PICS)
proforma for the support of supplementary services in H.323;
Support of H.450.1
2 ETSI TS 101 340 V1.1.1 (1999-09)
Reference
DTS/TIPHON-06007 (ceo00icr.PDF)
Keywords
Voice, IP, supplementary services, ICS, PICS
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights.4
Foreword .4
Introduction .4
1 Scope.5
2 References.5
3 Definitions and abbreviations .5
3.1 Definitions . 5
3.2 Abbreviations. 6
4 Conformance to this PICS proforma specification .6
Annex A (normative): PICS proforma for ITU-T Recommendation H.450.1 .7
A.1 Guidance for completing the PICS proforma.7
A.1.1 Purposes and structure . 7
A.1.2 Abbreviations and conventions. 7
A.1.3 Instructions for completing the PICS proforma . 9
A.2 Identification of the implementation.10
A.2.1 Date of the statement. 10
A.2.2 Implementation Under Test (IUT) identification . 10
A.2.3 System Under Test (SUT) identification. 10
A.2.4 Product supplier. 10
A.2.5 Client (if different from product supplier) . 11
A.2.6 PICS contact person. 11
A.3 PICS/System Conformance Statement (SCS) .12
A.4 Identification of the protocol .12
A.5 Global statement of conformance .12
A.6 Roles.12
A.7 Capabilities.13
A.7.1 Major capabilities . 13
A.7.2 Subsidiary capabilities . 13
A.7.3 Protocol data units . 14
A.7.4 Protocol data unit parameters. 15
A.7.5 Timers. 15
History.16
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Intellectual Property Rights
IPRs essential or potentially essential to the present document may have been declared to ETSI. The information
pertaining to these essential IPRs, if any, is publicly available for ETSI members and non-members, and can be found
in SR 000 314: "Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs); Essential, or potentially Essential, IPRs notified to ETSI in respect
of ETSI standards", which is available from the ETSI Secretariat. Latest updates are available on the ETSI Web server
(http://www.etsi.org/ipr).
Pursuant to the ETSI IPR Policy, no investigation, including IPR searches, has been carried out by ETSI. No guarantee
can be given as to the existence of other IPRs not referenced in SR 000 314 (or the updates on the ETSI Web server)
which are, or may be, or may become, essential to the present document.
Foreword
This Technical Specification (TS) has been produced by ETSI Project Telecommunications and Internet Protocol
Harmonization Over Networks (TIPHON).
Introduction
To evaluate conformance of a particular implementation, it is necessary to have a statement of which capabilities and
options have been implemented for a telecommunication specification. Such a statement is called an Implementation
Conformance Statement (ICS).
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1 Scope
The present document provides the Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement (PICS) proforma for the generic
functional protocol for the support of supplementary services in ITU-T Recommendation H.323 [2] as specified in
ITU-T Recommendation H.450.1 [1] in compliance with the relevant requirements and in accordance with the relevant
guidance given in ISO/IEC 9646-7 [5].
The supplier of a protocol implementation which is claimed to conform to ITU-T Recommendation H.450.1 [1] is
required to complete a copy of the PICS proforma provided in annex A of the present document and is required to
provide the information necessary to identify both the supplier and the implementation.
2 References
The following documents contain provisions which, through reference in this text, constitute provisions of the present
document.
•
References are either specific (identified by date of publication, edition number, version number, etc.) or
non-specific.
• For a specific reference, subsequent revisions do not apply.
• For a non-specific reference, the latest version applies.
• A non-specific reference to an ETS shall also be taken to refer to later versions published as an EN with the same
number.
[1] ITU-T Recommendation H.450.1 (1998): "Generic functional protocol for the support of
supplementary services in H.323".
[2] ITU-T Recommendation H.323 (1998): "Packet based multimedia communications systems".
[3] ITU-T Recommendation H.225.0 (1998): "Call signalling protocols and media stream
packetization for packet-based multimedia communication systems".
[4] ISO/IEC 9646-1 (1994): "Information technology - Open Systems Interconnection - Conformance
testing methodology and framework - Part 1: General concepts".
[5] ISO/IEC 9646-7 (1995): "Information technology - Open Systems Interconnection - Conformance
testing methodology and framework - Part 7: Implementation Conformance Statements".
3 Definitions and abbreviations
3.1 Definitions
For the purposes of the present document, the following terms and definitions apply:
- terms defined in ITU-T Recommendation H.323 [2];
- terms defined in ITU-T Recommendation H.450.1 [1];
- terms defined in ISO/IEC 9646-1 [4] and in ISO/IEC 9646-7 [5].
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In particular, the following terms defined in ISO/IEC 9646-1 [4] apply:
Implementation Conformance Statement (ICS): statement made by the supplier of an implementation or system
claimed to conform to a given specification, stating which capabilities have been implemented. The PICS can take
several forms: protocol PICS, profile PICS, profile specific PICS, information object PICS, etc.
ICS proforma: document, in the form of a questionnaire, which when completed for an implementation or system
becomes a PICS.
Protocol ICS (PICS): ICS for an implementation or system claimed to conform to a given protocol specification.
3.2 Abbreviations
For the purposes of the present document, the following abbreviations apply:
APDU Application Protocol Data Unit
GK Gatekeeper
ICS Implementation Conformance Statement
IUT Implementation Under Test
MCU Multipoint Control Unit
MSI Manufacturer Specific Information
PDU Protocol Data Unit
PER Packed Encoding Rules
PICS Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement
ROS Remote Operations Service
SCS System Conformance Statement
SS Supplementary Service
SUT System Under Test
4 Conformance to this PICS proforma specification
If it claims to conform to the present document, the actual PICS proforma to be filled in by a supplier shall be
technically equivalent to the text of the PICS proforma given in annex A, and shall preserve the numbering/naming and
ordering of the proforma items.
A PICS which conforms to the present document shall be a conforming PICS proforma completed in accordance with
the guidance for completion given in clause A.1.
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Annex A (normative):
PICS proforma for ITU-T Recommendation H.450.1
Notwithstanding the provisions of the copyright clause related to the text of the present document, ETSI grants that users
of the present document may freely reproduce the PICS proforma in this annex so that it can be used for its intended
purposes and may further publish the completed PICS.
A.1 Guidance for completing the PICS proforma
A.1.1 Purposes and structure
The purpose of this PICS proforma is to provide a mechanism whereby a supplier of an implementation of the
requirements defined in ITU-T Recommendation H.450.1 may provide information about the implementation in a
standardized manner.
The PICS proforma is subdivided into subclauses for the following categories of information:
- guidance for completing the PICS proforma;
- identification of the implementation;
- identification of the protocol;
- global statement of conformance;
-roles;
- major capabilities;
- subsidiary capabilities;
- operations;
- arguments, results and errors;
- timers.
A.1.2 Abbreviations and conventions
The PICS proforma contained in this annex is comprised of information in tabular form in accordance with the
guidelines presented in ISO/IEC 9646-7.
Item column
The item column contains a number which identifies the item in the table.
Item description column
The item description column describes in free text each respective item (for example parameters, timers, etc.). It
implicitly means "is < item description > supported by the implementation?".
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Status column
The following notations, defined in ISO/IEC 9646-7, are used for the status column:
m mandatory - the capability is required to be supported;
o optional - the capability may be supported or not;
n/a not applicable - in the given context, it is impossible to use the capability;
x prohibited (excluded) - there is a requirement not to use this capability in the given context;
o.i qualified optional - for mutually exclusive or selectable options from a set. "i" is an integer which
identifies a unique group of related optional items and the logic of their selection which is defined
immediately following the table;
ci conditional - the requirement on the capability ("m", "o", "x" or "n/a") depends on the support of
other optional or conditional items. "i" is an integer identifying a unique conditional status
expression which is defined immediately following the table;
i irrelevant (out-of-scope) - capability outside the scope of the reference specification. No answer is
requested from the supplier.
Reference column
The reference column makes reference to ITU-T Recommendation H.450.1, except where explicitly stated otherwise.
Support column
The support column shall be filled in by the supplier of the implementation. The following common notations, defined in
ISO/IEC 9646-7, are used for the support column:
Y or y supported by the implementation;
N or n not supported by the implementation;
N/A, n/a or no answer required (allowed only if the status is n/a, directly or after evaluation of a conditional
status).
If this PICS proforma is completed in order to describe a multiple-profile support in a system, it is necessary to be able
to answer that a capability is supported for one profile and not supported for another. In that case, the supplier shall
enter the unique reference to a conditional expression, preceded by "?" (for example ?3). This expression shall be given
in the space for comments provided at the bottom of the table. It uses predicates defined in the SCS, each of which refers
to a single profile and which takes the value T
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