A method for functional testing of media synchronization protocols

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a functional testing method of media synchronization protocols, which control the synchronization between audio and movie, described in concurrent synchronous timed I/O automata. In order to trace all test sequences (I/O event sequences) with synchronization on the model, we need to execute each I/O event at an adequate timing which satisfies the whole timing constraint for all the given test sequences. However, the outputs are given from the IUT and uncontrollable. Also each output/synchronization timing may affect executable timing for its succeeding I/O events in the test sequences. In this paper, we propose a technique to derive a set of time intervals which make all the given test sequences executable, and propose a method for functional testing using the technique.