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These documents will explain the Plug-Box® methodology
for interconnection tests.
Plug-Box® introduction
Plug-BOX is the test method created by KPN Telcom for testing
network interconnections between wholesale parties. Plug-BOX
is in use since 1996 and in the past years has been discussed
in national (FIST) and international (ETP) Telecom groups. |
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| Conformance Test (CT) |
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Both parties exchange so-called Conformance Test reports.
These documents have to show the compliancy to relevant international
standards (ITU, ETSI) of the switches to be used for interconnection.
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| Model Compatibility Test (MCT) |
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| The MCT will be executed when the results of the Conformance
Test do not offer sufficient confidence in the quality of
the switches to be used by either party. The MCT has to check
the quality of switches in the operational field. The telco
switch will be connected to the test environment of KPN Telecom
and on this interconnection, tests will be performed to check
whether the switches are compliant with the relevant international
standards. This document is currently being revised and will
be added a.s.a.p. |
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| Network Interconnection Test
(NIT) |
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When the CT or MCT has been completed successfully, the
planned interconnection is created in the operational environment
and the NIT is executed. The NIT includes protocol tests (compliancy
to international standards), services & reachability tests
and charging tests.
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| First Office Application (FOA) |
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| If you wish to use your own billing system, to create the
bills for charging KPN Telecom and/or for checking the bill
sent by KPN Telecom, a FOA test will be executed to check
the functioning of the new billing system; a large number
of calls is made, after which generated CDR's and bills are
compared. |
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| Test Report template |
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