SDL: the standard for engineering telecommunications software

Author

Færgemand, Ove ; Reed, Rick

Author_Institution

Telecommun. Res. Labs. TFL, Lyngso Alle, Denmark

fYear

1993

fDate

30 Aug-3 Sep 1993

Firstpage

38

Lastpage

47

Abstract

The paper gives the standardisation background, an overview and usage of information on CCITT SDL which is the formal description technique standardised by CCITT for the specification of the behaviour of real time (telecommunications) systems. Although it has been standardised since 1976 and is widely used in the telecommunications industry and standards work, it has not been widely used elsewhere. Despite its age, SDL is evolving in a controlled way to meet present requirements. The standardisation work and available support is described. Key features of the language are described in an overview. The current industrial usage is briefly reported, and is supported by references

Keywords

real-time systems; specification languages; standardisation; telecommunication standards; telecommunications computing; CCITT SDL; engineering telecommunications software; formal description technique; real time; standardisation; Communication industry; Computer industry; Electrical equipment industry; Real time systems; Signal processing; Software engineering; Software standards; Standards development; Telecommunication control; Telecommunication standards;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Software Engineering Standards Symposium, 1993. Proceedings., 1993

Conference_Location

Brighton

Print_ISBN

0-8186-4240-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SESS.1993.263967

Filename

263967