In this paper, we propose a method to generate conformance test sequences for communication protocols modeled as FSM with timers. The test sequences generated by the proposed method can detect any single fault of timer commands or destination states in the transitions on protocol machines. For each single timer command fault, we give sufficient conditions that a given IUT is (or is not) equivalent to its specification. Based on these sufficient conditions, we give a method for generating test sequences. For each destination state fault, we give a test sequence generation method based on Wp-method. To show the usefulness of this method, we have developed a system for generating test sequences, and applied it to DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol). As a result, we have generated the test sequences efficiently.
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