Abstract: With the advancement in network speed and computing power; distributed multimedia applications are becoming populal: However; general principles of system testing cannot be directly applied to testing of distributed multimedia software systems (DMSS) on account of their stringent timing and synchronization requirements. This paper presents a framework for testing DMSS with special emphases on test case generation and resr architecture. We propose ways to greatly cut down the number of test cases without compronzising the test effectiveness. Procedures for testing the servers and the clients are also discussed.

Abstract: Conventionally the term conformance testing has been used to indiscriminately denote different types of conformance testing in a broad sense and the term interoperability testing has been used without regard to possibly different interoperability test architectures. This study classifies conformance testing into interface conformance testing and entity conformance testing and investigates how they can be related to interoperability testing as interoperability test architecture varies. It also discusses how the result of the investigation can be put into practical use for development of test suites and real test systems.