Engineering Telecommunication Services with SDL

Citation

Sinnott R & Kolberg M (1999) Engineering Telecommunication Services with SDL. In: Ciancarini P, Fantechi A & Gorrieri R (eds.) Formal Methods for Open Object-Based Distributed Systems: IFIP TC6 / WG6.1 Third International Conference on Formal Methods for Open Object-Based Distributed Systems (FMOODS), February 15–18, 1999, Florence, Italy. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 10. IFIP TC6/WG6.1 Third International Conference on Formal Methods for Open Objec-Based Distributed Systems (FMOODS), Florence, Italy, 15.02.1999-18.02.1999. Berlin Heidelberg: Springer, pp. 187-204. http://www.springer.com/computer/communication+networks/book/978-0-7923-8429-8

Abstract
If formal techniques are to be more widely accepted then they should evolve as current software engineering approaches evolve. Current techniques in the development of distributed systems use interface definition languages (IDLs) as a basis for the underlying communication and also as an abstraction tool. Object-oriented technologies [6] and the idea of engineering software through frameworks [5] are also widely accepted approaches in developing software. In this paper we show how the formal specification language SDL and associated tool support have been applied in the TOSCA1 project to engineer telecommunication services using these current techniques.