Method for checking conformity to a standard of a representative module of a circuit dedicated to management of a communications protocol, and system for implementing it

A system for checking conformity to a predetermined standard by a representative module of a communications protocol circuit, comprising:

• a processing mechanism to duplicate the module into a plurality of modules substantially identical to said module,
• means for operatively connecting said duplicated modules to a network bus,
• means for configuring each duplicated module according to definitions contained in said standard in such a way that the set of said configured modules is substantially representative of real operating conditions of the circuit to be checked said means for configuring further being for configuring the duplicated modules differently from each other, and
• means for generating signals on the network bus.

A method for checking conformity to a predetermined standard by a representative defined module of a communications protocol circuit, comprising the steps of:

• duplicating the representative module into a plurality of modules substantially identical to the representative module;
• operatively connecting the plurality of modules to a network bus;
• configuring each module differently according to the predetermined standard such that the configured modules are representative of real operating conditions of the circuit;
• and
• providing test signals to the network bus and collecting respective responses from each of the configured modules.

A system for checking the conformity to a predetermined standard by a representative module of a communications protocol circuit, the system comprising:

• a network bus;
• a plurality of modules substantially identical to the representative module, each module operatively coupled to the network bus, and each module configured differently according to the predetermined standard such that the modules are representative of real operating conditions;
• and
• a test signal generator, coupled to the network bus, to generate test signals for provision to the modules.