ABSTRACT: GR-282 specifies the Telcordia view of the software reliability and quality acceptance criteria for telecommunications software in switching, transport, voice mail, service control, support systems, and more.

Telecom service providers are making significant gains in deploying many new types of wireless, VoIP, and triple play services along with data-centric applications requiring precise criteria for accepting software from software suppliers and third party software vendors.

The reliability and quality acceptance criteria in GR-282 are applied at system test, from system test to First Office Application (FOA), and from FOA testing to General Availability (GA). It includes acceptance criteria for all types of software including software patches, firmware, and maintenance releases; and standardizes the software acceptance process into a precise methodology.

Issue 4 of GR-282 provides new acceptance criteria for the interoperability testing of:

• Wireless software for Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), Advanced Mobile Phone Systems (AMPS), Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), and Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) systems
• Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) using Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Media Gateway Control (MEGACO)/H.248, and H.323 Protocols
• Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) Passive Optical Network (APON), Broadband Passive Optical Network (BPON), Ethernet Passive Optical Network (EPON), and Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON).