The present document provides the Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement (PICS) proforma for the Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network (B-ISDN) Digital Subscriber Signalling System No. two (DSS2) protocol with connection characteristics indication defined in EN 301 068-1 [3] in compliance with the relevant requirements, and in accordance with the relevant guidance given in ISO/IEC 9646-7 [5] and ETS 300 406 [6].

The supplier of a protocol implementation which is claimed to conform to EN 301 068-1 [3] is required to complete a copy of the PICS proforma provided in annex A of the present document and is required to provide the information necessary to identify the supplier and the implementation.

Further ENs (or further parts of the present document) provide the method of testing and detailed application specific requirements to determine conformance to the present document.

The provision of this capability requires the support of the protocol for the basic point-to-point call/bearer connections as defined in EN 300 443-1 [1] or of the protocol for the point-to-multipoint call/bearer connections as defined in EN 300 771-1 [2].