diff --git a/tests/face/ndnlp.cpp b/tests/face/ndnlp.cpp
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+/* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
+/**
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 Named Data Networking Project
+ * See COPYING for copyright and distribution information.
+ */
+
+#include "face/ndnlp-sequence-generator.hpp"
+#include "face/ndnlp-slicer.hpp"
+
+#include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>
+
+namespace nfd {
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE(FaceNdnlp)
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(SequenceBlock)
+{
+  ndnlp::SequenceBlock sb(0x8000, 2);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(sb.count(), 2);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(sb[0], 0x8000);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(sb[1], 0x8001);
+  BOOST_CHECK_THROW(sb[2], std::out_of_range);
+}
+
+// sequence number can safely wrap around
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(SequenceBlockWrap)
+{
+  ndnlp::SequenceBlock sb(std::numeric_limits<uint64_t>::max(), 2);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(sb[0], std::numeric_limits<uint64_t>::max());
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(sb[1], std::numeric_limits<uint64_t>::min());
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(sb[1] - sb[0], 1);
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(SequenceGenerator)
+{
+  ndnlp::SequenceGenerator seqgen;
+  
+  ndnlp::SequenceBlock sb1 = seqgen.nextBlock(2);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(sb1.count(), 2);
+
+  ndnlp::SequenceBlock sb2 = seqgen.nextBlock(1);
+  BOOST_CHECK_NE(sb1[0], sb2[0]);
+  BOOST_CHECK_NE(sb1[1], sb2[0]);
+}
+
+// slice a Block to one NDNLP packet
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(Slice1)
+{
+  uint8_t blockValue[60];
+  memset(blockValue, 0xcc, sizeof(blockValue));
+  Block block = ndn::dataBlock(0x01, blockValue, sizeof(blockValue));
+  
+  ndnlp::Slicer slicer(9000);
+  ndnlp::PacketArray pa = slicer.slice(block);
+  
+  BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(pa->size(), 1);
+  
+  const Block& pkt = pa->at(0);
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(pkt.type(), static_cast<uint32_t>(tlv::NdnlpData));
+  pkt.parse();
+  
+  const Block::element_container& elements = pkt.elements();
+  BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(elements.size(), 2);
+  
+  const Block& sequenceElement = elements[0];
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(sequenceElement.type(), static_cast<uint32_t>(tlv::NdnlpSequence));
+  BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(sequenceElement.value_size(), sizeof(uint64_t));
+  
+  const Block& payloadElement = elements[1];
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(payloadElement.type(), static_cast<uint32_t>(tlv::NdnlpPayload));
+  size_t payloadSize = payloadElement.value_size();
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(payloadSize, block.size());
+  
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL_COLLECTIONS(payloadElement.value_begin(), payloadElement.value_end(),
+                                block.begin(),                block.end());
+}
+
+// slice a Block to four NDNLP packets
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(SliceData4)
+{
+  uint8_t blockValue[5050];
+  memset(blockValue, 0xcc, sizeof(blockValue));
+  Block block = ndn::dataBlock(0x01, blockValue, sizeof(blockValue));
+  
+  ndnlp::Slicer slicer(1500);
+  ndnlp::PacketArray pa = slicer.slice(block);
+  
+  BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(pa->size(), 4);
+  
+  uint64_t seq0 = 0xdddd;
+  
+  size_t totalPayloadSize = 0;
+  
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < 4; ++i) {
+    const Block& pkt = pa->at(i);
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(pkt.type(), static_cast<uint32_t>(tlv::NdnlpData));
+    pkt.parse();
+    
+    const Block::element_container& elements = pkt.elements();
+    BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(elements.size(), 4);
+    
+    const Block& sequenceElement = elements[0];
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(sequenceElement.type(), static_cast<uint32_t>(tlv::NdnlpSequence));
+    BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(sequenceElement.value_size(), sizeof(uint64_t));
+    uint64_t seq = be64toh(*reinterpret_cast<const uint64_t*>(
+                             &*sequenceElement.value_begin()));
+    if (i == 0) {
+      seq0 = seq;
+    }
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(seq, seq0 + i);
+    
+    const Block& fragIndexElement = elements[1];
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(fragIndexElement.type(), static_cast<uint32_t>(tlv::NdnlpFragIndex));
+    BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(fragIndexElement.value_size(), sizeof(uint16_t));
+    uint16_t fragIndex = be16toh(*reinterpret_cast<const uint16_t*>(
+                                   &*fragIndexElement.value_begin()));
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(fragIndex, i);
+    
+    const Block& fragCountElement = elements[2];
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(fragCountElement.type(), static_cast<uint32_t>(tlv::NdnlpFragCount));
+    BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(fragCountElement.value_size(), sizeof(uint16_t));
+    uint16_t fragCount = be16toh(*reinterpret_cast<const uint16_t*>(
+                                   &*fragCountElement.value_begin()));
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(fragCount, 4);
+    
+    const Block& payloadElement = elements[3];
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(payloadElement.type(), static_cast<uint32_t>(tlv::NdnlpPayload));
+    size_t payloadSize = payloadElement.value_size();
+    totalPayloadSize += payloadSize;
+  }
+  
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(totalPayloadSize, block.size());
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END()
+
+} // namespace nfd