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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
LTE;
Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA)
and Evolved Packet Core (EPC);
User Equipment (UE) conformance specification;
Part 2: Implementation Conformance Statement (ICS)
proforma specification
(3GPP TS 36.523-2 version 15.4.0 Release 15)
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 2
Foreword . 2
Modal verbs terminology . 2
Foreword . 4
Introduction . 4
1 Scope . 5
2 References . 5
3 Definitions, symbols and abbreviations . 7
3.1 Definitions . 7
3.2 Symbols . 8
3.3 Abbreviations . 8
4 Recommended Test Case Applicability . 8
Annex A (normative): ICS proforma for E-UTRA/EPC Generation User Equipment . 149
A.1 Guidance for completing the ICS proforma . 149
A.1.1 Purposes and structure . 149
A.1.2 Abbreviations and conventions . 149
A.1.3 Instructions for completing the ICS proforma . 150
A.2 Identification of the User Equipment . 150
A.2.1 Date of the statement . 150
A.2.2 User Equipment Under Test (UEUT) identification . 150
A.2.3 Product supplier . 150
A.2.4 Client . 151
A.2.5 ICS contact person. 151
A.3 Identification of the protocol . 152
A.4 ICS proforma tables. 152
A.4.1 UE Implementation Types . 152
A.4.2 UE Service Capabilities . 153
A.4.2.1 3GPP Standardised UE Service Capabilities . 153
A.4.2.1.1 Bearer Services . 153
A.4.3 Baseline Implementation Capabilities . 155
A.4.3.1 RF Baseline Implementation Capabilities . 155
A.4.3.2 Physical Layer Baseline Implementation Capabilities . 157
A.4.3.3 CA Physical Layer Baseline Implementation Capabilities . 165
A.4.3.3.1 Intra-band contiguous CA Physical Layer Baseline Implementation Capabilities . 165
A.4.3.3.2 Intra-band non-contiguous CA Physical Layer Baseline Implementation Capabilities . 167
A.4.3.3.3 Inter-band CA Physical Layer Baseline Implementation Capabilities . 169
A.4.3.4 ProSe Physical Layer Implementation Capabilities . 178
A.4.4 Additional information . 180
A.4.5 Feature group indicators . 196
Annex B (informative): Test Case Branching . 240
B.1 Introduction . 240
B.2 Special ICS to identify optional branches . 240
B.3 Test Case Preambles and Postambles specific information. 241
Annex C (informative): Change history . 242
History . 273
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Foreword
rd
This Technical Specification has been produced by the 3 Generation Partnership Project (3GPP).
The contents of the present document are subject to continuing work within the TSG and may change following formal
TSG approval. Should the TSG modify the contents of the present document, it will be re-released by the TSG with an
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Version x.y.z
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Introduction
To evaluate conformance of a particular implementation, it is necessary to have a statement of which capabilities and
options have been implemented for a telecommunication specification. Such a statement is called an Implementation
Conformance Statement (ICS).
The present document is part 2 of a multi-part conformance test specification for User Equipment (UE).
3GPP TS 36.523-1 [19]: "Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) and Evolved Packet Core
(EPC); User Equipment (UE) conformance specification; Part 1: Protocol conformance specification".
3GPP TS 36.523-2: "Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) and Evolved Packet Core (EPC);
User Equipment (UE) conformance specification; Part 2: Implementation Conformance Statement (ICS)
proforma specification". (the present document)
3GPP TS 36.523-3 [20]: "Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) and Evolved Packet Core
(EPC); User Equipment (UE) conformance specification; Part 3: Abstract Test Suite (ATS)".
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1 Scope
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The present document provides the Implementation Conformance Statement (ICS) proforma for 3 Generation User
Equipment (UE), in compliance with the relevant EPS (E-UTRA/EPC) requirements, and in accordance with the
relevant guidance given in ISO/IEC 9646-1 [24] and ISO/IEC 9646-7 [25].
The present document also specifies a recommended applicability statement for the test cases included in TS 36.523-1
[19]. These applicability statements are based on the features implemented in the UE.
Special conformance testing functions can be found in TS 36.509 [6] and the common test environments are included in
3GPP TS 36.508 [18].
The present document is valid for UE complying with EPS (E-UTRA/EPC) and implemented according to 3GPP
releases starting from Release 8 up to the Release indicated on the cover page of the present document.
2 References
The following documents contain provisions which, through reference in this text, constitute provisions of the present
document.
• References are either specific (identified by date of publication, edition number, version number, etc.) or
non-specific.
• For a specific reference, subsequent revisions do not apply.
• For a non-specific reference, the latest version applies. In the case of a reference to a 3GPP document (including
a GSM document), a non-specific reference implicitly refers to the latest version of that document in the same
Release as the present document.
[1] 3GPP TR 21.905: "Vocabulary for 3GPP Specifications".
[2] 3GPP TS 23.003: "Numbering, Addressing and Identification".
[3] 3GPP TS 23.122: "Non-Access-Stratum functions related to Mobile Station (MS) in idle mode".
[4] 3GPP TS 24.008: "Mobile Radio Interface Layer 3 specification; Core Network Protocols;
Stage 3".
[5] Void
[6] 3GPP TS 36.509: "Special conformance testing functions for User Equipment ".
[7] Void
[8] 3GPP TS 34.123-2: "User Equipment (UE) conformance specification; Part 2: Implementation
Conformance Statement (ICS) proforma specification".
[9] Void
[10] 3GPP TS 36.300: "Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) and Evolved Universal
Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN); Overall description; Stage 2".
[11] 3GPP TS 36.302: "Services provided by the physical layer for E-UTRA".
[12] 3GPP TS 36.304: "Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) User Equipment (UE)
Procedures in idle mode ".
[13] 3GPP TS 36.306: "Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) User Equipment (UE)
Radio Access capabilities ".
[14] 3GPP TS 36.321: "Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) Medium Access
Control (MAC) protocol specification".
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[15] 3GPP TS 36.322: "Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) Radio Link Control
(RLC) protocol specification".
[16] 3GPP TS 36.323: "Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) Packet Data
Convergence Protocol (PDCP) specification".
[17] 3GPP TS 36.331: "Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) Radio Resource
Control (RRC) Protocol Specification".
[18] 3GPP TS 36.508: "Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) and Evolved Packet
Core (EPC); Common Test Environments for User Equipment (UE) Conformance Testing".
[19] 3GPP TS 36.523-1: "Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) and Evolved Packet
Core (EPC); User Equipment (UE) conformance specification; Part 1: Protocol conformance
specification".
[20] 3GPP TS 36.523-3: " Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) and Evolved Packet
Core (EPC); User Equipment (UE) conformance specification; Part 3: Abstract Test Suites
(ATS)".
[21] 3GPP TR 24.801: "3GPP System Architecture Evolution; CT WG1 Aspects".
[22] 3GPP TS 23.401: "3GPP System Architecture Evolution; GPRS enhancements for E-UTRAN
access".
[23] 3GPP TS 51.010-1: "Mobile Station (MS) conformance specification; Part 1: Conformance
specification".
[24] ISO/IEC 9646-1: "Information technology - Open Systems Interconnection - Conformance testing
methodology and framework - Part 1: General concepts".
[25] ISO/IEC 9646-7: "Information technology - Open systems interconnection - Conformance testing
methodology and framework - Part 7: Implementation Conformance Statements".
[26] 3GPP2 C.S0024-A-v3.0: "cdma2000 High Rate Packet Data Air Interface Specification".
[27] 3GPP2 C.S0002-A: "Physical Layer Standard for cdma2000 Spread Spectrum Systems – Release
A".
[28] 3GPP TS 24.303: "Mobility management based on Dual-Stack Mobile IPv6; Stage 3".
[29] IEEE Std 802.11 (1999): "Standard for Information Technology - Telecommunications and
information exchange between systems - Local and Metropolitan Area networks - Specific
requirements - Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY)
specifications".
[30] 3GPP TS 36.307: "Requirements on User Equipments (UEs) Supporting a release-independent
frequency band ".
[33] GSMA PRD IR.92: "IMS Profile for Voice and SMS".
[34] 3GPP TS 22.101: "Service aspects; Service principles”
[35] 3GPP TS 24.301: "Non-Access-Stratum (NAS) protocol for Evolved Packet System (EPS); Stage
3".
[36] 3GPP TS 25.306: "UE Radio Access capabilities".
[37] 3GPP TS 25.331: "Radio Resource Control (RRC); Protocol specification".
[38] 3GPP TS 23.216: "Super-Charger technical realization; Stage 2".
[39] 3GPP TS 23.272: "Circuit Switched (CS) fallback in Evolved Packet System (EPS); Stage 2".
[40] 3GPP TS 44.060: "General Packet Radio Service (GPRS); Mobile Station (MS) - Base Station
System (BSS) interface; Radio Link Control / Medium Access Control (RLC/MAC) protocol".
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[41] 3GPP TS 26.114: "IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS); Multimedia telephony; Media handling and
interaction".
[42] 3GPP TS 24.229: "IP multimedia call control protocol based on Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
and Session Description Protocol (SDP); Stage 3".
[43] 3GPP TS 24.173: "IMS Multimedia telephony communication service and supplementary
services; Stage 3".
[44] 3GPP TR 21.904: "User Equipment (UE) capability requirements".
[45] 3GPP TS 34.229-2: "Internet Protocol (IP) multimedia call control protocol based on Session
Initiation Protocol (SIP) and Session Description Protocol (SDP);User Equipment (UE)
conformance specification; Part 2: Implementation Conformance Statement (ICS) specification".
[46] 3GPP TS 36.101: "User Equipment (UE) radio transmission and reception".
[47] 3GPP TS 24.368: "Non-Access Stratum (NAS) configuration Management Object (MO)".
[48] 3GPP TS 31.102: "Characteristics of the Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM)
application".
[49] 3GPP TS 23.221: "Architectural requirements".
[50] 3GPP TS 45.008: "GSM/EDGE Radio Access Network; Radio subsystem link control".
[51] 3GPP TS 23.041: "Technical realization of Cell Broadcast Service (CBS)".
[52] 3GPP TS 24.334: "Proximity-services (ProSe) User Equipment (UE) to Proximity-services
(ProSe) Function Protocol aspects; Stage 3".
[53] 3GPP TS 24.334: "Proximity-services (ProSe) User Equipment (UE) to Proximity-services
(ProSe) Function Protocol aspects; Stage 3".
[54] GSMA PRD IR.51: "IMS Profile for Voice, Video and SMS over Wi-Fi".
[55] GSMA PRD NG.108: "IMS Profile for Voice and SMS for UE category M1".
3 Definitions, symbols and abbreviations
For the purposes of the present document, the following terms, definitions, symbols and abbreviations apply:
- such given in TR 21.905 [1]
- such given in ISO/IEC 9646-1 [24] and ISO/IEC 9646-7 [25]
NOTE: Some terms and abbreviations defined in [24] and [25] are explicitly included below with small
modification to reflect the terminology used in 3GPP.
3.1 Definitions
Implementation Conformance Statement (ICS): A statement made by the supplier of an implementation or system
claimed to conform to a given specification, stating which capabilities have been implemented.
ICS proforma: A document, in the form of a questionnaire, which when completed for an implementation or system
becomes an ICS.
Implementation eXtra Information for Testing (IXIT): A statement made by a supplier or implementer of an UEUT
which contains or references all of the information (in addition to that given in the ICS) related to the UEUT and its
testing environment, which will enable the test laboratory to run an appropriate test suite against the UEUT.
IXIT proforma: A document, in the form of a questionnaire, which when completed for an UEUT becomes an IXIT.
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Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement (PICS): An ICS for an implementation or system claimed to
conform to a given protocol specification.
Protocol Implementation eXtra Information for Testing (PIXIT): An IXIT related to testing for conformance to a
given protocol specification.
static conformance review: A review of the extent to which the static conformance requirements are claimed to be
supported by the UEUT, by comparing the answers in the ICS(s) with the static conformance requirements expressed in
the relevant specification(s).
3.2 Symbols
No specific symbols have been identified so far.
3.3 Abbreviations
For the purposes of the present document, the following abbreviations apply:
ENB Evolved Node B
FFS For Further Study
ICS Implementation Conformance Statement
IXIT Implementation eXtra Information for Testing
PICS Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement
PIXIT Protocol Implementation eXtra Information for Testing
SCS System Conformance Statement
TC Test Case
UEUT User Equipment Under Test
4 Recommended Test Case Applicability
The applicability of each individual test is identified in Table 4-1. This is just a recommendation based on the purpose
for which the test case was written.
The applicability of every test is formally expressed by the use of Boolean expression that are based on parameters
(ICS) included in annex A of the present document.
Additional information related to the Test Case (TC), e.g. affecting its dynamic behaviour or its execution may be
provided as well
The columns in Table 4-1 have the following meaning:
Clause
The clause column indicates the clause number in TS 36.523-1 [19] that contains the test body.
Title
The title column describes the name of the test and contains the clause title of the clause in TS 36.523-1 [19] that
contains the test body.
Release
The release column indicates the earliest release from which the test case is applicable. In some specific cases it may
indicate the release(s) for which the TC is only applicable.
Note: Some exceptions to this interpretation may be indicated in Notes in column 'Number of TC Executions'
e.g. see Note 3 Table 4-1.
Applicability - Condition
The following notations are used for the applicability column:
R recommended - the test case is recommended
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O optional – the test case is optional
N/A not applicable - in the given context, the test case is not recommended.
Ci conditional - the test is recommended ("R") or not ("N/A") depending on the support of other
items. "i" is an integer identifying an unique conditional status expression which is defined
immediately following the table. For nested conditional expressions, the syntax "IF . THEN (IF .
THEN . ELSE.) ELSE ." is used to avoid ambiguities.
NOTE: The conditions are defined in Table 4-1a.
Applicability - Comments
This column contains a verbal description of the condition.
Additional Information - Specific ICS
This column contains the mnemonics of ICS(s) affecting the dynamic behaviour of the TC.
NOTE: ICS items specified in 3GPP TS 34.123-2 [8] and 3GPP TS 34.229-2 [45] can be referred, to avoid
redundant definitions.
Additional Information - Specific IXIT
This column contains the mnemonics of IXIT(s) affecting the dynamic behaviour of the TC.
Additional Information - Number of TC Executions
This column contains, wherever applicable, the recommended for certification purposes number of TC
executions. It may contain also other information e.g. exceptions to the release applicable to the test. Clarifying
notes are listed in Table 4-1b.
Additional Information - Release other RAT
In regard to a particular test case, this column provides information on the release which is used by the simulated
network in the other (i.e. non E-UTRA) RAT(s) where applicable. For each applicable RAT the release shall be
indicated in the format 'Rel-X RAT'. When multiple RATs are applicable the entries per RAT shall be separated
by a comma. When a value for a 3GPP RAT is not provided but the RAT is in the scope of the test case then for
this RAT the release indicated in the Release column applies (per default).
EXAMPLES:
Rel-9 UTRA FDD, Rel-8 GERAN or simply as Rel-9 UTRA FDD
(meaning that the UTRA FDD will simulate Rel-9 and the GERAN Rel-8 behaviours)
Rel-9 UTRA TDD
(meaning that the UTRA LCR TDD network will simulate Rel-9 behaviours)
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NOTE 2: To meet the validation requirements from certification bodies then there is a need to uniquely reference the FDD and TDD branch of common FDD and TDD test
cases. The FDD and TDD branches of common FDD and TDD test cases can be referenced by amending a "FDD" or "TDD" suffix to the test case clause number.
For example for AM RLC test case 7.2.3.13 the FDD and TDD branches can be identified by "7.2.3.13 FDD" and "7.2.3.13 TDD".
Table 4-1: Applicability of tests and additional information for testing
Clause TC Title Release Applicability Additional
Information
Cond Comment Specific ICS Specific IXIT Number of TC Release other
ition Executions RAT
6 IDLE MODE
Rel-8 R UEs supporting E-UTRA pc_eFDD Either TC 6.1.1.1
6.1.1.1 PLMN selection of RPLMN,
HPLMN/EHPLMN, UPLMN and or TC 6.1.1.1b
OPLMN / Automatic mode shall be executed.
(Note 4)
pc_eTDD
6.1.1.1a PLMN selection / Automatic Rel-8 C142 UEs supporting E-UTRA FDD and E-UTRA TDD
mode/ between FDD and TDD
6.1.1.1b PLMN selection of RPLMN, Rel-8 R UEs supporting E-UTRA. This test is 'cells on single pc_eFDD Either TC 6.1.1.1
HPLMN/EHPLMN, UPLMN and frequency only' equivalent of TC 6.1.1.1 or TC 6.1.1.1b
OPLMN / Automatic mode / shall be executed.
Single Frequency operation (Note 4)
pc_eTDD
6.1.1.2 PLMN selection of "Other Rel-8 R UEs supporting E-UTRA pc_eFDD Either TC 6.1.1.2
PLMN/access technology or TC 6.1.1.2a
combinations" / Automatic mode shall be executed.
(Note 4)
pc_eTDD
6.1.1.2a PLMN selection of "Other Rel-8 R UEs supporting E-UTRA This test is 'cells on single pc_eFDD Either TC 6.1.1.2
PLMN/access technology frequency only' equivalent of 6.1.1.2 or TC 6.1.1.2a
combinations" / Automatic mode shall be executed.
/ Single Frequency operation (Note 4)
pc_eTDD
6.1.1.3 Cell reselection of ePLMN in Rel-8 C224 UEs supporting E-UTRA and NOT Category M1 pc_eFDD Either TC 6.1.1.3
manual mode c or TC 6.1.1.3b
shall be executed.
(Note 4)
pc_eTDD
6.1.1.3a Cell reselection of ePLMN in Rel-9 C142 UEs supporting E-UTRA FDD and E-UTRA TDD and Note 3
manual mode / between FDD a NOT Category M1
and TDD
Rel-8 R UEs supporting E-UTRA. T
...