ETSI TS 102 221 V15.3.0 (2019-07)

Smart Cards; UICC-Terminal interface; Physical and logical characteristics (Release 15)

RTS/SCP-T102221vf30

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 18-Jul-2019
• Technical Committee: SET TEC - SET-TEC
• Current Stage: 12 - Completion
• Due Date: 24-Jul-2019
• Completion Date: 19-Jul-2019
• Mandate: M/441

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
Smart Cards;
UICC-Terminal interface;
Physical and logical characteristics
(Release 15)
Release 15 2 ETSI TS 102 221 V15.3.0 (2019-07)

Reference
RTS/SCP-T102221vf30
Keywords
smart card
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 12
Foreword . 12
Modal verbs terminology . 12
Introduction . 13
1 Scope . 14
2 References . 14
2.1 Normative references . 14
2.2 Informative references . 16
3 Definition of terms, symbols, abbreviations and coding conventions . 16
3.1 Terms . 16
3.2 Symbols . 18
3.3 Abbreviations . 19
3.4 Coding conventions . 21
4 Physical characteristics. 21
4.0 UICC Form Factors . 21
4.0.0 Generic requirements . 21
4.0.1 ID-1 UICC . 21
4.0.2 Plug-in UICC . 21
4.0.3 Mini-UICC . 22
4.0.4 4FF . 23
4.1 ID-1 UICC . 24
4.2 Plug-in UICC . 24
4.3 Mini-UICC . 24
4.4 Environmental conditions for card operation and storage . 24
4.4.0 Standard UICC environmental conditions . 24
4.4.1 Specific UICC environmental conditions . 25
4.4.1.0 Specific UICC environmental conditions indication . 25
4.4.1.1 Temperature range for specific UICC environmental conditions. 25
4.4.1.2 High humidity . 25
4.5 Contacts . 25
4.5.1 Provision of contacts . 25
4.5.1.1 Terminal . 25
4.5.1.2 UICC . 25
4.5.2 Contact activation and deactivation . 26
4.5.2.1 Contacts assigned by the present document . 26
4.5.2.2 Optional contacts . 26
4.5.3 Inactive contacts . 26
4.5.4 Contact pressure . 26
5 Electrical specifications of the UICC - Terminal interface . 27
5.0 General requirements . 27
5.1 Class A operating conditions . 27
5.1.1 Supply voltage Vcc (contact C1) . 27
5.1.2 Reset (RST) (contact C2) . 28
5.1.3 Programming voltage Vpp (contact C6) . 28
5.1.4 Clock CLK (contact C3) . 28
5.1.5 I/O (contact C7) . 29
5.2 Class B operating conditions . 29
5.2.1 Supply voltage Vcc (contact C1) . 29
5.2.2 Reset (RST) (contact C2) . 30
5.2.3 Clock CLK (contact C3) . 30
5.2.4 I/O (contact C7) . 30
5.3 Class C operating conditions . 31
5.3.1 Supply voltage Vcc (contact C1) . 31
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5.3.2 Reset (RST) (contact C2) . 31
5.3.3 Clock CLK (contact C3) . 31
5.3.4 I/O (contact C7) . 32
6 Initial communication establishment procedures . 32
6.1 UICC activation and deactivation. 32
6.2 Supply voltage switching . 32
6.2.0 UICC activation voltage . 32
6.2.1 Supply voltage classes . 33
6.2.2 Power consumption of the UICC during ATR . 33
6.2.3 Application related electrical parameters . 33
6.3 Answer To Reset content . 34
6.3.0 Introduction. 34
6.3.1 Coding of historical bytes . 34
6.3.2 Speed enhancement. 34
6.3.3 Global Interface bytes . 35
6.4 PPS procedure . 35
6.5 Reset procedures . 36
6.5.1 Cold reset . 36
6.5.2 Warm reset . 36
6.5.3 Reaction to resets . 36
6.6 Clock stop mode . 36
6.7 Bit/character duration and sampling time . 36
6.8 Error handling . 37
6.9 Compatibility . 37
7 Transmission protocols. 37
7.0 Introduction . 37
7.1 Physical layer . 38
7.2 Data link layer . 38
7.2.0 Introduction. 38
7.2.1 Character frame . 39
7.2.1.0 Structure, coding and timing . 39
7.2.1.1 Low impedance I/O line behaviour . 39
7.2.2 Transmission protocol T = 0 . 40
7.2.2.0 Introduction . 40
7.2.2.1 Timing and specific options for characters in T = 0 . 40
7.2.2.2 Command header . 40
7.2.2.3 Command processing . 40
7.2.2.3.0 General description . 40
7.2.2.3.1 Procedure bytes . 40
7.2.2.3.2 Status bytes . 41
7.2.2.4 Error detection and correction . 41
7.2.3 Transmission protocol T = 1 . 41
7.2.3.0 Introduction . 41
7.2.3.1 Timing and specific options for blocks sent with T = 1 . 42
7.2.3.1.0 Introduction . 42
7.2.3.1.1 Information field size . 42
7.2.3.1.2 Character waiting integer. 42
7.2.3.1.3 Character waiting time . 42
7.2.3.1.4 Block waiting time . 42
7.2.3.1.5 Block guard time . 42
7.2.3.1.6 Waiting time extension . 43
7.2.3.1.7 Error detection code . 43
7.2.3.2 Block frame structure . 43
7.2.3.2.0 Overall structure . 43
7.2.3.2.1 Prologue field . 43
7.2.3.2.2 Epilogue field . 45
7.2.3.2.3 Block notations . 45
7.2.3.3 Error free operation . 46
7.2.3.4 Error handling for T = 1 . 46
7.2.3.4.0 General description . 46
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7.2.3.4.1 Protocol initialization . 47
7.2.3.4.2 Block dependent errors . 47
7.2.3.5 Chaining . 47
7.2.3.5.0 Chaining Mechanism . 47
7.2.3.5.1 Rules for chaining. 48
7.3 Transport layer . 48
7.3.0 Introduction. 48
7.3.1 Transportation of an APDU using T = 0 . 48
7.3.1.0 Introduction . 48
7.3.1.1 Mapping of APDUs to TPDUs . 48
7.3.1.1.0 General behaviour . 48
7.3.1.1.1 Case 1 . 49
7.3.1.1.2 Case 2 . 49
7.3.1.1.3 Case 3 . 50
7.3.1.1.4 Case 4 . 51
7.3.1.1.5 Use of procedure bytes '61xx' and '6Cxx' . 52
7.3.2 Transportation of a APDU using T = 1 . 53
7.3.2.0 General mechanism . 53
7.3.2.1 Case 1 . 53
7.3.2.2 Case 2 . 53
7.3.2.3 Case 3 . 54
7.3.2.4 Case 4 . 54
7.4 Application layer . 54
7.4.0 Overall description . 54
7.4.1 Exchange of APDUs . 55
7.4.2 CAT layer . 55
7.4.2.0 Overview . 55
7.4.2.1 Proactive command . 55
7.4.2.2 ENVELOPE Commands . 56
7.4.3 Application execution . 56
8 Application and file structure . 57
8.1 UICC application structure . 57
8.2 File types . 57
8.2.0 Introduction. 57
8.2.1 Dedicated files . 58
8.2.2 Elementary files . 58
8.2.2.1 Transparent EF . 58
8.2.2.2 Linear fixed EF . 58
8.2.2.3 Cyclic EF . 58
8.2.2.4 BER-TLV structure EF . 59
8.3 File referencing . 59
8.4 Methods for selecting a file . 59
8.4.0 Default state after UICC activation and ATR . 59
8.4.1 SELECT by File Identifier referencing . 60
8.4.2 SELECT by path referencing . 61
8.4.3 Short File Identifier (SFI) . 62
8.5 Application characteristics . 62
8.5.0 Application selection types . 62
8.5.1 Explicit application selection . 62
8.5.1.1 SELECT by DF name . 62
8.5.1.2 SELECT by partial DF name . 63
8.5.2 Application session activation . 63
8.5.3 Application session termination . 63
8.5.4 Application session reset . 64
8.5.5 Void . 64
8.6 Reservation of file Ids . 64
8.7 Logical channels . 65
8.8 Shareable versus not-shareable files . 66
8.9 Secure channels . 66
9 Security features . 67
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9.0 Introduction . 67
9.1 Supported security features . 67
9.2 Security architecture . 68
9.2.0 Overview and basic rules . 68
9.2.1 Security attributes . 68
9.2.2 Access mode . 68
9.2.3 Security condition . 68
9.2.4 Access rules . 68
9.2.5 Compact format . 69
9.2.6 Expanded format . 69
9.2.7 Access rule referencing . 70
9.3 Security environment . 70
9.3.0 Description . 70
9.3.1 Definition of the security environment . 71
9.3.2 Logical Channels and Security Environment . 71
9.4 PIN definitions . 72
9.4.0 Introduction. 72
9.4.1 Universal PIN . 72
9.4.2 Application PIN . 72
9.4.3 Local PIN . 72
9.4.4 PINs and logical channels . 72
9.5 PIN and key reference relationship . 73
9.5.0 Introduction. 73
9.5.1 Access condition mapping . 73
9.5.2 PIN status indication . 74
10 Structure of commands and responses . 75
10.1 Command APDU . 75
10.1.0 Structure and case . 75
10.1.1 Coding of Class Byte . 76
10.1.2 Coding of Instruction Byte . 77
10.1.3 Coding of parameter bytes . 78
10.1.4 Coding of Lc byte . 78
10.1.5 Coding of data part . 78
10.1.6 Coding of Le byte . 78
10.2 Response APDU . 78
10.2.0 Structure . 78
10.2.1 Status conditions returned by the UICC . 78
10.2.1.0 Introduction . 78
10.2.1.1 Normal processing . 79
10.2.1.2 Postponed processing . 79
10.2.1.3 Warnings . 79
10.2.1.4 Execution errors . 79
10.2.1.5 Checking errors . 80
10.2.1.5.0 Base checking errors . 80
10.2.1.5.1 Functions in CLA not supported . 80
10.2.1.5.2 Command not allowed . 80
10.2.1.5.3 Wrong parameters . 80
10.2.1.6 Application errors . 81
10.2.2 Status words of the commands . 82
10.3 Logical channels . 84
11 Commands . 84
11.1 Generic commands . 84
11.1.0 Introduction. 84
11.1.1 SELECT . 84
11.1.1.1 Functional description . 84
11.1.1.2 Command parameters and data . 84
11.1.1.3 Response Data . 85
11.1.1.3.0 Base coding . 85
11.1.1.3.1 Response for MF, DF or ADF . 86
11.1.1.3.2 Response for an EF . 86
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11.1.1.4 File control parameters . 86
11.1.1.4.1 File size. 86
11.1.1.4.2 Total file size . 87
11.1.1.4.3 File Descriptor . 87
11.1.1.4.4 File identifier . 88
11.1.1.4.5 DF name . 88
11.1.1.4.6 Proprietary information . 88
11.1.1.4.7 Security attributes . 92
11.1.1.4.8 Short file identifier . 94
11.1.1.4.9 Life cycle status integer . 94
11.1.1.4.10 PIN status template DO . 94
11.1.2 STATUS . 95
11.1.2.1 Functional description . 95
11.1.2.2 Command parameters. 95
11.1.3 READ BINARY . 96
11.1.3.1 Functional description . 96
11.1.3.2 Command parameters. 96
11.1.4 UPDATE BINARY . 96
11.1.4.1 Functional parameters . 96
11.1.4.2 Command parameters and data . 97
11.1.5 READ RECORD . 97
11.1.5.1 Functional description . 97
11.1.5.2 Command parameters. 98
11.1.6 UPDATE RECORD . 98
11.1.6.1 Functional description . 98
11.1.6.2 Command parameters and data . 99
11.1.7 SEARCH RECORD . 99
11.1.7.1 Functional description . 99
11.1.7.2 Command parameters and data .
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