ETSI TS 136 509 V16.5.0 (2023-04)

LTE; Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) and Evolved Packet Core (EPC); Special conformance testing functions for User Equipment (UE) (3GPP TS 36.509 version 16.5.0 Release 16)

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• Technical Committee: 3GPP RAN 5 - Mobile Terminal Conformance Testing (formely T1)
• Current Stage: 12 - Citation in the OJ (auto-insert)
• Completion Date: 26-Apr-2023

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ETSI TS 136 509 V16.5.0 (2023-04)






TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
LTE;
Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA)
and Evolved Packet Core (EPC);
Special conformance testing functions
for User Equipment (UE)
(3GPP TS 36.509 version 16.5.0 Release 16)

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3GPP TS 36.509 version 16.5.0 Release 16 3 ETSI TS 136 509 V16.5.0 (2023-04)
Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 2
Legal Notice . 2
Modal verbs terminology . 2
Foreword . 6
Introduction . 6
1 Scope . 7
2 References . 7
3 Definitions and abbreviations . 9
3.1 Definitions . 9
3.2 Abbreviations . 9
4 UE special conformance test functions . 10
4.1 General description. 10
4.2 Requirements for UE support of test functions . 10
5 Test Control (TC) protocol procedures and test loop operation . 10
5.1 General description. 10
5.2 Security protection of test control messages . 29
5.3 UE test mode procedures . 29
5.3.1 General . 29
5.3.2 Activate UE test mode . 30
5.3.2.1 General . 30
5.3.2.2 Initiation . 31
5.3.2.3 Reception of ACTIVATE TEST MODE message or AT Command +CATM by UE . 31
5.3.3 Deactivate UE test mode . 32
5.3.3.1 General . 33
5.3.3.2 Initiation . 33
5.3.3.3 Reception of DEACTIVATE TEST MODE message or AT Command +CATM by UE . 33
5.4 UE test loop procedures . 34
5.4.1 General . 34
5.4.2 Close UE test loop . 34
5.4.2.1 General . 35
5.4.2.1a UE test loop mode A PDCP SDU and UE test loop mode B IP PDU buffer size requirement . 36
5.4.2.1b UE test loop mode G and UE test loop mode H buffer size, User data container size and TP-
User-Data buffer size requirements . 36
5.4.2.2 Initiation . 37
5.4.2.3 Reception of CLOSE UE TEST LOOP message by the UE . 37
5.4.2.4 Reception of AT Command +CCUTLE by the UE. 43
5.4.3 UE test loop mode A operation . 44
5.4.4 UE test loop mode B operation . 46
5.4.4.1 Void. 46
5.4.4.2 Reception of IP PDUs when UE is in E-UTRA or NB-IoT mode . 46
5.4.4.3 Expiry of T_delay_modeB timer when UE is in E-UTRA or NB-IoT mode . 46
5.4.4.4 Reception of IP PDUs when UE is in UTRA mode . 46
5.4.4.5 Expiry of T_delay_modeB timer when UE is in UTRA mode . 47
5.4.4.6 Reception of IP PDUs when UE is in GSM/GPRS mode . 47
5.4.4.7 Expiry of T_delay_modeB timer when UE is in GSM/GPRS mode. 47
5.4.4.8 Reception of IP PDUs when UE is in CDMA2000 mode . 47
5.4.4.9 Expiry of T_delay_modeB timer when UE is in CDMA2000 mode . 48
5.4.4.10 Establishment of the RRC/RR connection in E-UTRA, NB-IoT, UTRA, GSM/GPRS and
CDMA2000 mode . 48
5.4.4.11 Release of RRC/RR connection in E-UTRA, NB-IoT, UTRA, GSM/GPRS and CDMA2000
mode after T_delay_modeB timer has expired . 48
5.4.4a UE test loop mode C operation . 48
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5.4.4a.1 Reception of MBMS packets . 48
5.4.4a.2 Release of RRC connection. 49
5.4.4b UE test loop mode D operation . 49
5.4.4b.1 Monitor or Announce ProSe Direct Discovery . 49
5.4.4b.2 Release of RRC connection. 50
5.4.4c UE test loop mode E operation . 50
5.4.4c.1 Receive or Transmit ProSe Direct or V2X Communication . 50
5.4.4c.2 Release of RRC connection. 52
5.4.4c.3 Transition from RRC Idle/Connected to Any Cell Selection state . 52
5.4.4c.4 V2X operation . 52
5.4.4d UE test loop mode F operation . 53
5.4.4d.1 Reception of MBMS packets . 53
5.4.4d.2 Release of RRC connection. 53
5.4.4e UE test loop mode G operation . 53
5.4.4e.1 Reception of ESM DATA TRANSPORT message . 53
5.4.4e.2 Expiry of T_delay_modeGH timer when UE test loop mode G is active . 54
5.4.4f UE test loop mode H operation . 54
5.4.4f.1 Reception of TPDU . 54
5.4.4f.2 Expiry of T_delay_modeGH timer when UE test loop mode H is active . 55
5.4.4g UE test loop mode I operation . 56
5.4.4g.1 Reception of ESM DATA TRANSPORT message . 56
5.4.5 Open UE test loop . 56
5.4.5.1 General . 56
5.4.5.2 Initiation . 56
5.4.5.3 Reception of OPEN UE TEST LOOP message or AT Command +CCUTLE by the UE . 56
5.5 UE Positioning test mode procedures . 57
5.5.1 Reset UE Positioning Stored Information . 57
5.5.1.1 General . 57
5.5.1.2 Initiation . 58
5.5.1.3 Reception of RESET UE POSITIONING STORED INFORMATION message by UE . 58
5.5.2 Update UE Location Information . 58
5.5.2.1 General . 59
5.5.2.2 Initiation . 59
5.5.2.3 Reception of UPDATE UE LOCATION INFORMATION message by UE . 59
5.5.3 UTC time reset . 59
5.5.3.1 General . 59
5.5.3.2 Initiation . 59
5.5.3.3 Reception of AT Command +CUTCR by UE . 59
5.6 MBMS Packet Counter reporting procedure . 60
5.6.1 Request MBMS Packet Counter value. 60
5.6.1.1 General . 60
5.6.1.2 Initiation . 60
5.6.1.3 Reception of UE TEST LOOP MODE C MBMS PACKET COUNTER REQUEST by the UE . 60
5.7 ProSe Packet Counter reporting procedure . 61
5.7.1 Request ProSe Packet Counter value . 61
5.7.1.1 General . 61
5.7.1.2 Initiation . 61
5.7.1.3 Reception of UE TEST LOOP PROSE COUNTER REQUEST by the UE . 62
5.7.1.4 Reception of AT Command +CUSPCREQ by the UE . 62
5.8 SC-PTM Packet Counter reporting procedure . 63
5.8.1 Request SC-PTM Packet Counter value . 63
5.8.1.1 General . 63
5.8.1.2 Initiation . 63
5.8.1.3 Reception of UE TEST LOOP MODE F SCPTM PACKET COUNTER REQUEST by the UE . 63
5.9 Antenna Test Function measurement procedure . 63
5.9.0 Measurements definition . 64
5.9.0.1 Reference Signal Antenna Power (RSAP) definition . 64
5.9.0.2 Reference Signal Antenna Relative Phase (RSARP) definition . 64
5.9.1 Request Antenna Information values . 65
5.9.1.1 General . 65
5.9.1.2 Initiation . 65
5.9.1.3 Reception of ANTENNA INFORMATION REQUEST by the UE . 65
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5.9.2 UE ATF requirements . 66
5.9.2.1 RSAP . 66
5.9.2.2 RSARP . 66
5.10 Set UL Message test function . 67
5.10.1 General . 67
5.10.2 Initiation . 67
5.10.3 Reception of SET UL MESSAGE REQUEST message by UE . 67
6 Message definitions and contents . 67
6.1 CLOSE UE TEST LOOP . 68
6.2 CLOSE UE TEST LOOP COMPLETE . 73
6.3 OPEN UE TEST LOOP . 73
6.4 OPEN UE TEST LOOP COMPLETE . 73
6.5 ACTIVATE TEST MODE . 74
6.6 ACTIVATE TEST MODE COMPLETE . 74
6.7 DEACTIVATE TEST MODE . 74
6.8 DEACTIVATE TEST MODE COMPLETE . 75
6.9 RESET UE POSITIONING STORED INFORMATION . 75
6.10 UE TEST LOOP MODE C MBMS PACKET COUNTER REQUEST . 76
6.11 UE TEST LOOP MODE C MBMS PACKET COUNTER RESPONSE . 76
6.12 UPDATE UE LOCATION INFORMATION . 76
6.13 UE TEST LOOP PROSE PACKET COUNTER REQUEST . 78
6.14 UE TEST LOOP PROSE PACKET COUNTER RESPONSE . 78
6.15 UE TEST LOOP MODE F SCPTM PACKET COUNTER REQUEST . 81
6.16 UE TEST LOOP MODE F SCPTM PACKET COUNTER RESPONSE . 81
6.17 ANTENNA INFORMATION REQUEST . 81
6.18 ANTENNA INFORMATION RESPONSE . 82
6.19 SET UL MESSAGE . 84
6.19.1 SET UL MESSAGE REQUEST . 84
6.19.2 SET UL MESSAGE RESPONSE . 84
7 Variables, constants and timers . 84
7.1 State variables . 84
7.2 Constants . 86
7.3 Timers . 86
7.4 Configurable parameters . 87
8 Electrical Man Machine Interface (EMMI) . 87
9 Test application definition . 88
9.1 Definition of the UE ATF Client Application . 88
9.1.2 Message Definitions and Contents . 89
Annex A (informative): Void . 92
Annex B (normative): Pre-defined message containers used for testing . 93
Annex C (informative): Change history . 97
History . 100

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