ETSI TS 136 579-5 V15.1.0 (2023-01)

LTE; Mission Critical (MC) services over LTE; Part 5: Abstract test suite (ATS) (3GPP TS 36.579-5 version 15.1.0 Release 15)

RTS/TSGR-0536579-5vf10

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• Technical Committee: 3GPP RAN 5 - Mobile Terminal Conformance Testing (formely T1)
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• Completion Date: 24-Jan-2023

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ETSI TS 136 579-5 V15.1.0 (2023-01)






TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
LTE;
Mission Critical (MC) services over LTE;
Part 5: Abstract test suite (ATS)
(3GPP TS 36.579-5 version 15.1.0 Release 15)

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3GPP TS 36.579-5 version 15.1.0 Release 15 3 ETSI TS 136 579-5 V15.1.0 (2023-01)
Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 2
Legal Notice . 2
Modal verbs terminology . 2
Foreword . 5
1 Scope . 6
2 References . 6
3 Definitions, symbols and abbreviations . 9
3.1 Definitions . 9
3.2 Symbols . 10
3.3 Abbreviations . 10
4 Test system architecture . 10
4.1 General system architecture . 10
4.2 Component architecture . 10
5 Test models . 10
5.1 MCX test model with TTCN based E-UTRA/EPC implementation (MCX EUTRA test model) . 10
5.1.1 MCX Client on-network test model . 10
5.1.2 MCX Client off-network test model . 11
5.2 MCX test model with SS based E-UTRA/EPC implementation (MCX IPCAN test model) . 11
5.2.1 MCX Client on-network test model . 11
6 System interface . 13
6.1 Upper tester interface . 13
6.2 Abstract system primitives . 13
7 Test methods and design considerations . 14
7.0 Introduction . 14
7.1 Media plane signalling . 14
7.1.1 MCPTT . 14
7.1.1.1 Void. 14
7.1.1.2 UDP/IP handling . 14
7.1.1.3 RTP/RTCP handling . 14
7.1.1.4 Media Control handling . 14
7.1.1.5 SS pseudo-algorithm for RTP / RTCP / Media Plane Control handling . 14
7.1.2 MCVideo . 15
7.1.3 MCData . 15
7.3 Interactive connectivity establishment (ICE) for pre-established session . 18
8 Other SS requirements with TTCN-3 impact . 18
8.1 Codec requirements . 18
8.2 External function definitions . 19
9 IXIT Proforma . 24
9.1 General . 24
9.2 MCX . 25
9.2.1 MCX Client PIXIT . 25
9.2.2 MCX Server PIXIT . 30
9.2.3 MCX Constant PIXIT Definitions . 30
9.3 MCX IPCAN test model . 34
10 Postambles . 34
10.1 Introduction . 34
10.2 MCX . 34
Annex A (normative): Test Suites . 35
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A.1 Introduction . 35
A.2 Baseline of specifications . 35
A.3 MCX Client Test Suites . 35
A.3.1 MCPTT Client Test Suites . 35
A.3.2 MCVideo Client Test Suites . 38
A.3.3 MCData Client Test Suites . 38
Annex B (informative): Style Guide . 39
B.1 Introduction . 39
Annex C (normative): Common TTCN-3 Definitions . 40
C.0 Introduction . 40
Annex D (Normative): SIP Type Definitions and XSD References . 46
D.1 XML Schema Definitions (XSD) . 46
D.2 Common TTCN-3 Libraries . 52
Annex E (normative): TTCN-3 Definitions for the MCX IPCAN test model . 53
E.0 Introduction . 53
E.1 MCX_IPCAN_ASP_TypeDefs . 53
E.2 MCX_CommonIPCAN . 58
E.3 CommonDefs . 59
E.4 References to TTCN-3 . 60
Annex F (informative): Change history . 61
History . 64

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3GPP TS 36.579-5 version 15.1.0 Release 15 5 ETSI TS 136 579-5 V15.1.0 (2023-01)
Foreword
This Technical Specification has been produced by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP).
The contents of the present document are subject to continuing work within the TSG and may change following formal
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The present document is part 1 of a multi-part conformance test specification for Mission Critical services over LTE
consisting of:
3GPP TS 36.579-1 [2]: "Mission Critical (MC) services over LTE; Part 1: Common test environment"
3GPP TS 36.579-2 [3]: "Mission Critical (MC) services over LTE; Part 2: Mission Critical Push To Talk
(MCPTT) User Equipment (UE) Protocol conformance specification"
3GPP TS 36.579-3 [4]: "Mission Critical (MC) services over LTE; Part 3: Mission Critical Push To Talk
(MCPTT) Server Application conformance specification"
3GPP TS 36.579-4 [5]: "Mission Critical (MC) services over LTE; Part 4: Test Applicability and
Implementation Conformance Statement (ICS) proforma specification"
3GPP TS 36.579-5: "Mission Critical (MC) services over LTE; Part 5: Abstract test suite (ATS)" (the
present specification)
3GPP TS 36.579-6 [59]: "Mission Critical (MC) services over LTE; Part 6: Mission Critical Video (MCVideo)
User Equipment (UE) Protocol conformance specification"
3GPP TS 36.579-7 [60]: "Mission Critical (MC) services over LTE; Part 7: Mission Critical Data (MCData)
User Equipment (UE) Protocol conformance specification"
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1 Scope
The present document specifies the protocol and signalling conformance testing in TTCN-3 for the Mission Critical
services over LTE signalling and protocol requirements defined by 3GPP.
The following TTCN test specification and design considerations can be found in the present document:
- the test system architecture;
- the overall test suite structure;
- the test models and ASP definitions;
- the test methods and usage of communication ports definitions;
- the test configurations;
- the design principles and assumptions;
- TTCN styles and conventions;
- the partial Implementation eXtra Information for Testing (IXIT) proforma;
- the test suites.
The Abstract Test Suites designed in the document are based on the test cases specified in 3GPP TS 36.579-2 [3], TS
36.579-6 [59] and TS 36.579-7 [60]. The test cases specified in 3GPP TS 36.579-3 [4] are out of scope of the present
document.
The applicability of the individual test cases is specified in the test ICS proforma specification in 3GPP TS 36.579-4
[5]). Where appropriate the Abstract Test Suites belonging to the present specification may refer to other Abstract Test
Suites e.g. 3GPP TS 36.523-3 [27] for test requirements related to the EPS (LTE) bearers which carry the Mission
Critical services data.
The present document is valid for TTCN development for Mission Critical services clients' conformance tests according
to 3GPP Releases starting from Release 14 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 unless the context in which the reference is made suggests a different Release is
relevant (information on the applicable release in a particular context can be found in e.g. test case title,
description or applicability, message description or content).
[1] 3GPP TR 21.905: "Vocabulary for 3GPP Specifications".
[2] 3GPP TS 36.579-1: "Mission Critical (MC) services over LTE; Part 1: Common test
environment".
[3] 3GPP TS 36.579-2: "Mission Critical (MC) services over LTE; Part 2: Mission Critical Push To
Talk (MCPTT) User Equipment (UE) Protocol conformance specification".
[4] 3GPP TS 36.579-3: "Mission Critical (MC) services over LTE; Part 3: Mission Critical Push To
Talk (MCPTT) Server Application conformance specification".
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[5] 3GPP TS 36.579-4: "Mission Critical (MC) services over LTE; Part 4: Test Applicability and
Implementation Conformance Statement (ICS) proforma specification".
[6] 3GPP TS 36.523-1: "User Equipment (UE) conformance specification; Part 1: Protocol
conformance specification"
[7] 3GPP TS 22.179: "Mission Critical Push To Talk (MCPTT) over LTE; Stage 1".
[8] Void.
[9] 3GPP TS 24.379: "Mission Critical Push To Talk (MCPTT) call control; Protocol specification".
[10] 3GPP TS 24.380: "Mission Critical Push To Talk (MCPTT) floor control; Protocol specification".
[11] 3GPP TS 24.481: "Mission Critical Services (MCS) group management; Protocol specification".
[12] 3GPP TS 24.482: "Mission Critical Services (MCS) identity management; Protocol specification".
[13] 3GPP TS 24.483: "Mission Critical Services (MCS) Management Object (MO)".
[14] 3GPP TS 24.484: "Mission Critical Services (MCS) configuration management; Protocol
specification".
[15] 3GPP TS 33.179: "Security of Mission Critical Push-To-Talk (MCPTT)".
[16] 3GPP TS 24.229: "IP multimedia call control protocol based on Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
and Session Description Protocol (SDP); Stage 3".
[17] 3GPP TS 24.237: "IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) Service Continuity; Stage 3".
[18] 3GPP TS 29.468: "Group Communication System Enablers for LTE (GCSE_LTE); MB2
Reference Point; Stage 3".
[19] 3GPP TS 24.301: "Non-Access-Stratum (NAS) protocol for Evolved Packet System (EPS); Stage
3".
[20] 3GPP TS 24.008: "Mobile Radio Interface Layer 3 specification; Core Network Protocols; Stage
3".
[21] 3GPP TS 23.003: "Numbering, addressing and identification".
[22] ISO/IEC 9646-1: "Information technology - Open Systems Interconnection - Conformance testing
methodology and framework - Part 1: General concepts".
[23] ISO/IEC 9646-7: "Information technology - Open systems interconnection - Conformance testing
methodology and framework - Part 7: Implementation Conformance Statements".
[24] 3GPP TS 23.303: "Proximity-based services (ProSe); Stage 2".
[25] IETF RFC 4566 (July 2006): "SDP: Session Description Protocol".
[26] 3GPP TS 26.171: "Speech codec speech processing functions; Adaptive Multi-Rate - Wideband
(AMR-WB) speech codec; General description".
[27] 3GPP TS 36.523-3: "Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) and Evolved Packet
Core (EPC); User Equipment (UE) conformance specification; Part 3: Test suites".
[28] 3GPP TS 34.229-3: "Internet Protocol (IP) multimedia call control protocol based on Session
Initiation Protocol (SIP) and Session Description Protocol (SDP); User Equipment (UE)
conformance specification; Part 3: Abstract Test Suites (ATS)".
[29] ISO/IEC 9646-1: "Information technology - Open Systems Interconnection - Conformance testing
methodology and framework - Part 1: General concepts".
[30] ISO/IEC 9646-7: "Information technology - Open systems interconnection - Conformance testing
methodology and framework - Part 7: Implementation Conformance Statements".
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[31] ETSI ES 201 873: "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and Test Control
Notation version 3".
[32] IETF RFC 3711: "The Secure Real-time Transport Protocol (SRTP)".
[33] 3GPP TS 27.007: "AT command set for User Equipment (UE)".
[34] IETF RFC 4661: "An Extensible Markup Language (XML)-Based Format for Event Notification
Filtering".
[34] IETF RFC 4826: "Extensible Markup Language (XML) Formats for Representing Resource
Lists".
[35] W3C: "XML Encryption Syntax and Processing Version 1.1", https://www.w3.org/TR/xmlenc-
core1/.
[36] W3C: "XML Signature Syntax and Processing (Second Edition)", http://www.w3.org/TR/xmldsig-
core/.
[37] OMA - poc_listService-v1_0: "List Service".
[40] OMA - xdm_commonPolicy-V1_0: "XDM - Common Policy".
[39] OMA - xdm_extensions-v1_0: "XDM - XDM2 - Extensions".
[40] OMA - xdm_rsrclst_uriusage-v1_0: "Resource List - URI usage".
[41] W3C: "XML Encryption Syntax and Processing Version 1.1", https://www.w3.org/TR/xmlenc-
core1/.
[42] W3C: "XML Signature Syntax and Processing (Second Edition)", http://www.w3.org/TR/xmldsig-
core/.
[43] 3GPP TS 33.180: "Security of the mission critical service".
[44] IETF RFC 6507: "Elliptic Curve-Based Certificateless Signatures for Identity-Based Encryption
(ECCSI)".
[45] IETF RFC 6508: "Sakai-Kasahara Key Encryption (SAKKE)".
[46] IETF RFC 6509 (February 2012): ''MIKEY-SAKKE: Sakai-Kasahara Key Encryption in
Multimedia Internet KEYing (MIKEY)''.
[47] IETF RFC 3394: "Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) Key Wrap Algorithm".
[48] W3C: "XML Signature Syntax and Processing (Second Edition)", http://www.w3.org/TR/xmldsig-
core/.
[49] IETF RFC 7515: "JSON Web Signature (JWS)".
[50] IETF RFC 5261: "An Extensible Markup Language (XML) Patch Operations Framework Utilizing
XML Path Language (XPath) Selectors".
[51] IETF RFC 5874: "An Extensible Markup Language (XML) Document Format for Indicating a
Change in XML Configuration Access Protocol (XCAP) Resources".
[52] IETF RFC 4354: "A Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Event Package and Data Format for Various
Settings in Support for the Push-to-Talk over Cellular (PoC) Service".
[53] IETF RFC 3986: "Uniform Resource Identifier (URI): Generic Syntax".
[54] 3GPP TS 23.280: "Common functional architecture to support mission critical services".
[55] 3GPP TS 24.281: "Mission Critical Video (MCVideo) signalling control; Protocol specification"
[56] 3GPP TS 24.581: "Mission Critical Video (MCVideo) media plane control; Protocol specification"
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[57] 3GPP TS 24.282: "Mission Critical Data (MCData) signalling control; Protocol specification"
[58] 3GPP TS 24.582: "Mission Critical Data (MCData) media plane control; Protocol specification"
[59] 3GPP TS 36.579-6: "Mission Critical (MC) services over LTE; Part 6: Mission Critical Video
(MCVideo) User Equipment (UE) Protocol conformance specification"
[60] 3GPP TS 36.579-7: "Mission Critical (MC) services over LTE; Part 7: Mission Critical Data
(MCData) User Equipment (UE) Protocol conformance specification"
[61] 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".
[62] IETF RFC 4122: "A Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID) URN Namespace"
[63] IETF RFC 5245: "Interactive Connectivity Establishment (ICE): A Protocol for Network Address
Translator (NAT) Traversal for Offer/Answer Protocols"
[64] IETF RFC 3830: "MIKEY: Multimedia Internet KEYing".
[65] IETF RFC 6509 (February 2012): ''MIKEY-SAKKE: Sakai-Kasahara Key Encryption in
Multimedia Internet KEYing (MIKEY)''.
[66] IETF RFC 6043: "MIKEY-TICKET: Ticket-Based Modes of Key Distribution in Multimedia
Internet KEYing (MIKEY)".
[67] IETF RFC 3550: "RTP: A Transport Protocol for Real-Time Applications".
[68] IETF RFC 4975: "The Message Session Relay Proto
...