ETSI ETS 300 607-1 ed.1 (1996-03)

Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2) (GSM); Mobile Station (MS) conformance specification; Part 1: Conformance specification (GSM 11.10-1)

DE/SMG-071110P-1

Digitalni celični telekomunikacijski sistem (faza 2) - Specifikacija skladnosti mobilne postaje (MS) - 1. del: Specifikacija skladnosti (GSM 11.10-1)

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 22-Apr-1996
• Technical Committee: SMG 7 - Mobile Station (MS) Testing
• Current Stage: 12 - Completion
• Due Date: 29-Mar-1996
• Completion Date: 23-Apr-1996
• Mandate: T-247
• Ref Project: SIST ETS 300 607-1 E1:2005 - Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2) (GSM); Mobile Station (MS) conformance specification; Part 1: Conformance specification (GSM 11.10-1)

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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
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Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2) (GSM); Mobile Station (MS)
conformance specification; Part 1: Conformance specification (GSM 11.10-1)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: ETS 300 607-1 Edition 1
ICS:
33.070.50 Globalni sistem za mobilno Global System for Mobile
telekomunikacijo (GSM) Communication (GSM)
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN ETS 300 607-1
TELECOMMUNICATION March 1996
STANDARD
Source: ETSI TC-SMG Reference: DE/SMG-07111OP-1
ICS: 33.060.50
Digital cellular telecommunications system, Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM)
Key words:
Digital cellular telecommunication system (Phase 2);
Mobile Station (MS) conformance specification;
Part 1: Conformance specification
(GSM 11.10-1)
ETSI
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Contents
Foreword.27
1 Scope.29
2 Normative references .29
3 Definitions, conventions, and applicability .35
3.1 Mobile station definition and configurations .35
3.2 Applicability.36
3.2.1 Applicability of this specification .36
3.2.2 Applicability of the individual tests .36
3.2.3 Applicability to terminal equipment.56
3.3 Definitions .56
3.4 Conventions for mathematical notations.57
3.4.1 Mathematical signs .57
3.4.2 Powers to the base 10.57
3.5 Conventions on electrical terms.57
3.5.1 Radio Frequency (RF) input signal level.57
3.5.2 Reference sensitivity level .58
3.5.3 Power level of fading signal .58
3.6 Terms on test conditions .58
3.6.1 Radio test conditions.58
4 Test Equipment.59
4.1 Terms used to describe test equipment in this ETS .59
4.2 Functional requirements of test equipment .59
5 Testing methodology in general (layers 1, 2, and 3).59
5.1 Testing of optional functions and procedures.59
5.2 Test interfaces and facilities .59
5.3 Different protocol layers.60
5.4 Information to be provided by the apparatus supplier.60
5.5 Definitions of transmit and receive times.60
6 Reference test methods. .61
6.1 General .61
6.2 Choice of frequencies in the frequency hopping mode.61
6.3 "Ideal" radio conditions.61
6.4 Standard test signals. .61
7 Implicit testing.62
8 Measurement uncertainty.62
9 Format of tests.62
10 Generic call set up procedures.63
10.1 Generic call set-up procedure for mobile terminating speech calls .63
10.1.1 Initial conditions .63
10.1.2 Definition of system information messages.63
10.1.3 Procedure.66
10.1.4 Specific message contents.66
10.2 Generic call set-up procedure for mobile originating speech calls.68
10.2.1 Initial conditions .68

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10.2.2 Definition of system information messages.68
10.2.3 Procedure .69
10.2.4 Specific message contents .69
10.3 Generic call set-up procedure for mobile terminating data calls.71
10.3.1 Initial conditions .71
10.3.2 Definition of system information messages.71
10.3.3 Procedure .72
10.3.4 Specific message contents .72
10.4 Generic call set-up procedure for mobile originating data calls.74
10.4.1 Initial conditions .74
10.4.2 Definition of system information messages.75
10.4.3 Procedure .75
10.4.4 Specific message contents .75
11 General tests.78
11.1 Verification of support and non-support of services (multiple numbering scheme or ISDN).78
11.1.1 Mobile Terminated (MT) calls.78
11.1.2 Mobile Originated (MO) calls .79
11.2 Verification of support of the single numbering scheme .80
11.3 Verification of non-support of services (Advice of Charge Charging (AOCC)).81
11.4 Verification of non-support of services (call hold) .83
11.5 Verification of non-support of services (multiparty).83
11.6 Verification of non-support of feature (Fixed Dialling Number (FDN)) .84
11.7 IMEI Security.85
12 Transceiver.86
12.1 Conducted spurious emissions .86
12.1.1 MS allocated a channel .86
12.1.2 MS in idle mode.88
12.2 Radiated spurious emissions.90
12.2.1 MS allocated a channel .90
12.2.2 MS in idle mode.92
13 Transmitter .94
13.1 Frequency error and phase error.94
13.2 Frequency error under multipath and interference conditions.98
13.3 Transmitter output power and burst timing .100
13.4 Output RF spectrum.107
13.5 Intermodulation attenuation.113
14 Receiver.114
14.1 Bad frame indication.121
14.1.1 Bad frame indication - TCH/FS.121
14.1.1.1 Bad frame indication - TCH/FS - Random RF input.121
14.1.1.2 Bad frame indication - TCH/FS - Frequency hopping and downlink
DTX.122
14.1.2 Bad frame indication - TCH/HS.123
14.1.2.1 Bad frame indication - TCH/HS - Random RF input .123
14.1.2.2 Bad frame indication - TCH/HS - Frequency hopping and downlink
DTX.124
14.2 Reference sensitivity .125
14.2.1 Reference sensitivity - TCH/FS .125
14.2.2 Reference sensitivity - TCH/HS (Speech frames).127
14.2.3 Reference sensitivity - FACCH/F .130
14.2.4 Reference sensitivity - FACCH/H.131
14.2.5 Reference sensitivity - full rate data channels .132
14.2.6 Reference sensitivity - half rate data channels.133
14.3 Usable receiver input level range.134
14.4 Co-channel rejection.136
14.4.1 Co-channel rejection - TCH/FS.136

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14.4.2 Co-channel rejection - TCH/HS. 137
14.4.3 Co-channel rejection - TCH/HS (SID frames). 140
14.4.4 Co-channel rejection - FACCH/F . 142
14.4.5 Co-channel rejection - FACCH/H . 143
14.5 Adjacent channel rejection . 144
14.5.1 Adjacent channel rejection - speech channels. 144
14.5.2 Adjacent channel rejection - control channels. 146
14.6 Intermodulation rejection. 148
14.6.1 Intermodulation rejection - speech channels . 148
14.6.2 Intermodulation rejection - control channels. 150
14.7 Blocking and spurious response . 152
14.7.1 Blocking and spurious response - speech channels. 152
14.7.2. Blocking and spurious response - control channels . 155
14.8 AM suppression. 159
14.8.1 AM suppression - speech channels . 159
14.8.2 AM suppression - control channels. 160
15 Timing advance and absolute delay . 162
16 Reception time tracking speed . 163
17 Access times during handover. 165
17.1 Intra cell channel change . 165
17.2 Inter cell handover . 168
18 Temporary reception gaps. 170
19 Channel release after unrecoverable errors. 171
19.1 Channel release after unrecoverable errors -1. 172
19.2 Channel release after unrecoverable errors - 2. 173
19.3 Channel release after unrecoverable errors - 3. 174
20 Cell selection and reselection . 175
20.1 Cell selection. 177
20.2 Cell selection with varying signal strength values . 178
20.3 Basic cell reselection. 180
20.4 Cell reselection using TEMPORARY_OFFSET, CELL_RESELECT_OFFSET,
POWER_OFFSET and PENALTY_TIME parameters . 183
20.5 Cell reselection using parameters transmitted in the System Information type 2bis, type 7
and type 8 messages. . 184
20.6 Cell reselection timings. 186
20.7 Priority of cells. 187
20.8 Cell reselection when C1 (serving cell) < 0 for 5 seconds. 189
20.9 Running average of the surrounding cell BCCH carrier signal levels. 190
20.10 Running average of the serving cell BCCH carrier signal level . 191
20.11 Updating the list of six strongest neighbour carriers and decoding the BCCH information of
a new carrier on the list . 192
20.12 Decoding the BCCH information of the neighbour carriers on the list of six strongest
neighbour carriers . 193
20.13 Decoding the BSIC of the neighbour carriers on the list of six strongest neighbour carriers 194
20.14 Emergency calls . 195
20.15 Cell reselection due to MS rejection "LA not allowed". 197
20.16 Downlink signalling failure . 198
20.17 Cell selection if no suitable cell found in 10 s . 200
20.18 Cell reselection due to MS rejection "National Roaming not allowed in this LA". 201
20.19 Cell selection on release of SDCCH and TCH. 202
21 Received signal measurements . 204
21.1 Signal strength. 204
21.2 Signal strength selectivity . 207

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21.3 Signal quality under static conditions.209
21.4 Signal quality under TU50 propagation conditions .211
22 Transmit power control timing and confirmation.213
23 Single frequency reference.215
24 Tests of the layer 1 signalling functions .215
25 Tests of the layer 2 signalling functions .215
25.1 Introduction, objective and scope .215
25.1.1 General.215
25.1.2 Test configurations.216
25.1.3 Pre-conditions.216
25.1.4 Layer 2 test frames.216
25.1.5 Establishment of the dedicated physical resource.217
25.1.6 Release of the dedicated physical resource .217
25.2 Test sequences .217
25.2.1 Initialization.218
25.2.1.1 Initialization when contention resolution required.218
25.2.1.1.1 Normal initialization.218
25.2.1.1.2 Initialization failure.219
25.2.1.1.2.1 Loss of UA frame.219
25.2.1.1.2.2 UA frame with different information field.220
25.2.1.1.2.3 Information frame and supervisory frames in
response to an SABM frame .221
25.2.1.1.3 Initialization denial .222
25.2.1.1.4 Total initialization failure. 223
25.2.1.2 Initialization, contention resolution not required.224
25.2.1.2.1 Normal initialization without contention
resolution.224
25.2.1.2.2 Initialization failure.225
25.2.1.2.3 Initialization denial .227
25.2.1.2.4 Total initialization failure. 227
25.2.2 Normal information transfer.228
25.2.2.1 Sequence counting and I frame acknowledgements .228
25.2.2.2 Receipt of an I frame in the timer recovery state.231
25.2.2.3 Segmentation and concatenation .233
25.2.3 Normal layer 2 disconnection .236
25.2.4 Test of link failure.236
25.2.4.1 I frame loss (MS to SS).236
25.2.4.2 RR response frame loss (SS to MS).238
25.2.4.3 RR response frame loss (MS to SS).238
25.2.5 Test of frame transmission with incorrect C/R values.239
25.2.5.1 I frame with C bit set to zero.239
25.2.5.2 SABM frame with C bit set to zero.240
25.2.6 Test of errors in the control field.241
25.2.6.1 N(S) sequence error.241
25.2.6.2 N(R) sequence error.243
25.2.6.3 Improper F bit.244
25.2.7 Test on receipt of invalid frames.244
26 Testing of layer 3 functions .249
26.1 Default conditions and structured sequence of tests.249
26.1.1 Default test conditions during layer 3 tests.249
26.1.2 Structured sequence of the tests.250
26.1.3 General rules for message parameters.251
26.1.4 General rules for layer 3 testing.251
26.1.5 Format of layer 3 test descriptions. 251
26.2 Initial tests.252

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26.2.1 Channel request. 252
26.2.1.1 Channel request / initial time. 252
26.2.1.2 Channel request / repetition time . 254
26.2.1.3 Channel request / random reference. 256
26.2.2 IMSI detach and IMSI attach . 257
26.2.3 Sequenced MM / CM message transfer . 261
26.2.4 Establishment cause . 262
26.3 Test of MS functions in idle mode. 270
26.3.1 Initial conditions . 270
26.3.2 MS indication of available PLMNs. 273
26.3.3 MS will send only if BSS is "on air". 273
26.3.4 Manual mode of PLMN selection. 274
26.4 Lower layer failures in layer 3 testing . 275
26.4.1 Introduction . 275
26.4.2 Layer 1 reception failures. 275
26.4.3 Data link layer failures. 276
26.4.4 Lower layer failures, used for the tests in clause 25 . 276
26.5 Handling of unknown, unforeseen, and erroneous protocol data, and of parallel transactions 276
26.5.1 Handling of unknown, unforeseen, and erroneous protocol data, and of parallel
transactions / unknown protocol discriminator . 276
26.5.2 Handling of unknown, unforeseen, and erroneous protocol data, and of parallel
transactions / TI and skip indicator. 277
26.5.2.1 TI and skip indicator / RR . 277
26.5.2.1.1 TI and skip indicator / RR / Idle Mode . 278
26.5.2.1.2 TI and skip indicator / RR / RR-Connection
established . 279
26.5.2.2 TI and skip indicator / MM . 280
26.5.2.3 TI and skip indicator / CC . 282
26.5.3 Handling of unknown, unforeseen, and erroneous protocol data, and of parallel
transactions / undefined or unexpected message type. 284
26.5.3.1 Undefined or unexpected message type / undefined message
type / CC. 284
26.5.3.2 Undefined or unexpected message type / undefined message
type / MM . 286
26.5.3.3 Undefined or unexpected message type / undefined message
type / RR. 287
26.5.3.4 Undefined or unexpected message type / unexpected message
type / CC. 288
26.5.4 Handling of unknown, unforeseen, and erroneous protocol data, and of parallel
transactions / unforeseen information elements in the non-imperative
message part. 290
26.5.4.1 Unforeseen information elements in the non-imperative message
part / duplicated information elements . 290
26.5.5. Handling of unknown, unforeseen, and erroneous protocol data, and of parallel
transactions / non-semantical mandatory IE errors. 291
26.5.5.1. Non-semantical mandatory IE errors / RR. 291
26.5.5.1.1 Non-semantical mandatory IE errors / RR /
missing mandatory IE error. 291
26.5.5.1.1.1 Non-semantical mandatory IE errors / RR /
missing mandatory IE error / special
case. 291
26.5.5.1.1.2 Non-semantical mandatory IE errors / RR /
missing mandatory IE error / general
case. 293
26.5.5.1.2 Non-semantical mandatory IE errors / RR /
comprehension required. 294
26.5.5.2 Non-semantical mandatory IE errors / MM. 295
26.5.5.2.1 Non-semantical mandatory IE errors / MM /
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26.5.5.2.2 Non-semantical mandatory IE errors / MM /
syntactically incorrect mandatory IE. 296
26.5.5.2.3 Non-semantical mandatory IE errors / MM /
comprehension required.298
26.5.5.3 Non-semantical mandatory IE errors / CC . 300
26.5.5.3.1 Non-semantical mandatory IE errors / CC /
missing mandatory IE .300
26.5.5.3.1.1 Non-semantical mandatory IE errors / CC /
missing mandatory IE / disconnect
message.300
26.5.5.3.1.2 Non-semantical mandatory IE errors / CC /
missing mandatory IE / general case. 301
26.5.5.3.2 Non-semantical mandatory IE errors / CC /
comprehension required.303
26.5.6 Handling of unknown, unforeseen, and erroneous protocol data, and of parallel
transactions / unknown IE, comprehension not required.304
26.5.6.1 Unknown information elements in the non-imperative message
part / MM. 304
26.5.6.1.1 Unknown IE, comprehension not required / MM
/ IE unknown in the protocol .304
26.5.6.1.2 Unknown IE, comprehension not required / MM
/ IE unknown in the message.305
26.5.6.2 Unknown information elements in the non-imperative message
part / CC.307
26.5.6.2.1 Unknown information elements in the non-
imperative message part / CC / Call
establishment.307
26.5.6.2.2 Unknown information elements in the non-
imperative message part / CC /
disconnect .308
26.5.6.2.3 Unknown information elements in the non-
imperative message part / CC /
release .309
26.5.6.2.4 Unknown information elements in the non-
imperative message part / CC /
release complete.310
26.5.6.3 Unknown IE in the non-imperative message part, comprehension
not required / RR.311
26.5.7 Handling of unknown, unforeseen, and erroneous protocol data, and of parallel
transactions / spare bits.313
26.5.7.1 Spare bits / RR .313
26.5.7.1.1 Spare bits / RR / paging channel.313
26.5.7.1.2 Spare bits / RR / BCCH. 315
26.5.7.1.3 Spare bits / RR / AGCH .316
26.5.7.1.4 Spare bits / RR / Connected Mode.318
26.5.7.2 Spare bits / MM.320
26.5.7.3 Spare bits / CC .321
26.5.8 Default contents of messages.324
26.6 Test of the elementary procedures for radio resource management.326
26.6.1 Immediate assignment.326
26.6.1.1 Immediate assignment / SDCCH or TCH assignment.326
26.6.1.2 Immediate assignment / extended assignment .327
26.6.1.3 Immediate assignment / assignment rejection .330
26.6.1.4 Immediate assignment / ignore assignment .331
26.6.1.5 Immediate assignment after immediate assignment reject .333
26.6.2 Test of paging .334
26.6.2.1 Normal paging.334
26.6.2.1.1 Paging / normal / type 1 .334
26.6.2.1.2 Paging / normal / type 2 .337
26.6.2.1.3 Paging / normal / type 3 .340

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26.6.2.2 Paging / extended . 341
26.6.2.3 Paging / reorganisation. 345
26.6.2.3.1 Paging / reorganisation / procedure 1. 345
26.6.2.3.2 Paging / reorganisation / procedure 2. 348
26.6.2.4 Paging / same as before. 349
26.6.2.5 Paging / multislot CCCH. 350
26.6.3 Test of measurement report . 352
26.6.3.1 Measurement / no neighbours . 352
26.6.3.2 Measurement / all neighbours present. 356
26.6.3.3 Measurement / barred cells and non-permitted NCCs . 361
26.6.3.4 Measurement / DTX . 365
26.6.3.5 Measurement / Frequency Formats . 369
26.6.3.6 Measurement / multiband environment . 373
26.6.4 Test of the channel assignment procedure. 381
26.6.4.1 Dedicated assignment / successful case . 382
26.6.4.2 Dedicated assignment / failure . 392
26.6.4.2.1 Dedicated assignment / failure / failure during
active state. 392
26.6.4.2.2 Dedicated assignment / failure / general case . 394
26.6.5 Test of handover. 395
26.6.5.1 Handover / successful / active call / non-synchronized . 396
26.6.5.2 Handover / successful / call under establishment / non-
synchronized . 411
26.6.5.3 Handover / successful / active call / finely synchronized. 431
26.6.5.4 Handover / successful / call under establishment / finely
synchronized . 436
26.6.5.5 Pre-synchronized handovers . 447
26.6.5.5.1 Handover / successful / active call / pre-
synchronized / Timing Advance IE not
included. 447
26.6.5.5.2 Handover / successful / call being established /
pre-synchronized / timing advance IE
is included / reporting of observed time
difference requested. 449
26.6.5.6 Handover / successful / active call / pseudo synchronized. 451
26.6.5.7 Handover / successful / active call / non-synchronized / reporting
of observed time difference requested. . 453
26.6.5.8 Handover / layer 3 failure. 455
26.6.5.9 Handover / layer 1 failure. 456
26.6.6 Test of frequency redefinition. 458
26.6.6.1 Frequency redefinition . 458
26.6.7 Test of the channel mode modify procedure. 463
26.6.7.1 Test of the channel mode modify procedure / full rate . 463
26.6.7.2 Test of the channel mode modify procedure / half rate. 465
26.6.8 Test of ciphering mode setting . 467
26.6.8.1 Ciphering mode / start ciphering. 468
26.6.8.2 Ciphering mode / no ciphering . 469
26.6.8.3 Ciphering mode / old cipher key . 471
26.6.8.4 Ciphering mode / change of mode, algorithm and key . 472
26.6.8.5 Ciphering mode / IMEISV request . 480
26.6.9 Test of additional assignment. 482
26.6.10 Test of partial release . 482
26.6.11 Test of classmark . 482
26.6.11.1 Classmark change. 482
26.6.11.2 Classmark interrogation. 484
26.6.12 Test of channel release . 486
26.6.12.1 Channel release / SDCCH. 486
26.6.12.2 Channel release / SDCCH - no L2 ACK. 487
26.6.12.3 Channel release / TCH-F. 489
26.6.12.4 Channel release / TCH-F - no L2 ACK. 490

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26.6.13 Test of starting time .492
26.6.13.1 Dedicated assignment with starting time / successful case / time
not elapsed .492
26.6.13.2 Dedicated assignment with starting time / successful case / time
elapsed.494
26.6.13.3 Dedicated assignment with starting time and frequency
redefinition / failure case / time not elapsed .496
26.6.13.4 Dedicated assignment with starting time and frequency
redefinition / failure case / time elapsed.499
26.6.13.5 Handover with starting time / successful case / time not elapsed501
26.6.13.6 Handover with starting time / successful case / time elapsed .504
26.6.13.7 Handover with starting time and frequency redefinition / failure
case / time not elapsed.506
26.6.13.8 Handover with starting time and frequency redefinition / failure
case / time elapsed.508
26.6.13.9 Immediate assignment with starting time / successful case /
time not elapsed .511
26.6.13.10 Immediate assignment with starting time / successful case /
time elapsed. 513
26.6.14 Default contents of GSM900 layer 3 messages for RR tests.515
26.6.15 Default contents of DCS1800 layer 3 messages for RR tests .526
26.7 Elementary procedures of mobility management.537
26.7.1 TMSI reallocation.537
26.7.2 Authentication .540
26.7.2.1 Authentication accepted.540
26.7.2.2 Authentication rejected.541
26.7.3 Identification . 544
26.7.3.1 General Identification.544
26.7.3.2 Handling of IMSI shorter than the maximum length .547
26.7.4 Location updating.550
26.7.4.1 Location updating / accepted.550
26.7.4.2 Location updating / rejected .553
26.7.4.2.1 Location updating / rejected / IMSI invalid.553
26.7.4.2.2 Location updating / rejected / PLMN not
allowed.556
26.7.4.2.3 Location updating / rejected / location area not
allowed.562
26.7.4.2.4 Location updating / rejected / national roaming 565
26.7.4.3 Location updating / abnormal cases.573
26.7.4.3.1 Location updating / abnormal cases / random
access fails.573
26.7.4.3.2 Location updating / abnormal cases / attempt
counter less or equal to 4, LAI
different.
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