ETSI TS 123 542 V18.6.0 (2025-07)

5G; Application layer support for Personal IoT Network (3GPP TS 23.542 version 18.6.0 Release 18)

RTS/TSGS-0623542vi60

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• Technical Committee: 3GPP SA 6 - Mission-critical applications
• Current Stage: 12 - Citation in the OJ (auto-insert)
• Completion Date: 21-Jul-2025

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
5G;
Application layer support for Personal IoT Network
(3GPP TS 23.542 version 18.6.0 Release 18)

3GPP TS 23.542 version 18.6.0 Release 18 1 ETSI TS 123 542 V18.6.0 (2025-07)

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RTS/TSGS-0623542vi60
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 2
Legal Notice . 2
Modal verbs terminology . 2
Foreword . 10
Introduction . 10
1 Scope . 11
2 References . 11
3 Definitions of terms, symbols and abbreviations . 11
3.1 Terms . 11
3.2 Symbols . 12
3.3 Abbreviations . 12
4 Overview . 12
4.1 General . 12
5 Architectural requirements . 12
5.1 General . 12
5.2 Architectural requirements . 12
5.2.1 General requirements . 12
5.2.1.1 General . 12
5.2.1.2 Requirements . 13
5.2.2 PIN Management . 13
5.2.2.1 General . 13
5.2.2.2 Requirements . 13
5.2.3 PIN enable 5GS communication . 13
5.2.3.1 General . 13
5.2.3.2 Requirements . 13
5.2.4 Service Switch . 14
5.2.4.1 General . 14
5.2.4.2 Requirements . 14
5.2.5 Application server discovery . 14
5.2.5.1 General . 14
5.2.5.2 Requirements . 14
5.2.6 Service continuity . 14
5.2.6.1 General . 14
5.2.6.2 Requirements . 14
5.2.7 Security . 14
5.2.7.1 General . 14
5.2.7.2 Requirements . 14
5.2.8 Subscription service . 15
5.2.8.1 General . 15
5.2.8.2 Requirements . 15
5.2.9 PIN application KPIs . 15
5.2.9.1 General . 15
5.2.9.2 Requirements . 15
6 Application enablement layer architecture . 15
6.1 General . 15
6.2 Architecture . 16
6.2.1 General Architecture . 16
6.2.2 Architecture of user accessing services provided by PIN Element from outside the PIN . 17
6.3 Functional entities . 18
6.3.1 General . 18
6.3.2 PIN client . 18
6.3.3 PIN Management Client . 18
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6.3.4 PIN Gateway Client . 19
6.3.5 PIN server . 19
6.3.6 Application Client . 20
6.4 Reference Points . 20
6.4.1 General . 20
6.4.2 PIN-1 . 20
6.4.3 PIN-2 . 20
6.4.4 PIN-3 . 20
6.4.5 PIN-4 . 20
6.4.6 PIN-5 . 20
6.4.7 PIN-6 . 20
6.4.8 PIN-7 . 21
6.4.9 PIN-8 . 21
6.4.10 PIN-9 . 21
6.4.11 PIN-10 . 21
6.4.12 PIN-11 . 21
6.4.13 PIN-12 . 21
6.5 Cardinality rules . 21
6.5.1 Application Client (AC) . 21
6.5.2 PEMC . 21
6.5.3 PEGC . 22
6.5.4 PIN server . 22
6.5.5 PIN client . 22
7 Identities and commonly used values . 22
7.1 General . 22
7.2 Identities . 22
7.2.1 General . 22
7.2.2 PIN ID . 22
7.2.3 PIN server ID . 22
7.2.4 PIN client ID . 23
7.2.5 Application Client ID (ACID) . 23
7.2.6 UE ID . 23
7.2.7 UE Location . 23
8 Procedures and information flows . 23
8.1 General . 23
8.2 Common Information Elements . 24
8.2.1 General . 24
8.2.2 PIN Profile . 24
8.2.2.0 PIN Profile in a PIN . 24
8.2.2.1 PIN Profile in a PIN . 24
8.2.2.2 Dynamic profile information of a PIN . 25
8.2.2.3 PIN client profile . 28
8.3 PIN server discovery . 28
8.3.1 General . 28
8.3.2 Procedure . 29
8.3.2.1 Static PIN server discovery . 29
8.3.2.2 Procedures of PIN server discovery via PEGC . 29
8.3.3 Information flows . 30
8.3.3.1 General . 30
8.3.3.2 PIN server discovery request. 30
8.3.3.3 PIN server discovery response . 30
8.4 Registration . 30
8.4.1 General . 30
8.4.2 Registration Procedure . 31
8.4.2.1 General . 31
8.4.2.2 Procedure . 31
8.4.2.2.1 PINE registration directly to PIN server . 31
8.4.2.2.2 PINE registration indirectly to PIN server . 32
8.4.2.2.3 PINE registration via PEGC before join . 33
8.4.2.2.4 PINE registration during the PIN join via the PEGC . 34
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8.4.2.2.5 PINE de-registration directly to PIN server . 35
8.4.2.2.7 PINE update registration to PIN server . 36
8.4.2.3 Information flow/elements . 37
8.4.2.3.1 General . 37
8.4.2.3.2 PINE Registration request . 37
8.4.2.3.3 PINE Registration response . 37
8.4.2.3.4 PINE de-registration request . 38
8.4.2.3.5 PINE de-registration response . 38
8.4.2.3.6 PINE update registration request . 38
8.4.2.3.7 PINE update registration response. 39
8.5 PIN Management . 39
8.5.1 General . 39
8.5.2 PIN Create . 39
8.5.2.1 General . 39
8.5.2.2 Procedure . 40
8.5.2.3 Information flows . 42
8.5.3 PIN delete . 44
8.5.3.1 General . 44
8.5.3.2 Procedure . 44
8.5.3.2.1 PIN delete procedure involving PIN server . 44
8.5.3.2.2 PEMC decided PIN deletion . 45
8.5.3.3 Information flows . 46
8.5.3.3.1 General . 46
8.5.3.3.2 PIN delete request. 47
8.5.3.3.3 PIN delete response . 47
8.5.3.3.4 PIN delete notification request . 47
8.5.3.3.5 PIN delete notification response . 47
8.5.4 Multiple PEMCs/PEGCs . 47
8.5.4.1 General . 47
8.5.4.2 Procedure . 48
8.5.4.3 Void. 51
8.5.4.3.1 Void . 51
8.5.5 PIN Profile Recovery . 51
8.5.5.1 General . 51
8.5.5.2 Procedure . 51
8.5.5.3 Information flows . 51
8.5.5.3.1 General . 51
8.5.5.3.2 PIN Profile Query request . 51
8.5.5.3.3 PIN Profile Query Response . 52
8.5.6 Credential Provision . 52
8.5.7 PIN discovery . 52
8.5.7.1 General . 52
8.5.7.2 Procedure . 52
8.5.7.2.1 Procedures of PIN discovery based on PEMC . 52
8.5.7.2.2 Procedures of PIN discovery with assistance of PIN server via PEGC . 53
8.5.7.3 Information flows . 54
8.5.7.3.1 General . 54
8.5.7.3.2 PIN discovery request . 54
8.5.7.3.3 PIN discovery response . 55
8.5.8 PINE management . 55
8.5.8.1 General . 55
8.5.8.2 Procedure . 55
8.5.8.2.1 PIN client requests to join into a PIN . 55
8.5.8.2.2 Procedure of PIN elements decides to leave the PIN . 56
8.5.8.2.3 Procedure of PEMC removes the PIN elements from a PIN . 57
8.5.8.2.4 PINE join into PIN via PEGC . 58
8.5.8.2.5 PINE leave via PEGC . 59
8.5.8.3 Information flows . 61
8.5.8.3.1 General . 61
8.5.8.3.2 PIN Management PINE join into PIN request . 61
8.5.8.3.3 PIN Management PINE join into PIN response . 61
8.5.8.3.4 PIN Management PINE leave from PIN request . 62
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8.5.8.3.5 PIN Management PINE leave from PIN response . 62
8.5.9 PIN status subscription . 63
8.5.9.1 General . 63
8.5.9.2 Procedure . 63
8.5.9.2.1 PIN status subscribe . 63
8.5.9.2.2 PIN status notify . 63
8.5.9.3 Information flows . 66
8.5.9.3.1 General . 66
8.5.9.3.2 PIN status subscribe request . 66
8.5.9.3.3 PIN status subscribe response . 66
8.5.9.3.4 PIN status notify . 67
8.5.9.3.5 PIN status update request . 67
8.5.9.3.6 PIN status update response . 68
8.5.9.3.7 PIN status unsubscribe request . 68
8.5.10 PIN modification . 68
8.5.10.1 General . 68
8.5.10.2 Procedures . 68
8.5.10.2.1 General . 68
8.5.10.2.2 PIN modification after local PEMC failure . 68
8.5.10.2.3 PIN modification with PEGC role change . 70
8.5.10.2.4 PEMC replacement triggered internally within the PIN . 71
8.5.10.2.5 PEGC replacement triggered by PEMC . 72
8.5.10.3.2 PIN configuration request . 73
8.5.10.3.3 PIN configuration response . 73
8.5.10.3.4 PIN management request . 74
8.5.10.3.5 PIN management response . 74
8.5.10.3.6 PIN PEMC role takeover request . 74
8.5.10.3.7 PIN PEMC role takeover response . 74
8.5.10.3.8 PIN PEGC role takeover request . 75
8.5.10.3.9 PIN PEGC role takeover response . 75
8.5.11 PIN services management . 75
8.5.11.1 General . 75
8.5.11.2 Procedures . 75
8.5.11.2.1 PINE registering the services . 75
8.5.11.2.2 PINE de-registering the services . 76
8.5.11.3 Information flows. . 77
8.5.11.3.1 General . 77
8.5.11.3.2 PIN services registration request . 77
8.5.11.3.3 PIN services registration response . 78
8.5.11.3.4 PIN services de-registration request . 78
8.5.11.3.5 PIN services de-registration response . 78
8.5.12 PIN heartbeat . 78
8.5.12.1 General . 78
8.5.12.2 Procedure . 78
8.5.12.2.1 PIN heartbeat . 78
8.5.13 PIN activation and deactivation . 79
8.5.13.1 General . 79
8.5.13.2 Procedure . 80
8.5.13.2.1 PIN activation . 80
8.5.13.2.2 PIN de-activation . 80
8.5.14 PIN connectivity subscription . 81
8.5.14.1 General . 81
8.5.14.2 Procedure . 81
8.5.14.2.1 PIN connectivity subscribe . 81
8.5.14.2.2 PIN connectivity notify . 82
8.5.14.2.3 PIN connectivity update . 83
8.5.14.2.4 PIN connectivity unsubscribe . 83
8.5.14.3 Information flows . 84
8.5.14.3.1 General . 84
8.5.14.3.2 PIN connectivity subscribe request . 84
8.5.14.3.3 PIN connectivity subscribe response . 84
8.5.14.3.4 PIN connectivity notify . 84
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8.5.14.3.5 PIN connectivity update request . 85
8.5.14.3.6 PIN connectivity update response . 85
8.5.14.3.7 PIN connectivity unsubscribe request .
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