SIST ETS 300 133-5/A1 E1:2003

• Abstract:

  RE/RES-04003-5

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 30-Nov-2003
• Withdrawal Date: 30-Sep-2003
• ICS: 33.070.20 - Paging systems
• Technical Committee: RES - Radio equipment and systems
• Current Stage: 6060 - National Implementation/Publication (Adopted Project)
• Start Date: 01-Dec-2003
• Due Date: 01-Dec-2003
• Completion Date: 01-Dec-2003
• Ref Project: ETSI ETS 300 133-5/A1 ed.1 (1994-01) - Paging Systems (PS); Enhanced Radio MEssage System (ERMES); Part 5: Receiver conformance specification

Overview

SIST ETS 300 133-5/A1 E1:2003 is a Slovenian national standard that aligns with the European Standard ETS 300 133-5, produced by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI). This document specifies the receiver conformance requirements for the Enhanced Radio MEssage System (ERMES) as part of paging systems. The standard ensures that ERMES receivers meet minimum performance benchmarks necessary for reliable operation in paging networks.

ERMES is designed to serve as a pan-European paging system, offering efficient and standardized radio message delivery. By providing clear conformance specifications for receivers, this amendment supports manufacturers, network operators, and system integrators in achieving interoperability and quality assurance across paging devices.

Key Topics

• Receiver Sensitivity: Defines minimum sensitivity levels under normal and extreme conditions, including adjustments for channel switching and transmitter frequency offsets.
• Channel Switching: Specifies how receivers should handle switching channels when system information is not found on the current channel.
• Measurement Procedures: Outlines consistent methods for testing receiver performance, including usable sensitivity, adjacent channel selectivity, spurious response immunity, and intermodulation immunity.
• Alphanumeric Paging Character Sets: Details character sets for alphanumeric messages, referencing ISO 1073 and providing mapping tables for different encoding options.
• Robustness Criteria: Sets requirements for handling extreme temperatures, voltage variations, multipath effects, and quasi-synchronous transmissions.
• Test Fixture Reference: Introduces the concept of a “reference figure” to standardize measurements across test environments.

Applications

This receiver conformance specification is critical for:

• Device Manufacturers: Assists in developing ERMES-compatible paging receivers that adhere to European performance and interoperability standards.
• Paging Network Operators: Ensures that any receiver deployed on the network reliably receives messages and correctly interprets system information, improving overall service quality.
• System Integrators: Provides guidance for integrating paging solutions with broader communications infrastructure, particularly where ERMES is in use.
• Quality Assurance Laboratories: Supports rigorous conformance testing by providing standardized measurement procedures and criteria for receiver performance.
• Regulatory Compliance: Establishes a baseline for regulatory certification of paging receivers used in ERMES networks throughout Europe.

By applying this standard, stakeholders in the paging industry can guarantee compatibility, interoperability, and reliability of receiver equipment, thereby safeguarding message delivery in critical personal and enterprise communication scenarios.

Related Standards

• ETS 300 133-4: Details on batch structure, channel management, and message formats relevant to receiver operation.
• ISO 1073: Character specifications referenced for alphanumeric paging character sets.
• SIST ETS 300 133 series: Covers other parts and aspects of the ERMES paging system standardization, including transmitter requirements and operational protocols.
• ERMES (Enhanced Radio MEssage System): The foundational pan-European standard guiding the overall design and operation of paging systems.

This standard is referenced as part of ICS 33.070.20 - Paging Systems and ICS 33.080 - ERMES, Paging in international catalogues, making it a key document for anyone involved in personal paging technology or the ERMES ecosystem.

Keyword summary: ERMES, paging systems, receiver conformance, ETSI, radio message system, alphanumeric paging, interoperability, device testing, sensitivity, channel switching, spurious response immunity, adjacent channel selectivity.

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ETS 300 133-5
AMENDMENT A1
January 1994
Source: ETSI TC-PS Reference: RE/PS-02004-5
ICS: 33.080
ERMES, paging
Key words:
This amendment A1 modifies
the European Telecommunication Standard ETS 300 133-5 (1992)
Paging Systems (PS);
European Radio Message System (ERMES)
Part 5: Receiver conformance specification
ETSI
European Telecommunications Standards Institute
ETSI Secretariat
F-06921 Sophia Antipolis CEDEX - FRANCE
Postal address:
650 Route des Lucioles - Sophia Antipolis - Valbonne - FRANCE
Office address:
c=fr, a=atlas, p=etsi, s=secretariat - [e-mail]
X.400: Internet:
Tel.: [phone] - Fax: [phone]
Copyright Notification: No part may be reproduced except as authorized by written permission. The copyright and the
foregoing restriction extend to reproduction in all media.
© European Telecommunications Standards Institute 1994. All rights reserved.
New presentation - see History box

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ETS 300 133-5: July 1992/A1: January 1994
Whilst every care has been taken in the preparation and publication of this document, errors in content,
typographical or otherwise, may occur. If you have comments concerning its accuracy, please write to
"ETSI Editing and Committee Support Dept." at the address shown on the title page.

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ETS 300 133-5: July 1992/A1: January 1994
Foreword
This Amendment to ETS 300 133-5 (1992) has been produced by the Paging Systems (PS) Technical
Committee of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI).
This Amendment contains changes to the following pages of Edition 1 of ETS 300 133-5:
9, 12, 13, 14, 18, 24, 30, 32, 33, 34, 36 and 39.
Amendments
Page 9, amendment to Clause 3
Add the following definition after the definition of "Batch number":
Channel switching: receiver is receiving system information on one channel and does not find its initial
address in the address partition. It then switches channels and prepares to receive signals in its batch on
that channel.
Page 12, amendment to subclause 6.1
Replace bullet items i) to v) with the following bullet items:
i) average useable sensitivity under normal conditions: 25 dBμV/m;
ii) sensitivity under normal conditions but with a transmitter frequency offset of ± 200 Hz shall be the
reference figure minus 3 dB;
iii) sensitivity under channel switching conditions shall be the reference figure minus 3 dB;
iv) maximum variation in sensitivity under extreme temperature and voltage conditions: + 6 dB;
v) maximum variation in sensitivity under extreme temperature and voltage conditions with a
transmitter frequency offset of ± 200 Hz shall be + 6 dB;
Page 12, amendment to subclause 6.1
Replace bullet item xiii) with the following bullet item:
xiii) maximum variation in sensitivity for combined multipath and quasi synchronous
transmissions: 15 dB;
Page 12, amendment to subclause 6.1
Delete bullet item xv).
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Page 13, amendment to subclause 6.2
Replace bullet items c), d) and l) with the following bullet items:
c) the measurement of the sensitivity shall be repeated for all six receivers under normal and extreme
conditions in the test fixture according to Annex A, Clause A.1;
d) the sensitivity on the lowest and highest ERMES frequencies shall be measured for all six receivers;
l) channel switching: The sensitivity shall be measured with the following test signal: A batch shall be
transmitted consisting of 139 initial addresses numerically higher than the initial address of the
receiver under test. This shall be immediately followed by the test message shown in subclause
8.1.1 transmitted on the appropriate channel (see ETS 300 133-4 [1], figure 2). Both shall be of the
same batch type (i.e. same batch number), within the same subsequence and neither shall contain
the home operator identity.
Page 14, amendment to subclause 7.3.3
Add the following paragraph at the end of subclause 7.3.3:
As an optional feature, the pager may also include any additional character sets, as defined in
ETS 300 133-4 [1].
Page 18, amendment to subclause 8.1.5
In the first paragraph, replace the words ".i.Initial Address; (IA)" by "Initial Address (IA)"
Page 24, amendment to subclause 9.2
Add the following paragraph after the existing paragraph of subclause 9.2:
The receiver shall be sent a transmission as specified in subclause 8.1.1. The message number shall be
replaced with the dummy value (00000) and the message sent again to the receiver. The receiver shall
not indicate that messages are missing.
Page 30, amendment to subclause A.4.2
Replace bullet item g) with the following bullet item:
g) The adjacent channel selectivity for messages shall be recorded for the upper and lower adjacent
channels as the ratio in dB of the average of the levels of the unwanted signal recorded in steps d)
and e) to the level of the wanted input signal.

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ETS 300 133-5: July 1992/A1: January 1994
Page 32, amendment to subclause A.5.2
Replace bullet item g) with the following bullet item:
g) The spurious response immunity for messages shal
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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-december-2003
6LVWHPLRVHEQHJDNOLFD36±(YURSVNLVLVWHP]DUDGLMVNRVSRURþDQMH(50(6±
GHO6SHFLILNDFLMDVNODGQRVWL]DVSUHMHPQLN
Paging Systems (PS); Enhanced Radio MEssage System (ERMES); Part 5: Receiver
conformance specification
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: ETS 300 133-5/A1 Edition 1
ICS:
33.070.20 Sistem za osebni klic Paging systems
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

ETS 300 133-5
AMENDMENT A1
January 1994
Source: ETSI TC-PS Reference: RE/PS-02004-5
ICS: 33.080
ERMES, paging
Key words:
This amendment A1 modifies
the European Telecommunication Standard ETS 300 133-5 (1992)
Paging Systems (PS);
European Radio Message System (ERMES)
Part 5: Receiver conformance specification
ETSI
European Telecommunications Standards Institute
ETSI Secretariat
F-06921 Sophia Antipolis CEDEX - FRANCE
Postal address:
650 Route des Lucioles - Sophia Antipolis - Valbonne - FRANCE
Office address:
c=fr, a=atlas, p=etsi, s=secretariat - [e-mail]
X.400: Internet:
Tel.: [phone] - Fax: [phone]
Copyright Notification: No part may be reproduced except as authorized by written permission. The copyright and the
foregoing restriction extend to reproduction in all media.
© European Telecommunications Standards Institute 1994. All rights reserved.
New presentation - see History box

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ETS 300 133-5: July 1992/A1: January 1994
Whilst every care has been taken in the preparation and publication of this document, errors in content,
typographical or otherwise, may occur. If you have comments concerning its accuracy, please write to
"ETSI Editing and Committee Support Dept." at the address shown on the title page.

Page 3
ETS 300 133-5: July 1992/A1: January 1994
Foreword
This Amendment to ETS 300 133-5 (1992) has been produced by the Paging Systems (PS) Technical
Committee of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI).
This Amendment contains changes to the following pages of Edition 1 of ETS 300 133-5:
9, 12, 13, 14, 18, 24, 30, 32, 33, 34, 36 and 39.
Amendments
Page 9, amendment to Clause 3
Add the following definition after the definition of "Batch number":
Channel switching: receiver is receiving system information on one channel and does not find its initial
address in the address partition. It then switches channels and prepares to receive signals in its batch on
that channel.
Page 12, amendment to subclause 6.1
Replace bullet items i) to v) with the following bullet items:
i) average useable sensitivity under normal conditions: 25 dBμV/m;
ii) sensitivity under normal conditions but with a transmitter frequency offset of ± 200 Hz shall be the
reference figure minus 3 dB;
iii) sensitivity under channel switching conditions shall be the reference figure minus 3 dB;
iv) maximum variation in sensitivity under extreme temperature and voltage conditions: + 6 dB;
v) maximum variation in sensitivity under extreme temperature and voltage conditions with a
transmitter frequency offset of ± 200 Hz shall be + 6 dB;
Page 12, amendment to subclause 6.1
Replace bullet item xiii) with the following bullet item:
xiii) maximum variation in sensitivity for combined multipath and quasi synchronous
transmissions: 15 dB;
Page 12, amendment to subclause 6.1
Delete bullet item xv).
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ETS 300 133-5: July 1992/A1: January 1994
Page 13, amendment to subclause 6.2
Replace bullet items c), d) and l) with the following bullet items:
c) the measurement of the sensitivity shall be repeated for all six receivers under normal and extreme
conditions in the test fixture according to Annex A, Clause A.1;
d) the sensitivity on the lowest and highest ERMES frequencies shall be measured for all six receivers;
l) channel switching: The sensitivity shall be measured with the following test signal: A batch shall be
transmitted consisting of 139 initial addresses numerically higher than the initial address of the
receiver under test. This shall be immediately followed by the test message shown in subclause
8.1.1 transmitted on the appropriate channel (see ETS 300 133-4 [1], figure 2). Both shall be of the
same batch type (i.e. same batch number), within the same subsequence and neither shall contain
the home operator identity.
Page 14, amendment to subclause 7.3.3
Add the following paragraph at the end of subclause 7.3.3:
As an optional feature, the pager may also include any additional character sets, as defined in
ETS 300 133-4 [1].
Page 18, amendment to subclause 8.1.5
In the first paragraph, replace the words ".i.Initial Address; (IA)" by "Initial Address (IA)"
Page 24, amendment to subclause 9.2
Add the following paragraph after the existing paragraph of subclause 9.2:
The receiver shall be sent a transmission as specified in subclause 8.1.1. The message number shall be
replaced with the dummy value (00000) and the message sent again to the receiver. The receiver shall
not indicate that messages are missing.
Page 30, amendment to subclause A.4.2
Replace bullet item g) with the following bullet item:
g) The adjacent channel selectivity for messages shall be recorded for the upper and lower adjacent
channels as the ratio in dB of the average of the levels of the unwanted signal recorded in steps d)
and e) to the level of the wanted input signal.

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ETS 300 133-5: July 1992/A1: January 1994
Page 32, amendment to subclause A.5.2
Replace bullet item g) with the following bullet item:
g) The spurious response immunity for messages shall be
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