N.1 Introduction

31.1023GPPCharacteristics of the Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM) applicationRelease 17TS

IMSI based USIM is a USIM Application which is configured with a SUPI of type IMSI (i.e Service n°130 in the USIM Service Table shall not be "available").

Non-IMSI based USIM is a USIM Application which is configured with a SUPI of type non-IMSI (i.e Service n°130 in the USIM Service Table shall be "available"). Examples of non-IMSI type are: NSI, GCI and GLI.

Both USIM application types shall use different AID ranges as defined in Annex O of 3GPP TS 31.101 [11].