3.2 Applicability

31.1243GPPMobile Equipment (ME) conformance test specificationRelease 16TSUniversal Subscriber Identity Module Application Toolkit (USAT) conformance test specification

3.2.1 Applicability of the present document

The present specification applies to a terminal equipment that supports the USIM Application Toolkit optional feature.

3.2.2 Applicability of the individual tests

Table A.1 lists the optional features for which the supplier of the implementation states the support.

3.2.3 Applicability to terminal equipment

The applicability to terminal equipment specified in TS 34.108 [12] and TS 36.508 [33] shall apply, unless otherwise specified in the present clause.

Within the context of this document, the term "USS" refers to the "UMTS System Simulator" when accessing a UTRAN, to the "System Simulator" when accessing a GERAN, the term "E-USS" refers to the "Evolved Universal System Simulator" when accessing an E-UTRAN in WB-S1 mode, the term "NB-SS" refers to the "NB System Simulator" when accessing an E-UTRAN in NB-S1 mode and the term "NG-SS" refers to the "Next Generation System Simulator" when accessing an NG-RAN.

See table B.1.

3.2.4 Definitions

For the purposes of the present document, the terms and definitions given in TS 34.108 [12] and TS 31.121 [21] apply.

3.2.4.1 Format of the table of optional features

Option: The optional feature supported or not by the implementation.

Support Answer notation: The support columns shall be filled in by the supplier of the implementation. The following common notations, defined in ISO/IEC 9646‑7 [19], are used for the support column in the tables below.

Y or y supported by the implementation

N or n not supported by the implementation

N/A, n/a or – no answer required (allowed only if the status is N/A, directly or after evaluation of a conditional status)

Mnemonic column: The Mnemonic column contains mnemonic identifiers for each item.

3.2.4.2 Format of the applicability table

The applicability of every test in table B.1 is formally expressed by the use of Boolean expression defined in the following clause.

The columns in table B.1 have the following meaning:

– In the "Item" column a local entry number for the requirement in the table is given.

– In the "Description" column a short non-exhaustive description of the requirement is found.

– The "Release" column gives the Release applicable and onwards, for the item in the "Description" column

– The "Test Sequence(s)" column gives a reference to the test sequence number(s) detailed in the present document and required to validate the implementation of the corresponding item in the "Description" column.

– For a given Release, the corresponding "Rel X ME" column lists the tests required for a Mobile Station to be declared compliant to this Release.

– The "Support" column is blank in the proforma, and shall be completed by the manufacturer in respect of each particular requirement to indicate the choices, which have been made in the implementation.

– The "Network Dependency" column indicates if a test depends on specific network access technology or requires network connection, but the status may not have an impact on references to ETSI TS 102 384 [26].

– The "Terminal Profile" column gives a reference to the corresponding Terminal Profile bit(s) that is/are related to the toolkit feature(s) of the respective test(s).

– The "Additional test case execution parameter" column shall be used in conjunction with the entry in the "Rel-xx ME" column. The column indicates if the test is affected by additional test case execution parameters.

3.2.4.3 Status and notations

"Release X ME" columns show the status of the entries as follows:

The following notations, defined in ISO/IEC 9646‑7 [19], are used for the status column:

M mandatory – the capability is required to be supported.

O optional – the capability may be supported or not.

N/A not applicable – in the given context, it is impossible to use the capability.

X prohibited (excluded) – there is a requirement not to use this capability in the given context.

O.i qualified optional – for mutually exclusive or selectable options from a set. "i" is an integer which identifies an unique group of related optional items and the logic of their selection which is defined immediately following the table.

Ci conditional – the requirement on the capability ("M", "O", "X" or "N/A") depends on the support of other optional or conditional items. "i" is an integer identifying an unique conditional status expression which is defined immediately following the table. For nested conditional expressions, the syntax "IF … THEN (IF … THEN … ELSE…) ELSE …" shall be used to avoid ambiguities.

The "Additional test case execution parameter" column shows the status of the entries as follows:

TCEPi Test Case Execution Parameter –defines additional parameters which have to be taken into account when executing affected test case(s). "i" is an integer identifying an unique parameter which is defined immediately following the table.

A applicable – the test is applicable according to the corresponding entry in the "Rxx ME" column

R(x) redundant – the test has to be considered as redundant when the corresponding E-UTRAN/EPC related test "x" of the present document has been validated and successfully executed. In that case the requirement may be verified by means of the E-UTRAN/EPC functionality only.

AERi Additional test case Execution Recommendation – with respect to the above listed definitions of ("A") and ("R") the test is applicable ("A") or redundant ("R") depending on the support of other optional or conditional items. "i" is an integer identifying a unique conditional status expression which is defined immediately following the table. For nested conditional expressions, the syntax "IF … THEN (IF … THEN … ELSE…) ELSE …" shall be used to avoid ambiguities.

References to items: For each possible item answer (answer in the support column) there exists a unique reference, used, for example, in the conditional expressions. It is defined as the table identifier, followed by a solidus character "/", followed by the item number in the table. If there is more than one support column in a table, the columns shall be discriminated by letters (a, b, etc.), respectively.

EXAMPLE: A.1/4 is the reference to the answer of item 4 in table A.1.