Signaling Conformance Test
1. System Configuration
Figure 1. System Configuration
1X/EVDO-AIME System is developed by Aeroflex for Signaling Conformance Testing of CDMA mobile devices. Especially, system version 05.03.05 and test script version 6.05.01 are currently used for Mobile Station Testing. It is to be upgraded into new version when the new version releases.
Table 1. Component and Function
Component / Function①1X/EVDO-
AIME System / Base Station Emulator (Racal 6204 Dual Rack Assembly)
⑦ TAS 4500 / Multi Path Fading Emulator
⑧ TAS 4600A / AWGN & Interference Generator
* RACAL 6204 Dual Rack Assembly : RF Combiner Unit, 6304 (Base Station Emulator Unit) 2 Set
2. Service
- Development Confirmation testing
- TTA Certification testing
- TRAC A Certification testing
3. Test Coverage
Table 2. Test Coverage (3GPP2 C.S0031 Signaling Conformance Tests)
Ref. / Test Title1 / Air Interface Tests
1.1 / Pilot PN offset
1.2.1 / CDMA Channel Number Hashing
1.2.2 / Paging Channel Number Hashing
1.2.3 / Paging Channel Slot Number Hashing
1.3 / Idle Ping Pong with Quick Paging Channel CCI
1.4 / Quick Paging Indicator
1.5 / Mobile Station Response to Access Parameters Message
1.6 / Mobile Station Response to MIN_P_REV
1.7 / Status Request Message
1.8 / Protocol Discriminator (PD) Test and Link Access Control (LAC) PDU Format Test on the Access Channel
1.9.1 / Initial Values of Logging Parameters
1.9.2.1 / Logging of Fundamental Channel Related Parameters (With the service connected as Primary Traffic)
1.9.2.2 / Logging of Fundamental Channel Related Parameters (With the service connected as Secondary Traffic)
1.9.3 / Logging of Dedicated Control Channel Related Parameters
1.9.4.1 / Logging of Supplemental Code Channel Related Parameters (With the service connected as Primary Traffic)
1.9.4.2 / Logging of Supplemental Code Channel Related Parameters (With the service connected as Secondary Traffic)
1.9.5 / Logging of Supplemental Channel Related Parameters
1.10.1 / MS (MOB_P_REV = 6, neither QPCH nor RC > 2, BS (P_REV < 6)
1.10.4 / MS (MOB_P_REV = 6, either QPCH or RC > 2 (or both), BS (P_REV < 6)
2 / POTS Tests
2.1 / Mobile Station Originated Call
2.2 / Mobile Station to Land Party Call, Radio Link Failure During Conversation – Reverse Link
2.3 / Mobile Station to Land Party, Radio Link Failure During Conversation – Forward Link
2.4 / Mobile Station originated Call, Test Service Options
2.5 / Mobile Station to Land Party Call, Busy Tone
2.6 / Mobile Station to Land Party Call, No Traffic Channel Resources Available
2.7 / Mobile Station to Land Party Call, Reverse Link Failure During Call Setup
2.8 / Mobile Station to Land Party Call, Forward Link Failure During Call Setup
2.9 / Mobile Station Terminated Call
2.10 / Mobile Station terminated Call, Test Service Options
2.11 / Land Party to Mobile Station Call, Mobile Operating in Slotted Mode
2.12 / MSID, MCC and IMSI
2.13 / TMSI assignment
2.14 / TMSI Expiration Time
2.15 / Mobile Station to Land Party Call, DTMF
2.16 / Forward Traffic Channel DTMF Tone Signalling
2.17 / Enhanced DTMF Signalling
2.19 / PACA Origination, User Terminates while Still in Queue
2.20 / PACA Origination, Idle Handoff While in Queue
2.21 / PACA Origination, Traffic Channel Becomes Available
2.22 / PACA Origination, Features Interaction
2.24 / PACA Origination, PACA Disabled for Mobile Station
2.25.1.1 / True IMSI addressing supported by the base station and Mobile Station
2.25.1.2 / True IMSI addressing supported by the base station with MIN-based addressing supported by the mobile station
2.25.1.3 / True IMSI addressing not supported by the base station or Mobile Station
2.25.2 / Land Party to Mobile Station Call, Different MCC and IMSI_11_12
2.26 / Initial Service Configuration and Negotiation
2.27 / Base Station Requested Service Negotiation (Successful Scenarios)
2.28 / Base Station Reject Scenarios during Service Negotiation
2.29 / Mobile Station Reject Scenarios during Service Negotiation
2.30 / Service Negotiation Completion via General Handoff Direction Message and Universal Handoff Direction Message
2.31 / SCR without NN-SCR and NN-SCR without SCR in General Handoff Direction Message and Universal Handoff Direction Message
2.32 / Base Station Request Overrides the Mobile Station Request
2.33 / Service Negotiation Involving Partial SCR and/or Partial NN-SCR
2.34 / Quasi-Orthogonal Functions (QOF) assignment
2.35 / Release Order on Access Channel
3 / Handoff Tests
3.1 / Soft Handoff with Dynamic Threshold
3.2 / Hard Handoff Between Frequencies in the same band
3.4 / Soft Handoff in Fading
3.5 / Hard Handoff in Fading
3.6 / Hard Handoff Between Different Band Classes
3.7 / Hard Handoff with and without Return on Failure
3.8 / Search Window Size and Offset per Neighbor
3.9.2 / Access Probe Handoff
3.9.4 / Channel Assignment into Soft Handoff
3.10 / Traffic Channel Preamble during Hard Handoff Between Frequencies in the same band
3.11 / Hopping Pilot Beacon
3.12 / Hard Handoff Between Frequencies with Different Radio Configurations
3.13 / Hard Handoff Same Frequency with Different Radio Configurations
3.14 / Hard Handoff while in the Waiting for Mobile Station Answer Substate
3.15 / Inter-Frequency Hard Handoff (CDMA to CDMA)
3.17 / Hard Handoff Between Frequencies with Different Protocol Revisions
5 / Registration Tests
5.1.1 / Power-up Registration Disabled.
5.1.2 / Power-up Registration Enabled.
5.2.1 / Power-down Registration Disabled
5.2.2 / Power-down Registration of a currently registered Mobile Station
5.2.3 / Power-down Registration of an unregistered Mobile Station in new System/Network
5.3.1 / Timer-based Registration disabled.
5.3.2 / Lowest Timer Value (REG_PRD = 29)
5.3.3 / Mid-range Timer Value (REG_PRD = 38)
5.4.1 / Distance-based Registration disabled
5.4.2 / Distance-based Registration enabled, threshold not exceeded
5.4.3 / Distance-based Registration enabled, threshold exceeded
5.5.1 / Zone-based Registration disabled
5.5.2 / Zone-based Registration enabled
5.5.3 / Zone-based Registration Timer
5.6.1 / Parameter-Change Registration Disabled
5.6.2 / Parameter-Change Registration per SLOT_CYCLE_INDEX
5.6.3 / Parameter-Change Registration per SCM
5.6.4 / Parameter-Change Registration per MOB_TERM
5.6.5 / Parameter Change Registration per SID NID List change
5.7.1 / MOB_TERM Enabled
5.7.2 / MOB_TERM Disabled
6 / Authentication tests Tests
6.1 / Shared secret data initialised to zero
6.2 / Shared secret data update on the Paging/Access channels
6.3 / Shared Secret Data Update on the Forward/Reverse Traffic Channels
6.4 / Mismatched A-Keys
6.5.1 / Activating Voice Privacy on Mobile Station originated Call Set up
6.5.2 / Activating Voice Privacy on Mobile terminated Call Set up
6.6 / Activating Voice Privacy at the Mobile Station When a Call is Active
6.7 / Signaling Message Encryption on Forward Traffic Channel (Alert with Information message)
6.8 / SME on Reverse Traffic Channel (Burst DTMF Message)
6.9 / Hard Handoffs Between Base Stations with SME Active
6.10 / Signaling Message Encryption Mobile Terminated SMS (Data Burst Message)
6.11 / Authentication upon Originations
7 / Service Redirection Tests
7.1.1 / Global Service Redirection between Band Class
7.1.2 / Global Service Redirection from CDMA to Non-CDMA System
7.1.3 / Global Service Redirection to a Different Channel in the Same Band Class
7.2.1 / NDSS between Band Class
7.2.2 / NDSS and Normal Service Redirection from CDMA to a Non-CDMA System
7.2.3 / NDSS between Channels in the same Band Class
7.2.4 / NDSS Ignore CDMA
7.2.5 / NDSS Return If Fail
7.3.1 / Extended Global Service Redirection between Band Class
7.3.2 / Extended Global Service Redirection from CDMA to a Non-CDMA System
7.3.3 / Extended Global Service Redirection to a Different Channel in the Same Band Class
8 / Short Message Service Tests
8.1.1 / Paging Channel SMS Delivery Procedures
8.1.2 / SMS Delivery Procedures when Message Too Large for Paging Channel
8.1.3 / Traffic Channel SMS Delivery Procedures
8.1.4 / Delivery of Maximum Length Message
8.1.5 / SMS Delivery Error - Mobile Station Short Message Buffer Full
8.1.6 / Voice Mail Notification
8.2.1 / Access Channel SMS Delivery
8.2.2 / SMS Delivery when Message too Large for Access Channel
8.2.3 / Traffic Channel SMS Delivery (If MS Supported)
8.2.4 / Unknown Destination Address
8.2.5 / MS Originated SMS Disabled
8.2.6 / SMS Not Supported by Base Station
8.3.1 / Broadcast SMS Delivery
9 / Subscriber Calling Features Tests
9.1.1 / Call Forwarding, Unconditional
9.1.2 / Call Forwarding, Busy
9.1.3 / Call Forwarding, Default
9.1.4 / Call Forwarding, No Answer
9.2 / Three-way call
9.3.1 / Caller ID from Idle State
9.3.2 / Caller ID from Conversation State
9.4 / Call waiting
9.5.1 / MWI when the mobile station is in Idle State
9.5.2 / MWI when the mobile station is in Conversation State
9.6.1 / Calling Name Presentation (CNAP) from Idle State
9.6.2 / Calling Name Presentation (CNAP) from Conversation State
9.6.3 / Calling name Presentation (CNAP) with Forwarding
9.7.1 / Display Records sent in the Feature Notification Message
9.7.2 / Display Records Sent in the Flash With Information Message
9.7.3 / Display Records Sent in the Alert With Information Message
9.9 / Answer Holding (If MS Supported)
9.10 / User Selective Call Forwarding (If MS Supported)
10 / Asynchronous Data and Fax Services
10.1 / Send/Receive Fax
10.2 / Upload/Download Binary File
10.3 / Simultaneously Two-Way File Transfer/Carrier Detect
10.4 / Compound AT command, Initialization and Connection Delay
10.5 / Escaping to Command Mode
10.7 / RLP Operation in a Poor RF Environment
10.8 / RLP Abort and TCP Retransmit Test
10.9 / Internet Control Message Protocol(ICMP) Requests/Replies
10.10 / Reflection of AT Command Parameters
11 / Packet Data Services Tests
11.1 / Terminal Session with Remote Host
11.2 / File Transfer
11.3 / IP Address Negotiation
11.4 / V-J Header Compression
11.5 / Asynchronous Control Character Mapping (ACCM) Negotiation
11.6 / PPP field Compression
11.7 / Maximum Receive Unit (MRU)
11.8 / Mobile Station Inactivity Timer
11.9 / IWF Inactivity Timer
11.10 / Radio Link Control (RLP) Operation in Rayleigh Fading
11.11 / RLP Abort and Upper Layer Retransmit
11.12 / RLP Encryption Negotiation
11.13 / Hardware Flow Control
11.14 / Re-Connect After Hard Handoff
11.15 / Zone-Based Registration for Packet Data Mobile Stations
12 / Medium Speed Packet Data Tests
12.1 / Forward File Transfer with Fundamental and Supplemental Code Channels
12.2 / Forward File Transfer with Variable Supplemental Code Channels
12.3 / MSPD Call Setup, No Negotiation
12.4 / MSPD Call Setup, Negotiation to a Different MSPD Service Option
12.5 / MSPD Call Setup, Negotiation to LSPD
12.6 / MSPD Call Setup, Mobile Station Maximum Multiplex Option Less than Base Station Maximum Multiplex Option
12.7 / MSPD Call Setup, Mobile station Maximum Multiplex Option Greater than Base Station Maximum Multiplex Option
12.8 / Allocation/De-allocation of Supplemental Code Channels
12.9 / No Transmission on Supplemental Code Channels
12.10 / Soft Handoff with Supplemental Code Channels
12.11 / Adding Supplemental Code Channels during Soft Handoff
12.12 / Hard Handoff to an MSPD-Capable System
12.13 / RLP Operation in Rayleigh Fading Environment
12.14 / RLP Operation with Severely Degraded Channel
12.15 / Bi-Directional File Transfers with Forward Supplemental Code Channels
12.16 / Rм Interface Flow Control
12.17 / Dormant Timer
12.18 / Packet Zone ID
13 / High Speed Packet Data Tests
13.1 / Forward File Transfer
13.2 / Reverse File Transfer
13.3 / Bi-directional File Transfer
13.4 / Basic Supplemental Channel Configuration Setting and Single Assignment
13.6 / Turbo Coding on Supplemental Channel
13.7 / Correct Walsh Cover
13.8 / Supplemental Channel Discontinuous Transmission
13.9 / Slotted Timer
13.10 / Retry Order and Delay for Origination Message
13.11 / Retry Order and Delay for Supplemental Channel Request Messages
13.12 / Retry Order and Delay for Resource Request Messages
13.13 / Base Station Initiated Active to Control Hold Mode Transitions
13.14 / Mobile Staion Initiated Active to Control Hold Mode Transitions
13.15 / Base Station Initiated Control Hold to Active Mode Transitions
13.16 / Mobile Sation Initiated Control Hold to Active Mode Transitions
13.17 / Base Station Ignores Mobile Station Requested Mode Transitions
13.18 / Mobile Station Multiplex option Different from Base Station Multiplex Option
13.19 / Soft Handoff with Fundamental Channels and Supplemental Channels
13.20 / Soft Handoff of Fundamental Channel Only
13.21 / Adding Supplemental Code Channels during Soft Handoff
13.22 / Hard Handoff to HSPD-capable system
13.23 / Hard Handoff from MSPD to HSPD
13.24 / Hard Handoff from LSPD to HSPD
13.25 / Hard Handoff to different RC
13.26 / Mobile Station Aborts R-SCH During Soft Handoff
13.27 / RLP Operation in Rayleigh Fading Environment
13.28 / RLP Operation in Severely Degraded Channel
13.31 / Mobile Station Assisted Burst Operation Parameters Message Test
13.32 / Mobile Station and Base Station Operating in Different States
14 / Over-The-Air Service Tests
14.1.1 / OTASP Service Request Processing with Electronic Key exchange supported
14.1.2 / OTASP Service Request Processing with Electronic Key exchange not supported
14.2 / OTAPA Service Request Processing for a Mobile Station in Idle State
14.3 / OTAPA Service Request Processing for a Mobile Station in Conversation State
14.4 / OTAPA Service Request Processing Interrupted by User Action
15 / System Selection For Preferred Roaming Tests
15.1 / OTASP Service Provisioning for system selection and preferred roaming
15.2 / Non-acquisition of a system on negative preferred roaming list(PRL)
15.3 / Emergency Call on a system that is Negative on PRL or SID List
15.4 / OTASP For System Selection and Preferred Roaming-Oversize PRL
15.5 / OTAPA Service Provisioning for System Selection and Preferred Roaming for a Mobile Station in Idle State
16 / Message Driven Indicators Tests
16.1 / Enhanced Roaming Indicator
17 / Forward Compatibility Tests
17.1 / Sync Channel
17.2 / Paging Channel
17.3 / Traffic Channel
Table 3. Test Coverage (3GPP2 C.S0038 Signaling Conformance Tests)
Ref. / Test Title2 / Default Signaling Application tests
2.2.2.1 / SLP Initialization Tests
2.2.2.2 / SLP Reset Test
2.2.2.3 / SLP-D Sequence Number Increment Test
2.2.2.5 / Reliable-Delivery SLP-D Packet Acknowledgement Test
2.2.2.6 / Retransmission of Unacknowledged Reliable-Delivery SLP-D Packet Test
2.2.2.7 / Successful Reassembly of SLP-F Packets Sent on the Forward Traffic Channel Test
2.2.2.8 / Successful Reassembly of Fragmented Broadcast Messages on the Control Channel Test
2.2.2.9 / Successful Reassembly of Fragmented Unicast Messages on the Control Channel Test
3 / Default Packet Application Tests
3.1.2.1 / RLP Initialization Test
3.1.2.2 / RLP Sequence Number Increment Test
3.1.2.3 / RLP Reset Test
3.1.2.4 / RLP NAK Test
3.1.2.5 / RLP Synchronization Loss Detection Test
3.1.2.6 / Basic File Transfer Test
3.2.2.1 / LocationRequest Message Response Test
3.3.1.1 / XonRequest and XoffRequest Message Response Test
3.3.2.1 / DataReady Message Response Test
4 / Stream Layer Tests
4.1.2.3 / ConfigurationRequest Message Response Test
5 / Session Layer Tests
5.1.2.1 / KeepAliveRequest Message Response Test
5.1.2.2 / SessionClose Message Response Test
5.1.2.3 / ConfigurationRequest Message Response Test
5.2.2.1 / Purging of RATI after Session Establishment Test
5.2.2.2 / Idle State Response to Subnet/Sector Change Test
5.2.2.3 / AT Response to a Change in the Serving Sector Test
5.2.2.4 / Idle State UATIAssignment Message Response Test
5.2.2.5 / Connected State UATIAssignment Message Response Test
5.2.2.6 / HardwareIDRequest Message Response Test
5.2.2.7 / AT Idle State Address Timer Operation Test
5.2.2.8 / ConfigurationRequest Message Response Test
5.3.2.1 / ConfigurationRequest Message Response Test
5.3.2.2 / ConfigurationComplete Message Response Test
6 / Connection Layer Tests
6.1.2.1 / Redirect Message Test
6.1.2.2 / ConfigurationRequest Message Response Test
6.2.2.1 / Network Determination Test
6.2.2.2 / System Acquisition Test
6.2.2.3 / AT Processing of MinimumRevision and MaximumRevision Fields in the Sync Message Test
6.2.2.4 / ConfigurationRequest Message Response Test
6.3.2.1 / AT Slotted Mode Operation Test
6.3.2.2 / AT Monitor State CDMA Channel Selection Test
6.3.2.3 / AN Initiated Fast Connection Setup Test
6.3.2.4 / ConfigurationRequest Message Response Test
6.4.2.1 / ConnectionClose Message Response Test
6.4.2.2 / ConfigurationRequest Message Response Test
6.5.2.1 / AT Idle State Distance Based Route Update Message Test
6.5.2.2 / TrafficChannelAssignment Message Response Test
6.5.2.3 / ConfigurationRequest Message Response Test
6.7.2.1 / ConfigurationRequest Message Response Test
7 / Security Layer tests
7.1.2.1 / DH Key Exchange Protocol Negotiation Test
7.2.2.1 / SHA-1 Authentication Protocol Negotiation Test
7.3.2.1 / SecurityLayerFormat Field in the Access Channel MAC Packet Header Test
8 / MAC Layer tests
8.1.2.1 / ConfigurationRequest Message Response Test
8.2.2.1 / ConfigurationRequest Message Response Test
8.3.2.1 / ConfigurationRequest Message Response Test
8.4.2.1 / ConfigurationRequest Message Response Test