ETSI TS 102 221 V11.1.0 (2013-11)

ETSI TS 102 221 V11.1.0 (2013-11)






Technical Specification
Smart Cards;
UICC-Terminal interface;
Physical and logical characteristics
(Release 11)

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Reference
RTS/SCP-T102221vb10
Keywords
smart card
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Release 11 3 ETSI TS 102 221 V11.1.0 (2013-11)
Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 11
Foreword . 11
Introduction . 11
1 Scope . 12
2 References . 12
2.1 Normative references . 12
2.2 Informative references . 13
3 Definitions, symbols, abbreviations and coding conventions . 14
3.1 Definitions . 14
3.2 Symbols . 16
3.3 Abbreviations . 16
3.4 Coding conventions . 18
4 Physical characteristics. 18
4.0 UICC Form Factors . 18
4.0.1 ID-1 UICC . 18
4.0.2 Plug-in UICC . 19
4.0.3 Mini-UICC . 19
4.0.4 4FF . 20
4.1 ID-1 UICC . 21
4.2 Plug-in UICC . 21
4.3 Mini-UICC . 21
4.4 Environmental conditions for card operation and storage . 21
4.4.1 Specific UICC environmental conditions . 21
4.4.1.1 Temperature range for specific UICC environmental conditions. 22
4.4.1.2 High humidity . 22
4.5 Contacts . 22
4.5.1 Provision of contacts . 22
4.5.1.1 Terminal . 22
4.5.1.2 UICC . 22
4.5.2 Contact activation and deactivation . 22
4.5.2.1 Contacts assigned by the present document . 22
4.5.2.2 Optional contacts . 23
4.5.3 Inactive contacts . 23
4.5.4 Contact pressure . 23
5 Electrical specifications of the UICC - Terminal interface . 23
5.1 Class A operating conditions . 24
5.1.1 Supply voltage Vcc (contact C1) . 24
5.1.2 Reset (RST) (contact C2) . 24
5.1.3 Programming voltage Vpp (contact C6) . 24
5.1.4 Clock CLK (contact C3) . 25
5.1.5 I/O (contact C7) . 25
5.2 Class B operating conditions . 25
5.2.1 Supply voltage Vcc (contact C1) . 25
5.2.2 Reset (RST) (contact C2) . 26
5.2.3 Clock CLK (contact C3) . 26
5.2.4 I/O (contact C7) . 26
5.3 Class C operating conditions . 27
5.3.1 Supply voltage Vcc (contact C1) . 27
5.3.2 Reset (RST) (contact C2) . 27
5.3.3 Clock CLK (contact C3) . 28
5.3.4 I/O (contact C7) . 28
6 Initial communication establishment procedures . 28
6.1 UICC activation and deactivation. 28
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6.2 Supply voltage switching . 29
6.2.1 Supply voltage classes . 29
6.2.2 Power consumption of the UICC during ATR . 29
6.2.3 Application related electrical parameters . 30
6.3 Answer To Reset content . 30
6.3.1 Coding of historical bytes . 31
6.3.2 Speed enhancement. 31
6.3.3 Global Interface bytes . 31
6.4 PPS procedure . 32
6.5 Reset procedures . 32
6.5.1 Cold reset . 32
6.5.2 Warm reset . 32
6.5.3 Reaction to resets . 33
6.6 Clock stop mode . 33
6.7 Bit/character duration and sampling time . 33
6.8 Error handling . 33
6.9 Compatibility . 34
7 Transmission protocols. 34
7.1 Physical layer . 35
7.2 Data link layer . 35
7.2.1 Character frame . 35
7.2.1.1 Low impedance I/O line behaviour . 36
7.2.2 Transmission protocol T = 0 . 36
7.2.2.1 Timing and specific options for characters in T = 0 . 36
7.2.2.2 Command header . 36
7.2.2.3 Command processing . 37
7.2.2.3.1 Procedure bytes . 37
7.2.2.3.2 Status bytes . 37
7.2.2.4 Error detection and correction . 37
7.2.3 Transmission protocol T = 1 . 38
7.2.3.1 Timing and specific options for blocks sent with T = 1 . 38
7.2.3.1.1 Information field size . 38
7.2.3.1.2 Character waiting integer. 38
7.2.3.1.3 Character waiting time . 38
7.2.3.1.4 Block waiting time . 39
7.2.3.1.5 Block guard time . 39
7.2.3.1.6 Waiting time extension . 39
7.2.3.1.7 Error detection code . 39
7.2.3.2 Block frame structure . 39
7.2.3.2.1 Prologue field . 40
7.2.3.2.2 Epilogue field . 41
7.2.3.2.3 Block notations . 41
7.2.3.3 Error free operation . 42
7.2.3.4 Error handling for T = 1 . 42
7.2.3.4.1 Protocol initialization . 43
7.2.3.4.2 Block dependent errors . 43
7.2.3.5 Chaining . 43
7.2.3.5.1 Rules for chaining. 44
7.3 Transport layer . 44
7.3.1 Transportation of an APDU using T = 0 . 44
7.3.1.1 Mapping of APDUs to TPDUs . 44
7.3.1.1.1 Case 1 . 45
7.3.1.1.2 Case 2 . 45
7.3.1.1.3 Case 3 . 46
7.3.1.1.4 Case 4 . 47
7.3.1.1.5 Use of procedure bytes '61xx' and '6Cxx' . 48
7.3.2 Transportation of a APDU using T = 1 . 49
7.3.2.1 Case 1 . 49
7.3.2.2 Case 2 . 49
7.3.2.3 Case 3 . 50
7.3.2.4 Case 4 . 50
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7.4 Application layer . 50
7.4.1 Exchange of APDUs . 51
7.4.2 CAT layer . 51
7.4.2.1 Proactive command . 51
7.4.2.2 ENVELOPE Commands . 52
8 Application and file structure . 53
8.1 UICC application structure . 53
8.2 File types . 53
8.2.1 Dedicated files . 53
8.2.2 Elementary files . 54
8.2.2.1 Transparent EF . 54
8.2.2.2 Linear fixed EF . 54
8.2.2.3 Cyclic EF . 54
8.2.2.4 BER-TLV structure EF . 55
8.3 File referencing . 55
8.4 Methods for selecting a file . 55
8.4.1 SELECT by File IDentifier referencing . 56
8.4.2 SELECT by path referencing . 57
8.4.3 Short File Identifier (SFI) . 58
8.5 Application characteristics . 58
8.5.1 Explicit application selection . 58
8.5.1.1 SELECT by DF name . 58
8.5.1.2 SELECT by partial DF name . 59
8.5.2 Application session activation . 59
8.5.3 Application session termination . 59
8.5.4 Application session reset . 60
8.5.5 Void . 60
8.6 Reservation of file IDs . 60
8.7 Logical channels . 61
8.8 Shareable versus not-shareable files . 62
8.9 Secure channels . 62
9 Security features . 63
9.1 Supported security features . 63
9.2 Security architecture . 63
9.2.1 Security attributes . 64
9.2.2 Access mode . 64
9.2.3 Security condition . 64
9.2.4 Access rules . 64
9.2.5 Compact format . 65
9.2.6 Expanded format . 65
9.2.7 Access rule referencing . 66
9.3 Security environment . 66
9.3.1 Definition of the security environment . 67
9.3.2 Logical Channels and Security Environment . 67
9.4 PIN definitions . 68
9.4.1 Universal PIN . 68
9.4.2 Application PIN . 68
9.4.3 Local PIN . 68
9.4.4 PINs and logical channels . 68
9.5 PIN and key reference relation ship . 69
9.5.1 Access condition mapping . 69
9.5.2 PIN status indication . 70
10 Structure of commands and responses . 71
10.1 Command APDU structure. 71
10.1.1 Coding of Class Byte . 72
10.1.2 Coding of Instruction Byte . 73
10.1.3 Coding of parameter bytes . 74
10.1.4 Coding of Lc byte .
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