ETSI TS 137 571-4 V15.4.0 (2020-04)

ETSI TS 137 571-4 V15.4.0 (2020-04)






TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS);
LTE;
User Equipment (UE) conformance specification
for UE positioning;
Part 4: Test suites
(3GPP TS 37.571-4 version 15.4.0 Release 15)

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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 2
Legal Notice . 2
Modal verbs terminology . 2
Foreword . 5
Introduction . 5
1 Scope . 6
2 References . 6
3 Definitions, symbols and abbreviations . 7
3.1 Definitions . 7
3.2 Symbols . 8
3.3 Abbreviations . 8
4 A-GPS system architecture and test model . 8
4.1 ATS and module structure . 8
4.2 Upper tester . 8
4.3 SV PCO . 8
4.4 A-GPS Primitives . 8
4.5 Specific test suite operation for A-GPS testing . 8
5 A-GNSS and LTE positioning system architecture and test models . 8
5.1 Test system architecture . 8
5.1.1 General system architecture . 8
5.1.2 Component architecture . 8
5.1.2.1 Interfaces . 9
5.2 Test model . 10
5.2.1 LTE GNSS test model . 10
5.2.2 UTRA A-GNSS test model . 11
5.3 ASP specifications . 12
5.4 LTE OTDOA test model . 13
5.5 LTE ECID test model . 13
6 LTE indoor positioning system architecture and test models . 14
6.1 Test system architecture . 14
6.1.1 General system architecture . 14
6.1.2 Component architecture . 14
6.1.2.1 Interfaces . 14
6.2 Test model . 15
6.2.1 LTE indoor positioning test model . 15
6A LTE test models requiring GNSS support . 16
6B NG-RAN NR positioning system architecture and test models . 16
6B.1 Test system architecture . 16
6B.1.1 General system architecture . 16
6B.1.2 Component architecture . 16
6B.2 Test models . 17
6B.2.1 NR GNSS positioning test model . 17
6B.2.2 NR indoor positioning test model . 18
6B.2.3 NR OTDOA (LTE) positioning test model . 18
7 Upper Tester Interface . 19
7.1 MMI for A-GPS . 19
7.2 MMI for A-GNSS, LTE and NR positioning . 19
8 IXIT Proforma . 20
8.1 A-GPS test suite parameters declarations . 20
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8.2 A-GNSS, LTE and NR positioning test suite parameters declarations . 20
9 Other SS Requirements with TTCN-3 impact. 20
9.1 Codec Requirements. 20
Annex A (normative): Test Suites . 21
A.1 A-GPS test suite . 21
A.1.1 Version of specifications . 21
A.1.2 AGPS ATS . 21
A.1.3 The TTCN Machine Processable form (TTCN.MP) . 22
A.2 A-GNSS and LTE positioning test suite . 22
A.2.1 Baseline of specifications . 22
A.2.2 E-UTRA LTE positioning Test Cases . 22
A.2.3 UTRA A-GNSS Test Cases. 23
Annex B (informative): ASN.1 modules . 24
B.1 A-GPS ASN.1 module . 24
B.2 A-GNSS ASN.1 modules . 24
B.3 LPP ASN.1 . 24
Annex C (informative): E-UTRA System Simulator Extension ASP Definitions in TTCN-3 . 25
C.1 EUTRA_POS_ASP_TypeDefs . 25
C.1.1 System_Configuration_PosExt . 25
C.1.2 Cell_Configuration_PosExt . 25
C.1.2.1 Cell_Configuration_Common_PosExt . 25
C.1.2.2 Downlink_Physical_Layer_Configuration_PosExt . 26
C.1.3 System_Interface_PosExt . 26
C.2 References to TTCN-3 . 27
Annex D (informative): Positioning System Simulator ASP Definitions in TTCN-3 . 28
D.1 PosSystem_ASP_TypeDefs . 28
D.1.1 PosSystem_Load_Scenario . 28
D.1.2 PosSystem_Retrieve_Data . 29
D.1.2.1 SatSystem_Retrieve_UTRAN_Data . 29
D.1.2.2 PosSystem_Retrieve_LPP_Data . 30
D.1.2.3 PosSystem_Retrieve_Data_Common . 31
D.1.3 PosSystem_PowerControl . 31
D.1.4 System_Interface . 32
D.2 CommonDefs . 33
D.3 References to TTCN-3 . 33
Annex E (informative): Change history . 34
History . 39

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Foreword
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Introduction
The present document is part 4 of a multi-part conformance test specification. The specification contains a TTCN
design frame work and the detailed test specifications in TTCN for the UE:
- A-GPS at the UTRA Uu interface in TTCN-2;
- A-GNSS at the UTRA Uu interface in TTCN-3;
- LTE positioning at the LTE-Uu interface in TTCN-3.
- NR positioning at the NR-Uu interface in TTCN-3.
The present document is part 4 of a multi-parts TS:
- 3GPP TS 37.571-1: User Equipment (UE) conformance specification for UE positioning; Part 1: Terminal
conformance.
- 3GPP TS 37.571-2: User Equipment (UE) conformance specification for UE positioning; Part 2: Protocol
conformance.
- 3GPP TS 37.571-3: User Equipment (UE) conformance specification for UE positioning; Part 3: Implementation
Conformance Statement (ICS).
- 3GPP TS 37.571-4: User Equipment (UE) conformance specification for UE positioning; Part 4: Test
suites.
- 3GPP TS 37.571-5: User Equipment (UE) conformance specification for UE positioning; Part 5: Test scenarios
and assistance data.
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1 Scope
The present document specifies the protocol and signalling conformance testing in TTCN for the UE:
- A-GPS at the UTRA Uu interface;
- LTE positioning at the LTE-Uu interface;
- A-GNSS at the UTRA Uu interface.
- NR positioning at the NR-Uu interface.
The following TTCN test specification and design considerations can be found in the present document:
- Test system architecture;
- Test models and ASP definitions;
- Test methods and usage of communication ports definitions;
- Test configurations;
- Design principles and assumptions;
- TTCN styles and conventions;
- Partial PIXIT proforma;
- Test suites in TTCN-2 and TTCN-3;
- The Test Suites designed and implemented in the present document are based on the test specifications in prose
in 3GPP TS 37.571-2 [3];
- The applicability of the individual test cases is specified in the test ICS proforma specification in
3GPP TS 37.571-3 [4].
2 References
The following documents contain provisions which, through reference in this text, constitute provisions of the present
document.
- References are either specific (identified by date of publication, edition number, version number, etc.) or
non-specific.
- For a specific reference, subsequent revisions do not apply.
- For a non-specific reference, the latest version applies. In the case of a reference to a 3GPP document (including
a GSM document), a non-specific reference implicitly refers to the latest version of that document in the same
Release as the present document unless the context in which the reference is made suggests a different Release is
relevant (information on the applicable release in a particular context can be found in e.g. test case title,
description or applicability, message description or content).
[1] 3GPP TR 21.905: "Vocabulary for 3GPP Specifications".
[2] 3GPP TS 37.571-1: " User Equipment (UE) conformance specification for UE positioning; Part 1:
Conformance test specification".
[3] 3GPP TS 37.571-2: " User Equipment (UE) conformance specification for UE positioning; Part 2:
Protocol conformance".
[4] 3GPP TS 37.571-3: " User Equipment (UE) conformance specification for UE positioning; Part 3:
Implementation Conformance Statement (ICS)".
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[5] 3GPP TS 37.571-5: " User Equipment (UE) conformance specification for UE positioning; Part 5:
Test scenarios and assistance data".
[6] 3GPP TS 36.523-3: "Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) and Evolved Packet
Core (EPC); User Equipment (UE) conformance specification; Part 3: Test suites".
[7] 3GPP TS 36.508: "Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) and Evolved Packet
Core (EPC); Common test environments for User Equipment (UE) conformance testing".
[8] 3GPP TS 34.123-3: "User Equipment (UE) conformance specification; Part 3: Abstract test suite
(ATS)".
[9] 3GPP TS 34.108: "Common test environments for User Equipment (UE); Conformance testing".
[10] 3GPP TS 36.355: "Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); LTE Positioning
Protocol (LPP)".
[11] 3GPP TS 24.301: "Non-Access-Stratum (NAS) protocol for Evolved Packet System (EPS);
Stage 3".
[12] 3GPP TS 25.331: "Radio Resource Control (RRC); Protocol specification".
[13] 3GPP TS 24.080: "Mobile radio interface layer 3 supplementary services specification; Formats
and coding".
[14] 3GPP TS 29.002: "Mobile Application Part (MAP) specification".
[15] ITU-T Recommendation X.880: "Information technology - Remote Operations: Concepts, model
and notation".
[16] ITU-T Recommendation Q.773: "Transaction capabilities formats and encoding".
[17] ETSI ES 201 873-1: "Methods for Testing and Specification (MTS); The Testing and Test Control
Notation version 3; Part 1: TTCN-3 Core Language".
[18] 3GPP TS 34.109: "Terminal logical test interface; Special conformance testing functions".
[19] 3GPP TS 23.038: "Alphabets and language-specific information".
[20] ETSI TR 101 666 (V1.0.0): "Information technology; Open Systems Interconnection Conformance
testing methodology and framework; The Tree and Tabular Combined Notation (TTCN)
(Ed. 2++)".
[21] 3GPP TS 24.008: "Mobile radio interface Layer 3 specification; Core network protocols; Stage 3".
[22] 3GPP TS 23.032: "Universal Geographical Area Description (GAD)".
[23] 3GPP TS 36.211: "Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); Physical channels and
modulation".
[24] 3GPP TS 38.523-3: "5GS; User Equipment (UE) conformance specification; Part 3: Protocol Test
Suites".
3 Definitions, symbols and abbreviations
3.1 Definitions
For the purposes of the present document, the terms and definitions given in 3GPP TR 21.905 [1] apply.
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3.2 Symbols
For the purposes of the present document, the abbreviations given in 3GPP TR 21.905 [1] apply.
3.3 Abbreviations
For the purposes of the present document, the abbreviations given in 3GPP TR 21.905 [1] and the following apply:
ASP Abstract Service Primitive
4 A-GPS system architecture and test model
A-GPS signalling conformance tests are specified in TTCN-2. The system architecture and the test model are based on
3GPP TS 34.123-3 [8].
4.1 ATS and module structure
Refer to 3GPP TS 34.123-3 [8], clause 5.
4.2 Upper tester
Refer to 3GPP TS 34.123-3 [8], clause 7.3.5.1.
4.3 SV PCO
Refer to 3GPP TS 34.123-3 [8], clause 7.3.5.2.
4.4 A-GPS Primitives
Refer to 3GPP TS 34.123-3[8], clause 7.3.5.3.
4.5 Specific test suite operation for A-GPS testing
Refer to 3GPP TS 34.123-3 [8], clause 8.7.7.
5 A-GNSS and LTE positioning system architecture
and test models
5.1 Test system architecture
5.1.1 General system architecture
Refer to 3GPP TS 36.523-3 [6], clause 4.1.1.
5.1.2 Component architecture
Each access technology (RAT) is hosted by a separate TTCN-3 parallel component (PTC):
- E-UTRA PTC;
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- UTRA PTC.
The PTCs are controlled by the TTCN-3 positioning master test component (POS MTC) which:
- Is an extension of the MTC as defined in 3GPP TS 36.523-3 [6], clause 4.1.2.
- Controls the SS Positioning Simulator.
Figure 5.1.2-1 shows this component architecture for an E-UTRA and UTRA scenario.
AT/MMI commands
Upper Tester
POS MTC
TTCN-3
Synchronisation
Upper tester control
POS port control
Coordination
messages
UTRA
EUTRA
PTC PTC
A-GNSS
LTE positioning
TTCN
TTCN
E-UTRA UTRA Ports
POS Port E-UTRA
Control Ports UE
Ports
UTRA
Control
Ports
Positioning
System Simulator
Simulator
Radio Interface
Satellite Signal

Figure 5.1.2-1: Component architecture for an E-UTRA and UTRA scenario

The PTCs are allocated according to the following principles:
- For LTE positioning tests cases, the E-UTRA PTC is created.
- For LTE positioning CS fallback test cases, E-UTRA and UTRA PTCs are created.
- For UTRA A-GNSS test cases, the UTRA PTC is created.
5.1.2.1 Interfaces
A number of interfaces are taken into consideration.
POS MTC - PTC:
Common synchronisation of PTCs.
Positioning simulator command/data coordination messages.
Upper tester primitives.
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POS MTC - System Interface:
Upper tester primitives.
POS MTC- Positioning Simulator:
Positioning simulator command and data primitives.
PTC - PTC:
Primitives containing information for IRAT handover.
PTC - System Interface:
Primitives containing peer-to-peer message.
Configuration primitives.
5.2 Test model
In order to perform the LTE positioning and A-GNSS tests, the Positioning Simulator shall have two basic functional
unites:
- Satellite simulator generating and broadcasting satellite signals.
- Assistance data source storing the data associated with the pre-defined GPS and GNSS test scenarios (see 3GPP TS
37.571-5 [5]).
This specification supports the following GNSS: GPS, Galileo, GLONASS and BDS.
5.2.1 LTE GNSS test model
TTCN CODE
POS MTC E-UTRA MTC
DRB SRB2-SRB0 Config/Control
POS Port
RR RRC/C/NANA SS
EmEmuullaattoorr
Integrity
PDCP
Ciphering
RLRLCC
[A[AM/M/UUMM//TTM]M]
Positioning
Simulator
MAMACC
PHPHYY
UE

Figure 5.2.1-1: E-UTRA Test model for LTE positioning GNSS testing
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The LTE positioning test model consists of an SS E-UTRAN protocol stack and a positioning simulator. The SS E-
UTRA emulation part is the same as the model defined in 3GPP TS 36.523-3 [6].
The UE is configured in normal mode. On UE side Ciphering/Integrity (PDCP and NAS) is enabled. The tests are
performed on C-Plane.
The ASPs at POS Port are used to:
- Load a pre-defined test scenario into the positioning simulator.
- Start or stop generating and broadcasting satellite signals from the positioning simulator.
- Retrieve the
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