ETSI TS 103 368 V1.1.1 (2016-11)

ETSI TS 103 368 V1.1.1 (2016-11)






TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
Railway Telecommunications;
Commands necessary for mobile
radio equipment operation on railways

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Reference
DTS/RT-0039
Keywords
GSM-R, radio, railways

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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 5
Foreword . 5
Modal verbs terminology . 5
1 Scope . 6
2 References . 6
2.1 Normative references . 6
2.2 Informative references . 7
3 Definitions and abbreviations . 7
3.1 Definitions . 7
3.2 Abbreviations . 7
4 General requirements for AT commands . 8
4.1 AT command syntax . 8
4.1.1 Alphabet . 8
4.1.2 Command Lines . 8
4.1.3 Basic Syntax Commands . 8
4.1.4 Extended Syntax Commands . 8
4.1.5 Issuing Commands . 8
4.1.6 Executing Commands . 8
4.1.7 MT Responses . 8
4.2 TE-TA interface commands . 9
4.2.1 Escape code character used to switch from Online Data state to Online Command state: S2 . 9
4.2.2 Command line termination character: S3. 9
4.2.3 Response formatting character: S4 . 9
4.2.4 Command echo: E . 9
4.2.5 Result code suppression: Q . 10
4.2.6 TA response format: V . 10
4.2.7 Defines CONNECT result code format and dial tone and busy detection: X . 10
4.2.8 Behaviour of circuit 109 DCD: &C . 10
4.2.9 Behaviour of circuit 108/2 DTR: &D . 10
4.2.10 Data rate command at which the DCE will accept commands: +IPR . 11
4.2.11 DTE-DCE character framing: +ICF . 11
4.2.12 Select DTE-DCE flow control mechanism: +IFC . 11
4.3 Result Codes . 11
4.4 General commands . 13
4.4.1 Request manufacturer identification: +CGMI . 13
4.4.2 Request model identification: +CGMM . 13
4.4.3 Request revision identification: +CGMR . 13
4.4.4 Request product serial number identification: +CGSN . 14
5 AT Commands for voice and CS . 14
5.1 Call control commands and methods . 14
5.1.1 Automatic answer: S0 . 14
5.1.2 Dial command: D . 14
5.1.3 Call clearing: H . 15
5.1.4 Select bearer service type: +CBST . 15
5.1.5 Radio link protocol: +CRLP . 16
5.1.6 Extended error report: +CEER. 16
5.1.7 Cellular result codes: +CRC . 16
5.2 Network service related commands . 16
5.2.1 Subscriber number: +CNUM . 16
5.2.2 Network registration: +CREG . 17
5.2.3 PLMN selection: +COPS . 17
5.2.4 Facility lock: +CLCK . 17
5.2.5 Change password: +CPWD . 17
5.2.6 Calling line identification presentation: +CLIP . 17
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5.2.7 Calling line identification restriction: +CLIR . 18
5.2.8 Connected line identification presentation: +COLP . 18
5.2.9 Call forwarding number and conditions: +CCFC . 18
5.2.10 Call waiting: +CCWA . 18
5.2.11 Call related supplementary services: +CHLD . 18
5.2.12 Unstructured supplementary service data: +CUSD . 18
5.2.13 List current calls: +CLCC . 19
5.2.14 User to user signalling service 1: +CUUS1 . 19
5.2.15 Answer: A . 19
5.3 Mobile termination control and status commands . 19
5.3.1 Enter PIN: +CPIN . 19
5.3.2 Signal quality: +CSQ . 19
5.3.3 Restricted SIM access: +CRSM. 20
5.3.4 Automatic time zone update: +CTZU . 20
5.3.5 Time zone reporting: +CTZR . 20
5.3.6 Phone activity status: +CPAS . 20
5.4 Mobile termination errors . 21
5.4.1 Report mobile termination error: +CMEE . 21
5.4.2 Mobile termination error result code: +CME ERROR . 21
6 AT commands for Packet Switched services . 21
6.1 General . 21
6.2 Commands specific to MTs supporting the packet Switched services . 21
6.2.1 Define PDP context: +CGDCONT . 21
6.2.2 3G Quality of service profile (requested): +CGEQREQ . 22
6.2.3 3G quality of service profile (negotiated): +CGEQNEG . 22
6.2.4 PS attach or detach: +CGATT . 22
6.2.5 Automatic attachment to the PS network: +RCGATT . 22
6.2.6 PDP context activate or deactivate: +CGACT . 23
6.2.7 PDP context modify: +CGCMOD . 23
6.2.8 Enter data state: +CGDATA . 24
6.2.9 Show PDP address(es): +CGPADDR . 24
6.2.10 GPRS mobile station class: +CGCLASS . 24
6.2.11 Packet domain event reporting: +CGEREP . 24
6.2.12 GPRS network registration status: +CGREG . 25
6.2.13 Multiplexing mode: +CMUX . 25
7 AT Commands for eREC, VGCS and VBS Services . 26
7.1 AT+CGIPC - Group Id prefixes capability . 26
7.2 Request and termination of VGCS or VBS service: 'D' and 'H ' . 27
7.3 AT+CSCB - Select Cell Broadcast Message Indication . 27
7.4 AT+CNMI - New short Message Indication . 27
7.5 eMLPP subscriptions: +CPPS . 27
7.6 Fast call setup conditions: +CFCS . 27
7.7 Automatic answer for eMLPP Service: +CAAP . 27
7.8 AT+CGCS - VGCS subscriptions and GId status . 28
7.9 AT+CBCS - VBS subscriptions and GId status . 28
7.10 AT+CAJOIN - Accept an incoming VGCS or VBS Call . 28
7.11 AT+ CAREJ - Reject an incoming VGCS or VBS Call . 28
7.12 AT+ CAHLD - Leave an ongoing VGCS or VBS Call . 28
7.13 AT+ CAPTT - Talker Access for VGCS . 28
7.14 AT+ CAULEV - VGCS Uplink Status Presentation . 29
7.15 AT+ CALCC - List current VGCS and VBS Calls . 29
7.16 AT+ CACSP - VGCS or VBS Call State Attribute Presentation . 29
7.17 AT+ CANCHEV - NCH Support Indication . 29
7.18 AT+ COTDI - Originator to Dispatcher Information . 29
History . 30


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Intellectual Property Rights
IPRs essential or potentially essential to the present document may have been declared to ETSI. The information
pertaining to these essential IPRs, if any, is publicly available for ETSI members and non-members, and can be found
in ETSI SR 000 314: "Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs); Essential, or potentially Essential, IPRs notified to ETSI in
respect of ETSI standards", which is available from the ETSI Secretariat. Latest updates are available on the ETSI Web
server (https://ipr.etsi.org/).
Pursuant to the ETSI IPR Policy, no investigation, including IPR searches, has been carried out by ETSI. No guarantee
can be given as to the existence of other IPRs not referenced in ETSI SR 000 314 (or the updates on the ETSI Web
server) which are, or may be, or may become, essential to the present document.
Foreword
This Technical Specification (TS) has been produced by ETSI Technical Committee Railway Telecommunications
(RT).
Modal verbs terminology
In the present document "shall", "shall not", "should", "should not", "may", "need not", "will", "will not", "can" and
"cannot" are to be interpreted as described in clause 3.2 of the ETSI Drafting Rules (Verbal forms for the expression of
provisions).
"must" and "must not" are NOT allowed in ETSI deliverables except when used in direct citation.

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1 Scope
The present document defines the minimum set of commands necessary for mobile radio systems operation on
Railways. The following operational cases are addressed within the present document:
• GSM-R Circuit Switched Voice (including ASCI calls, Enhanced Railway Emergency Call, etc.).
• GSM-R Circuit Switched Data (CS) bearer service.
• GSM-R Packet Switched (PS) bearer service.
2 References
2.1 Normative references
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific. For specific references, only the cited version applies. For non-specific references, the latest version of the
referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
Referenced documents which are not found to be publicly available in the expected location might be found at
http://docbox.etsi.org/Reference.
NOTE: While any hyperlinks included in this clause were valid at the time of publication, ETSI cannot guarantee
their long term validity.
The following referenced documents are necessary for the application of the present document.
[1] ETSI TS 127 007 (V4.7.0): "Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+) (GSM);
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS); LTE; AT command set for User
Equipment (UE) (3GPP TS 27.007 version 4.7.0 Release 4)".
[2] Recommendation ITU-T V.250 (07/2003): "Serial asynchronous automatic dialling and control".
[3] Void.
[4] ETSI TS 122 011 (V4.8.0) (09-2002): "Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+);
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS); Service accessibility (3GPP TS 22.011
version 4.8.0 Release 4)".
[5] ETSI TS 127 010 (V4.2.0): "Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+); Universal
Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS); LTE; Terminal Equipment to User Equipment
(TE-UE) Multiplexer protocol".
[6] ETSI TS 127 005 (V4.2.1): " Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+); Universal
Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS); Use of Data Terminal Equipment - Data Circuit
terminating Equipment (DTE-DCE) interface for Short Message Service (SMS) and Cell
Broadcast Service (CBS) (3GPP TS 27.005 version 4.2.1 Release 4)".
[7] ETSI TS 122 030 (V4.1.0) (03-2002): " Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+)
(GSM); Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS); Man-Machine Interface (MMI)
of the User Equipment (UE) (3GPP TS 22.030 version 4.1.0 Release 4)".
[8] ETSI TS 127 007 (V13.4.0) (03-2016): " Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+)
(GSM); Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS); LTE; AT command set for User
Equipment (UE) (3GPP TS 27.007 version 13.4.0 Release 13)".
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2.2 Informative references
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific. For specific references, only the cited version applies. For non-specific references, the latest version of the
referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
NOTE: While any hyperlinks included in this clause were valid at the time of publication, ETSI cannot guarantee
their long term validity.
The following referenced documents are not necessary for the application of the present document but they assist the
user with regard to a particular subject area.
[i.1] ETSI TS 127 060 (V4.3.1): "Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+); Universal
Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS); LTE; Packet domain; Mobile Station (MS)
supporting Packet Switched services".
[i.2] EIRENE SRS: "System Requirements Specification Version 16.0.0".
3 Definitions and abbreviations
3.1 Definitions
For the purposes of the present document, the following terms and definitions apply:
ETCS application(s): application(s) comprising the EuroRadio protocol suite
Non-ETCS application(s): application(s) comprising any other protocol suites than EuroRadio
3.2 Abbreviations
For the purposes of the present document, the following abbreviations apply:
APN Access Point Name
ASCI Advanced Speech Call Items
AT ATtention
CS Circuit Switch
CTS Clear To Send
DCD Data Carrier Detect
DCE Data Circuit Equipment
DTE Data Terminal Equipment
DTR Data Terminal Ready
EDOR ETCS Data Only Radio
EGPRS Enhanced GPRS
ERTMS European Rail Traffic Management System
ETCS European Train Control System
ETSI European Telecommunication Standardisation Institute
GMM GPRS Mobility Management
GPRS General Packet Radio Service
GSM Global System Mobile
GSM-R lobal System for Mobile - Railways
HLR Home Location Register
IMEI International Mobile Equipment Identifier
IP Internet Protocol
ITU-T International Telecommunication Union - Telecommunications Standardization Sector
ME Mobile Equipment
MOC Mobile Originated Call
MSISDN Mobile Station International Subscriber directory Number
MT Mobile Termination
PDP Packet Data Protocol
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PLMN Public Land Mobile Network
PPP Point to Point Protocol
PS Packet Switched
QoS Quality of Service
RTS Ready To Send
SGSN Serving GPRS Support Node
SIM Subscriber Identity Module
TA Terminal Adaptor
TA/TE Terminal Adapter / Terminal Equipment
TE Terminal Equipment
UE User Equipment
VBS Voice Broadcast Service
VGCS Voice Group Call Service
4 General requirements for AT commands
4.1 AT command syntax
4.1.1 Alphabet
Clause 5.1 of Recommendation ITU-T V.250 [2] shall apply.
4.1.2 Command Lines
Clause 5.2 of Recommendation ITU-T V.250 [2] shall apply.
4.1.3 Basic Syntax Commands
Clause 5.3 of Recommendation ITU-T V.250 [2] shall apply.
4.1.4 Extended Syntax Commands
Clause 5.4 of Recommendation ITU-T V.250 [2] shall apply.
4.1.5 Issuing Commands
Clause 5.5 of Recommendation ITU-T V.250 [2] shall apply.
4.1.6 Executing Commands
Clause 5.6 of Recommendation ITU-T V.250 [2] shall apply.
4.1.7 MT Responses
MT Responses shall be as defined in clause 5.7 of Recommendation ITU-T V.250 [2] with the exception of
DIALTONE and NO ANSWER result codes which are not applicable.
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4.2 TE-TA interface commands
4.2.1 Escape code character used to switch from Online Data state to
Online Command state: S2
Description and Operation
S2 register defines the character used to build the escape sequence to exit from online data state and return to command
state or online command state. The escape sequence is built by repeating three time the escape character defines by the
S2 register (e.g. if the escape character is '+ ', the escape sequence will be "+++").
The escape character code shall be comprise between 0 and 127. Values from 128 to 255 are reserved to disable the
escape sequence mechanism.
Define value:
S2=0.127 Define the escape character code
S2=128.255 Disable the escape sequence mechanism

The default value for operation on Railways shall be set to S2=128. (Escape sequence mechanism is disabled).
Implementation
Mandatory.
4.2.2 Command line termination character: S3
Description and Operation
Clause 6.2.1 of Recommendation ITU-T V.250 [2] shall apply.
The default value for operation on Railways shall be set to S3=13 (Carriage return).
Implementation
Mandatory.
4.2.3 Response formatting character: S4
Description and Operation
Clause 6.2.2 of Recommendation ITU-T V.250 [2] shall apply.
The default value for operation on Railways shall be set to S4=10 (Line feed).
Implementation
Mandatory.
4.2.4 Command echo: E
Description and Operation
Clause 6.2.4 of Recommendation ITU-T V.250 [2] shall apply.
The default value for operation on Railways shall be set to E1 (Echo enabled).
Implementation
Mandatory.
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4.2.5 Result code suppression: Q
Description and Operation
Clause 6.2.5 of Recommendation ITU-T V.250 [2] shall apply.
The default value for operation on Railways shall be set to Q0 (TA transmit result codes).
Implementation
Mandatory.
4.2.6 TA response format: V
Description and Operation
Clause 6.2.6 of Recommendation ITU-T V.250 [2] shall apply.
The default value for operation on Railways shall be set to V1 (DCE transmits full headers and trailers and verbose
response text).
Implementation
Mandatory.
4.2.7 Defines CONNECT result code format and dial tone and busy
detection: X
Description and Operation
Clause 6.2.7 of Recommendation ITU-T V.250 [2] shall apply.
The default value for operation on Railways shall be set to X3 (CONNECT is shown with speed; recognition of dialling
tone is disabled and busy detection is enabled).
Implementation
Mandatory.
4.2.8 Behaviour of circuit 109 DCD: &C
Description and Operation
Clause 6.2.8 of Recommendation ITU-T V.250 [2] shall apply.
The default value for operation on Railways shall be set to &C1 (Circuit 109 changes physical layer functions in
accordance with the underlying DCE).
Implementation
Mandatory.
4.2.9 Behaviour of circuit 108
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