SIST EN 300 468 V1.10.1:2010

ETSI EN 300 468 V1.10.1 (2009-11)
European Standard (Telecommunications series)


Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB);
Specification for Service Information (SI) in DVB systems

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Reference
REN/JTC-DVB-255
Keywords
broadcasting, digital, DVB, MPEG, service, TV,
video
ETSI
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F-06921 Sophia Antipolis Cedex - FRANCE

Tel.: +33 4 92 94 42 00  Fax: +33 4 93 65 47 16

Siret N° 348 623 562 00017 - NAF 742 C
Association à but non lucratif enregistrée à la
Sous-Préfecture de Grasse (06) N° 7803/88

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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 6
Foreword . 6
1 Scope . 7
2 References . 7
2.1 Normative references . 7
2.2 Informative references . 10
3 Definitions and abbreviations . 10
3.1 Definitions . 10
3.2 Abbreviations . 13
4 Service Information (SI) description . 15
5 Service Information (SI) tables . 17
5.1 SI table mechanism . 17
5.1.1 Explanation . 18
5.1.2 Mapping of sections into Transport Stream (TS) packets . 18
5.1.3 Coding of PID and table_id fields . 19
5.1.4 Repetition rates and random access . 20
5.1.5 Scrambling . 20
5.2 Table definitions . 20
5.2.1 Network Information Table (NIT) . 20
5.2.2 Bouquet Association Table (BAT) . 22
5.2.3 Service Description Table (SDT) . 23
5.2.4 Event Information Table (EIT) . 25
5.2.5 Time and Date Table (TDT) . 27
5.2.6 Time Offset Table (TOT) . 28
5.2.7 Running Status Table (RST) . 28
5.2.8 Stuffing Table (ST) . 29
5.2.9 Discontinuity Information Table (DIT) . 30
5.2.10 Selection Information Table (SIT) . 30
6 Descriptors . 30
6.1 Descriptor identification and location . 30
6.2 Descriptor coding . 32
6.2.1 Adaptation field data descriptor . 32
6.2.2 Ancillary data descriptor . 33
6.2.3 Announcement support descriptor . 33
6.2.4 Bouquet name descriptor . 35
6.2.5 CA identifier descriptor . 35
6.2.6 Cell frequency link descriptor . 36
6.2.7 Cell list descriptor . 36
6.2.8 Component descriptor . 38
6.2.9 Content descriptor . 40
6.2.10 Country availability descriptor . 43
6.2.11 Data broadcast descriptor . 44
6.2.12 Data broadcast id descriptor. 45
6.2.13 Delivery system descriptors . 45
6.2.13.1 Cable delivery system descriptor . 45
6.2.13.2 Satellite delivery system descriptor . 47
6.2.13.3 S2 satellite delivery system descriptor . 48
6.2.13.4 Terrestrial delivery system descriptor . 49
6.2.14 DSNG descriptor . 51
6.2.15 Extended event descriptor . 51
6.2.16 Extension descriptor . 53
6.2.17 Frequency list descriptor . 53
6.2.18 FTA content management descriptor . 54
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6.2.18.1 Scope of FTA content management descriptor . 55
6.2.19 Linkage descriptor . 56
6.2.20 Local time offset descriptor . 59
6.2.21 Mosaic descriptor . 60
6.2.22 Multilingual bouquet name descriptor . 62
6.2.23 Multilingual component descriptor . 63
6.2.24 Multilingual network name descriptor . 64
6.2.25 Multilingual service name descriptor . 64
6.2.26 Near Video On Demand (NVOD) reference descriptor . 65
6.2.27 Network name descriptor . 66
6.2.28 Parental rating descriptor . 66
6.2.29 Partial Transport Stream (TS) descriptor . 66
6.2.30 PDC descriptor . 67
6.2.31 Private data specifier descriptor . 67
6.2.32 Scrambling descriptor . 67
6.2.33 Service descriptor . 68
6.2.34 Service availability descriptor. 69
6.2.35 Service list descriptor. 70
6.2.36 Service move descriptor . 70
6.2.37 Short event descriptor . 71
6.2.38 Short smoothing buffer descriptor . 71
6.2.39 Stream identifier descriptor. 73
6.2.40 Stuffing descriptor . 73
6.2.41 Subtitling descriptor . 74
6.2.42 Telephone descriptor. 74
6.2.43 Teletext descriptor . 76
6.2.44 Time shifted event descriptor. 77
6.2.45 Time shifted service descriptor . 77
6.2.46 Transport stream descriptor . 77
6.2.47 VBI data descriptor . 78
6.2.48 VBI teletext descriptor . 79
6.3 Extended descriptor identification and location . 79
6.4 Extended descriptor coding . 80
6.4.1 CP descriptor . 80
6.4.2 CP identifier descriptor . 80
6.4.3 CPCM delivery signalling descriptor . 81
6.4.4 Delivery system descriptors . 81
6.4.4.1 SH delivery system descriptor. 81
6.4.4.2 T2 delivery system descriptor . 85
6.4.5 Image icon descriptor. 88
6.4.6 Message descriptor . 90
6.4.7 Network change notify descriptor . 90
6.4.8 Supplementary audio descriptor . 92
6.5 Scoping rules for scoping descriptors . 93
7 Storage Media Interoperability (SMI) measures . 94
7.1 SMI tables . 94
7.1.1 Discontinuity Information Table (DIT) . 95
7.1.2 Selection Information Table (SIT) . 95
7.2 SMI descriptors . 96
7.2.1 Partial Transport Stream (TS) descriptor . 97
Annex A (normative): Coding of text characters . 98
A.1 Control codes . 98
A.2 Selection of character table . 98
Annex B (normative): CRC decoder model . 111
Annex C (informative): Conversion between time and date conventions . 112
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Annex D (informative): Service information implementation of AC-3 and Enhanced AC-3
audio in DVB systems . 114
D.1 AC-3 component types . 114
D.2 AC-3 Descriptor . 115
D.3 AC-3 Descriptor Syntax . 115
D.3.1 Semantics for the AC-3 descriptor . 115
D.4 Enhanced_AC-3 Descriptor . . 116
D.5 Enhanced_AC-3 Descriptor Syntax . 116
D.5.1 Semantics for the Enhanced AC-3 descriptor . 117
Annex E (normative): Usage of the Scrambling_descriptor . 119
Annex F (informative): ISO 639-2 Language Descriptor for "original audio" Soundtrack . 120
Annex G (informative): Service information implementation of DTS coded audio in DVB
systems . 121
G.1 DTS Audio descriptor . 121
G.2 DTS Descriptor Syntax . . 121
G.2.1 Semantics for the DTS descriptor . 121
Annex H (informative): Service information implementation of AAC coded audio in DVB
systems . 124
H.1 AAC Audio descriptor. 124
H.2 AAC_Descriptor Syntax. 124
H.2.1 Semantics for the AAC descriptor . 124
Annex I (normative): Assignment and interpretation of the service_type field . 126
I.1 Background . 126
I.2 Assignment of service_type . 126
I.2.1 service_type "digital television service" (0x01) . 126
I.2.2 service_type "advanced codec" (various) . 127
Annex J (normative): Signalling of Receiver-Mixed and Broadcast-Mixed Supplementary
Audio . 128
J.1 Overview . . 128
J.2 Receiver-mixed supplementary audio . 128
J.2.1 Introduction . 128
J.2.2 PSI PMT signalling . 128
J.2.3 EIT signalling . 128
J.3 Broadcast-mixed supplementary audio . 129
J.3.1 Introduction . 129
J.3.2 PSI PMT signalling . 129
J.3.3 EIT signalling . 129
J.4 PSI signalling of audio purpose . . 130
Annex K (informative): Bibliography . 131
History . 132

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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 (http://webapp.etsi.org/IPR/home.asp).
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 European Standard (Telecommunications series) has been produced by Joint Technical Committee (JTC)
Broadcast of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), Comité Européen de Normalisation ELECtrotechnique
(CENELEC) and the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI).
NOTE: The EBU/ETSI JTC Broadcast was established in 1990 to co-ordinate the drafting of standards in the
specific field of broadcasting and related fields. Since 1995 the JTC Broadcast became a tripartite body
by including in the Memorandum of Understanding also CENELEC, which is responsible for the
standardization of radio and television receivers. The EBU is a professional association of broadcasting
organizations whose work includes the co-ordination of its members' activities in the technical, legal,
programme-making and programme-exchange domains. The EBU has active members in about
60 countries in the European broadcasting area; its headquarters is in Geneva.
European Broadcasting Union
CH-1218 GRAND SACONNEX (Geneva)
Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 717 21 11
Fax: +41 22 717 24 81

Founded in September 1993, the DVB Project is a market-led consortium of public and private sector organizations in
the television industry. Its aim is to establish the framework for the introduction of MPEG-2 based digital television
services. Now comprising over 200 organizations from more than 25 countries around the world, DVB fosters marketed
systems, which meet the real needs, and economic circumstances, of the consumer electronics and the broadcast
industry.

National transposition dates
Date of adoption of this EN: 23 November 2009
Date of latest announcement of this EN (doa): 28 February 2010
Date of latest publication of new National Standard
or endorsement of this EN (dop/e): 31 August 2010
Date of withdrawal of any conflicting National Standard (dow): 31 August 2010

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1 Scope
The present document specifies the Service Information (SI) data which forms a part of DVB bitstreams, in order that
the user can be provided with information to assist in selection of services and/or events within the bitstream, and so
that the Integrated Receiver Decoder (IRD) can automatically configure itself for the selected service. SI data for
automatic configuration is mostly specified within ISO/IEC 13818-1 [18] as Program Specific Information (PSI).
The present document specifies additional data which complements the PSI by providing data to aid automatic tuning of
IRDs, and additional information intended for display to the user. The manner of presentation of the information is not
specified in the present document, and IRD manufacturers have freedom to choose appropriate presentation methods.
It is expected that Electronic Programme Guides (EPGs) will be a feature of Digital TV transmissions.
The definition of an EPG is outside the scope of the present document (i.e. the SI specification), but the data contained
within the SI specified in the present document may be used as the basis for an EPG.
Rules of operation for the implementation of the present document are specified in TR 101 211 [i.2].
2 References
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific.
• For a specific reference, subsequent revisions do not apply.
• Non-specific reference may be made only to a complete document or a part thereof and only in the following
cases:
- if it is accepted that it will be possible to use all future changes of the referenced docum
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Final draft ETSI EN 300 468 V1.10.1 (2009-07)
European Standard (Telecommunications series)


Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB);
Specification for Service Information (SI) in DVB systems

European Broadcasting Union Union Européenne de Radio-Télévision
EBU·UER

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Reference
REN/JTC-DVB-255
Keywords
broadcasting, digital, DVB, MPEG, service, TV,
video
ETSI
650 Route des Lucioles
F-06921 Sophia Antipolis Cedex - FRANCE

Tel.: +33 4 92 94 42 00  Fax: +33 4 93 65 47 16

Siret N° 348 623 562 00017 - NAF 742 C
Association à but non lucratif enregistrée à la
Sous-Préfecture de Grasse (06) N° 7803/88

Important notice
Individual copies of the present document can be downloaded from:
http://www.etsi.org
The present document may be made available in more than one electronic version or in print. In any case of existing or
perceived difference in contents between such versions, the reference version is the Portable Document Format (PDF).
In case of dispute, the reference shall be the printing on ETSI printers of the PDF version kept on a specific network drive
within ETSI Secretariat.
Users of the present document should be aware that the document may be subject to revision or change of status.
Information on the current status of this and other ETSI documents is available at
http://portal.etsi.org/tb/status/status.asp
If you find errors in the present document, please send your comment to one of the following services:
http://portal.etsi.org/chaircor/ETSI_support.asp
Copyright Notification
No part may be reproduced except as authorized by written permission.
The copyright and the foregoing restriction extend to reproduction in all media.

© European Telecommunications Standards Institute 2009.
© European Broadcasting Union 2009.
All rights reserved.

TM TM TM TM
DECT , PLUGTESTS , UMTS , TIPHON , the TIPHON logo and the ETSI logo are Trade Marks of ETSI registered
for the benefit of its Members.
TM
3GPP is a Trade Mark of ETSI registered for the benefit of its Members and of the 3GPP Organizational Partners.
LTE™ is a Trade Mark of ETSI currently being registered
for the benefit of its Members and of the 3GPP Organizational Partners.
GSM® and the GSM logo are Trade Marks registered and owned by the GSM Association.
ETSI

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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 6
Foreword . 6
1 Scope . 7
2 References . 7
2.1 Normative references . 7
2.2 Informative references . 10
3 Definitions and abbreviations . 10
3.1 Definitions . 10
3.2 Abbreviations . 13
4 Service Information (SI) description . 15
5 Service Information (SI) tables . 17
5.1 SI table mechanism . 17
5.1.1 Explanation . 18
5.1.2 Mapping of sections into Transport Stream (TS) packets . 18
5.1.3 Coding of PID and table_id fields . 19
5.1.4 Repetition rates and random access . 20
5.1.5 Scrambling . 20
5.2 Table definitions . 20
5.2.1 Network Information Table (NIT) . 20
5.2.2 Bouquet Association Table (BAT) . 22
5.2.3 Service Description Table (SDT) . 23
5.2.4 Event Information Table (EIT) . 25
5.2.5 Time and Date Table (TDT) . 27
5.2.6 Time Offset Table (TOT) . 28
5.2.7 Running Status Table (RST) . 28
5.2.8 Stuffing Table (ST) . 29
5.2.9 Discontinuity Information Table (DIT) . 30
5.2.10 Selection Information Table (SIT) . 30
6 Descriptors . 30
6.1 Descriptor identification and location . 30
6.2 Descriptor coding . 32
6.2.1 Adaptation field data descriptor . 32
6.2.2 Ancillary data descriptor . 33
6.2.3 Announcement support descriptor . 33
6.2.4 Bouquet name descriptor . 35
6.2.5 CA identifier descriptor . 35
6.2.6 Cell frequency link descriptor . 36
6.2.7 Cell list descriptor . 36
6.2.8 Component descriptor . 38
6.2.9 Content descriptor . 40
6.2.10 Country availability descriptor . 43
6.2.11 Data broadcast descriptor . 44
6.2.12 Data broadcast id descriptor. 45
6.2.13 Delivery system descriptors . 45
6.2.13.1 Cable delivery system descriptor . 45
6.2.13.2 Satellite delivery system descriptor . 47
6.2.13.3 S2 satellite delivery system descriptor . 48
6.2.13.4 Terrestrial delivery system descriptor . 49
6.2.14 DSNG descriptor . 51
6.2.15 Extended event descriptor . 51
6.2.16 Extension descriptor . 53
6.2.17 Frequency list descriptor . 53
6.2.18 FTA content management descriptor . 54
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6.2.18.1 Scope of FTA content management descriptor . 55
6.2.19 Linkage descriptor . 56
6.2.20 Local time offset descriptor . 59
6.2.21 Mosaic descriptor . 60
6.2.22 Multilingual bouquet name descriptor . 62
6.2.23 Multilingual component descriptor . 63
6.2.24 Multilingual network name descriptor . 64
6.2.25 Multilingual service name descriptor . 64
6.2.26 Near Video On Demand (NVOD) reference descriptor . 65
6.2.27 Network name descriptor . 66
6.2.28 Parental rating descriptor . 66
6.2.29 Partial Transport Stream (TS) descriptor . 66
6.2.30 PDC descriptor . 67
6.2.31 Private data specifier descriptor . 67
6.2.32 Scrambling descriptor . 67
6.2.33 Service descriptor . 68
6.2.34 Service availability descriptor. 69
6.2.35 Service list descriptor. 70
6.2.36 Service move descriptor . 70
6.2.37 Short event descriptor . 71
6.2.38 Short smoothing buffer descriptor . 71
6.2.39 Stream identifier descriptor. 73
6.2.40 Stuffing descriptor . 73
6.2.41 Subtitling descriptor . 74
6.2.42 Telephone descriptor. 74
6.2.43 Teletext descriptor . 76
6.2.44 Time shifted event descriptor. 77
6.2.45 Time shifted service descriptor . 77
6.2.46 Transport stream descriptor . 77
6.2.47 VBI data descriptor . 78
6.2.48 VBI teletext descriptor . 79
6.3 Extended descriptor identification and location . 79
6.4 Extended descriptor coding . 80
6.4.1 CP descriptor . 80
6.4.2 CP identifier descriptor . 80
6.4.3 CPCM delivery signalling descriptor . 81
6.4.4 Delivery system descriptors . 81
6.4.4.1 SH delivery system descriptor. 81
6.4.4.2 T2 delivery system descriptor . 85
6.4.5 Image icon descriptor. 88
6.4.6 Message descriptor . 90
6.4.7 Network change notify descriptor . 90
6.4.8 Supplementary audio descriptor . 92
6.5 Scoping rules for scoping descriptors . 93
7 Storage Media Interoperability (SMI) measures . 94
7.1 SMI tables . 94
7.1.1 Discontinuity Information Table (DIT) . 95
7.1.2 Selection Information Table (SIT) . 95
7.2 SMI descriptors . 96
7.2.1 Partial Transport Stream (TS) descriptor . 97
Annex A (normative): Coding of text characters . 98
A.1 Control codes . 98
A.2 Selection of character table . 98
Annex B (normative): CRC decoder model . 111
Annex C (informative): Conversion between time and date conventions . 112
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Annex D (informative): Service information implementation of AC-3 and Enhanced AC-3
audio in DVB systems . 114
D.1 AC-3 component types . 114
D.2 AC-3 Descriptor . 115
D.3 AC-3 Descriptor Syntax . 115
D.3.1 Semantics for the AC-3 descriptor . 115
D.4 Enhanced_AC-3 Descriptor . . 116
D.5 Enhanced_AC-3 Descriptor Syntax . 116
D.5.1 Semantics for the Enhanced AC-3 descriptor . 117
Annex E (normative): Usage of the Scrambling_descriptor . 119
Annex F (informative): ISO 639-2 Language Descriptor for "original audio" Soundtrack . 120
Annex G (informative): Service information implementation of DTS coded audio in DVB
systems . 121
G.1 DTS Audio descriptor . 121
G.2 DTS Descriptor Syntax . . 121
G.2.1 Semantics for the DTS descriptor . 121
Annex H (informative): Service information implementation of AAC coded audio in DVB
systems . 124
H.1 AAC Audio descriptor. 124
H.2 AAC_Descriptor Syntax. 124
H.2.1 Semantics for the AAC descriptor . 124
Annex I (normative): Assignment and interpretation of the service_type field . 126
I.1 Background . 126
I.2 Assignment of service_type . 126
I.2.1 service_type "digital television service" (0x01) . 126
I.2.2 service_type "advanced codec" (various) . 127
Annex J (normative): Signalling of Receiver-Mixed and Broadcast-Mixed Supplementary
Audio . 128
J.1 Overview . . 128
J.2 Receiver-mixed supplementary audio . 128
J.2.1 Introduction . 128
J.2.2 PSI PMT signalling . 128
J.2.3 EIT signalling . 128
J.3 Broadcast-mixed supplementary audio . 129
J.3.1 Introduction . 129
J.3.2 PSI PMT signalling . 129
J.3.3 EIT signalling . 129
J.4 PSI signalling of audio purpose . . 130
Annex K (informative): Bibliography . 131
History . 132

ETSI

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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 (http://webapp.etsi.org/IPR/home.asp).
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 European Standard (Telecommunications series) has been produced by Joint Technical Committee (JTC)
Broadcast of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), Comité Européen de Normalisation ELECtrotechnique
(CENELEC) and the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), and is now submitted for the ETSI
standards One-step Approval Procedure.
NOTE: The EBU/ETSI JTC Broadcast was established in 1990 to co-ordinate the drafting of standards in the
specific field of broadcasting and related fields. Since 1995 the JTC Broadcast became a tripartite body
by including in the Memorandum of Understanding also CENELEC, which is responsible for the
standardization of radio and television receivers. The EBU is a professional association of broadcasting
organizations whose work includes the co-ordination of its members' activities in the technical, legal,
programme-making and programme-exchange domains. The EBU has active members in about
60 countries in the European broadcasting area; its headquarters is in Geneva.
European Broadcasting Union
CH-1218 GRAND SACONNEX (Geneva)
Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 717 21 11
Fax: +41 22 717 24 81

Founded in September 1993, the DVB Project is a market-led consortium of public and private sector organizations in
the television industry. Its aim is to establish the framework for the introduction of MPEG-2 based digital television
services. Now comprising over 200 organizations from more than 25 countries around the world, DVB fosters marketed
systems, which meet the real needs, and economic circumstances, of the consumer electronics and the broadcast
industry.

Proposed national transposition dates
Date of latest announcement of this EN (doa): 3 months after ETSI publication
Date of latest publication of new National Standard
or endorsement of this EN (dop/e): 6 months after doa
Date of withdrawal of any conflicting National Standard (dow): 6 months after doa

ETSI

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7 Final draft ETSI EN 300 468 V1.10.1 (2009-07)
1 Scope
The present document specifies the Service Information (SI) data which forms a part of DVB bitstreams, in order that
the user can be provided with information to assist in selection of services and/or events within the bitstream, and so
that the Integrated Receiver Decoder (IRD) can automatically configure itself for the selected service. SI data for
automatic configuration is mostly specified within ISO/IEC 13818-1 [18] as Program Specific Information (PSI).
The present document specifies additional data which complements the PSI by providing data to aid automatic tuning of
IRDs, and additional information intended for display to the user. The manner of presentation of the information is not
specified in the present document, and IRD manufacturers have freedom to choose appropriate presentation methods.
It is expected that Electronic Programme Guides (EPGs) will be a feature of Digital TV transmissions.
The definition of an EPG is outside the scope of the present document (i.e. the SI specification), but the data contained
within the SI specified in the present document may be used as the basis for an EPG.
Rules of operation for the implementation of the present document are specified in TR 101 211 [i.2].
2 References
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific.
• For a specific reference, subsequent revisions do not apply.
...