11.113GPPRelease 1999Specification of the Subscriber Identity Module - Mobile Equipment (SIM-ME) InterfaceTS

3.1 Definitions

For the purposes of the present document, the following terms and definitions apply:

access conditions: set of security attributes associated with a file.

application: application consists of a set of security mechanisms, files, data and protocols (excluding transmission protocols).

application protocol: set of procedures required by the application.

card session: link between the card and the external world starting with the ATR and ending with a subsequent reset or a deactivation of the card.

current directory: latest MF or DF selected.

current EF: latest EF selected.

data field: obsolete term for Elementary File.

Dedicated File (DF): file containing access conditions and, optionally, Elementary Files (EFs) or other Dedicated Files (DFs).

directory: general term for MF and DF.

Elementary File (EF): file containing access conditions and data and no other files.

file: directory or an organized set of bytes or records in the SIM.

file identifier: 2 bytes which address a file in the SIM.

GSM, DCS 1800 or PCS 1900 application: set of security mechanisms, files, data and protocols required by GSM, DCS 1800 or PCS 1900.

GSM session: that part of the card session dedicated to the GSM operation.

IC card SIM: obsolete term for ID‑1 SIM.

ID‑1 SIM: SIM having the format of an ID‑1 card (see ISO/IEC 7816‑1 [24]).

Master File (MF): unique mandatory file containing access conditions and optionally DFs and/or EFs.

normal GSM operation: relating to general, CHV related, GSM security related and subscription related procedures.

padding: one or more bits appended to a message in order to cause the message to contain the required number of bits or bytes.

plug‑in SIM: Second format of SIM (specified in clause 4).

proactive SIM: SIM which is capable of issuing commands to the ME. Part of SIM Application Toolkit (see clause 11).

record: string of bytes within an EF handled as a single entity (see clause 6).

record number: number which identifies a record within an EF.

record pointer: pointer which addresses one record in an EF.

root directory: obsolete term for Master File.

SIM application toolkit procedures: defined in TS 11.14 [27].

3.2 Abbreviations

For the purposes of the present document, the following abbreviations apply, in addition to those listed in TS 01.04 [2]:

A3 Algorithm 3, authentication algorithm; used for authenticating the subscriber

A38 A single algorithm performing the functions of A3 and A8

A5 Algorithm 5, cipher algorithm; used for enciphering/deciphering data

A8 Algorithm 8, cipher key generator; used to generate Kc

ACM Accumulated Call Meter

ADM Access condition to an EF which is under the control of the authority which creates this file

ADN Abbreviated Dialling Number

AHAG Ad-Hoc Authentication Group

A-Key Authentication Key

ALW ALWays

AMPS Analogue Mobile Phone System

ANSI American National Standards Institute

AoC Advice of Charge

APDU Application Protocol Data Unit

ATR Answer To Reset

BCCH Broadcast Control CHannel

BCD Binary Coded Decimal

BDN Barred Dialling Number

BTS Base Transmitter Station

CB Cell Broadcast

CBMI Cell Broadcast Message Identifier

CCITT The International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee (now ITU Telecommunications Standardization sector)

CCP Capability/Configuration Parameter

CHV Card Holder Verification information; access condition used by the SIM for the verification of the identity of the user

CLA CLAss

CNL Co‑operative Network List

CPBCCH COMPACT Packet BCCH

CTS Cordless Telephony System

DCK De‑personalization Control Keys

DCS Digital Cellular System

DF Dedicated File (abbreviation formerly used for Data Field)

DTMF Dual Tone Multiple Frequency

ECC Emergency Call Code

EF Elementary File

EIA Electronics Industries Alliance (North America)

eMLPP enhanced Multi‑Level Precedence and Pre‑emption Service

ETSI European Telecommunications Standards Institute

etu elementary time unit

FDN Fixed Dialling Number

GSM Global System for Mobile communications

HPLMN Home PLMN

IC Integrated Circuit

ICC Integrated Circuit(s) Card

ID IDentifier

IEC International Electrotechnical Commission

IMSI International Mobile Subscriber Identity

ISO International Organization for Standardization

Kc Cryptographic key; used by the cipher A5

Ki Subscriber authentication key; the cryptographic key used by the authentication algorithm, A3, and cipher key generator, A8

LAI Location Area Information; information indicating a cell or a set of cells

lgth The (specific) length of a data unit

LND Last Number Dialled

LSA Localised Service Area

LSA ID Localised Service Area Identity

LSB Least Significant Bit

MCC Mobile Country Code

ME Mobile Equipment

MF Master File

MMI Man Machine Interface

MNC Mobile Network Code

MS Mobile Station

MSB Most Significant Bit

MSISDN Mobile Station international ISDN number

NAM Numeric Assignment Module

NET NETwork

NEV NEVer

NPI Numbering Plan Identifier

OFM Operational Feature Monitor

OPLMN Operator Controlled PLMN (Selector List)

OTA Over The Air

PDC Personal Digital Communications

PIN/PIN2 Personal Identification Number / Personal Identification Number 2 (obsolete terms for CHV1 and CHV2, respectively)

PLMN Public Land Mobile Network

PPS Protocol and Parameter Select (response to the ATR)

PUK/PUK2 PIN Unblocking Key / PIN2 Unblocking Key (obsolete terms for UNBLOCK CHV1 and UNBLOCK CHV2, respectively)

RAND A RANDom challenge issued by the network

RFU Reserved for Future Use

SDN Service Dialling Number

SID System IDentity

SIM Subscriber Identity Module

SMS Short Message Service

SoLSA Support of Localised Service Area

SRES Signed RESponse calculated by a SIM

SSC Supplementary Service Control string

SW1/SW2 Status Word 1 / Status Word 2

TETRA TErrestrial Trunk RAdio

TIA Telecommunications Industries Association (North America)

TMSI Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity

TON Type Of Number

TP Transfer layer Protocol

TPDU Transfer Protocol Data Unit

TS Technical Specification

UNBLOCK CHV1/2 value to unblock CHV1/CHV2

VBS Voice Broadcast Service

VGCS Voice Group Call Service

VPLMN Visited PLMN

3.3 Symbols

For the purposes of the present document, the following symbols apply:

Vcc Supply voltage

Vpp Programming voltage

‘0’ to ‘9’ and ‘A’ to ‘F’ the sixteen hexadecimal digits