1. testability times
Edition 01 | 2008
The COMPRION newspaper for testing technologies for mobile communication.
Ride the cRest
of the wave
» (U)SIM/(U)SAT combined handset testing
with COMPRION SIMfony – a symphony one-of-a-kind
» UE Automation for IT³ and COMPRION SIMfony
» Are you ready for take-off? Be prepared for SWP and USB?
compRion
2. EDITORIAL
In recent months, many new topics have turned up in the fast-paced telecom
industry. Everybody now talks about NFC, SWP and USB. Moreover, combined
handset testing and automation still seem to be hot issues. If companies want
to ride the crest of the wave, they need to make sure they follow these trends.
As a result, we have dedicated most of this issue to these topics.
michael wehmeieR MANAgINg DIRECTOR
Editorial 03
Our first hot topic is about combined handset testing. With USAT combined hand-
(U)sim/(U)sat combined handset testing with
set testing being mandatory since October 2007, the success story of COMPRION
compRion simfony – a symphony one-of-a-kind 04-05
SIMfony has begun. Not only the promising name “SIMfony”, but also the product
Ue automation for it³ and features and the easy execution of test cases have led to the high satisfaction level
compRion simfony 06-07 of COMPRION SIMfony customers. That’s why we would like to share some product
highlights with you.
are you ready for take-off ?
be prepared for swp and Usb 08-10 Also, we have noticed the call for automated testing becoming louder and louder.
For this reason we have devoted an article to different test processes, starting with
ISO/SWP/USB – Monitoring and simulation 11
manual, through semi-automated, up to fully-automated testing. The article also
gives a peek into the automation status of our products.
COMPRION has joined the NFC Forum 12
Shaping the test environment: The growing requirements for ISO/SWP/USB testing have led to our third main topic,
COMPRION organises first SCP testgroup meeting 12 providing an overview of these new technologies and giving an idea as to how our
products will help you to implement the new technologies within your products.
Cooperation with NFC Research Lab of FH Hagenberg 12
I hope you enjoy this new issue.
COMPRION sets up a new ETSI SCP test working group 13
Report – COMPRION Technology Day 13
yours sincerely,
CLT Move – new product design, new features 14 michael wehmeier
Save the Dates – COMPRION Event Calendar 14
A brief insight into the big world of the Analog Scope 15
Imprint 16
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3. CON T E N T PRO D U C T N EWS I N S Ig HT
A SyM PHON y
ON E-OF -A -k I N D
as much as with a musical symphony, in combined handset testing what matters is
the interplay and harmony between the involved devices. moreover, it is important
that everyone is an expert in their instrument. but there also needs to be someone
who calls the shots so that all instruments follow the same piece of music.
(U)SIM/(U)SAT combined handset
testing with COMPRION SIMfony – a question of expertise
With more than 15 years experience in develop- the IT3 gUI. The user won’t see any difference be-
a symphony one-of-a-kind ing handset test equipment, COMPRION has met tween running a stand-alone and a combined test
the challenge of developing its own system for case. The gUI stays the same, with the IT3 call-
combined handset testing. “As we started to think ing the tune. With its efficient error debugging
about creating our own system, we were looking capabilities, COMPRION SIMfony is fast, reliable
compRion simfony
for a suitable, reliable and affordable hardware and easy to use. Test results of the IT3 Platform /
platform and an excellent partner with exper- IT3 Prove! and the network simulator are summa-
tise in the air interface. With the MD8470A sig- rised in a single document.
nalling tester from Anritsu we found the perfect
corresponding network simulator for us.” says choosing the right pitch
COMPRION’s Managing Director Michael Wehmeier. COMPRION SIMfony offers the opportunity to
identify applicable test cases with respect to the
COMPRION’s system for combined perfect interplay leads to an harmonic outcome mobile’s terminal profile and its capabilities (e.g.
The SIMfony system, based on COMPRION’s PICS settings) using the Test Case Manager Pro.
(U)SIM/(U)SAT handset conformance IT3 Platform / IT3 Prove!, works seamlessly together
with the Anritsu signalling tester. All procedures playing the appropriate tones
testing combines the validated and tests are synchronised and controlled using The following test cases are already available:
3gPP TS 31.121 (USIM), including test 8.1 of
IT Platform or IT Prove! with the
3 3 ETSI TS 102 230 as well Test Cases 3gPP TS 31.124
(USAT). First test cases for 3gPP TS 51.010-4 (SAT)
Anritsu MD8470A network simulator, have been made available with the current Sep-
tember release 2008, SIM and further SAT tests
and supports functional testing of will be available with the December release.
mobile terminal applications accord- Test Cases
sat
having the next movement in mind
COMPRION never stops moving forward. This is
Usat why our engineers are always working on the au-
ing to gCF/PTCRB USIM/USAT. First sim
tomation of test case execution (please also see
Usim
Top Topic II UE Automation for IT3 and COMPRION
SAT tests are available with the SIMfony). ■
Test Cases
current September release. sat
Usat
sim
Usim anRitsU
MD8470A
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4. CON T E N T PRO D U C T N EWS I N S Ig HT
U E A U TO M AT ION
Ue aUtomation
foR it³ and compRion simfony compRion’s cURRent aUtomation solUtions
semi-automated testing with compRion simfony
With COMPRION SIMfony the IT3 Platform / syncronisation device
by Operator under test
IT Prove! synchronises automatically with the
3
increasing demands on quality, the call for efficient use of valuable test equipment, the reproducibility of test proc-
universal system simulator Anritsu MD8470A. In
esses, the validation and strict compliance with limit values – all this makes automation a hot topic for everyone
comparison to a fully manual-guided solution this
involved in testing. the demand for an automated solution has risen especially in combined handset testing, where anRitsU
saves time and avoids errors. Since COMPRION MD8470A
different devices have to run synchronously. this is why automation is the next step to both minimise time and er-
SIMfony’s gUI has the same look and feel as the
rors as well as to maximise quality assurance.
already known IT3 gUI, there is no handling differ-
it3
ence between stand-alone and combined testing, with integrated
GeneRal testinG concepts Control Software
with test benches being managed and performed
centrally.
manual testing. With fully manual testing, the
syncronisation 2G/3G
test case operator must handle the 2g/3g system by Operator System fully-automated testing using the it3 remote
Simulator
simulator, the SIM/UICC simulator as well as the
interface and an external automation host it3 anRitsU
device under test. Thus the most critical task of MD8470A
Thanks to an integrated API, the features of the IT3
running combined handset test cases is synchro-
device Platform / IT3 Prove! and COMPRION SIMfony test via remote interface
nisation. This demands practice, experience and under test
cases can be controlled remotely by an external
additional time. However, even highly experienced syncronisation
test management tool provided by the customer. by Test
and accurate operators are not free of errors. They Control Software
sim/Uicc It controls the IT3 Platform / IT3 Prove! in slave
do not react in the exact same way when perform- Simulator
mode and synchronises with the customer’s own
ing test cases afresh. Thus, results will not remain automation device
terminal automation equipment. The IT3 Platform / equipment under test
regression-proof.
IT3 Prove! controls the network simulator. The ex-
ternal test management tool selects, starts and
semi-automated testing. With a semi-automated
less syncronisation
stops the test cases on the IT3 and additionally the
test solution, the test systems are synchronised by Operator customer’s automation equipment which controls
automatically among each other. Testing becomes
device the terminal. The developer of the test manage-
easier as the test case operator only needs to han- under test
ment tool must be familiar with the exact context
dle the test control software and the device under 2G/3G sim/Uicc of each test ase, so that the automation equip-
c
test. However, the most critical task of running test Network Simulator
Simulator ment is synchronised in accordance to each test
cases is once again synchronisation and this can
procedure.
lead to undesirable time-consumption and non-
syncronisation
regression-proof test results. by Test device
Control Software taking the next step to fully-automated testing anRitsU under test
MD8470A
COMPRION is currently developing a system that
fully-automated testing. The operator overcomes
will provide the option to connect the customer’s
being a component of the process and thus can fo-
own automation equipment to the IT3 Platform/ it3
cus on test project management. With the delicate with integrated
device IT3 Prove!. Thus the automation equipment syn- Control Software
task of synchronisation becoming transparent and sim/Uicc under test
Simulator chronisation of each test doesn’t need to be im-
regression testing becoming feasible, there is no
plemented by the customer anymore. Only a ter-
loss of time in the process. For fully automated ter- automation
minal automation driver needs to be integrated equipment
minal automation, certain automation equipment syncronisation 2G/3G
by Test Control Network into the system once. New and modified tests will
can be integrated into the test setup if required, Software Simulator
be adapted by COMPRION using the SIMfony soft-
e.g.:
ware. To further enhance the existing equipment,
■ a proprietary terminal control interface automated several generic automation drivers will be offered
■ an actor that powers devices on and off equipment
such as an AT command terminal or a shell com-
■ an agent that posts AT commands
mand invocation agent. The SIMfony software will
■ a button pressing robot
be able to drive the user’s own terminal automa-
■ an image acquisition device
tion equipment as well as all of the COMPRION ge-
neric drivers or a combination of both. ■
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5. CON T E N T PRO D U C T N EWS I N S Ig HT
I S O/ S WP/ U S B
swp
single wire protocol swp – what is it used for?
The Single Wire Protocol (SWP) is a bit- There are studies that show that people are more
oriented, point-to-point communication likely to forget their keys then their mobile. Due
protocol between a UICC SIM card and a Contact- to the increasing importance of mobiles in daily
less Frontend (CLF) in a mobile which allows the life, more and more applications, such as mobile
exchange of data between the UICC and the CLF. ticketing, are switching to the mobile rather than
The CLF (master) provides energy, a transmission to external cards.
clock, data and bus management signals (notify,
suspend, resume, active) whereas the UICC (slave) For using the mobile ticketing implementation
transmits data and a signal for bus management Touch &Travel of german railroad Deutsche Bahn,
(resume). SWP is defined independently from ISO an application is needed on the SWP enabled mo-
or USB specifications and is a three-contact proto- bile and the UICC of the traveller. The customer
col specified in ETSI TS 102 613: holds his mobile against the touch points at the
start and the end of the railway station. The loca-
tion information stored on the tags is transmitted
vcc Gnd to the CLF using the
Uicc
clf
aRe yoU Ready
RST swio NFC protocol ISO/IEC
CLk I/O 14443. The CLF trans-
D+ D-
fers the data via SWP
to the UICC. The UICC
foR take-off ?
invokes a message to
how does it work? the background sys-
According to protocol ISO/IEC 14443, the Con- tem of Deutsche Bahn
tactless Frontend (CLF) receives the communica- using the air interface
tion from the Proximity Coupling Device (PCD - a of the mobile. The tick-
reader for Contactless communication of up to a et will then be billed to
few centimetres), extracts the data and passes the the traveller. A conduc- Communication at the Touchpoint
data, which is needed for the NFC application, via tor checks the travel-
be prepared for iso/swp/Usb the SWP to the UICC, where it is processed. This ler’s ticket also by us-
ensures that the UICC can be used as a secure ele- ing NFC technology.
The new technologies SWP and USB are ment and thus can play an important role in con-
tactless transactions.
taking flight. Companies that want to im-
plement these technologies are looking communication mobile phone communication with
at touchpoint emulates contactless reader
for test equipment that supports them in ISO/IEC 14443 Typ A/B PICC or PCD ISO/IEC 14443 Typ A/B
the early stages of development. picc
clf
| pcd
Contactless SWP Contactless
Card | Terminal
Uicc
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I S O/ S WP/ U S B
iso/swp/Usb –
monitoRinG and simUlation
Usb
Universal serial bus Usb – what is it used for? iso/swp/Usb monitoring with move 2 synchronously monitoring iso/swp/Usb/nfc
ETSI TS 102 600 is the standard that The amount of data being transferred via the mo- Move 2 is a professional monitoring device to with move 2 and clt move
defines the Inter-Chip USB (IC USB) bile/UICC is getting bigger and bigger and SIM record, display and analyse communication be- COMPRION SyncBus is the seamless connection of
interface between a terminal and a universal inte- cards provide more storage space. USB offers tween a Smart Card and a Smart Card terminal. two professional monitoring devices. It combines
grated circuit card (UICC). USB may be supported faster transfer rates which might result in new use The device is capable of showing the tracing capabilities of Move 2 and CLT Move in
by the UICC and terminals in addition to the inter- cases. dependencies between the differ- one powerful gUI.
face specified in ETSI TS 102 221. The Inter-Chip Apart from real-time video and mobile phone ap- ent Smart Card protocols and can Move 2 records signals at all Smart Card contacts,
USB protocol is based on four contacts: plications, one application that benefits from USB analyse and display the communi- whereas CLT Move records contactless data trans-
is the MMI on UICC. It allows to access an opera- cation on the electrical, protocol missions. With COMPRION SyncBus recordings of
tor specific man-machine-interface (MMI) that is and application level. In regards to both devices can be synchronously processed and
vcc Gnd stored on a UICC e.g. via a Smart Card Web Server the Touch&Travel project, Move 2 can display the displayed in just one comprehensive software ap-
Uicc
RST
CLk
d+
SWIO
I/O
d-
Ue (SCWS). The SCWS is HTTP based and allows using
the operator’s services over the same gUI through-
communication and it highlights any communica-
tion errors between the SIM card and the CLF in
plication. This allows for accurate and easily ac-
cessible timing measurements on the same time
Reference
Design out different handsets or even with a PC via a card the mobile. Also worth mentioning is the integrat- scale and protocol analysis across interfaces and
reader. Thus, using the SCWS, the operator’s ap- ed scope functionality which is a unique feature technologies.
plications can benefit from the look and feel and for a trace tool. COMPRION has now implemented the Summary
how does it work? multimedia capabilities of a browser. The SCWS View which is an all-protocol master view display-
generally speaking, Inter-Chip USB in mobiles content is remotely administered over the air so ing synchronised high-level information from all
works the same way as for the PC but without any that customers benefit from well customised and iso/swp/Usb simulation with spectro 2 protocols in one compact view. ■
cables. However, IC USB imposes some restric- up-to-date content on their Smart Card. All this is Spectro 2 provides digital terminal simulation for
tions compared to the general specification. also possible with ISO 7816, however to reach a Smart Card testing. Due to the combination of
USB 2.0 defines three different data rates: high performance, the fast USB connection be- both test system and measurement equipment,
Low Speed, Full Speed and High Speed. tween the mobile and the SIM card becomes first protocol requirements as well as electrical require-
ETSI TS 102 600 only describes Full Speed choice. ■ ments can be measured with only one device. It
(12MB/s). allows the adjustment and measurement of all rel-
evant digital parameters such as timing behaviour
and protocol characteristics. Spectro 2 also allows 3
logical testing at the application level.
For the Spectro 2, COMPRION has implemented a
test suite containing 25 SWP tests, which apply to
ETSI TS 102 613. Therefore, the activation (ISO/SWP) 1 2
as well as some protocol characteristics of a card
such as window size can be
tested.
Display of contact based and contactless communication
in one powerful GUI.
1. swp protocol layer
2. clt protocol layer
3. summary view
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7. CON T E N T PRO D U C T N EWS I N S Ig HT
shapinG the test fUtURe:
compRion has joined the nfc foRUm compRion sets Up a new etsi scp test woRkinG GRoUp
since the beginning of the year, compRion is an official member of the nfc forum. in early 2008, the etsi technical committee smart card platform
this gives compRion the opportunity to participate in the four annual events taking (etsi tc scp) decided to set up an etsi scp test working Group
place in europe, asia and the Us. moreover, this allows compRion to be in the mid- dedicated to test all new technologies and issues regarding the During the first meeting, hosted by COMPRION in
dle of the nfc world, to actively shape the nfc future, to receive first-hand informa- smart card platform. dr. torsten maeser, managing director of Paderborn, the Terms of Reference (ToR) and the
tion and to consider the information in our products. compRion and responsible for coordinating all test issues within organisational procedures have been specified.
etsi tc scp got the task to set up this new working group. These ToR can be found on the ETSI website under:
Near Field Communication or NFC is a short-range http://portal.etsi.org/scp/scp-test_tor.asp. During
high frequency wireless communication tech- the second meeting of ETSI TC SCP TEST, Andreas Bertling (Product Manager of COMPRION) has been elected as
nology which allows data exchange between de- chairman of the group. Christophe Dubois (gemalto) has been elected as Vice Chairman.
vices over a typical distance of a few centimetres.
An NFC device can communicate with both exist- This ETSI TC SCP TEST has set itself the goal of developing test specs for SWP (Single Wire Protocol), USB, HCI
ing ISO 14443 Smart Cards and readers, as well (Host Controller Interface), SCWS (Smart Card Web Server) as well as for different other core specification features.
as with other NFC devices (IS0 18092). NFC is very New Work Items (WI) have been set up to start the work on different test specifications. Due to the market pres-
easy to use and therefore of special interest sure, an ETSI Specialist Task Force (STF) has been set up to speed up the test specification work on SWP and HCI.
to the mobile phone industry. Experts from giesecke & Devrient, gemalto, Aspects, Infineon, NXP, Innovision and COMPRION have been chosen
to work within this STF.
Currently, the NFC Forum is setting up a com-
pliance program and focuses on 1st Certifi- Typical use cases for NFC The STF experts will have to finalise the conformance test cases for SWP/HCI (terminal and card testing) until April
cation Wave scheduled for the first quarter of 2009. Important points 2009. These test cases will be available quite soon after the finalisation on COMPRION products. Nevertheless,
of this program are to develop test specs and to choose appropriate the first test cases required for ETSI TS 102 613 verification are already available on COMPRION’s new card tester
test tools and validation labs. Another important task is the organi- Spectro 2 at this early stage of the development. In terms of personnel, COMPRION supports ETSI TC SCP TEST
sation of Plugfests. These events are real interoperability networking with two delegates. ■
meetings. All of the participants bring along their own NFC tags and
mobiles which are tested and analysed during the event. COMPRION’s
ISO 14443 protocol tester CLT Move will be used to debug any commu-
nication errors that may occur. ■
RepoRt – fiRst compRion technoloGy day
the company’s one-day customer event “1st compRion technology
day” which took place on the 17th of june in paderborn, surpassed ex-
coopeRation with the compRion and the nfc Research lab of the Upper austria University of ap- pectations and attracted more than 40 attendees from over 20 compa-
nfc ReseaRch lab in plied science in hagenberg have cooperated to advance the further devel- nies of 10 different countries.
haGenbeRG opment of the nfc technology. compRion provided its contactless tracer Chip, mobile, and card manufacturers as well as network operators
clt move and its iso/swp/Usb monitoring tool move 2 to the researchers and test laboratories from over 20 companies joined the event to learn
who will use the tools for testing their own nfc devices as well as nfc tools about new technologies and testing opportunities, talk with experts
of their external partners. compRion will use the feedback of the nfc Research lab to en- from COMPRION’s development departments and exchange experi-
hance their products further. ences.
The Campus Hagenberg which focuses on IT, Communication and Media is one of Austria’s Diverse topics of interest were covered in two simultaneous streams. Stream 1 focused on the
leading Universities of Applied Science. The NFC Research Lab has started its NFC activi- introduction of the USB and SWP interface and offered deep insight into the requirements and
ties in 2004. The Lab focuses on NFC hardware, middleware and mobile NFC applications. methods for ISO/SWP/USB/NFC testing. Stream 2 concentrated on different concepts of com-
Funded by the Austrian government, NXP Semiconductors, mobilkom austria, voestalpine bined handset testing and presented an approach for efficient handset testing by using test
Informationstechnologie and Assa Abloy ITg, the NFC Research Lab has both an industrial automation.
and a scientific focus. ■ The technical part of the event was completed by a social event with a BBQ and the opportunity
to watch the European Football Championship.
Summarising, yvon gressus of gemalto, stated: “The event demonstrated the ability of the in-
dustry to integrate new protocols such as USB and SWP in the Smart Card world. It also showed
how these new technologies can be successfully implemented by using reliable test tools.” ■
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8. CON T E N T PRO D U C T N EWS I N S Ig HT
A N A LO g SCO PE
clt move –
a bRief insiGht into the biG woRld
new pRodUct desiGn, new featURes of the analoG scope
while the first clt move only supported iso/iec 14443 type a,
the new clt move also translates and displays communication the analog scope function is a valuable add-on for our products and can be used for de-
traced between different nfc chips and terminals based on iso/ tailed recording and visualisation of the measured analogue signals. for example in the
iec 14443 type b, b´ and mifaRe. support for peer-to-peer mode event of card or terminal hardware errors, a multi-level, complex trigger logic enables
(iso/iec 18092) and felica (jis X 6319) is under development. signal recording to enhance the user’s abilities for analysing and resolving these errors.
the following gives a small insight into the variety of use cases, showing recorded swp
new, improved features: communication with the professional analog scope viewer software.
■ Summary View: all-protocol master view displays synchronised high-level Makes NFC communication visible:
information from all protocols in one compact view CLT Move
■ Search Repository: opportunity to save and reuse search expressions
■ Optional display of timing information in physical layer 3
new interfaces:
■ COMPRION SyncBus: a high speed bus for time synchronisation between 1
different devices
■ Serial peripheral interface (SPI) - customer programmable interface which
has high speed differential line for driver/receiver
■ Trigger Out: digital signal to trigger an external oscilloscope synchronised
with the internal oscilloscope Analog Scope.
new design 6
■ To emphasise the integration of the new features, CLT Move has received a
new design.
2
4
save the dates – 7
the compRion event calendaR 3
5
2008 ■
■
cartes, paris: november, 04-06 2008, stand 4 n 017
mobile asia congress, macau: november 18-20, 2008, stand d47 1. display area 4. note marks 7. trigger condition
This area shows the recorded data graphically The user can insert note marks wherever any- At the beginning of a session, the operator uses
displayed depending on the chosen scaling in the thing interesting is displayed. a specific Analog Scope Setup Dialog to configure
2009 ■
■
mobile world congress, barcelona, february 16-19, 2009, stand 1G38
nfc congress, hagenberg, february 24-26, 2009
x- and y-directions.
5. Quick measurement
the recording and to define the conditions as to
when the recording should start. In the example
2. digital channels The user has the opportunity to perform quick shown, we chose from a large number of possible
Up to 16 freely-selectable digital channels can measurements, e.g. peak to peak (the difference trigger events to set the triggering condition to
■ ctia wireless, las vegas, april 1-3, 2009, stand 455
be displayed simultaneously, faded in and out as between the smallest and highest measurement) be the first detection of a start of frame on the
well as repositioned. or calculation of the frequencies updated on-the- SWP S2 channel.
■ simposium, vienna, april 21-22, 2009
fly during scaling changes. The collected Scope data will then be displayed
3. cursors around the trigger measurement point depend-
■ wima, monaco, april 22-24, 2009
Different kinds of cursors can be positioned at 6. example of swp communication ing on the selected sample size. The trigger infor-
any point in the display area showing absolute Clearly visible in the illustrated scenario is the mation can be summarised in a Tooltip.
■ cards asia, singapore, april 22-24, 2009, stand 4l08
measurement values referring to the correspond- characteristic interaction between voltage modu-
ing channel or, for example, displaying distances lated channel S1 and current modulated channel
■ nfc world congress, brussels, june 16-18, 2009, stand: in the ecosystem pavillion
or differences. S2 on the same contact C6.
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