Mobile Reported Information

Last updated: July 24, 2008

The mobile station notifies the test set of its characteristics during registration (see Performing a Registration ). When the mobile station is successfully registered to the test set, the following registration data is displayed on the Mobile Station Information screen. The registration data is updated each time a new mobile station (with a different ESN) is registered. You can also clear these registration data by pressing the F5 (Clear MS & Capability Info ) on Call Control 2 of 3 or using CALL:MS:REPorted:CLEar command.

NOTE

The Band Class , MS Operating Mode , Max EIRP and Minimum Power Control Step are not reported by the mobile station when the Status Request Query is off.

ESN

Electronic Serial Number. It is a 32-bit number assigned by the mobile station manufacturer, uniquely identifying the mobile station equipment. The mobile stations reports this information to the test set in the Registration Message .

When an MEID-equipped mobile station registers, a pseudo-ESN is reported and displayed on ESN field. The mobile station uses the following rules to derive pseudo-ESN from MEID:

The upper 8 bits of pseudo-ESN are set to 0x80.
The lower 24 bits of pseudo-ESN are the 24 least significant bits of the SHA-1 digest of the MEID.

MCC

Mobile Country Code. It is a part of the E.212 IMSI identifying the home country. The mobile stations reports this information to the test set in the Registration Message .

MNC

Mobile Network Code. It is a part of the E.212 IMSI identifying the home network within the home country. The mobile stations reports this information (if supported) to the test set in the Registration Message .

MSIN

Mobile Station Identification Number. It is a part of the IMSI identifying the mobile subscriber identity. The mobile stations reports this information to the test set in the Registration Message .

Slot Class

A mobile station can be either "Slotted" or "Non-Slotted". It is part of the mobile station's Station Class Mark information. The mobile stations reports this information to the test set in the Registration Message .

Slot Cycle Index

Indicates the programmed slot cycle index of the mobile station. The allowed range is 0 - 7. The slot cycle index defines how often the mobile station will "wake up" and check the paging channel. The formula for the time associated with the index is 2^(slot cycle index) x 1.28 seconds. The minimum time period is 1.28 seconds. The maximum value is 163.84 seconds. The mobile stations reports this information to the test set in the Registration Message .

The maximum slot cycle index allowed by the test set can be specified (see Setting Cell Parameters

Protocol Revision

Indicates the highest protocol revision supported by the mobile station. IS-95A = P_REV 1, J-STD-008 = P_REV 2, TSB-74 = P_REV 3, IS-95B = P_REV 4&5, IS-2000-0 = P_REV 6, IS-2000-A = P_REV 7.

The highest protocol revision supported by the test set can be specified (see Protocol Revisions ).

Band Class

Indicates the band classes supported by the mobile station, such as US Cellular, US PCS, Korean PCS, Japan CDMA, and IMT-2000. This information is obtained by querying the mobile station with a Status Request Message after the test set receives the mobile registration message . When the Status Request Query is set to Off, the test set does not request the mobile station to report its band classes during registration.

The Band Class supported by the test set can be specified (see Cell Band ).

MS Operating Mode

Indicates whether the mobile station supports CDMA only or both CDMA and AMPS (Dual Mode). This information is obtained by querying the mobile station with a Status Request Message after the test set receives the mobile registration message . When the Status Request Query is set to Off, the test set does not request the mobile station to report the operating mode for each band class during registration.

Max EIRP

Mobile MAX_EIRP (Maximum Effective Isotropic Radiated Power) expressed in dBW (MAX_EIRP= -7 dBW). This information is obtained by querying the mobile station with a Status Request Message after the test set receives the mobile registration message . When the Status Request Query is set to Off, the test set does not request the mobile station to report the max EIRP (if the MS operating mode is CDMA) for each band class during registration. See also CALL:MS:REPorted<:EIRPower|:ESNumber> .

Register Type

Indicates the type of registration the mobile station sent. This is indicated in the registration message from the mobile station. The test set supports Power Up, Timer Based, and Zone Based registrations. The mobile stations reports this information to the test set in the Registration Message .

You can control the test set to support the power up registration and timer-based registration (see Setting Registration Parameters ).

QPCH Supported

Indicates if the mobile station supports the Quick Paging Channel (IS-2000 only). The mobile stations reports this information to the test set in the Registration Message .

You can control the test set to support QPCH (see Setting Control Channel Parameters ).

Enhance RC Supported

Indicates if the mobile station supports Enhanced Radio Configurations (that is, RC Class 2 which consists of RC 3 and RC 4 for the Reverse Traffic Channel, and RC 3, RC 4 and RC 5 for the Forward Traffic Channel). The mobile stations reports this information to the test set in the Registration Message .

Minimum Power Control Step

Indicates the minimum closed loop power control step size. IS-95B and IS-2000 support steps of 1 dB, 0.5 dB and 0.25 dB. The mobile station is only required to support 1 dB and can optionally support 0.5 and 0.25 dB steps. This information is obtained by querying the mobile station with a Status Request Message after the test set receives the mobile registration message . When the Status Request Query is set to Off, the test set does not request the mobile station to report this information during registration.

MS Called Party Number

This is the number the user dialed into the mobile station when a mobile originated call is established with the test set.

MEID Supported

Indicates whether the mobile station is an ESN-equipped or an MEID-equipped equipment. It is included in the bit 4 of Station Class Mark (SCM) in the mobile registration message . The value of 1 indicates an MEID-equipped mobile station while zero indicates an ESN-equipped mobile station.

When an MEID-equipped mobile station is detected (Yes ) and the MEID Support is set to On , the test set will send a Status Request Message to the MS to retrieve its MEID value and then display the result on the MEID field.

GPIB Command: CALL:MS:REPorted:MEIDentifier:SUPPorted?

MEID

Mobile Equipment Identifier. It is a 56-bit number assigned by the mobile station manufacturer, uniquely identifying the mobile station. It is designed as an alternative to ESN (32-bit number) due to ESN exhaustion.

When an MEID-equipped mobile station is detected ( MEID Supported indicates Yes) and the MEID Support is set to On , the test set will send a Status Request Message to retrieve the MEID value from the MS no matter what the Status Request Query setting is. The MS returns its MEID in the Status Response Message . When the MEID Support is set to Off , the test set does not send Status Request Message to an MEID-equipped MS and only pseudo-ESN is reported on ESN field.

The MEID result is displayed in two formats:

MEID (Hex): 14 digit hexadecimal number, where the first 8 digits representing the manufacturer code and the last 6 digits representing the serial number.
MEID (Dec): 18 digit decimal number, where the first 10 decimal digits are the equivalent of the first 8 hexadecimal digits representing the manufacturer code and the last 8 decimal digits are the equivalent of the last 6 hexadecimal digits representing the serial number.

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