Certification Introduction

PTCRB (PCS Type Certification Review Board) refers to the Personal Communication Service Type Certification Review Board, established in 1997 by North American mobile operators. Operators are not limited to North America, but include members of mobile operators around the world. Its purpose is to provide type certification for end products and templates including Cellular GERAN (GSM), UTRAN (UMTS) and E-UTRAN (LTE).

In order to ensure that your mobile phone or communication device can work on the mobile network of the PTCRB operator, the device must be certified by the PTCRB. This is also to ensure that your product matches the mobile standards of the operator's network. Therefore, for equipment products that are not PTCRB certified, PTCRB operators will prevent the product from running and working on their network.

Authentication Basic Information

• Is it mandatory: Quasi-mandatory certification

• Controlled products: communication products

• Mandatory region: North America and some South American countries

• Factory Inspection: None

• Certificate validity: unlimited

North American requirements

Operator access certification

In the United States, the operator access certification is also known as the PTCRB certification test. PTCRB is an audit committee responsible for PCS model certification established in North America in 1997. At the same time, a verification group was established, which is mainly responsible for the certification of PCR mobile terminal models and IMEI allocation.

PTCRB certification is a quasi-mandatory type certification carried out by a third-party certification agency. All PCS terminal equipment put on the North American market must pass the PTCRB certification and apply for IMEI according to the report. What is used here is quasi-mandatory. Mandatory should be a requirement issued by government regulatory authorities, but PTCRB is not a government, but a forum, but it is very authoritative. The reason is that dealers entering North America must follow this requirement. Test the product provided by the manufacturer, so it is called quasi-mandatory.

Certification Requirements

GSM 850, GSM 1900, FDD BAND II, FDD BAND IV and FDD BAND V are tested according to the OTA test standard issued by CTIA.

Test Standard Number

Conformance to 3GPP TS 51.010-1 (generally updated every 3 months)

Produce

According to the PICS (Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement) filled in by the customer, the corresponding Test Case is generated corresponding to 3GPP TS 51.010-2

Test Case Classification

• Chapters corresponding to RF - 12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 21, 22;

• Chapter-27 corresponding to SIM;

• Chapter-30 corresponding to Audio;

• Protocol chapters - all but the above.

Field Test

Field test is an indispensable part of PTCRB certification. For each working frequency band, the real network interaction of 5 operators can be carried out simultaneously with RF, Protocol, SIM and other tests.

Hanging Net

To apply for membership/membership of the PTCRB:

Member type:

• Operator operator;

• Manufacturer;

• Laboratories;

• Observer observer;

Fill in the relevant information on the PTCRB website and submit the membership application.

Review

• After passing the review, you can become a PTCRB member without paying annual membership fee;

• Members find laboratories for product testing;

• Members submit relevant information and test reports on the PTCRB website, see PTCRB certification online operation procedures for details;

• PTCRB reviews data and test reports, and issues payment notices, and the product is in a state of pending certification;

• Editing and broadcasting of test cycle;

• The testing period mainly depends on the functions supported by the mobile phone. For example, the frequency band supported by the mobile phone, whether the mobile phone supports GPRS Class10, whether it supports EDGE, whether it supports half-rate, etc. According to different situations, the length of the test varies greatly, and the test cycle is also affected by the rectification and debugging of the mobile phone during the test process.