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HUAWEI MC509 CDMA LGA Module
Hardware Guide
Certifications
Issue 01 (2011-04-08)
Huawei Proprietary and Confidential
Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
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7.4.2 PTCRB Certification
The PTCRB requirements are certification standards in North America.
The PTCRB was created in March 1997. GSM 850 MHz requirements were added to
the PTCRB requirements in May 2001, which is an important development milestone
in the history of standardization organizations in U.S.A. Similar to the GCF, the
PTCRB comprises of operators and mainstream mobile phone manufacturers, and
approved laboratories. The PTCRB was created by North American operators
(Cingular, T-Mobile, and Rogers) and is applied to North America, Central America,
and South America. The PTCRB certification is similar to the GCF certification,
except that the PTCRB certification acts as the license for the UMTS terminals to be
connected to American operators' networks. Only the PTCRB certified terminals are
accepted by mainstream operators.
The PTCRB certification also differs from the GCF certification in the frequency
bands because the frequency bands used in America differ from those in Europe.
The PTCRB focuses on the GSM 850 MHz, GSM 1900 MHz, WCDMA FDD II, and
WCDMA FDD V, while the GCF focuses on the GSM 900 MHz, GSM 1800 MHz, and
WCDMA FDD I.
Different from the GCF certification, the PTCRB certification does not allow DOC.
The entire certification process should be performed under the PTCRB's supervision
and all the certification tests should be performed in the labs authorized by the
PTCRB. A manufacturer who applies for the PTCRB certification needs to submit a
test application to the PTCRB, and then the PTCRB will transfer the application to the
test organization designated by the manufacturer. The test organization should
perform the test and then submit the test report to the PTCRB for review. The PTCRB
certification is completed if the PTCRB approves the test report. The PTCRB should
also publish the certification on its website for viewing and querying by the PTCRB
members.
The PTCRB certification is similar to the GCF certification in terms of test system.
The only difference is that no field testing is performed in the case of the PTCRB
certification. OTA tests are adopted to measure the antenna performance. The
PTCRB test items and version are also updated continuously. Different from the
GCF-CC version, only one PTCRB version is valid at any time. Each PTCRB version
is valid for three months. Manufacturers are not allowed to apply for the previous
version of PTCRB certification if a new version is released. For a terminal for which
the manufacturer has applied for the previous version of PTCRB certification before
the new version is released, the manufacturer needs not to apply for the new version
if the PTCRB certification is completed within nine months.
7.4.3 Overall-System Certification
Both the test system and test items of the GCF certification are similar to those of the
PTCRB certification. Both certifications test the declared capabilities of terminals
based on the 3GPP test standards. The integrated equipment needs to pass relevant
certification tests, even though the modules pass the conformance certification. The
following describes the overall-system certification procedures in detail. The overall-
system can be a notebook, a MID, a smartphone, etc.