TSG-T Working Group 3 (USIM) meeting #4	TSGT3#4(99)-124
Tokyo 21st – 23rd April 1999	
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Work Item on UICC Physical and Logical Characteristics 
Justification and scope
This work item would create a platform for physical and logical characteristics for a 3GPP telcommunications IC cards and terminals.

 The present document defines the electrical and physical characteristics of a IC card – Terminal Interface. It defines the logical characteristics of a telecommunications smart card. It specifies the electrical and physical requirements necessary for interoperation of IC cards and terminals.

3GPP Work Area 
TSG-T 
	WG1: Conformance	
	WG2: MS capability	
X	WG3: USIM	

Linked work items
•	USIM and UICC functional requirements 
•	USIM Characteristics

Service Aspects
None 

MMI-Aspects
None
Charging Aspects
None

Security Aspects
Specific USIM security aspecs are dealt with in the "USIM characteristics" work item. 
Impacts 
 
Affects:	USIM	ME	NW	Others	
Yes	X	X			
No 			X		
Don't know 					

Expected Output and Timescales 
TSG adoption of WI 21-04-1999 
Start of work 21-04-1999 
First complete draft 17-06-1999 1 .0 .0
WG approval 01-12-1999 2 .0 .0
TSG approval 17-12-1999 3 .0 .0

Work item rapporteur
Rune Lindholm Nokia
Peter Vestergaard Nokia

Supporting companies
Ericsson, Giesecke&Devrient, NTT DoCoMo, T-Mobil
Primary responsible working party  
3GPP TSG-T  WG3

Others
None