TOBY-L4 series - System Integration Manual
UBX-16024839 - R04
Approvals
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4
Approvals
For the complete list and specific details regarding the certification schemes approvals, see the
TOBY-L4
series
Data Sheet
[1], or contact the u-blox office or sales representative nearest you.
4.1
Product certification approval overview
Product certification approval is the process of certifying that a product has passed all tests and criteria required
by specifications, typically called “certification schemes” that can be divided into three distinct categories:
Regulatory certification
o
Country specific approval required by local government in most regions and countries, such as:
CE (Conformité Européenne) marking for the European Union
FCC (Federal Communications Commission) approval for the United States
Industry certification
o
Telecom industry specific approval verifying the interoperability between devices and networks:
GCF (Global Certification Forum), a partnership between mainly European device manufacturers
and network operators to ensure and verify global interoperability between devices and networks
PTCRB (PCS Type Certification Review Board), created by United States network operators to ensure
and verify interoperability between devices and North America networks
Operator certification
o
Operator specific approval required by some mobile network operator, such as:
AT&T network operator in the United States
Even using a module already approved under all major certification schemes, the application device integrating
the module must be approved under all the certification schemes required by the specific application device to
be deployed into the market. The required certification scheme approvals and relative testing specifications differ
depending on the country or the region where the device integrating the module is intended to be deployed, on
the relative vertical market of the device, on type, features and functionalities of the whole application device,
and on the network operators where the device is intended to operate.
Check the appropriate applicability of the TOBY-L4 series module’s approvals while starting the
certification process of the device integrating the module: the re-use of the u-blox cellular module’s
approval can significantly reduce the cost and time-to-market of the application device certification.
The certification of the application device that integrates a TOBY-L4 series module and the compliance of
the application device with all the applicable certification schemes, directives and standards are the sole
responsibility of the application device manufacturer.
TOBY-L4 series modules are certified according to all the supported capabilities, functions and options stated in
the Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement document (PICS) of the module. The PICS, according to
the
3GPP TS 51.010-2
3GPP TS 34.121-2
3GPP TS 36.521-2
[14] and
3GPP TS 36.523-2
documents, is a statement of the implemented and supported capabilities, functions and options of a device.
The PICS document of the application device integrating TOBY-L4 series modules must be updated from
the module PICS statement if any feature stated as supported by the module in its PICS document is not
implemented or disabled in the application device.
