SIM & eSIM Onboarding (FT-1009.001)

About this document

Scope

This document provides background information as well as a functional description of the FT-1009.001 SIM & eSIM Onboarding standard feature. The described feature is supported from the release version 4.0 onwards.

Note

SIM & eSIM Onboarding is a standard feature and does not require a special license.

This feature is part of the SIM Onboarding & Provisioning functionality with number FN-1020.

Feature Availability

Feature overview

Goals

The aim of the SIM & eSIM Onboarding feature is to load SIMs into CMP, into the SIM Inventory, and ready for assignment to Accounts. In order to do this, the SIM must be loaded with key data items, such as the SIM Product. This key reference data is created through this feature.

Functionality of the feature

SIM Management in Resource Manager

Create SIM Reference Data in CMP

CMP allows CSPs to create SIM reference data that is required for loading SIM Cards into CMP using the Resource Manager.

SIM Vendor

SIM Vendors created and managed in the Resource Manager represent SIM Card producers, companies that will provide the physical portion of SIM Sales Products.

SIM Branding

SIM Branding is a concept of applying graphic templates (i.e. custom text, color, or image designs) to SIM Cards. Various branding designs can be created for Service Providers or individual Accounts.

SIM Product

SIM Products are physical SIM Cards that Service Providers can sell to their customers. SIM Products are identified by the SIM Provider Part Number, a user-defined identifier.

A SIM Product defines

• the type of the SIM (SIM, eSIM, Multi-IMSI, eSIM Multi-IMSI),

• the SIM form factor and physical parameters, and

• if automatic MSISDN and IMSI assignment is required.

SIM Products link to the

• SIM Provider,

• Network Interface, and

• SIM Branding.

SIM Products will also link to the SIM Sales Product and therefore to Accounts as well.

SIM Ordering Process

The SIM Ordering Process is described in the diagram below. Note that CMP plays no role in the SIM ordering process, except at the end of the shown process where the SIM Out File is loaded into CMP.

Upload SIM Files from SIM Vendor

SIM Cards managed by the Service Provider are loaded into the CMP using SIM Upload Files provided by the SIM Vendor.

SIM Batch

Before loading SIM files to CMP, SIM Batches have to be created in the Resource Manager as SIM Vendors deliver the SIM Cards in batches. The purpose of SIM Batches is to aid to determine possible production problems based on the batch relations of the SIMs and to organize the SIM Cards according to their technical specification, which is set forth by the SIM Product that is used when creating the SIM Batch.

SIM Upload File

The minimum details in the Upload File are different for the available SIM Types.

The minimum required details for

• a SIM File are ICCID, and IMSI,

• an eSIM File are EID, ICCID, and IMSI,

• an eSIM Multi-IMSI File are EID, ICCID, and IMSI1, and

• a Multi-IMSI File are ICCID, and IMSI1.

Note the availability of the type Multi-IMSI and eSIM Multi-IMSI depends on the Multi-IMSI (FT-1020.001) feature.

The Upload Files can contain additional optional fields.

Note, that the CMP validates the ICCID and IMSI on upload.

MSISDN Assignment Options

CMP provides multiple MSISDN assignment options:

1. MSISDN is assigned and uploaded on SIM Upload.

   • If the MSISDN is loaded into CMP together with the ICCID and the IMSI in the upload file, it will never be removed from the SIM Card.

2. MSISDN is assigned automatically by CMP at SIM Activation (SIM moves to In Testing or In Billing).

   • Determined by a flag in SIM Product.

   • The MSISDN is set against the SIM Card once the SIM is in Resource Status Assigned and moved out of Customer Inventory.

3. No MSISDN is assigned.

   • Determined by a flag in SIM Product.

   • MSISDN is never assigned.

Both MSISDN assignment use cases can be used in a single CMP instance.

The following diagram describes the available MSISDN assignment use cases.

SIM Upload Completion

Once the SIM File has been loaded into CMP, a File Upload Report can be downloaded and the SIM Resource Status of the SIM Cards uploaded to CMP is set to Operator Inventory. At this point, the SIM Cards are available for assignment via the Purchase Order process.

APIs

RM/CSP APIs are available to, e.g., upload SIM files, create SIM Products.

SIM Card Edit

The edit SIM Card feature allows the Service Providers to view all the details of their SIM Cards that have been loaded into CMP and edit selected data items. The following information is available for each SIM Card:

• Identifier (ICCID of the SIM)

• SIM Product

• SIM Type (SIM, eSIM, Multi-IMSI - in the future)

• Status (Resource Status of the SIM Card)

• PIN1

• PIN2

• PUK1

• PUK2

• Account (only available if in status ASSIGNED)

• Purchase Order (only available if in status ASSIGNED)

• Batch File (Identifier of the SIM’s batch)

However, the only piece of information that can be modified is the PIN and PUK of the selected SIM Card.