Proximity Communication Interface Implementation Specifications

Foreword
Version 1.1
The New Media Development Association has developed a "Development of Platform for New
Generation Smart Card Systems" based on an innovative architecture that is able to accommodate new
functional requirements and diverse security levels with the aim of systematically integrating the various
card specifications in existence at present as a part of the "Industrial and Social Information
Infrastructure Development Project" implemented by the Japan Information Processing Development
Corporation in accordance with the third supplementary budget for the 1998 fiscal year. This
development was carried out with particular focus on contactless IC cards --- proximity cards (PICC) as
defined in ISO/IEC 14443 for which popularity is expected to grow in a wide range of IC card
applications in the future. The "Proximity Communications Interface Implementation Specification"
(Version 1.0) were released in December 2000 in the form of a disclosed technical reference that
summarized the results of studies for improving compatibility between PICC and proximity coupling
devices (PCD) based on experience acquired during the course of their development.
This specification is a revised version of the previous version 1.0. The following factors were taken
into consideration in the production of this revised edition.
- Although Version 1.0 was produced on the basis of the latest documents available relating to
ISO/IEC 14443 as of March 2000, since that time, work at ISO have progressed, and with some
exceptions, were released in the form of ISO standards. It was therefore necessary to achieve
compatibility with these ISO standards.
- Following the release of Version 1.0, requests were made from various fields asking for
implementation specifications for PCD (open PCD) that will enable the operation of placing or
holding up a card. Implementation specifications were therefore added or reviewed in order to
respond to these needs.
We hope that this specification will assist in the future proliferation of IC cards and IC card systems.
Furthermore, be aware of the following when referring to or using these specifications.
- The functions, testing methods and so forth specified in these specifications are subject to addition,
revision, alteration or deletion during the course of substantiative testing and other efforts scheduled
to be conducted in the future by this association.
- This association is not responsible in any way for the contents of these specifications or the results
of their use, including industrial property rights and so forth.
In conclusion, the association would like to express its deep appreciation to the RW compatibility
verification work group (located within the New Media Development Association) for its numerous
contributions and constructive discussions, and to those persons at the Ministry of Economics, Trade and
Industry for their generous support of those efforts pertaining to the production of these specifications.
July 2001
New Media Development Association