ODA Working Group 2

Device Capabilities & Specifications

Driving PCN Ecosystem Implementation Standards

The Device Capabilities & Specifications Working Group is the core technical specification body of the Open Device Alliance. It translates enterprise operational requirements into actionable implementation specifications that device OEMs, chipset vendors, and platform providers build against to ensure ecosystem-wide interoperability and scale.

Device Capabilities & Specifications Overview

Real Challenges, Pragmatic Solutions

Every task group solves a real-world enterprise problem that lacks a viable workaround. The Device Capabilities & Specifications Working Group owns the full scope of device-side feature and functionality gaps that prevent PCNs from operating as enterprise-grade infrastructure.

Requirement-Driven: Each Task Group launches only from a documented, reproducible deployment failure captured and prioritized by Enterprise Requirements & Use Cases.

Specification Handoff: Task Groups carry a prioritized requirement through chartering and drafting into a ratified specification, which Test & Certification then completes validation, quality assurance, and oversees ODA Enabled device program.

Private Cellular Networks are emerging as critical enterprise infrastructure across manufacturing, industrial, logistics, healthcare, mining, public safety, and smart city verticals. However, the absence of a consistent, publicly available device certification standard forces enterprises to independently validate device behavior. This fragmented approach is expensive, inconsistent, and needlessly duplicated by every enterprise and systems integrator in the market.

The Device Capabilities & Specifications Working Group eliminates this systemic inefficiency at the source by producing the shared technical implementation specifications that define what it means to be “PCN-ready.”

Key Outputs

Device Implementation Specifications

Configuration & Management Standards

Device Capability Disclosure Framework

PLMN ID and Spectrum Registries

eSIM & Credential Provisioning Architecture

Device Security & Zero-Trust Framework

Task Group Directory

All Device Capabilities & Specifications Task Groups

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WG2-TG1PLMN ID EnablementCompletedChartered 2026-04-03

Device attachment to non-MNO PLMN IDs across 4G and 5G. Covers MDM delivery, EF_FPLMN management, and OEM allowed-list requirements. TG1 is ODA's highest-priority task group and the prerequisite for all subsequent TG certifications.

WG2-TG24G/5G Band EnablementCompletedChartered 2026-04-17

PCN band activation via CarrierConfig, IPCC, and MDM without OEM factory modification. Delivers the ODA PCN Band Registry and Device Band Disclosure Framework. Without enabled bands, PLMN attachment cannot translate to functional PCN connectivity.

WG2-TG5VoWiFi over Cellular (Enhanced Backup Calling)CompletedChartered 2026-03-30

PCN as bearer to MNO ePDG/IMS for Backup Calling — enabling enterprise workers to use their standard MSISDN for voice calls routed through the PCN without requiring any on-premises IMS infrastructure.

WG2-TG27NB-IoT, LTE-M, RedCap, and eRedCapActive

Establishing PCN IoT device implementation standards and requirements for cellular device categories — NB-IoT, LTE-M, RedCap, and eRedCap — so that enterprises can procure and deploy IoT sensors, asset trackers, meters, wearables, and industrial monitoring devices on Private Cellular Networks with predictable, scalable, and deployable behavior across OEMs and vendors.

WG2-TG3Selective PCN SIM UnlockDefined

Unlocking the PCN SIM slot without affecting the MNO SIM slot in dual-SIM carrier-locked devices.

WG2-TG10Certificate Based Authentication (CBA)Defined

Certificate-Based Authentication (CBA) is a software-defined security framework that validates a device's identity using digital X.509 certificates instead of hardware SIM cards or traditional passwords. By leveraging asymmetric cryptography managed via cloud-native Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), it verifies a device through a highly secure, mutual chain of trust. In modern 4G, 5G, and private networks, CBA enables seamless, zero-touch provisioning while integrating directly with existing enterprise identity and device management platforms.

WG2-TG4AMinimum PCN Profile (Android)Candidate