1. 3GPP Standards Update

2. The role of 3GPP The Partners are Standards Developing Organizations:
Contribution driven …companies participate in 3GPP through their membership of one of these “Organizational Partners”
(Japan)
(China)
(Korea)
(USA)
(Europe)
(Japan) 2

3. 3GPP Market Representation Partners
LATEST NEWS
The Indian Operators
(COAI) have joined 3GPP
Bring special requirements to Standardization – from Industry
Take Standardization to their community
Promote 3GPP technologies
Take part in the 3GPP Project Coordination Group along with the Organizational Partners (SDO’s) and the Technical Group Chairmen 3

4. 3GPP Membership 359 Members, at 15/4/2010 4
359 Members,
at 15/4/2010 4

5. Where the work is done Approximately 185 meetings per year
Many co-located meetings, totalling around 600 delegates
Some meetings receive 1000 documents

6. What does 3GPP Specify? 3GPP Specified Radio Interfaces
2G radio: GSM, GPRS, EDGE
3G radio: WCDMA, HSPA, LTE
4G radio: LTE Advanced
3GPP Core Network
2G/3G: GSM core network
3G/4G: Evolved Packet Core (EPC)
3GPP Service Layer
GSM services
IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)
Multimedia Telephony (MMTEL)
Support of Messaging and other OMA functionality
Emergency services and public warning
Etc. 6

7. 3GPP Release Concept High Speed Accesses IP Core Services Network R99
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
R99 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9
R10
High
Speed
Accesses
IP Core
Network
Services
UMTS
HSPA DL UL
LTE
Adv +
EPC
Comm
IMS
MMTel 7

8. General Directions of 3GPP Evolution
Radio Interfaces
Higher Data Throughput
Lower Latency
More Spectrum Flexibility
Improved CAPEX and OPEX
IP Core Network
Support of non-3GPP Accesses
Packet Only Support
Improved Security
Greater Device Diversity
Service Layer
More IMS Applications (MBMS, PSS, mobile TV now IMS enabled)
Greater session continuity 8

9. Focus on 3GPP Family Evolution
Standards availability
EDGE EDGE+
384Kb/s
1Mb/s
W-CDMA HSPA HSPA+
384Kb/s
18Mb/s
42Mb/s
LTE LTE-Advanced
100Mb/s
1000Mb/s
2000
2010 9

10. “ ” GPRS/EDGE Evolution Release 8 and earlier Release 9
GERAN/LTE Interworking
General corrections
Multicarrier BTS
A-GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite Systems)
Release 9
Hybrid Location
Multi Standard Radio (MSR) “
TSG GERAN has been continuing to evolve GSM EDGE technology towards services that approach UMTS and LTE levels Andrew Howell, 3GPP GERAN Chairman ” 10

11. UMTS Evolution (HSPA)
240 Operators in > 100 countries…Forecast 1 billion subscriptions by 2011
3GPP R5 & R7 added MIMO antenna and 16QAM (Uplink)/ 64QAM (Downlink) modulation
Improved spectrum efficiency (modulation 16QAM, Reduced radio frame lengths
New functionalities within radio networks (incl.re-transmissions between NodeB and the Radio Network Controller)
Latency reduced (100ms for HSDPA and 50ms for HSUPA)

12. HSPA Commitments http://www. gsmworld
3 (Hutchison) 
Airtel (Bharti) 
Airtel-Vodafone (Bharti) 
AIS 
Alands Mobiltelefon 
Almadar Aljadeed 
Ancel (Antel) 
AT&T 
Avea (Turk Telekom) 
b.mobile 
Babilon-Mobile 
Batelco 
Beeline (VimpelCom) 
Bell Mobility 
BH Telecom 
Bite 
B-Mobile (Bhutan Telecom) 
Bouygues Telecom 
Brasil Telecom (Merged Q1 2009) 
BSNL 
Celcom (Axiata) 
Cellcard (MobiTel) 
Cellcom 
Cellular One (ATN) 
China Unicom 
Chunghwa Telecom 
Claro (America Movil) 
Comcel (America Movil) 
Cosmofon (Telekom Slovenije) 
Cosmote (OTE) 
CSL (Telstra) 
CTBC 
CTM (Cable & Wireless) 
CURE (Merged Q2 2008) 
Cytamobile-Vodafone 
DAVE Wireless 
Dialog Telekom (Axiata) 
DiGi (Telenor) 
Digitel 
DNA 
DOCOMO PACIFIC (NTT DOCOMO) 
DSTCom 
DTAC (Telenor) 
du 
Elisa 
EMOBILE (eAccess) 
EMT (TeliaSonera) 
Emtel (Millicom) 
Entel 
E-Plus (KPN) 
Era (Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa) 
Etisalat (EMTS) 
Etisalat 
Far EasTone 
Foroya Tele 
Geocell (TeliaSonera) 
Gibtelecom (Telekom Slovenije) 
Glo Mobile (Globacom) 
Globe Telecom 
Globul (OTE) 
Go 
Grameenphone (Telenor) 
ICE 
Indigo (TeliaSonera) 
Indosat (Qtel) 
Jersey Telecom 
Koryolink (Orascom) 
KPN 
KT 
leo (Orascom) 
Libyana 
life:) (Astelit) 
life:) (BeST) 
LIME (Cable & Wireless) 
LMT (TeliaSonera) 
LOL Mobile (Luxembourg Online) 
Luxgsm (P&T) 
m:tel (Telekom Srbija) 
m:ts (Telekom Srbija) 
M1 
M3 Wireless 
MagtiCom 
Manx Telecom (Telefonica) 
Mara Telecom 
Maroc Telecom (Vivendi) 
Mascom (MTN) 
Maxis 
mcel (Mozambique Cellular) 
Meditel 
MegaFon 
Melita Mobile 
Meteor (eircom) 
MLT (MegaFon) 
Mobi (Telkom) 
MobiCom 
Mobifone (VNPT) 
mobilkom 
Mobily 
Mobinil (ECMS) 
Mobistar (France Telecom) 
Mobitel (Sri Lanka Telecom) 
Mobitel (Telekom Slovenije) 
Moldcell (TeliaSonera) 
Monaco Telecom (Cable & Wireless) 
Movilnet (CANTV) 
Movistar (Telefonica) 
MTC 
M-Tel (mobilkom austria) 
MTN 
MTNL 
MTS (Sistema) 
MTS Mobility (MTS Allstream) 
Nawras (Qtel) 
NetCom (TeliaSonera) 
Nextel 
Nova 
NTT DOCOMO 
O2 (Telefonica) 
Oi 
Oman Mobile (Omantel) 
Omnitel (TeliaSonera) 
Optimus (Sonaecom) 
Optus (SingTel) 
Orange (Mauritius Telecom) 
Orange (Mobistar) 
Orange (Partner Communications) 
Orange (Sonatel) 
Orange (Telekomunikacja Polska) 
Orange 
Outremer Telecom 
Pannon (Telenor) 
PCCW 
Pelephone (Bezeq) 
Personal (Nucleo) 
Personal (Telecom Argentina) 
Play (P4) 
Plus (Polkomtel) 
Porta (America Movil) 
Proximus (Belgacom) 
Qb (CADCOMMS) 
Qtel 
Rogers Wireless 
Safaricom 
SaskTel 
Sercomtel 
Setar 
SFR 
Si.Mobil (mobilkom austria) 
Siminn 
SingTel 
SK Telecom 
Smart (PLDT) 
SmarTone-Vodafone 
SoftBank Mobile 
Sonera (TeliaSonera) 
SRR (SFR) 
StarHub 
STC (Saudi Telecom) 
Stelera Wireless 
Sun Cellular (Digitel Mobile) 
Sunrise (TDC) 
Sure (Cable & Wireless) 
Swisscom 
Syriatel 
T-2 
Taiwan Mobile 
Tallinn Mobile 
Tango (Belgacom) 
TDC 
Telcel (America Movil) 
Tele2 
Telecom 
Telenor 
Telia (TeliaSonera) 
Telkomsel (Telekomunikasi Selular) 
Telus Mobility 
Thai Mobile (TOT) 
Tigo (Millicom) 
TIM 
TMN (Portugal Telecom) 
T-Mobile (Magyar Telekom) 
T-Mobile (Makedonski Telekom) 
T-Mobile (Slovak Telekom) 
T-Mobile (T-Hrvatski Telekom) 
T-Mobile 
True Move (True Corporation) 
Turkcell 
Tusmobil 
U Mobile 
Ucell (TeliaSonera) 
Unitel 
UT Mobile (Uganda Telecom) 
Utel (Ukrtelecom) 
VIBO Telecom 
Videotron (Quebecor Media) 
Viettel Telecom 
Vinaphone (VNPT) 
Vini (Tikiphone) 
Vip (mobilkom austria) 
Vipnet (mobilkom austria) 
Viva (KTC) 
VivaCell (MTS) 
VIVACOM 
Vivo (Portugal Telecom / Telefonica) 
Vodacom 
Vodafone Hutchison 
Vodafone 
Wataniya Telecom (Qtel) 
Wave Telecom (Jersey Telecom) 
Wind (Orascom) 
Wind (Weather) 
XL (Excelcomindo Pratama) 
Yoigo (TeliaSonera) 
Zain 
Zapp (Merged Q4 2009) 
Source GSMA, 7/12/2009 12

13. 3GPP R8 delivers LTE Significantly increased data throughput
Downlink target 3-4 times greater than HSDPA Release 6
Uplink target 2-3 times greater than HSUPA Release 6
Increased cell edge bit rates
Downlink: 70% of the values at 5% of the Cumulative Distribution Function (CDF)
Uplink: same values at 5% of the Cumulative Distribution Function (CDF)
Significantly reduced latency
High mobility
Cell ranges up to 5 km; with best throughput, spectrum efficiency and mobility. Cell ranges up to 30 km; Mobility with some degradation in throughput and spectrum efficiency permitted. Cell ranges up to 100 km; Supported; degradations accepted
Reduced CAPEX and OPEX 13

14. LTE network deployments
April 7, 2010:
The number of mobile operators who have committed to deploy LTE advanced mobile broadband systems has more than doubled in the past year. There are now 64 operators committed to LTE network deployments in 31 countries, according to the Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) 14

15. What does Release 9 add to LTE?
Release 9 - Completion of extensions in March 2010
Continuing femtocell integration
Added functionality, broadens LTE deployment scenarios
Feeding back results from first LTE deployments
Also, advancing non-LTE technologies 15 15

16. Dispelling some Myths about LTE
Myth 1: LTE is Data only
Reality: Support of voice was one of the key considerations in designing LTE. The voice solution for LTE is IMS VoIP and it is fully specified.
Myth 2: SMS isn’t supported over LTE
Reality: LTE and EPS will support a rich variety of messaging applications - including SMS. The solution is twofold, covering both the full IMS case and a transition solution for those networks that do not support IMS.
Myth 3: IMS isn’t ready for prime time
Reality: IMS was first developed as part of Rel 5 in It is based on IETF protocols such as SIP and SDP that are very mature. These technologies have been embraced by the industry as the signalling mechanism for multimedia applications.
Myth 4: LTE doesn’t support emergency calls
Reality: VoIP support for emergency calls (incl. location) in Rel 9. A transition solution fall back to 3G/2G - has existed since IMS was introduced (Rel 5). 16

17. LTE-Advanced (R10) Smooth transition from 3G to 4G
LTE LTE-Advanced 3G 4G
You are here
Smooth transition from 3G to 4G
LTE-Advanced to be the main feature of 3GPP Release 10 17 17

18. What will LTE-Advanced deliver?
Support for wider Bandwidth (Up to 100MHz)
Downlink transmission scheme
Improvements to LTE by using 8x8 MIMO
Data rates of 100Mb/s with high mobility and 1Gb/s with low mobility
Up link transmission scheme
Improvements to LTE
Data rates up to 500Mb/s
Relay functionality
Improving cell edge coverage
More efficient coverage in rural areas
CoMP (coordinated multiple point transmission and reception)
Downlink coordinated multi-point transmission
Uplink coordinated multi-point reception
Local IP Access (LIPA) & Enhanced HNB to allow traffic off-load
LTE LTE-Advanced 3G 4G
You are here 18

19. Timelines for LTE-Advanced LTE-Advanced is the 3GPP submission for the ITU’s IMT-Advanced system
Study Item, “LTE-Advanced” approved in 3GPP - Mar 
LTE-Advanced Requirements (TR ) - Jun 2008 
LTE-Advanced “Early Submission” made to ITU-R - Sep 2008 
“Complete Technology Submission” to ITU-R - Jun 2009 
“Final submission” to ITU-R - Oct 2009 
Completion of LTE-Advanced specifications by 3GPP / 2011 19

20. Convergence (Technology)
3GPP LTE is a point of convergence, to unite the world’s operators on a common technology platform
CDMA Development Group (CDG) join 3GPP as a Market Representation Partner (MRP)
TD-SCDMA Forum pave the way for TD-LTE
Public Safety Agencies announce that LTE meets their requirements (See APCO, NENA, NPSTC Announcements)
2010 (Q1) - Clearwire joins 3GPP (ATIS Member)
2001 (Q1) – 3GPP/Broadband Forum workshop on fixed/mobile convergence 20

21. Fixed Mobile Convergence
3GPP is working with the BroadBand Forum to support Fixed-Mobile Convergence using the Evolved Packet Core
Convergence addresses IP session mobility, authentication, and policy
3 Phase plan adopted
Phase 1 is basic interworking between fixed and wireless
Phase 2 provides offloading of traffic
Phase 3 provides convergence of network nodes
Phase 1 target is 3GPP Rel 10.

22. 3GPP Convergence (Scale)
Machine-to-machine
Intelligent Transport Systems
Smart Grids
Smart Cards, eCommerce, USB, High Speed Interface
mHealth
RFID
Multi-Standard Radio (MSR-BS) 22

23. Beyond Release 10 Haptic services (Study, TR 22.987)
Release 10 and beyond will bring more innovation. For example:
Haptic services (Study, TR )
Surround sound, Wide-band speech quality
Content Distribution Services, peer-to-peer over IMS (Study S )
Personal Broadcast Service (PBS) content distribution via 3GPP accesses (Study TR ) 4G 23

24. Conclusions
3GPP LTE is set to be the major enabler for mobile broadband
EDGE and HSPA remain hugely successful
Industrial input to the standards process is of an unprecedented level
The first commercial LTE Networks have been launched based on 3GPP Release 8
LTE is an evolution path which unites the GSM/UMTS, TD-LTE and CDMA families as well as the fixed/mobile communities
There is a bigger picture, LTE and LTE-Advanced will enable new services & innovation 24

25. Availability of Specifications
All 3GPP specifications can be freely downloaded from
Or can be obtained from the 3GPP Organisational Partners (ARIB, ATIS, CCSA, ETSI, TTA, TTC)
A DVD of the full set of 3GPP specifications is produced on a regular basis and is made available at trade events – free of charge 25

26. Finally… ETSI TC MSG
ETSI TC MSG (Mobile Standards Group) is responsible for the transposition of GSM and UMTS deliverables from 3GPP into ETSI deliverables
MSG maintains the ETSI Harmonized Standards required by the European Commission's Radio and Telecommunication Terminal Equipment (R&TTE) Directive for the IMT-2000 mobile telecommunications family, for successive 3GPP Releases

27. More Information www.3gpp.org contact@3gpp.org
Or contact one of the Partners: 27