1. Introduction to 3GPP Specification & new Trends in Radio Networks
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2. INTRODUCTION 3GPP Stands for 3rd Generation Partnership Project*
The Partners are Standards Developing Organizations:
Contribution driven …companies participate in 3GPP through their membership of one of these “Organizational Partners”
Currently over 350 Individual Members (Operators, Vendors, Regulators)
13 Market Representation Partners (giving perspectives on market needs and drivers)
*3GPP is not constrained to 3rd Generation. It includes work on both 2nd and 4th generation technologies
(Japan)
(China)
(Korea)
(USA)
(Europe)
(Japan)

3. = = PARTNERSHIP Organizational Partners Market Representative Partners
6 Regional standards organizations
A R I B , AT I S , C C S A ,E T S I , T TA ,T T C( A s i a ,E u r o p e & N o r t h A m e r i c a )
Market Representative Partners
14 Market partners representing the broader industry
I M S F o r u m , T D - F o r u m , G S A , G S M A , I P V 6 F o r u m ,
U M T S F o r u m , 4 G A m e r i c a s , T D I n d u s t r y A l l i a n c e ,
I n f o C o m m u n i c a t i o n U n i o n , S m a l l C e l l F o r u m , C D M A D e v e l o p m e n t G r o u p , C e l l u l a r O p e r a t o r s A s s o c i a t i o n o f I n d i a ( C O A I ) , N G M N A l l i a n c e , T C C A =

5. 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.

7. WAYS OF WORKING New work initiated by member companies via Work Items
outlining scope and time plan
Work Items prioritised if all estimated work cannot be done by the scheduled release deadline
All 3GPP member companies contributes on equal terms on any work item
3GPP seeks consensus on all technical matters (but has mechanisms if consensus cannot be reached)
Release deadline respected, unfinished work deferred to a later release

9. What does 3GPP produce?
Specifications for 3g Mobile (WCDMA, HSPA, LTE) and 4G Mobile (LTE-Advanced) and the systems architecture evolution that goes with it
Evolved GSM specifications (GPRS, EDGE)
Revised versions of 3GPP specifications are published following the quarterly Technical Specification Group plenary meetings

12. MAJOR SYSTEM ENHANCEMENTS

13. 3GPP Release

14. 3GPP Release Contd..

15. 3GPP – Documents -Example

16. 3GPP is fully focused on:
Providing the industry with timely evolution of a robust system
Prioritizing new features via the 3GPP Release process, as the best means of delivering 5G successfully
Seeking improvements both from process and technology point of view
Preparing the network for a substantial increase of traffic from a highly diverse amount of clients

17. 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 available at the 3GPP Desk

18. Conclusions
3GPP LTE is set to be the major enabler for mobile broadband
LTE is being evolved into LTE-Advanced
3GPP is progressing work on all radio interface generations
3GPP is also addressing a variety of key areas
Femtocells
Traffic Offload
Machine 2 machine communications
Fixed Mobile Convergence

19. Thank You
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