3GPP Newcomer Orientation

Georg Mayer, 3GPP TSG SA Chair

Balazs Bertenyi, 3GPP TSG RAN Chair
Lionel Morand, 3GPP TSG CT Chair
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 Agenda
About this event
Roundcall
Introduction to 3GPP
Mentoring
Questions & Answers

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 About
This is the first ever Newcomer Orientation Session in 3GPP to be
held
The intention is to
• provide basic background information to new delegates
• answer questions of general nature about 3GPP
• assign mentors & mentees
Information at this moment has a SA/CT focus, RAN will follow-up
Your feedback on this new process would be very much appreciated

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 Roundcall
Please state
• Your name
• Your company affiliation
• If you are a 3GPP official, your role
• How many years / meetings you have attended 3GPP
• Whether you regard yourself a newcomer

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 3GPP Introduction Slides
Please open http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/tsg_sa/TSG_SA/TSGS_85/Docs/SP-190845.zip

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3GPP TSG SA Meeting #85 SP-190845
17-20 September 2019, Newport Beach, USA

3GPP Introduction

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 About
This slide set collects introductory & background information on 3GPP and
specifically TSG SA
Most of the information is available on the 3GPP websites, nevertheless it is
seen as beneficial for (new) delegates to have it also available in a slide set.
These slides are not intended to be presented during the TSG SA meeting.
This document is intended to be a living document to which more information
can be added over time. This document will be made available at every SA
meeting.
The document is also open to more practical information (e.g. how to request
and submit tdocs)

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 3GPP Organisation
Project Coordination Group (PCG) 3GPP – The 3rd Generation Partnership Project
(“the project”)
TSG RAN TSG CT TSG SA
Radio Access Network Core Network & Terminals Service & Systems Aspects PCG – Coordination of 3GPP by the
RAN WG1
Organizational Partners (OPs)
Radio Layer 1 spec
CT WG1 SA WG1
MM/CC/SM (lu) Services Technical Specification Groups (TSGs) covering
RAN WG2 (end-to-end aspects) different aspects of 3GPP system & process
Radio Layer 2 spec
SA WG2
CT WG3 Architecture
Radio Layer 3 RR spec
Interworking with external TSGs are organized into Working Groups (WGs)
RAN WG3 networks SA WG3
lub spec, lur spec, lu spec TSGs meet 4 times a year in the so-called
CT WG4 Security
UTRAN O&M requirements
MAP/GTP/BCH/SS
“Plenary meetings” (co-located)
(Radio CN Interfaces) SA WG4
(protocols within the CN)
RAN WG4 Codec & Media WGs meet once or more per plenary cycle
Radio Performance
CT WG6 (mostly not co-located)
Smart Card Application Aspects SA WG5
Protocol aspects
RAN WG5
Telecom Management Each TSG and each WG elects its own
Mobile Terminal SA WG6 leadership (2 year terms / 2 terms)
Conformance Testing Mission-Critical Applications
Technical work is mostly done in WGs
RAN WG6
GSM EDGE Overall planning and coordination in TSGs
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 3GPP Eco-System
The 3GPP Organizational Partners (OP) are the seven Market Representation Formal Liaisons
Partners (MRPs)
Standards Developing Organizations (SDOs) - from Standards bodies
450 MHz Alliance
AISG
Bluetooth

China, Europe, India, Japan, Korea and the United

Broadband Forum (BBF)
CableLabs
International Special Committee on Radio Interference
(CISPR)

States.
CTIA
Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) Project
Ecma International
Expert Group for Emergency Access (EGEA)
Eurescom
COST 273

Participation in 3GPP is made possible by companies European Radiocommunications Committee (ERC)

Fixed Mobile Convergence Alliance (FMCA)
Global Certification Forum (GCF)

and organizations becoming Individual Members (IM)

Global TD-LTE Initiative (GTD)
GPS Industry Council
GSM Association
HomeRF Forum

of one of the OPs. IDB Forum

Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)

IEEE

IrDA

Organizational International Multimedia Telecomunications

Specific inputs, in the form of market requirements

Consortium (IMTC)
Internet Streaming Media Alliance
Partners (OPs) ISO-ITU expert group
ISO MPEG / JPEG

may also come in to the Project via any of the twenty

ITU-T SG2
JAIN tm (Javatm APIs for Integrated Networks)
The Java Community Process (JCP)
Liberty Alliance Project

Market Representation Partners (MRP) in 3GPP. These LTE/SAE Trial Initiative (LSTI)
Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF)
NENA

organizations have all signed up to the 3GPP Project

NGMN (Next Generation Mobile Networks)
oneM2M
OMA (Open Mobile Alliance )
Open Networking Foundation (ONF)

scope and objectives.

Open IPTV Forum
Object Management Group (OMG)
PCS Type Certification Review Board (PTCRB)
Portable Computer and Communications
Association (PCCA)

5G Projects
Presence and Availability Management (PAM) Forum

Lots of external cooperation with other standards RSA Laboratories

SDR Forum
Sun Micro Systems Inc

bodies and a broad variety of other groups, by way of

Steerco
SyncML Initiative
Trusted Computing Group (TCG)
TeleManagement Forum (TMF)

formal Liaisons. TCCA

TIA /TR45
TIA/TR47
TV-anytime Forum
Voice eXtensible Mark-up Language (VXML) Forum
Wi-Fi Alliance
Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA)

Certification WLAN Smart Card Consortium

Wireless World Research Forum (WWRF)
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)

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 The Organizational Partners (OPs)
ARIB
www.arib.or.jp
The Association of Radio Industries and Businesses, Japan

ATIS
www.atis.org
The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions, USA

CCSA
www.ccsa.org.cn
China Communications Standards Association

ETSI TTA
www.etsi.org www.tta.or.kr
The European Telecommunications Standards Institute Telecommunications Technology Association, Korea
TSDSI TTC
http://tsdsi.org/ www.ttc.or.jp
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 3GPP – How It Works
3GPP works based on 685 Companies actively participate in the 3GPP work
• Participation in face-to-face meetings • From all over the world
• Pro-activity & Contributions – you need written • All major telecommunication companies – operators, network/device/chipset
proposals to get attention vendors
• Consenus – nobody says “no” in order to progress • More and more vertical industry representatives bring their work directly to 3GPP

Work organization Amazing Track Record

• Study Items, Work Items • 3GPP started 1998, since then all major standards projects were deployed
• Releases with fixed time-lines, which are partially • E.g. 3G/UMTS, 4G/LTE, VoLTE/IMS, NB-IoT, 5G
overlapping • Seamless migration from “old” to “new” technology generations
• Work Plan (good overview)
A new Release every 15 to 24 months
3 stages, often overlapping • Allows for resonably fast standardization & deployment of new ideas
• Stage 1: Requirements • Strong commitment to time-lines guarantees reliable planning and time-to-market
• Stage 2: Architecture • New technologies get easily introduced (IP, IoT, AI ...)
• Stage 3: Protocols
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 Stage 1/2/3 (very simplified SA view)
time

SA1
Stage 1
Requirements

RAN
Stage 2 SA2 SA3 SA4 SA5 SA6 Radio
Architecture Security Media OAM Apps/MC Access

Stage 3 CT – Protocols & Coding

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 Releases (very simplified SA view)
Release X Content &
Timeline Planning

Release X
Stage 1 Studies
Stage 1 Work Items
Stage 2 Studies

Stage 2Work Items

Stage 3 Studies

Stage 3 Work Items 3 months

Release X+1
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 3GPP Way of Working 1/2
Authority
• The Chairperson, assisted by vice-chairpersons, is responsible for the overall
management of the technical work within the TSG/working group.
• The Chairperson may nominate officials to assist in the work, delegate tasks
to the Vice Chairpersons or rapporteurs and may be assisted by the Support
Team
In practice decisions are taken at scheduled meetings
• Additional authority may be arranged for decisions taken at electronic
meetings (e.g. after a scheduled meeting by correspondence).

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 3GPP Way of Working 2/2
3GPP‘s success: collaborative of all member companies.
• Decisions mostly taken by consensus
• With Exceptions: leadership election, some other specific 3GPP processes
• Reasonable effort to meet the concerns of all participants (if any)
At a last resort, if consensus cannot be achieved
• a formal vote is required
• The decision to approve requires a 71% or greater majority
General constructive attitude:
• 3GPP members are generally are willing to accept decisions taken by the
group in order to make progress, even if they are not totally satisfied by a.
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 3GPP Specifications
Series Subject TS – Technical Specification
21.xxx Requirements normative specification which might
22.xxx Service aspects ("stage 1") include informative material as well
23.xxx Technical realization ("stage 2") e.g. 3GPP TS 23.228
24.xxx Signalling protocols ("stage 3") - user equipment to network TR – Technical Report
25.xxx Radio aspects informative specification
26.xxx Codecs e.g. the outcome of a study item (SI)
27.xxx Data spec-number second part starts with 8
28.xxx Signalling protocols ("stage 3") -(RSS-CN) and OAM&P and Charging or 9
29.xxx Signalling protocols ("stage 3") - intra-fixed-network e.g 3GPP TS 21.9xx
30.xxx Programme management
31.xxx Subscriber Identity Module (SIM / USIM), IC Cards. Test specs.
32.xxx Operation & Maintenance (OAM) and Charging
3GPP specifications are not standards,
they have no legal standing. They
33.xxx Security aspects
become “official” standards once one or
34.xxx UE and (U)SIM test specifications
more of the OPs (national /
35.xxx Security algorithms
international standards bodies)
36.xxx LTE (Evolved UTRA), LTE-Advanced, LTE-Advanced Pro radio tech. transposes them.
37.xxx Multiple radio access technology aspects
38.xxx Radio technology beyond LTE
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 Links
About 3GPP https://www.3gpp.org/about-3gpp/about-3gpp
3GPP User (3GU) Portal http://portal.3gpp.org
3GPP FAQ https://www.3gpp.org/about-3gpp/3gpp-faqs
3GPP News http://www.3gpp.org/news-events
3GPP TSG SA – Home http://www.3gpp.org/specifications-groups/sa-plenary/sa-plenary/home
3GPP Working Procedures http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/Information/Working_Procedures/3GPP_WP.pdf
Liaison Statements https://www.3gpp.org/specifications-groups/liaison-statements
3GPP Awards https://www.3gpp.org/about-3gpp/3gpp-award-roll-of-honour

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 Some useful specs
The essential rules of 3GPP: Summary of Release content:
• 3GPP Working Procedures • Release 15 Overview – TR 21.915
http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/Information/Wo http://www.3gpp.org/DynaReport/21915.htm
rking_Procedures/
• Release 16 Overview (draft) – TR 21.916
http://www.3gpp.org/DynaReport/21915.htm
• 3GPP TR 21.900 Technical Specification
Group working methods
http://www.3gpp.org/DynaReport/21900.
htm

• 3GPP TR 21.801 Specification drafting

rules
http://www.3gpp.org/DynaReport/21801.
htm
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 Abbreviations

3GPP – 3rd Generation Partnership Project

IM – Individual Member (of an OP)
MRP – Market Representation Partner (of 3GPP)
OP – Organizational Partner (of 3GPP)
PCG – 3GPP Project Coordination Group
SI – Study Item
TR – Technical Report (informative, e.g. for SI)
TS – Technical Specification (normative)
TSG – Technical Specification Group (of 3GPP)
WG – Working Group (under a TSG)
WI – Work Item
WP – Work Plan / Work Programme

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 3GPP Mentoring

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 Mentoring
Mailing list: 3GPP_MENTORING (subscribe at https://list.etsi.org)
A group of 3GPP mentors (see next slides) is happy to answer your questions on basic 3GPP
processes and to assist you during your first steps in 3GPP.
Either contact a mentor directly in person, per mail or ask your question on the list.
We are always looking for more mentors to support us!

Subscribe to the 3GPP_MENTORING list:

https://list.etsi.org/scripts/wa.exe?SUBED1=3GPP_MENTORING
Archive of the messages sent on the 3GPP_MENTORING list
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 3GPP Mentors
Adrian Neal Miikka Poikselkä
[email protected] [email protected]
SA, SA2
SA, CT, SA1, SA5, SA6

Gregory (Greg) Schumacher Kevin Holley

[email protected] [email protected]

SA, SA1, SA3, SA3-LI SA, RAN, SA1, SA2

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 Questions & Answers

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 Thank You!

Please give us your feedback & improvement proposals

Georg Mayer Balazs Bertenyi Lionel Morand

3GPP TSG SA Chair 3GPP TSG RAN Chair 3GPP TSG CT Chair
[email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
+43 699 1900 5758

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