THE Mobile Broadband Standard

3GPP Update
Adrian Scrase
Head of 3GPP Mobile
Competence Centre

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Content
THE Mobile Broadband Standard

The Role of 3GPP

The 3GPP population
Spanning the generations
Building on Releases
Home eNodeB and femtocell work
HNB/HeNB Specifications listing
Interoperability Testing
What is next for 3GPP LTE

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THE Mobile Broadband Standard

The Role of 3GPP

Maintenance and evolution of Radio Technologies:

GSM, GPRS, W-CDMA, UMTS, EDGE, HSPA and LTE
Maintenance and evolution of the related Core Network and Systems
Architecture
Partnership Consists of

Regional standards organizations

(Asia, Europe & North America):

and Market Partners representing broader

industry: concerns:

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3GPP Population
THE Mobile Broadband Standard

Over 350 Companies

participate through their
membership of one of the
6 Partners
Plenary meetings each
quarter (Next time is
TSG#51, Kansas City,
March 2011)
Over 150 meetings
(including Working
Groups) in 2010
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Spanning the Generations...

GSM
1GBroadband Standard
THE
Mobile
Analog technology.
Deployed in the 1980s.

GSM 2G
Digital Technology.
First digital systems.
Deployed in the 1990s.
New services such as SMS
and low-rate data.
Primary technologies
include IS-95 CDMA and
GSM.
3G ITUs IMT-2000 required 144
kbps mobile, 384 kbps
pedestrian, 2 Mbps indoors
Primary technologies
include CDMA2000 1X/EVDO, WiMAX,
and UMTS-HSPA.
4G ITUs IMT-Advanced
requirements include ability to
operate in up to 40 MHz radio
channels and with very high
spectral efficiency.
No technology meets
requirements today.
IEEE 802.16m and LTE
Advanced being designed
to meet requirements.

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
...UMTS became the
Etc.
dominant

Text adapted from 3G Americas White Paper, September 2010

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3GPP Groups
THE Mobile Broadband Standard

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

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Femto Forum in 3GPP

THE Mobile Broadband Standard

(1

of 2)

October 2008 Femto Forum joined 3GPP as a Market Representation

Partner (MRP) to work to support residential and enterprise deployments
with open or closed access. With open access, any mobile may access the
HNB/HeNB. With closed access only mobiles belonging to the assigned
closed user group may access the HNB/HeNB
In time for 3GPP Release 8 LTE specifications
December 2008 - The UMTS HNB and HeNB architecture is described in TS
25.467 (UTRAN architecture for 3G Home Node B)
January 2009 Addition of the LTE HeNB architecture in TS 36.300-870, The
UTRAN Overall description (Section 4.6 - Support of HeNBs)
...

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Key Specifications
THE Mobile Broadband Standard

The following specifications have been modified to included HNB/HeNB aspect

TS 22.011
TS 25.104
TS 25.141
TS 36.300

Service Accessibility
Base Station (BS) radio transmission and reception (FDD)
Base station (BS) conformance testing (FDD)
Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) and Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN); Overall description; Stage 2

TS 36.413
TS 23.060
TS 23.401

Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) ; S1 Application Protocol (S1AP)

General Packet Radio Service (GPRS); Service description; Stage 2
General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) enhancements for Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN) access

The following specifications have been created solely for HNB/HeNB:

TS 22.220
TS 23.232
TR 23.830
TS 25.367
TS 25.467
TS 25.468
TS 25.469
TR 25.820
TR 25.967
TS 32.581

Service requirements for Home Node B (HNB) and Home eNode B (HeNB)
IMS aspects of architecture for Home Node B (HNB)
Architecture aspects of Home Node B (HNB) / Home enhanced Node B (HeNB)
Mobility procedures for Home Node B (HNB); Overall description; Stage 2
UTRAN architecture for 3G Home Node B (HNB); Stage 2
UTRAN Iuh Interface RANAP User Adaption (RUA) signalling
UTRAN Iuh interface Home Node B (HNB) Application Part (HNBAP) signalling
3G Home Node B (HNB) study item Technical Report
FDD Home Node B (HNB) RF Requirements
Telecommunications management; Home Node B (HNB) Operations, Administration, Maintenance and Provisioning (OAM&P); Concepts and requirements for
Type 1 interface HNB to HNB Management System (HMS)

TS 32.582

Telecommunications management; Home Node B (HNB) Operations, Administration, Maintenance and Provisioning (OAM&P); Information model for Type 1
interface HNB to HNB Management System (HMS)

TS 32.583

Telecommunications management; Home Node B (HNB) Operations, Administration, Maintenance and Provisioning (OAM&P); Procedure flows for Type 1
interface HNB to HNB Management System (HMS)

TS 32.584

Telecommunications management; Home Node B (HNB) Operations, Administration, Maintenance and Provisioning (OAM&P); XML definitions for Type 1
interface HNB to HNB Management System (HMS)

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Femto Forum plugfests

THE Mobile Broadband Standard

March 2010 - ETSI and the Femto Forum host

the worlds first interoperability test of
equipment meeting the 3GPP specifications

January 2011 - The second Femto

Forum plugfest a great success.
Focus on the effectiveness of the
Broadband Forums femtocell
management standard (TR-196) in
supporting interoperability between
femtocell access points and network
equipment
Next Event - 3rd UMTS Femtocell
Plugfest
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nteroperability tests between femtocell

network gateways, security
gateways, femtocell access
point, HNB Mangement
Systems and chipsets from
key vendors to verify the
3GPPs Iuh interface as
defined in release 8.

The program will test the Broadband Forum

TR-069 management path
between the femtocell
access point and the
Mangement Platform via a
secure IPSec tunnel that
terminates at the Security
Gateway element of the
HNB-GW.
The plugfest will also provide a staging
event for the 3rd UMTS
plugfest which will involve
interoperability testing of
3GPPs Iuh interface as
defined in release 9.
What is in the standard?
The standard under test is the new 3GPP
release 8 femtocell
standard - in particular its
specification of the
management interface. The
Iuh interface
standardization was
completed in April 2009,

THE Mobile Broadband Standard

3GPP
Work...Taking LTE
beyond 3G

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3GPP LTE
THE Mobile Broadband Standard

Release 8 / Release 9

A new radio interface specified in Release 8 and enhanced

in Release 9
Provides:
Broadband data throughput:
Downlink target 3-4 times greater than HSDPA
Release 6
Uplink target 2-3 times greater than HSUPA
Release 6
Significantly reduced latency
High mobility
The basis for 17 commercial launches (as at 12 Jan)
64 commercial launches expected by end of 2012
125 operators publicly committed to launch
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IMT-Advanced
THE Mobile Broadband Standard

LTE-Advanced is the 3GPP submission for the

ITUs IMT-Advanced system

Study Item, LTE-Advanced approved in 3GPP

- Mar 2008

LTE-Advanced Requirements (TR 36.913)

- 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

Evaluation Process Final Decision by ITU-R

- Oct 2010

Completion of LTE-Advanced specifications by 3GPP

- Mar 2011

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LTE-Advanced
THE Mobile Broadband Standard

Release 10

Not a new technology as such, but a point of maturity along the LTE
evolution path. LTE Advanced provides:
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

Uplink 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

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Support BroadBand forum Accesses Interworking

Advanced IP Interconnection of Services

THE Mobile Broadband Standard

3GPP Release 11

System Improvements to Machine-Type Communications

Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) simulation service in IMS

Release 11 completion date set for September 2012

SRVCC aspect of enhancements for Multimedia Priority Service
ManyNetwork
newProvided
Features
expected:
Location Information for IMS

SIPTO Service Continuity of IP Data Session

LIPA Mobility and SIPTO at the Local Network

QoS Control Based on Subscriber Spending Limits

Optimized Service Charging and Allocation of Resources in IMS whilst Roaming

Non Voice Emergency Services

Interworking between Mobile Operators using the Evolved Packet System and Data Application Providers

Service Awareness and Privacy Policies

VPLMN Autonomous CSG Roaming

EEA3 and EIA3 (new Encryption & Integrity EPS security Algorithms)

Specification of Protection against Unsolicited Communication for IMS

Codec for Enhanced Voice Services

Network-Based Positioning Support in LTE

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3GPP Release12

Study on IMS based Peer-to-Peer Content Distribution Services

THE Mobile Broadband
Standard
Study
on IMS

based Peer-to-Peer Content Distribution Services (Stage 2)

Study on Non Voice Emergency Services

Release 12 content not yet defined, but Study Items (SI) in

Study on UICC/USIM enhancements
Release 11 indicate where specification work is likely

Study on Alternatives to E.164 for Machine-Type Communications

Study on enhancements for Machine-Type Communications (MTC)

Study on Support for 3GPP Voice Interworking with Enterprise IP-PBX

Study on IMS Network-Independent Public User Identities

Study on Integration of Single Sign-On (SSO) frameworks with 3GPP networks

Study on Security aspects of Integration of Single Sign-On (SSO) frameworks with 3GPP networks

Study on Core Network Overload solutions

Study on Continuity of Data Sessions to Local Networks

Study on Non-MTC Mobile Data Applications impacts

Study on System Enhancements for Energy Efficiency

Study on Solutions for GSM/EDGE BTS Energy Saving

Study on Coordinated Multi-Point operation for LTE

Study on UE Application Layer Data Throughput Performance

Study on Uplink MIMO

http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/Specs/html-info/FeatureListFrameSet.htm

Study on HSDPA Multipoint Transmission

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Study on Inclusion of RF Pattern Matching as a positioning method in the E-UTRAN

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Future trends (1)

THE Mobile Broadband Standard

3GPP LTE is a point of convergence

CDMA Development Group (CDG) joined 3GPP in 2009, CDMA operators are
planning their evolution to LTE. Some have already deployed LTE (e.g.,
Verizon)
TD-SCDMA Forum paved the way for LTE TDD mode in China. LTE unites
both FDD and TDD communities

Many operators have both fixed and mobile assets;

3GPP is working with Broadband Forum (BBF) to support convergence using
3GPP EPC
3GPP is working with the Telecom Management Forum (TMF) on converged
management of fixed and mobile networks
Clear focus on traffic offload: Local IP Access (LIPA), IP Flow Mobility and
Seamless Offload (IFOM) and Selected IP Traffic Offload (SIPTO)

Public Safety Agencies studying LTE

USA - The FCC has now mandated the use of LTE for public safety to ensure
interoperable communications
TETRA Association is studying migration paths to broadband via Long Term
Evolution (LTE) and other technologies, We will work with people to
investigate LTE and integrating aspects into TETRA, said David Chater-Lea,
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Future trends (2)

THE Mobile Broadband Standard

Machine Type Communications - Work started in 3GPP Release

10, early specifications cover;

Overload control (Radio Network Congestion use case, Signalling

Network Congestion use case and Core Network Congestion use
case)
Addressing
Identifiers
Subscription control
Security

Building Economies of Scale LTE will be the network that

enables;

M2M
Intelligent Transport Systems
Smart Grids
Smart Cards, eCommerce, USB, High Speed Interface
mHealth
RFID

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THE Mobile Broadband Standard

Thank You

www.3gpp.org
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