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`3GPP Frequently Asked Questions
`Membership | Mailing Lists | Legal Matters | Specifications | Miscellaneous
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`1. Membership
`1.1 Who can become an Individual Member of 3GPP and how much does it cost? Answer>>>
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`1.2 Who may participate in 3GPP meetings? Answer>>>
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`1.3 Who shall fill in the 3GPP Individual Member Application form? Answer>>>
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`1.4 What shall I do if a 3GPP company or official contact details change? Answer>>>
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`1.5 Could you explain the different membership categories? Answer>>>
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`1.6 Who can become an Observer? Answer>>>
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`1.7 Who may become a Guest Member and do guests have to pay any fees? Answer>>>
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`1.8 Who can apply for Market Representative Partnership? Answer>>>
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`1.9 Can we use the 3GPP logo on our Web Site? Answer>>>
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`1.10 Can an ETSI Observer become an Individual Member of 3GPP? Answer>>>
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`1.11 Can ETSI Applicant apply for 3GPP Membership? Answer>>>
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`1.12 My company is already an ETSI Member, what do I have to do to join 3PP and do I have to pay any fees? Answer>>>
`2. 3GPP email exploder lists
`2.1 Are there discussion archives for the 3GPP exploder lists? Answer>>>
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`2.2 How do I subscribe to the 3GPP exploder lists? Answer>>>
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`3. Miscellaneous
`3.1 How do I resolve the problem with the corrupt file warning in MSWord. Note that this only applies to MSWord2000?
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`3.2 Where is the information regarding the Core Network located? Answer>>>
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`3.3 Do I need a password and user name to access the 3GPP Web site ? Answer>>>
`4. Legal Matters
`4.1 What is the 3GPP IPR Policy? Answer>>>
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`4.2 What is the 3GPP policy on licensing? Answer>>>
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`4.3 What is the 3G Patent Platform? Answer>>>
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`4.4 Is it true that a number 3GPP members are looking at setting up a patents cooperative, with the aim of reducing the royalties
`they pay each other for the use of patented technology in third-generation mobile systems? Answer>>>
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`4.5 Is permission needed to use the 3GPP logo in marketing collaterals or on a web site? Answer>>>
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`4.6 Who owns the Technical Specifications and the Technical Reports approved by 3GPP? Answer>>>
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`4.7 Does a company implementing a product based on the 3GPP specifications have to pay any royalties to the 3GPP
`organization? Answer>>>
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`5. Specifications
`5.1 Where can the rules, protocols or software needed to develop applications for UMTS be found? Answer>>>
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`5.2 What is the correlation between Stage 1, Stage 2 (GSM 3.90 and GSM 02.90) and Phase 1, Phase 2? Answer>>>
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`5.3 Is there any simple guide to the different CAMEL specifications? Answer>>>
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`5.4 Where are the specifications which identify the Vcc voltages for the SIM interface? Answer>>>
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`5.5 Are the 3GPP specifications produced only in word? Answer>>>
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`5.6 Which group works with specifications covering the use of the GSM codec (either in C or Java based)? Answer>>>
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`5.7 Does the ETSI GSM standard document collection also include GSM standard documents produced by the GSM Association
`and exactly what kind of GSM standards does ETSI produce? Answer>>>
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`5.8 Where would I find a document (e.g. UMTS 30.03 version 3.1.0) which does not appear on the 3GPP Status list? Answer>>>
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`5.9 Where are all the Change Requests (CRs) located? Answer>>>
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`5.10 Where are all the current ETSI SMG specs located? Answer>>>
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`5.11 Is the ETSI Secretariat responsible for the management of the Application Provider Codes for 3GPP? Answer>>>
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`5.12 Which group works on the W-CDMA and the Physical Layer of W-CDMA? Answer>>>
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`5.13 Where can I find the list of Abstract syntax notation (ASN.1) object identifiers? Answer>>>
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`5.14 Where can I find the 3GPP Confidentiality and Integrity algorithms? Answer>>>
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`5.15 What is a Release - how does specification version numbering work? Answer>>>
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`5.16 Where can I find information on the current status of 3GPP specifications? Answer>>>
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`5.17 What is the system for numbering specifications? Which specifications contain information on specific topics? Answer>>>
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`1. Membership
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`1.1 Who can become an Individual Member of 3GPP and how much does it cost ?
`Individual Members are by definition members of the Organizational Partners of 3GPP. This means that members of standardization
`bodies such as ETSI, ARIB, TTA, TTC, T1 and CWTS have a right to take part in 3GPP. There are no fees payable directly to 3GPP.
`However, the funds required for the running of 3GPP are collected from the Organizational Partners and you may be required to
`contribute in some way through that route.
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`If you are not a member of one of the above Standardization bodies then you can find links to these bodies from the 3GPP home
`page.
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`If you require further guidance on how to participate in 3GPP activities you should contact the Mobile Competence Centre.
`1.2 Who may participate in 3GPP meetings ?
`To attend a 3GPP meeting, you must be a 3GPP Individual Member (i.e. you must be a Member of one of the Organizational
`Partners involved in the project; ARIB, CWTS, ETSI, T1, TTA or TTC. A non-member company should seek membership with one
`of the above partners to be eligible to contribute and participate at 3GPP Meetings.
`1.3 Who shall fill in the 3GPP Individual Member Application form ?
`The person legally responsible for the requesting company shall fill in the form.
`1.4 What shall I do if a 3GPP company or official contact details change?
`All changes of correspondence should be notified to 3GPPContact@etsi.fr.
`1.5 Could you explain the different membership categories ?
`The different membership categories of 3GPP are described in Section B of the 3GPP Working Procedures.
`1.6 Who can become an Observer ?
`Observership in 3GPP is for potential Partners (i.e. Standards Bodies). This status may be granted by the Organizational Partners
`to an entity, which has the qualifications to become a future Partner.
`1.7 Who may become a Guest Member and do guests have to pay any fees ?
`The Guest Status is for potential Individual Members who may be granted permission to participate in 3GPP for a maximum period
`of 6 months. Guest status is granted on a case-by-case basis by the Organizational Partners (see also Working Procedures Article
`10). If you like to apply for a Guest status, please send an email to 3GPPContact@etsi.fr
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`No membership fees are requested for Guest applications.
`1.8 Who can apply for Market Representative Partnership ?
`The status of Market Representative may be granted to entities who have the ability to offer market advice to 3GPP and to bring
`into 3GPP a consensus view of market requirements (e.g. services, features and functionality) falling within the 3GPP Scope.
`1.9 Can we use the 3GPP logo on our Web Site ?
`YES, it is possible for permission to be granted for the use of the 3GPP logo subject to certain conditions. For more information
`please contact Ms. N. Kounakoff from the ETSI Marketing Department.
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`3GPP FAQs related to Individual Members under the partner ETSI
`1.10 Can an ETSI Observer become an Individual Member of 3GPP ?
`NO, an ETSI Observer may "observe" all activities, but their participation is limited to the ETSI General Assembly only. Therefore,
`ETSI Observers have no participation rights in 3GPP. ETSI Observers have access to ETSI documentation and of course to 3GPP
`documentation since that is openly published on the web.
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`3GPP does have it's own category called "Observer" but that is entirely different and is used for potential Partners.
`1.11 Can ETSI Applicant apply for 3GPP Membership ?
`YES, an Applicant means that your request to become an ETSI Member will be approved at the next General Assembly. You can
`participate in 3GPP as soon as the ETSI application has been processed and you are flagged as a Candidate Member (i.e. there is
`no need to wait until the next GA).
`1.12 My company is already an ETSI Member, what do I have to do to join 3PP and do I have to pay any fees ?
`As an ETSI member your company is eligible for a 3GPP Individual Membership and you will be able to attend any of the 3GPP
`Meetings. Please fill in the on-line 3GPP Application form and your company will be then listed on the 3GPP Website (add link to
`the form)
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`There are currently no additional costs involved for participation in 3GPP (the membership fees for ETSI covers the cost of 3GPP
`participation).
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`2. 3GPP email exploder lists
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`2.1 Are there discussion archives for the 3GPP exploder lists ?
`The home page of listserv is at: http://list.3gpp.org/scripts/wa.exe
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`Then, just follow the links to the archives. For example, the archives for the main RAN email list can be found at:
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`http://list.3gpp.org/archives/3gpp_tsg_ran.html
`2.2 How do I subscribe to the 3GPP exploder lists ?
`follow the instructions found on this page: http://www.3gpp.org/Discussion_Lists/mailing.htm
`3. Miscellaneous
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`3.1 How do I resolve the problem with the corrupt file warning in MSWord. Note that this only applies to
`MSWord2000?
`Problem:
`When opening a document in Word 2000, the following error message appears: This document may be corrupt. To preserve the
`contents: Choose Select All from the Edit menu, then choose Copy from the Edit menu. Create a new document, then choose Paste
`from the Edit menu.
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`Cause:
`This may be related to something called list templates. A list template is created for every numbering or bulleting scheme defined in
`the document. Apparently, a minor change in a scheme, or even switching a list from numbered to bulleted creates a new template.
`In an arcane way, tables are also related to list templates. The template count increases automatically, but cannot be decreased by
`the user. When more than 1500 templates are defined in the list, the document becomes corrupt. There are more reasons why a
`document is corrupt, so the fix proposed will not solve the problem 100% of the times.
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`Resolution:
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`To solve the problem, you need to have MS Office 2000 Service Release 1/1a installed . To check this, in Word on the "Help"
`menu point to "About Microsoft Word". The first line in the window shows you the MSWord version you have. You should get
`something like: "Microsoft Word 2000 (9.0.3821 SR-1)". If you don't get SR-1 (or SR-1a) at the end, you need to install the
`Service Release. Contact your IT department or follow this link:
`http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q245/0/25.ASP
`You have to introduce a new entry in the Windows registry. You can do this simply by clicking twice in the file
`"word_bug_fix.reg" attached. Note that modifying the Windows Registry incorrectly can cause serious problems; this fix
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`simply introduces a new entry in a MSWord part of the registry, but if you don't feel confident, contact your IT department or
`check the Microsoft link below.
`Open MSWord normally. The fix proposed will open the corrupted files without warning and delete the unused list templates,
`so its count goes under 1500. The user will not notice anything, but this implies that the document is modified. When closing,
`MSWord will ask the user if he wants to save the changes, even if apparently no change has been made.
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`This bug is confirmed by Microsoft and it is listed in its Support Web Site. Follow this link to get the complete report:
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`http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q241/5/81.asp
`3.2 Where is the information regarding the Core Network located ?
`Unfortunately, there is no one document that describes the Core Network, as it is an area of work far too involved to be contained in
`one specification.
`For a general overview document of Network Architecture TS 23.002 may be downloaded from our FTP server.
`ftp://ftp.3gpp.org/Specs/October_99/23_series.
`For more general organizational information, have a look at the 3GPP web site which shows the individual areas of 3GPP and in
`particular Core Network. http://www.3gpp.org/TSG/CN.htm.
`3.3 Do I need a password and user name to access the 3GPP Web site ?
` No password is needed to access any information on the 3GPP Web site, all information is openly published.
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`4. Legal Matters
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`4.1 What is the 3GPP IPR Policy ?
`The 3GPP Organizational Partners have agreed that their IPR policies should be respected and that their respective members
`should be encouraged to declare "their willingness to grant licenses on fair reasonable terms and conditions and on non
`discriminatory basis" (Article 3.1 of the Third Generation Partnership Project). For more information Look Here >>>
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`The above-mentioned principles are further reflected in Article 55 of the 3GPP Technical Working Procedures which request that
`each Individual Members should declare "at the earliest opportunity, any IPR which they believe to be essential, or potentially
`essential, to any work ongoing within 3GPP".
`4.2 What is the 3GPP policy on licensing ?
`With regard to the issue of royalties’ payment for the use of patented technology in GSM mobile phone systems each individual
`company should seek a license from the holder of an essential IPR.
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`The IPR policies of Standards Organizations thus provide a framework for IPR negotiations since the owner of a patented
`technology which is declared essential to a GSM standards have undertook to comply with the ETSI IPR policy "to grant licenses on
`fair reasonable and non discriminatory terms and conditions"(Article 6.1 of the ETSI IPR Policy).
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`As of today, the principles for royalties’ payment for the use of patented technology in mobile phone implementing 3GPP transposed
`specifications remains unchanged. That is to say that each individual company should seek a license from a patent holder who is
`bound by the obligations of the IPR policy of its respective Organizational Partner. For more information Look Here >>>
`4.3 What is the 3G Patent Platform ?
`On the fringe of standardization activities some telecom companies have set up a voluntary arrangement for the licensing of
`essential patents required to meet the standards published for 3G systems has emerged.
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`Please find a historical recap of the creation of the 3G Patent Platform. Thank you to note that Phase 3 has not started yet.
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`1. Discussions started in the UMTS IPR working Group (1998).
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`2. The UMTS IPR working group operated within the UIAP (UMTS Intellectual Property Association) to define the functions of the
`3G Patent Platform.
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`The 3G Patent Platform will provide services for:
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`- Evaluating,
`- Certifying and,
`- Licensing
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`essential patents for 3G Mobile communications.
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`3. Implementation of the 3G Patent Platform scheme.
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`The 3G Patent Platform will operate within a new profit service company governed by the members (essential patent holders and
`licensees). As of today this NEW CO is not operational since it is waiting for the approval of the US/EC/Japanese competition law
`authorities in order to launch the above-described activities.
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`More information is to be found at http://www.3gpatents.com/
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`4.4 Is it true that a number 3GPP members are looking at setting up a patents cooperative, with the aim of
`reducing the royalties they pay each other for the use of patented technology in third-generation mobile systems ?
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`Discussion started in the UMTS IPR working Group (1998),
`Creation of the UIAP (UMTS Intellectual Property Association) which has performed the function of the definition the 3G
`Patent Platform scheme (Evaluation of a patent, certification of essentiality, licensing arrangements, etc.) and which is the
`legal owner of the 3G Patent Platform Specification.
`Implementation of the scheme:
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`As of today NEW CO (implementing the 3G Patent Platform) has not be incorporated and the Patent Platform scheme is not
`operational as it is awaiting for the approval of the US/EC competition law authorities.
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`ETSI follows the development of the 3G Patent Platform but, as a neutral standard body, cannot take an active participation in this
`market initiative.
`4.5 Is permission needed to use the 3GPP logo in marketing collaterals or on a web site ?
`ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute) is the sole owner of the following acronyms:
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`ETSI,
`DECT,
`UMTS,
`3GPP and
`TIPHON,
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`as well as the ETSI, TIPHON and 3GPP logos. ETSI Members shall use these Trade Marks in accordance with Collective Letter
`1943. Authorization is needed to use the above mentioned acronyms and logos.
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`For further information please contact : Nathalie Kounakoff.
`4.6 Who owns the Technical Specifications and the Technical Reports approved by 3GPP ?
`According to the Article 3.2.2 of the Third Generation Partnership Project Agreement, the 3GPP Organizational Partners jointly own
`copyright on the Technical Specifications and the Technical Reports approved by 3GPP.
`4.7 Does a company implementing a product based on the 3GPP specifications have to pay any royalties to the
`3GPP organization ?
`The Third Generation Partnership Project is not a legal entity but a Partnership Project between different standardization
`organizations in the field of telecommunications.
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`5. Specifications
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`5.1 Where can the rules, protocols or software needed to develop applications for UMTS be found ?
`A good place to start is on the 3GPP website http://www.3gpp.org, and particularly the specifications list at
`http://www.3gpp.org/specs/specifications.htm.
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`Look at the titles of the specs for those which are appropriate. Perhaps 21.111, 31.102 and 31.111 might be relevant.
`5.2 What is the correlation between Stage 1, Stage 2 (GSM 3.90 and GSM 02.90) and Phase 1, Phase 2 ?
`The "stage" nomenclature was an ancient CCITT invention, related to ISDN standardisation. "Stage 1" refers to the service
`description from a service-user's point of view. "Stage 2" is a logical analysis, breaking the problem down into functional elements
`and the information flows amongst them. "Stage 3" is the concrete implementation of the protocols between physical elements onto
`which the functional elements have been mapped.
`5.3 Is there any simple guide to the different CAMEL specifications ?
`Unfortunately there is no single document acting as a guide to the CAMEL standards. Initial plans were published in ETSI ETR 244
`in 1995, though this is so old as to be more or less useless now. GSM 10.78 is the CAMEL project plan, and this is probably the
`best thing. This may have been available as a temp doc to SMG meeting no. 25, but is still only in draft form, and has never been
`made publicly available.
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`In the SS7 arena,
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`GSM 02.78 / UMTS 22.078 is the Stage 1 (requirements) document.
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`GSM 03.78 / UMTS 23.078 is the Stage 2 (functions, conceptual data flow)
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`GSM 09.78 / UMTS 29.078 is the Stage 3 (protocol) - CAMEL Application Part (CAP)
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`CAP has been released in several phases:
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`Release 1996 = Phase 1
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`Release 1997 = Phase 2
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`Release 1999 = Phase 3 (GSM and UMTS common spec)
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`For UMTS, 21.978 is a feasibility study on CAMEL control of Voice over IP.
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`In the Intelligent Network area, CAMEL is an extension of Core INAP, under the control of ETSI SPAN3 (formerly SPS3) - ignore for
`simplicity the Stage 1 and Stage 2 specifications, which were under ETSI SPAN6 (formerly NA6). Core INAP was released in
`sevaral phases:
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`CS1 = ETS 300 374 series,
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`CS2 = EN 301 140 series,
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`CS3 = EN 301 931 series.
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`It had originally been intended to split CS3 into two releases, and also to produce a CS4. These plans now seem to be on
`hold. Tthe ETSI phasing of the various Capability Sets was not strictly aligned with the ITU-T "equivalents", and this was a source of
`some confusion. For further information on SPAN please contact : spansupport@etsi.fr. Very recently, SPAN has been
`reorganised, and SPAN3's work is now to be found within SPAN12.
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`IN CAMEL phase 1 is an enhancement of Core INAP CS1. The protocol is defined in the ETSI EN 301 152 series, which is a
`"delta" to ETS 300 374, and assumes a CAP according to GSM 09.78 v5.5.x (Phase 2+, Release 1996). IN CS3 includes CAMEL
`aspects (which were ignored for IN CS2).
`5.4 Where are the specifications which identify the Vcc voltages for the SIM interface ?
`3V and 1.8 V SIMs for GSM are specified in GSM 11.12 (phase 2) and GSM 11.18 (release 98) respectively.
`However, in 3GPP we have developed a new specification (3G TS 31.101) which combines the physical/electrical/logical aspects of
`GSM 11.11, GSM 11.12 and GSM 11.18 into a single specification. The electrical and physical aspects have not really been
`changed compared to the GSM specification mentioned above (the logical and security aspects have been enhanced). It is
`recommended that you use this new specification as the basis for any new work.
`5.5 Are the 3GPP specifications produced only in word ?
`The 3GPP specs are published as ETSI deliverables, and these are available in PDF from http://www.etsi.org/key. But you can
`download a free Word viewer (ie read only) from the Microsoft web site. PDF is inherently secure (more so than html, in fact), and
`because WordViewer is very simple (it can not handle macros, for example), it is pretty safe too.
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`ETSI has no plans at present to publish specifications in plain text or in html.
`5.6 Which group works with specifications covering the use of the GSM codec (either in C or Java based) ?
`The SMG11 and 3GPP SA4 specifications available from http://www.etsi.org/smg and http://www.3gpp.org respectively deal with
`this. In particular, the latter site gives you a list of specifications via the status list (look for the GSM specs in the MS-Access
`database at :
`and you can then download the specs you need. If you do not have an ETSI EOL account, you can download the ETSI equivalent
`standards from http://www.etsi.org/key .
`5.7 Does the ETSI GSM standard document collection also include GSM standard documents produced by the
`GSM Association and exactly what kind of GSM standards does ETSI produce ?
`The GSM specifications were originally started in committee GSM of CEPT. There (as "CEPT Recommendations") they were
`allocated a reference number of the form nn.nn, for example GSM 06.12. Even after transfer to ETSI about ten years ago, the
`GSM community (in Technical Committee SMG) continue to use these spec identifiers.
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`The specifications are grouped into 'Releases'. The original specifications were published by ETSI in 1994 and are now known as
`'Phase 1'. The next release was known as 'Phase 2', and the next one as ... 'Phase 2+'. Within Phase 2+, there have been annual
`releases since 1996, which are known as R96, R97, R98 and R99. You can find the specifications on the SMG file server
`http://docbox.etsi.org/tech-org/smg/Document/smg/specs/ grouped into directories by Release. (You need an account on the ETSI
`server to have access to this directory.) Looking at a spec, you can tell which release it belongs to by the version number:
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`version release
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`3.x.x
`4.x.x
`5.x.x
`6.x.x
`7.x.x
`8.x.x
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`Phase 1
`Phase 2
`Phase 2+, R96
`Phase 2+, R97
`Phase 2+, R98
`Phase 2+, R99
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`There will (probably) not be a Release 2000, since the work has been subsumed by the third generation specifications under 3GPP.
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`All (nearly) the specs of all releases are published as ETSI deliverables, and most have undergone several revisions in each
`release. In order to match a GSM spec number and version with the corresponding ETSI deliverable, you should go to
`http://www.etsi.org/key/ .
`5.8 Where would I find a document (e.g. UMTS 30.03 version 3.1.0) which does not appear on the 3GPP Status
`List?
`Look at http://docbox.etsi.org/tech-org/smg/Document/smg/specs/UMTS/3003_320.zip but, an ETSI server account is needed to
`access this. It is a document stemming from the initial TC-SMG studies on UMTS, not a product of 3GPP. It was, in fact, published
`as an ETSI deliverable, TR 101 112, and this may be downloaded via http://pda.etsi.org/pda.
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`In general, the cross-referencing between GSM and ETSI deliverables, and between 3GPP and ETSI deliverables may be found at
`http://www.etsi.org/key
`5.9 Where are all the Change Requests (CRs) located ?
`All CRs are located in the CR database which is stored in
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`ftp://docbox.etsi.org/tech-org/smg/Document/smg/databases/change_request.
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`For example, CR 08.18-A042r2 will be shown as being in in document P-99-389 from SMG#29.
`5.10 Where are all the current ETSI SMG specs located ?
`The latest GSM status database located at
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`http://docbox.etsi.org/tech-org/smg/Document/smg/database/status_list.
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`An ETSI account is needed to access this directory.
`5.11 Is the ETSI Secretariat responsible for the management of the Application Provider Codes for 3GPP ?
`The ETSI secretariat does not actually allocate these number - unique number are obtained by the coding scheme that is defined in
`31.110. Application identifiers for consist of two parts - a RID and a PIX.
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`The RID is simple: ISO/IEC have allocated the number 'A000000087' to the 3GPP. This was allocated to ETSI on behalf of the
`3GPP.
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`The coding of the PIX is specified in annex B of 31.110. There are three different sorts of PIX:
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`3G UICC,
`3G USIM, and
`3G USIM toolkit
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`Each of these requires the use of the "Card issuer code" as defined in ITU-T recommendation E.118 [3]. This is a unique code given
`to each card issuer (for example, each GSM operator in the world has requested a card issuer code). So, any 3G operator that does
`not have a 2G system that uses SIMs will have to apply to the ITU-T in accordance with the procedures in E.118.
`5.12 Which group works on the W-CDMA and the Physical Layer of W-CDMA ?
`The radio aspects are standardised in TSG-RAN. The technical work is done in the 4 Working Groups of RAN (WG1 radio layer 1,
`WG2 radio layer 2/3, WG3 interfaces, WG4 RF measurements). I'd say you are interested in TSG-RAN WG1 then. Their
`specifications are numbered 25.2xx.
`The temporary documents (meeting documents etc.) of WG1 are stored on ftp://ftp.3gpp.org/TSG_RAN/WG1_RL1 and the latest
`specifications (December 99) are or will be provided on ftp://ftp.3gpp.org/Specs/December_99/25_series.
`5.13 Where can I find the list of Abstract syntax notation (ASN.1) object identifiers?
`The expandable list of object identifiers is available here >>>. To see the formal definition of the object identifiers, see the document
`cited on the right. The tree is not necessarily complete; further extensions may be included in the referenced document. For more
`information look here >>>
`5.14 Where can I find the 3GPP Confidentiality and Integrity algorithms?
`The 3GPP Confidentiality and Integrity algorithms F8 & F9 (KASUMI) have been developed through the collaborative efforts of the
`3GPP Organizational Partners. For more information and in order to download the algorithms look here >>>
`5.15 What is a Release - how does specification version numbering work?
`To meet new market requirements, 3GPP specifications are continually being enhanced with new features. In order to
`provide developers with a stable platform for implementation while at the same time allowing the addition of new
`features, the 3GPP uses a system of parallel "releases". For more information look here >>>
`5.16 Where can I find information on the current status of 3GPP specifications?
`New versions of many 3GPP specifications are made available shortly after the 3GPP TSG plenary meetings which take place four
`times a year (March, June, September and December). In order to identify what the current version is or and how to find information
`about older versions of specifications look here >>>.
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`5.17 What is the system for numbering specifications? Which specifications contain information on specific
`topics ?
`All 3G and GSM specifications have a 3GPP specification number consisting of 4 or 5 digits. (e.g. 09.02 or 29.002).
`For a more complete description and examples look here >>>
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`Who are the TSG/WG Officials and Support team and Where can I find their contact details?
`Each TSG/WG has a Chairman, up to two Vice-Chairmen, a secretary and a member of the support team (officials).
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`Who are the other members of the TSG/WG?
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`Active participant lists are maintained by the TSGs. Any member attending a meeting will be added to the TSG/WG active
`participants list, and may be removed after not attending 3 or more consecutive meetings (see Article 35 of 3GPP Working
`Procedures).
`Where can I find the Terms of Reference for my TSG/WG?
`The current Terms of Reference for each TSG/WG appear on the web pages of each TSG/WG.
`When did the Officials begin their Term of Office?
`The four Technical Specification Groups (TSGs) have elected their 3GPP TSG officials at the Fort Lauderdale (FL) meeting in
`March.
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`The meeting reports for each TSG/WG will indicate the election/re-election/resignation of an official. A complete list of TSG/WG
`officials is available on the 3GPP web site.
`May I become an Official?
`The TSG Chairman and Vice Chairmen are elected by the Technical Specification Group from amongst the Individual Member
`representatives. Each TSG can elect a maximum of two Vice Chairmen. Once elected, these candidates are proposed to the PCG
`for appointment.
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`The Working Group Chairman and Vice Chairmen are elected by the Working Group from amongst the Individual Member
`representatives. Each Working Group can elect a maximum of two Vice Chairmen.
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`A candidate for TSG or Working Group election shall provide a letter of support from his Organization and nominations may be
`made up to the point when an election takes place.
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`The TSG Chairman and Vice-Chairmen shall be appointed by the PCG on the proposal of the TSG.
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`The Chairman and the Vice-Chairmen shall be appointed for a two year term of office. The Chairman and Vice-Chairmen may be
`appointed for one further consecutive term. If, at the end of a Chairman or Vice Chairmans second term, no other candidates are
`available, the Chairman or Vice Chairmen may be appointed for a further term.
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`Chairman and Vice Chairmen should not be from the same region, Organizational Partner, or from the same group of companies,
`unless no other candidate is available.
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`Successive Chairmen should not be from the same Organizational Partner, the same region or from the same group of companies,
`unless no other candidate is a vailable
`Where are my TSG/WGs documents stored?
`Each TSG/WG has a specific area allocated on the 3GPP ftp server.
`TSG/WG meetings
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`How do I register for a meeting?
`If you are a TSG/WG member you will receive information about forthcoming meetings via the e-mail exploder. This will indicate the
`path on the ftp server where the invitation and related documents may be found. You may also consult the Meetings area on the
`3GPP Web where the latest invitations of each TSG/WG are stored together with the calendar of meetings.
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