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`About 3GPP
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`The 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) unites seven telecommunications standard development
`organizations (ARIB, ATIS, CCSA, ETSI, TSDSI, TTA, TTC), known as “Organizational Partners” and provides their
`members with a stable environment to produce the Reports and Specifications that define 3GPP technologies.
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`The project covers cellular telecommunications technologies, including radio access, core network and service
`capabilities, which provide a complete system description for mobile telecommunications. The 3GPP specifications
`also provide hooks for non-radio access to the core network, and for interworking with non-3GPP networks.
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`The Project's Scope
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`The original scope of 3GPP (1998) was to produce Technical Specifications and Technical Reports for a 3G Mobile
`System based on evolved GSM core networks and the radio access technologies that they support (i.e., Universal
`Terrestrial Radio Access (UTRA) both Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) and Time Division Duplex (TDD) modes).
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`The scope was subsequently amended to include the maintenance and development of the Technical Specifications
`and Technical Reports for evolved 3GPP technologies, beyond 3G.
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`The latest 3rd Generation Partnership Project Agreement (Up to Annex 43).
`The discussions that led to the signing of the 3GPP Project Agreement were recorded in a series of slides called the
`"Partnership Project Description" (PowerPoint) that describes the basic principles and ideas on which the project is based.
`The document has not been maintained since its first creation, but the principles within do still remain valid.
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`Organizing the work
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`The 3GPP Working Procedures are the rule book of 3GPP, with sections covering:
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` Merging 5Gi and 5G
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`Description, Purpose, Scope and objectives
`Participation
`Structure
`Partners' collective responsibilities
`Project Coordination Group (PCG)
`Technical Specification Groups (Incl. Elections)
`Work Programme & technical co-ordination
`Deliverables (Technical Specifications and Technical Reports)
`Reporting
`External relations
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`The 3GPP production of specifications and studies (TRs) are contribution-driven, by member companies, in Working
`Groups and at the Technical Specification Group (TSG) level.
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`The three Technical Specification Groups in 3GPP are;
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`Radio Access Networks (RAN),
`Services & Systems Aspects (SA),
`Core Network & Terminals (CT)
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`The Working Groups, within the TSGs, meet regularly and come together for their quarterly TSG Plenary meeting,
`where their work is presented for information, discussion and approval.
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`The last meeting of the week of TSG Plenary meetings is TSG SA, which also has responsibility for the overall
`coordination of the technical work and for the monitoring of its progress.
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`Generational approach
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`The 3GPP technologies from these groups are constantly evolving through Generations of commercial cellular /
`mobile systems. With LTE and 5G work, 3GPP has become the focal point for the vast majority of mobile systems
`beyond 3G.
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`Although these Generations have become an adequate descriptor for the type of network under discussion, real
`progress on 3GPP standards is measured by the milestones achieved in particular Releases. New features are
`’functionality frozen’ and are ready for implementation when a Release is completed. 3GPP works on a number of
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`Exhibit 1027
`IPR2022-00726
`U.S. Patent 8,077,594
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`Releases in parallel, starting future work well in advance of the completion of the current Release. Although this adds
`some complexity to the work of the groups, such a way of working ensures that progress is continuous & stable.
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`Backward Compatibility
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`The major focus for all 3GPP Releases is to make the system backwards and forwards compatible where possible, to
`ensure that the operation of user equipment is uninterrupted.
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`For 5G, many operators are starting with dual connectivity between LTE and 5G NR equipment - using the 'Non-
`Standalone' work completed early in Release 15. In the process of completing the early drop of 5G NR care has been
`taken to build 'forward compatibility' into Non-Standalone NR equipment, to ensure that it will be fit for use on
`Standalone 5G NR systems.
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`For details of the contents of each Release, see the appropriate ’Release Description’ document via the Release
`page on this site.
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`Details of all 3GPP Work Items are in the 3GPP Work Plan, which provides details of the cooperation between all of
`the 3GPP groups on "Features", defined as ’new or substantially enhanced functionality which represents added value
`to the existing 3GPP system’.
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`ABOUT RELEASES
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`FULL MEETING CALENDAR
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`BROWSE KEYWORDS & TECH.
`BROWSE KEYWORDS & TECH.
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`Release 18
`Release 17
`Release 16
`Release 15
`Release 14
`Release 13
`Release 12
`Release 11
`Release 10
`Release 9
`Release 8
`Release 7
`Release 6
`Release 5
`Release 4
`Release 1999
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`Face to face meetings have been suspended for the time being.
`The calendar of replacement e-meetings is online at
`https://portal.3gpp.org/
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`5G NR (Rel-15)
`Common API Framework (CAPIF)
`Carrier Aggregation Explained
`Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure (CVD)
`Control and User Plane Separation of EPC
`nodes (CUPS)
`DSS - Dynamic spectrum sharing
`HSPA
`LTE-Advanced
`LTE
`UAS - UAV
`V2X
`...more keywords
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