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3GPP CORE NETWORK & SERVICES

EVOLUTION
Atle Monrad, 3GPP CT Chairman
CONTENT
3GPP
Membership & Organization
History
Footprint, System Enhancement & Architecture Evolution Footprint, System Enhancement & Architecture Evolution
Way Forward
Organization, Architecture & Core Network
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PARTNERSHIP
Organizational Partners
6 Regional standards organizations
ARI B, AT I S , C C S A, E T S I , T TA, T TC
( A s i a , E u r o p e & N o r t h A m e r i c a )
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Market Representative Partners
14 Market partners representing the broader industry
I MS F o r u m , T D - F o r u m , G S A , G S MA , I P V 6 F o r u m ,
U MT 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 MA
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 MN A l l i a n c e , T C C A
Number of Participating
Companies
3GPP MEMBERSHIP
Participation
by Region (2013)
EMEA
40%
Americas
20%
Asia
40%
by Region (2013)
Project Coordination Group
TSG RAN
Radio Access N/W
RAN1
Radio Layer 1
RAN2
TSG SA
System
Architecture
SA1
Services
SA2
TSG CT
Core Network
&Terminal
CT1
NAS (UE-MME I/f)
CT3
TSG GERAN
GSM/EDGE RAN
GERAN1
PHY
GERAN2
3GPP SPECIFICATION GROUP STRUCTURE
Radio Layer2/3
RAN3
Access I/F
RAN4
Radio
Performance
RAN5
Conformance Test
Architecture/Stage2
SA3
Security
SA4
Codec
SA5
O&M, Charging
Network I/F to out
CT4
Network I/F in
3GPP
CT6
UICC I/F
Smart Card Appl.
Layer2/3, Access I/F
GERAN3
Conformance Test
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 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
3GPP RELEASE CONTENT
ACCESS FOOTPRINT
MAJOR SYSTEM ENHANCEMENTS
ARCHITECTURE EVOLUTION
RNC
S-CSCF
MRF
PDN-GW
S-GW
TDF
MME
ANDSF
TWAN PCRF
P-CSCF
PCEF
BGCF
AAA-Server
HSS
MTC-IWF
VLR
BSC
MSC
SGSN
GGSN
RNC
HLR
GMSC
AAA-Server
WAY FORWARD, POINTS TO CONSIDER
Organisation
Will continue to grow
Release content
Will be driven by the 3GPP members
Access footprint
Satellite ??
System enhancements
Broadcast ??
Architecture evolution
Will the core continue to introduce new nodes ??
Will the CS-domain be removed ??
Will the home network control be discontinued or minimised ??
Will all network-functions continue to evolve ??
Will we see new ways of design of networks??
KEY MESSAGES
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 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
Thank You...
Atle Monrad
3GPP TSG CT Chairman
+47 454 10 665
atle.monrad@ericsson.com
contact@3gpp.org
www.3gpp.org
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