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3GPP Highlights
The Highlights newsletter contains the latest news from and about 3GPP.
We are now up to Issue 3 of the 3GPP Newsletter - Highlights. Excitement is mounting, as we prepare to ship a quantity to our first exhibition (CCW in Madrid) since December 2019! With that in mind, we do have a couple of Critical Communications themed articles in this issue, alongside the now usual content covering the technical work, thought pieces from the 3GPP partners and some current news stories.
We are now up to Issue 3 of the 3GPP Newsletter - Highlights. Excitement is mounting, as we prepare to ship a quantity to our first exhibition (CCW in Madrid) since December 2019! With that in mind, we do have a couple of Critical Communications themed articles in this issue, alongside the now usual content covering the technical work, thought pieces from the 3GPP partners and some current news stories.
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TECHNICAL HIGHLIGHTS:
- Agreeing on the content of 3GPP Releases
- RAN3 completes AI & ML support study
- TSG CT work on UAS connectivity, identification and tracking
- OpenAPIs for the Service Based Architecture
- TSG RAN#95-e progress to report
- MPEG and 3GPP pick up an EMMY® for work on DASH
- Port allocation for new 3GPP interfaces
- Energy Efficiency (EE) SA5 work and results
- RF & receiver performance towards 5G-Advanced
PARTNER FOCUS:
- Reducing complexity & cost in future control room implementations
- NGMN 6G vision, operating disaggregated networks and green future networks
- What is Open Generation & why 5G?
- An interview with TSDSI’s NG Suberamaniam
A LOOK INSIDE:
- 3GPP Meeting calendar & New Members
- Procedures for the new age
- June Plenaries go F2F
TECHNICAL HIGHLIGHTS:
- Agreeing on the content of 3GPP Releases
- RAN3 completes AI & ML support study
- TSG CT work on UAS connectivity, identification and tracking
- OpenAPIs for the Service Based Architecture
- TSG RAN#95-e progress to report
- MPEG and 3GPP pick up an EMMY® for work on DASH
- Port allocation for new 3GPP interfaces
- Energy Efficiency (EE) SA5 work and results
- RF & receiver performance towards 5G-Advanced
PARTNER FOCUS:
- Reducing complexity & cost in future control room implementations
- NGMN 6G vision, operating disaggregated networks and green future networks
- What is Open Generation & why 5G?
- An interview with TSDSI’s NG Suberamaniam
A LOOK INSIDE:
- 3GPP Meeting calendar & New Members
- Procedures for the new age
- June Plenaries go F2F
TECHNICAL HIGHLIGHTS:
- AN EARLY VIEW OF THE RAN TOPICS FOR 5G-ADVANCED, By Wanshi Chen, 3GPP TSG RAN Chair
- 5G ADVANCED IN THE MAKING – THE TSG SA APPROACH TO RELEASE 18 By Georg Mayer, 3GPP TSG SA Chair
- AUTONOMOUS NETWORK STANDARDIZATION IN WG SA5 By Thomas Tovinger, SA5 Chair and Zou Lan, SA5 Vice-Chair
- REL-17 EDGE COMPUTING AND NETWORK SLICING CHARGING By Maryse Gardella, recent past SA5 Vice-Chair and Gerald Goermer, SA5 Vice-Chair
- APPLICATION ENABLEMENT STANDARDS IN 3GPP – MAXIMIZING THE POTENTIAL OF 5G! By Suresh Chitturi, 3GPP Working Group SA6 Chair
- RAN3 FLOURISHING IN THIS TIME OF CHANGE Interview with Gao Yin, 3GPP WG RAN3 Chair
- ENHANCED SUPPORT OF INDUSTRIAL IOT IN THE 5G SYSTEM (REL-17) By Devaki Chandramouli, Work Item Rapporteur
- MEDIA PRODUCTION OVER 5G NPN By Ian Wagdin (BBC), Paola Sunna (EBU), Richard Bradbury (BBC), Thorsten Lohmar (Ericsson, Rapporteur FS_NPN4AVProd)
PARTNER FOCUS:
- CHINA STANDARDS IN SUPPORT OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION An interview with WEN Ku, Secretary-General, CCSA
- ADDRESSING THE FUTURE By Eduard Vasilenko and Latif Ladid, IPv6 Forum
- DRIVING DATA TO DELIVER CONNECTED VEHICLE SERVICES By Said Tabet, AECC
- STATUS OF NTN & SATELLITE IN 3GPP RELEASES 17 & 18 By: Munira Jaffar & Nicolas Chuberre, Members of the ESOA Standards Working Group
- STANDARDS COMPLIANCE - AN END TO UNPROVEN CLAIMS By Bego Blanco Jauregi, Director of Quality Assurance and Institutional Assessment, University of the Basque Country
- CONNECTING THE CRITICAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMUNITY By Nina Myren, TCCA Board member sponsored by DSB – the Norwegian Directorate for Civil Protection
A LOOK INSIDE:
- COLLABORATIVE DRAFTING TOOL FOR 3GPP By Sebastian Müller, ETSI Centre for Testing & Interoperability
- NEW 3GPP MEMBERS IN 2021
- CALENDAR OF MEETINGS
- NEWS IN BRIEF
TECHNICAL HIGHLIGHTS:
- A Release 17 update (SA2).
- Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in NG-RAN: New Study in RAN3.
- 3GPP Multimedia Codecs, Systems and Services.
- Is healthcare the next big thing for 5G?
- From IMT-2020 to beyond
PARTNER FOCUS:
- PCSE - Enabling Operational Mobility for European Public Safety Responders.
- WBA - One Global Network with OpenRoaming.
- ESOA - Fulfilling the promise of Anytime, from anywhere and on any device & networks (ATAWAD).
- TCCA - Trusted standards mean trusted communications.
- GSA - mmWave bands for 5G.
- NGMN - Global alignment for the benefit of end users as new focus areas emerge.
- 5GAA - Study of Spectrum Needs for Safety Related Intelligent Transportation Systems – Day 1 and Advanced Use Cases.
A LOOK INSIDE:
- Ensuring device compliance to standards
TECHNICAL HIGHLIGHTS:
- 3GPP finalizes contribution for IMT-2020.
- 3GPP Telecom Management.
- Enabling Edge Computing Applications.
PARTNER FOCUS:
- GSA - Global outlook for mobile networks and devices.
- AECC - Driving Data to the Edge, by Said Tabet.
- Small Cell forum driving open 5G/SCN Products & Networks.
- GCF - Certification of Mission Critical products.
A LOOK INSIDE:
- De-Mystifying 3GPP.
- New Direction for the Mobile Competence Centre, Interview with Issam Toufik.
The Editorial Group
Editor: 3GPP Marcom Officer, Kevin Flynn
Thanks to the following for copy, proof reading and constructive criticism:
Editorial Group:
- TSG Chairs: Wanshi Chen, Lionel Morand, Georg Mayer
- MCC Director: Issam Toufik
- ETSI COM Director: Nadja Rachow
- PCG Secretary: Adrian Scrase
- Editorial Oversight: PCG Chair and Vice-Chairs