This presentation is for the people who are interested in mobile release and specifications announced by 3GPP every year, presentation cover all release up to release 12.

2.  3GPP Stands for 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP)
 The 3GPP is a collaboration between groups of telecommunications
associations, known as the Organizational Partners.
 Contribution driven companies participate in 3GPP through their membership
of one of these “Organizational Partners”.
 Currently more than 350 Individual Members (Operators, Vendors,
Regulators) 14 Market Representation Partners (giving perspectives on market
needs and drivers).
 The Partners are Standards Developing Organizations like
 ARIB & TTC - Japan, ETSI - Europe
 ATIS - USA, TTA - Korea
 CCSA - China, TSDSI – India

3. .
Project Coordination Group
TSG RAN
Radio Access N/W
RAN1
Radio Layer 1
RAN2
Radio Layer2/3
RAN3
Access I/F
RAN4
Radio Performance
RAN5
Conformance Test
TSG SA
System
Architecture
SA1
Services
SA2
Architecture/Stage2
SA3
Security
SA4
Codec
SA5
O&M, Charging
TSG CT
Core Network
&Terminal
CT1
NAS (UE-MME I/f)
CT3
Network I/F to out
CT4
Network I/F in
3GPP
CT6
UICC I/F
Smart Card Appl.
TSG GERAN
GSM/EDGE RAN
GERAN1
PHY
GERAN2
Layer2/3, Access I/F
GERAN3
Conformance Test

4.  3GPP is not constrained to 3rd Generation. It includes work on both 2nd and 4th
generation technologies.
 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.
 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 Membership is now at an all-time high, with 387 Individual members. In
addition, there are 17 companies having Guest Status, which are potential IMs of the
future.
 Growth in 3GPP Company Membership:
• 380 Companies
• 150 meetings/year (incl. W/Gs)
• 39 Countries

5.  3GPP has the following technologies –
 GSM : Global System for Mobile GSM.
 GPRS : General Packet Radio Service.
 EDGE : Enhanced Data rates for Global Evolution.
 WCDMA : Wideband Code Division Multiple Access.
 HSPA : High Speed Packet Access.
 LTE : Long Term Evolution.
 LTE - A : Long Term Evolution-Advanced.

6.  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 Etc.

7. .
Sr. No. Radio Interfaces IP Core Network Service Layer
1. Higher Data Throughput Support of non-3GPP
Accesses
More IMS Applications &
IMS
2. Lower Latency Packet Only Support MBMS,PSS, mobile TV
3. More Spectrum
Flexibility
Improved Security Greater session
continuity
4. Improved CAPEX and
OPEX
Greater Device Diversity Legacy
Interworking
(Incl. GELTE)

8. .
Sr. No. Version Released year Information
1. Phase 1 1992
 GSM Features introduced
2. Release 96/97 1997/98
 GSM Features.
 14.4 kbit/s User Data Rate.
 GPRS
3. Release 98 1999
 GSM Features,
 AMR,
 EDGE,
 GPRS for PCS1900
4. Release 99 2000
 W-CDMA - Specified the
first UMTS 3G networks,
 Incorporating a CDMA air
interface

9. .Sr.
No.
Version Released Year Information
5. Release 4 2001
 C-Plane/U-Plane splits on CS Network.
 Originally called the Release 2000.
 added features including an all-IP Core
Network, MMS, Call & Bearer Separation for CS,
 TDD – 1.28Mcps,
 DL- 384kbps (typ.),
 UL-128kbps (typ.),
 Round Trip ~ 150ms.
6. Release 5 2002
 Introduced IMS : SIP & IP v6 (stage I),
 IP transport in UTRAN,
 WCDMA IN 1800 &1900 Band,
 HSDPA,
 HSPA – DL.

10. Sr. No. Version Released Year Information
7. Release 6 2005
 Integrated operation with Wireless LAN
networks and adds HSUPA.
 HSPA – UL.
 IMS (Stage-II)
 MBMS (Initial Stage)
 enhancements to IMS such as Push to Talk
over Cellular (PoC)
 GAN, VoIP (Stage-I)
 DL- 14Mbps (peak)
 UL- 5.7Mbps (peak)
 Round Trip < 100ms
8. Release 7 2008
 MMTel
 HSPA+ (High Speed Packet Access Evolution)
 MIMO , 16QAM UL / 64QAM DL
 Higher Order Modulation & Focuses on
decreasing latency
 Improvements to QoS & real-time applications
such as VoIP.
 Near Field Communication (NFC)
 EDGE evolution
 VoIP (Stage -II)
 Node B – RNC function
 DL-28Mbps (peak), UL-11Mbps (peak)
 Round Trip < 50ms

11.  It ensure the continuity of competitiveness of the 3G system for
the future
 Provide solution for user demand for higher data rates and quality
of services
 Introduced Packet Switching optimised system
 Focused on Continued demand for cost reduction i.e. capital and
operational expenditures (CAPEX and OPEX)
 Improved work on Low complexity
 Avoid unnecessary fragmentation of technologies for paired and
unpaired band operation

12. Sr.
No.
Version Released
year
Information
9. Release 8 2009
 LTE Introduced, OFDMA, EPC, ETWS-I
 LTE : DL-302Mbps (peak) ,UL- 75Mbps (peak)
 MIMO – DL : 4X4 , UL : 2X2
 Support of variable bandwidth
• 1.4, 3, 5, 10, 15 and 20 MHz
 HSPA+ : DL- 42 Mbps(peak), UL-11 Mbps(peak)
 Round Trip ~ 10ms
 HeNB / CSG Support
 User Mobility – 350 km/hr
 Modulation - QPSK, 16 QAM, 64 QAM.
 UL – DFTS-OFDMA, DL- OFDMA
 DFTS‐OFDM(“Single‐Carrier FDMA”) in Uplink
• Low PAPR (minimum power consumption)
• User orthogonality in frequency domain
 FDD and TDD within a single radio access technology
 UMTS Femtocell
 SRVCC (basic) – one way HO of a single active
speech session from PS to CS domain.
 Advance Receiver for LTE with –
MMSE – Maximum Mean Square Error
MRC – Maximal Ratio Combiner

13. Sr.
No.
Version Released year Information
9. Release 8 2009
 Very low latency
• Short setup time & Short transfer delay
• Short HO latency and interruption time
• Short TTI, RRC procedure, Simple RRC states
• Link Layer < 5ms
• Handoff < 50 ms
 High spectral efficiency
• OFDM in Downlink
• Robust against multipath interference
• High affinity to advanced techniques
– Frequency domain channel‐dependent
scheduling
– MIMO
 Simple Architecture
• eNodeB as the only E‐UTRAN node
• Smaller number of RAN interfaces
• eNodeB ↔ MME/SAE‐Gateway(S1)
• eNodeB ↔ eNodeB(X2)
 Security – Common IMS Security, IMS Media
Security, SAE/LTE Security, non-3GPP access to
EPC, Home eNodeB Security.

14. Sr. No. Version Released year Information
9. Release 8 2009
 Simple protocol architecture
• Shared channel based
• PS mode only with VoIP (80 users per
sector/Mhz FDD) capability
 Compatibility and inter‐working with
earlier 3GPP Releases
 Inter‐working with other systems, e.g.
cdma2000
 Efficient Multicast/Broadcast
• Single frequency network by OFDM
 Support of Self‐Organising Network
(SON) operation :
- Self Establishment of enodeB
- Automatic Neighbor Relations.
 Inter Cell Interference Coordination (ICIC)
 Discontinuous Reception (DRX)
significantly reduces battery consumption
supported in all common and dedicated states.

15.  Focus on improvement in LTE specially in VoLTE
 Improvement in SON technique is essential for smart LTE
 Improved SRVCC for better Handover
 User Data Convergence Services for simplified network topology and
interfaces

16. Sr. No. Version Released
year
Information
10. Release 9 2010
 LTE Improved, VoLTE
 TDD, FDD
 Support of variable bandwidth
• 1.4, 3, 5, 10, 15 and 20 MHz
 PWS – Public Warning System
 MIMO enhanced
 LCS - Location Services (positioning using
OTDOA )
 LTE Femtocell
 Proximity Indication – New RRC Uplink
Message
 Physical Cell Identification Confusion
Resolved
 MBMS Single Frequency
Network (MBSFN) transmission.
 Dual Carrier HSUPA, Dual Band HSDPA

17. Sr. No. Version Released year Information
10. Release 9 2010
 UDC – User Data Convergence (Stage I -
Service requirement for the User Data
Convergence) :
• Simplifies the overall network topology and
interfaces
• Overcomes the data capacity bottleneck of a
single entry point
• Avoids data duplication and inconsistency
• Reduces CAPEX and OPEX.
 SRVCC –
• Supplementary Service – Continuation of
Supplementary Service when the UE goes
through the SRVCC Handover.
• Emergency – SRVCC Handover for IMS
emergency sessions.
 SON Improvement -
• Mobility Robust Optimization
• RACH Optimization
• Mobility Load Balancing (MLB)
• Inter enodeB Energy Saving

18. Sr. No. Version Released year Information
10. Release 9 2010
CMAS – Commercial Mobile Alert System
 MSR - Multi – Standard Radio
 CSBF –
 MAPCON – Multi Access PDN Connectivity
(stage I) - It support to network and the UE can
only support 3GPP access based connection
via EPC.
 Security – Unsolicited Communication, IMS
Media Security, Backhaul Link Security,
Emergency Call in LTE, Key A5/4, HNB &
HeNB Security.

19.  Introduced as a LTE Advance basically research based on VoIP.
 Focus on improvement in career aggregation for existing and future
frequency band also.
 Enhancement of Self Organizing Network.
 Research focused on Security of a LTE system.

20. Sr.
No.
Version Released
year
Information
10. Release 10 2011
 LTE Advance, MTC enhancement, VoIP
 Career Aggregation - allow aggregation of not
only the existing bands, but also bands that are
introduced in future
 HeNB Mobility enhance
 Relay Technology
 CS Fallback
 NIMTC - Network Improvements for Machine
Type Communications – (Stage I)
 e- MPS – Enhanced Multimedia Priority Services.
 e- ICIC - Inter-cell interference coordination
 e-MIMO – DL - 8X8 MIMO, UL - 4X4 MIMO
 Duplex Mode – FDD & TDD
 Channel Bandwidth – 1.4,3,5,10,15,20 Mhz
 Latency - Link Layer < 5ms,
Handoff < 50 ms
 VoIP – Greater than 80 users per sector/Mhz
FDD

21. Sr. No. Version Released year Information
10. Release 10 2010
 DL – OFDMA , 1Gbps, 4x4 MIMO
 UL- SC-OFDMA, 300Mbps, 2x4 MIMO at
20Mhz FDD.
 User Mobility – 320 km/hr
• 100 Mbps high mobility
• 1Gbps low mobility
 aSRVCC –
• PS & CS Access Transfer of Media of
an IM session in alerting phase.
 eSRVCC -
• Various SRVCC enhancement in the
network, no impact on the UE.
 MDT - Minimization of drive test
 MAPCON – Multi Access PDN Connectivity
support to multiple Packet Data Networks
(PDN) connections for a device.

22. Sr. No. Version Released
year
Information
10. Release 10 2010
 e-SON – Self Organizing Network
e- MLB -Enhanced Mobility Load
Balancing
• Improving reliability of MLB in intra-LTE
scenarios
• Improving functionality of the MLB in inter-
RAT scenarios.
CCO - Coverage and Capacity
Optimization
• Priority 1: coverage problems, e.g. coverage
holes
• Priority 2: capacity problems
e- MRO- Mobility Robustness
Optimization enhancements
The use case is to enable detection and to provide
tools for possible correction of following problems:
• Connection failures in inter-RAT environment:
Priority 1: at HOs from LTE to UMTS/GSM
Priority 2: at HOs from UMTS/GSM to LTE

23. Sr. No. Version Released
year
Information
10. Release 10 2010
• Obtaining UE measurements in case of
unsuccessful re-establishment after connection
failure
• Ping-pongs in idle mode (inter-RAT and intra-LTE
environment)
• Ping-pongs in active mode (inter-RAT)
• HO to wrong cell (in intra-LTE environment) that
does not cause connection failure
 Security – Alignment of Certificate’s IPsec and
TLS usage, Relay Mode Security, Key EEA3/EIA3,
UTRAN key Hierarchy.

24.  3GPP Rel-11 standards for HSPA+ and LTE-Advanced were frozen in
December 2012 with the core network protocols stable in December 2012
and Radio Access Network (RAN) protocols stable in March 2013.

25.  Service level aspects for direct IP inter-connection between Operators,
service level aspects for national transit IP interconnect and service level
aspects for next generation corporate network IP interconnect (peer-to-peer
business trunking)
 Service layer aspects for interconnection of voice services (e.g. toll-free,
premium rate and emergency calls)
 Service level aspects for IP Interconnection (service control and user plane
aspects) between Operators and 3rd party Application Providers
 M2M Technology
 Specifically the work covered in release 11 is as follows -

26. Sr. No. Version Released
year
Information
10. Release 11 2013
 Career Aggregation enhancement –DL intra
band non contiguous
 Wi-Fi Integration
 e- PDCCH - Enhanced Physical Control
Channel
 HNB & HeNB : Mobility enhancement
 Service Continuity for eMBMS
 FeICIC - Further enhanced Inter-Cell
Interference Coordination
• For non CA based deployment
• At the transmitter side in DL – Combination of
ABS (almost blank sub-frame)+ Power Reduction
at the Receiver side in DL.
 Advance LTE-A Receiver with –
• MMSE – IRC Interference rejection combining
• CRS - Cancellation Interference Cancellation
receivers.

27. Sr. No. Version Released
year
Information
10. Release 11 2013
 EU Alert – European Public Warning System
• The EU-Alert is introduced under Public
Warning System (PWS) in parallel with Earthquake
& Tsunami Warning System (ETWS II).
• PWS- Blocked here in release 11.
• In fact, EU-Alert is sent as part of the Cell
Broadcast Message (CBS) using new identifiers
 eDDA – Enhance Device Detection Application
 Network Based Positioning
 v- SRVCC – Video Single Radio Voice Call
Continuity
• SRVCC for video call
 r- SRVCC – Reverse Single Radio Voice Call
Continuity
• Reverse SRVCC HO from CS fall to PS
 ESON – Enhanced Self Organizing Network
• Network Energy Saving
• Enhanced MDT
• Further SON enhancement
 ESM - Energy Savings Management

28. Sr. No. Version Released
year
Information
10. Release 11 2013
 IMS - IP Multimedia Systems
• IMS based Peer-to-Peer Content Distribution
Services.
• Identifying the user cases to describe how
users, operators and service providers will benefit
by using/deploying IMS based content distribution
services.
• such as with the improvement of Peer-to-Peer
technology.
• The following shall be considered:
• Mobile access only (e.g. UTRAN, E-UTRAN)
• Fixed access only (e.g. xDSL, LAN)
• Identifying QoS, mobility, charging and security
related requirements in the case of content
distribution services on IMS.
•Identifying potential copyright issues
 UICC/USIM enhancements
• To identify use cases and requirements for new
USIM based services taking into account the
GSMA Smart SIM deliverables

29. Sr. No. Version Released
year
Information
10. Release 11 2013
 QoS SSL - Quality of Service based on
Subscriber Spending Limits
• Service aspects : Charging and billing
• Modification of QoS based on subscriber’s
spending limits
• Enforcing of spending limits for roaming
subscribers without having dedicated support in
the visited network
 NOVES - Non Emergency Services
• SMS for Emergency purposes and eCall
3GPP has looked at non-voice alternatives for
Emergency purposes.
 Cell_FACH enhancement – Cell_FACH to
LTE Mobility
• This expectation that the UEs may stay
longer in the Cell_FACH state is in turn
motivating the mobility from Cell_FACH state to
LTE proposal.

30. Sr. No. Version Released
year
Information
10. Release 11 2013
 MTC - Machine Type Communication
• Effectively identify addressing method to be
used for end point devices
• Effectively route messaging between those
devices
• Support multiple methods for delivering
messages, as defined by 22.368
• Support land-based and wireless connectivity
• Make use of IP-based network architectures
• Addressing/identifiers must support mobility
and roaming
• Support on high speed packet
• Switched networks when available and on
circuit-switched networks
• Consider if there are security issues
associated with any alternatives.
 Security – IMS Security : Continuation on
unsolicited Communication, IMS Media Security
for non RTP Media.
Access Security : PWS Security, Security
Aspects for Machine type Communication.

31.  3GPP started work on Rel-12 in December 2012 and an 18-month
timeframe for completion was planned. The work continues into 2014 and areas
that are still incomplete are carefully noted in the report. Work will be ratified by
June 2014 with the exception of RAN protocols which will be finalized by
September 2014.
 The motivation behind the release 12 is as follows.
 Capacity increase to cope with traffic explosion
 Energy saving
 Cost efficiency
 Support for diverse application and traffic types
 Higher user experience/data rate
 Backhaul enhancement

32.  It focus on network and services enhancements for MTC, public safety and
Wi-Fi integration, system capacity and stability, Web Real-Time
Communication, further network energy savings, multimedia and Policy and
Charging Control framework.
 Multiuser MIMO technology makes it possible to raise wireless
transmission speed by increasing the number of antennas at the base station,
without consuming more frequency bandwidth or increasing modulation
multiple-values & DIDO (Distributed-Input-Distributed-Output).

33. Sr. No. Version Released
year
Information
11. Release 12 2015
 Proe, GCSE
 E4C’s- Enhancement in Coverage,
Coordination, Cost and Capacity
• User plane congestion (UPCON)
• Core Network Overload (FS_CNO)
• HetNet Coordination
 D2D –Device to Device
 FDD / TDD CA
 Wi-Fi Integration
 Multi-acces - operators can influence the
selection
 Dual-stack IPv4/v6 connectivity
 Network initiated QoS, PCC
 Various ways to combine or split traffic off
inside the network
• Local IP Access (LIPA)
• Selective IP Traffic Offloading (SIPTO)
• WLAN offloading
 IP Multimedia Subsystem - eIMS
 Single Radio Voice Call Continuity (SRVCC)
 Network Sharing

34. Sr. No. Version Released
year
Information
11. Release 12 201
 LTE Multi-Antenna/site technologies such
as:
• 3D MIMO/beam-forming to allow beam
control in both horizontal and vertical
directions
 Active Antena System
 Spatial Multiplexing
 SON – Self Organizing Network
• LTE – HRPD SON
• EMBMS MDT
 Small Cell Enhancements like Macrocell,
Picocell and Femtocell.
 Public Safety and Critical
Communications
 Enhance Security Procedure

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