Liaisons
3GPP Technical Specification Groups (TSGs) and their Working Groups are encouraged to liaise directly with the relevant technical groups – whether within 3GPP or externally – as appropriate.
Liaison statements contain:
1. An Overall Description:
Clearly communicates what is expected from the receiver, i.e., which parts are for information, which questions are expected to be clarified and by whom (especially if there are multiple recipients)
2. Actions:
E.g. “ respectfully requests to take the above into account, and to kindly inform of the decision/response/recommendation, etc.
3. Date of Next Meeting:
Indicates when an answer is needed, e.g., when is the next meeting of the group sending the liaison statement takes place. 3GPP maintains a list of external organizations with which 3GPP has exchanged liaisons (below).
Liaison Statements from external organizations should be sent to the 3GPP Liaison coordinator, to allow proper registration and distribution inside of 3GPP.
Incoming Liaisons Targeted for the Next Meeting
Outgoing Liaisons Result from Last Meeting
Bodies with Which 3GPP Has Exchanged Liaisons
Requests for additions, or changes, to this list should be made by the relevant TSG Chair to the Liaisons Coordinator, Susanna Kooistra.
| External | Purpose |
| 3GPP2 | Direct liaison between related groups in 3GPP and 3GPP2 |
| 450 MHz Alliance | -- |
| AISG | liaison with AISG to discuss remote control of antennas |
| Bluetooth | Agreed in March 2004 |
| Broadband Forum (BBF) | -- |
| CableLabs | To facilitate further convergence of 3GPP technologies with wired networks |
| International Special Committee on Radio Interference (CISPR) | Obtain information on developments in EMC measurement methods and limits |
| CTIA (Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association) | To develop test methods for UE antenna performance measurement |
| Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) Project | The DVB Project are considering the use of the 3G system as a satellite broadcasting return channel. |
| Ecma International | Liaison for potential introduction of a CLI (Common language Interface) based classmark for the next release. The new classmark would be based on CLI which will be standardized within Ecma International |
| Expert Group for Emergency Access (EGEA) | Approved by PCG 2008-08-18 |
| Eurescom | Liaison with Eurescom for the exchange of information on OSA/Parlay activities |
| European Co-operation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research (COST)... and in particular COST 273 (Towards Mobile Broadband multimedia networks | To develop test methods for UE antenna performance measurement |
| European Radiocommunications Committee (ERC) | General liaison on spectrum issues. |
| Fixed Mobile Convergence Alliance (FMCA) | Approved by PCG 2005-11-21 |
| Global Certification Forum (GCF) | Certification of mobile wireless terminals |
| Global TD-LTE Initiative (GTD) | |
| GPS Industry Council | - |
| GSMA | Liaison with BARG and SERG subgroups for charging and service aspects, and with the Security Group. |
| HomeRF Forum | To be added |
| IDB Forum | To ensure the alignment in the development of AT commands. |
| IEEE | Liaison for the development of 3G/Wireless Lan interworking scenarios (IEEE 802.11) For development of network synchronisation for the 3G Long Term Evolution Radio Access Network architecture (IEEE 1588) Etc. |
| Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) | Mobile IP matters, HTTP client-server negotiation and security issues |
| IrDA | Evaluating and defining how best to handle data synchronization between end user devices and external world sources. |
| International Multimedia Telecomunications Consortium (IMTC) | General liaison with 3GPP regarding Interoperability testing for H.324 M and Packet Switched Streaming |
| Internet Streaming Media Alliance | Liaison on Multimedia Streaming Specifications |
| ISO-ITU expert group | Liaison on ASN.1 language and encoding rules. |
| ISO MPEG / JPEG | Liaison with ISO MPEG / JPEG engineering committees to ensure interworking between 3GPP and ISO MPEG / JPEG solutions. |
| ITU-T SG2 | Coordination of common Requirements & Analysis methodology. |
| JAIN tm (Javatm APIs for Integrated Networks) | Liaison with JAIN for reasons of parallel working |
| The Java Community Process (JCP) | Liaison for reasons of parallel working |
| Liberty Alliance Project | For work of interest to both parties such as anonymous target mobile, anonymous requestor, enhanced codeword, subscriber certificates and Generic User Profile (GUP). |
| LTE/SAE Trial Initiative (LSTI) | Approved by PCG 2008-05-16 |
| Metaverse Standards Forum (MSF) | Standards Organizations and Companies Cooperate to Foster Interoperability Standards for an Open Metaverse. |
| Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) | - |
| MITRE-Engenuity Open Generation 5G Consortium | Communications regarding suitability of PC5 (C-V2X) for UAV DAA operations. |
| NENA | - |
| oneM2M | - |
| NGMN (Next Generation Mobile Networks) | Approved by PCG 2008-03-27 |
| OMA (Open Mobile Alliance ) | liaison to ensure ease of 3G service deployment |
| Open Networking Foundation (ONF) | - |
| Open IPTV Forum | - |
| PCS Type Certification Review Board (PTCRB) | Provide the framework for GSM ME type certification |
| Object Management Group (OMG) | Liaison with OMG for reasons of parallel working |
| Portable Computer and Communications Association (PCCA) | agreed Sept 2002 |
| O-RAN Alliance | - |
| RSA Laboratories | To ensure the timely development of SIM security certificates. |
| Presence and Availability Management (PAM) Forum | The liaison between 3GPP is intended to correlate what the PAM forum is seeking to achieve with the goals of the 3GPP within the framework of the 3rd Generation mobile environment |
| Sun Micro Systems Inc | Development of APIs for MExE. |
| SDR Forum | To extend the areas in which MExE can be applied. |
| Steerco | Steering Comittee of the Cooperation Platform for the Separate Sale of Roaming Services in the European Union. |
| SyncML Initiative | To investigate possible enhancements to the existing 3GPP data synchronization solution |
| TeleManagement Forum (TMF) | To facilitate exchange and use of documents related to the area of Telecom Management. |
| Trusted Computing Group (TCG) | Approved by PCG 2005-11-21 |
| TIA/TR47 | - |
| TV-anytime Forum | - |
| TETRA Association | - |
| TIA /TR45 | Liaison with TIA/TR45 engineering committees to ensure interworking between 3GPP and 3GPP2 solutions. |
| Voice eXtensible Mark-up Language (VXML) Forum | Use of VXML by mobile handsets. |
| Wi-Fi Alliance | To enable 3GPP to provide their comments on documents being prepared within the Wi-Fi Alliance. |
| Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) | - |
| WLAN Smart Card Consortium | To establish closer cooperation on WLAN interworking with existing infrastructures. |
| Wireless World Research Forum (WWRF) | Future Mobile Networks and Vertical Industries |
| World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) | Liaison on future use of MExE. |
| WiMAX Forum | To ensure compatibility of and interoperability of 3GPP systems with broadband wireless access networks (IEEE 802.16). Agreed PCG#15. |
Obsolete | Purpose |
|---|---|
(The) Parlay Group | Liaison with the PARLAY GROUP for reasons of parallel working |
Contact persons
The following individuals act as contact persons between 3GPP and an external (standards) body. Their duties include:
- reporting of work ongoing in 3GPP on specific topics to the external body
- reporting of the work ongoing in the external body to 3GPP
- support of liaison exchanges
Liaison statements shall be sent to the 3GPP Liaison Coordinator.