Page 17 - 3GPP Highlights

A LOOK INSIDE

NEWS IN BRIEF

RELEASE 16 FROZEN, RAN6 CLOSURE

AS RELEASE 17 HOTS UP At the recent RAN (#88e) plenary meeting, Working Group 6
– responsible for the GERAN and UTRAN radio and protocol
As noted elsewhere in Highlights, Release 16 has been work - was formally closed.
completed, concluding the evolution of the 5G system to
“5G Phase 2”. The closure of RAN6 marks the end of a significant era for
the mobile industry. The group covered work on 2G and 3G
As Release 17 takes centre stage, we will see 5G evolve to radio capabilities, carrying on from 2G’s roots in the original
further support the traditional cellular industry and a wide GSM pan-European digital mobile standard.
variety of industry verticals.

EXCELLENCE AWARDS

Congratulations to Christian Herrero-Veron (CT1), Jesus de NEW PARTNER – FOR
Gregorio (CT4), Hiromasa Umeda (RAN4) and Adrian Escott
(SA3) on their 3GPP Excellence Awards for their outstanding AUTOMOTIVE TOPICS
contribution to their group’s work in 2019.
The China Society of Automotive Engineers has joined
The Awards roll-of-honour is on display in the ‘About 3GPP’ 3GPP as a Market Representation Partner (MRP). The CSAE
section of the web site.
boasts 45,700 individual members. Their past work has been
on Specifications and Group Standards for the mechanical
domain. Now, they are turning their attention to the
development of Intelligent Connected Vehicles.
In his letter to the 3GPP leadership, Wu Wenqiang the CSAE
TTA AND KOREA LOOK TO 6G standards project manager stated that “The Intelligent
connected vehicle is an important application scenario for 5G
In June, our Korean 3GPP Organizational Partner - technology, we (CSAE) have the ability and resources to bring
Telecommunications Technology Association (TTA), launched together our domestic automobile manufacturers to help
their ‘Mobile Communication Technical Committee (TC11)’ provide feedback, about the standards, to 3GPP.”
to consider developing standards beyond 5G and 6G and
to strengthen cooperation among global standardization More about CSAE can be found here
organizations. The group replaces the TTA ‘5G Special www.sae-china.org/
Technology Committee’.
The group focuses on: IMT technologies, RAN specifications,
Network aspects (CT and SA), a Vertical service framework
and on mobile application services.
http://tta.or.kr/eng

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