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A LOOK INSIDE

THE 3GPP GROUP STRUCTURE:

The Reports and Specifications that define 3GPP technologies are contribution-driven,
by member companies, in Working Groups and at the Technical Specification Group level.

The Working Groups arrange their
schedule to be able to bring the Project Co-ordination Group (PCG)
TM
work for approval at the quarterly
TSG Plenary meetings, which take TSG RAN TSG CT TSG SA
place in March, June, September and
December. Radio Access Network Core Network & Terminals Service & System Aspects
Since early 2020, all meetings have
been virtual, using email and GoTo RAN WG1 CT WG1 SA WG1
meeting sessions to progress the Radio Layer 1 spec UE-Core Network Services & Requirements
Layer3, IMS &
work, within scheduled time slots, Mission Critical protocols
and organised by agenda item. RAN WG2 SA WG2
Radio Layer 2 spec Architecture
At TSG#89-e, the TSG Chairs agreed Radio Layer 3 RR spec
that the first half of 2021 meetings CT WG3 SA WG3
Interworking with
will be e-Meetings, by default. At External Networks Security and Privacy
that meeting, the leadership hoped RAN WG3
that in the new year we would start lub spec, lur spec, lu spec SA WG4
to have a clearer sighting on whether (E-UTRAN O&M Multimedia Codecs,
we can start to plan for getting back requirements) CT WG4 Systems and Services
to face-to-face meetings. Core Network User &
RAN WG4 Control Plane protocols
At the time of writing, no decision Radio Performance SA WG5
has been taken on meetings beyond Protocol aspects Management,
June 2021. The Pandemic continues Orchestration and Charging
and there may well be solid reasons RAN WG5 CT WG6 SA WG6
for caution. The March Plenaries will Mobile Terminal Smart Card Mission-Critical
look again at the meeting schedule Conformance Testing Application Aspects Applications
and give guidance on the possible
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continuation of e-meetings beyond
June (See Rel-17 article in this issue).

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