The 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) is a collaboration agreement that was established in December 1998. It is a co-operation between ETSI (Europe), ARIB/TTC (Japan), CCSA [1] (China), ATIS (North America) and TTA (South Korea). 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean [1]. // Coated in ice, power and telephone lines sag and often break, resulting in power outages. ... The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) is a standardization organization of the telecommunications industry (equipment makers and network operators) in Europe, with worldwide projection. ... This article is 150 kilobytes or more in size. ... The Association of Radio Industries and Businesses, commonly known as ARIB, is a standardization organization in Japan. ... The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) is a standardization organization for information technologies (ITs) in the telecommunications industry. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ...

The scope of 3GPP is to make a globally applicable third generation (3G) mobile phone system specification within the scope of the ITU's IMT-2000 project. 3GPP specifications are based on evolved GSM specifications, now generally known as the UMTS system. It has been suggested that Evolution to 3G be merged into this article or section. ... The International Telecommunication Union (ITU; French: Union internationale des télécommunications, Spanish: Unión Internacional de Telecomunicaciones) is an international organization established to standardize and regulate international radio and telecommunications. ... IMT-2000 (International Mobile Telecommunications-2000) is the global standard for third generation (3G) wireless communications as defined by the International Telecommunication Union. ... The Global System for Mobile Communications, GSM (original acronym: Groupe Spécial Mobile) is the most popular standard for mobile phones in the world. ... Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) is one of the third-generation (3G) mobile phone technologies. ...

Note that 3GPP should not be confused with 3GPP2, which specifies standards for another 3G technology based on IS-95 (CDMA), commonly known as CDMA2000. The 3rd Generation Partnership Project 2 (3GPP2) is a collaboration agreement that was established in December 1998. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... CDMA2000 is a family of third-generation (3G) mobile telecommunications standards that use CDMA, a multiple access scheme for digital radio, to send voice, data, and signalling data (such as a dialed telephone number) between mobile phones and cell sites. ...

Standards

3GPP standards are structured as Releases. Discussion of 3GPP thus frequently refers to the functionality in one release or another.

Each Release incorporates hundreds of individual standards documents, each of which may have been through many revisions. Current 3GPP standards incorporate the latest revision of the GSM standards. 3GPP's plans for the future beyond Release 7 are currently in the development under the title Long Term Evolution ("LTE"). Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) is one of the third-generation (3G) mobile phone technologies. ... Bold text Code division multiple access (CDMA) is a form of multiplexing and a method of multiple access that divides up a radio channel not by time (as in time division multiple access), nor by frequency (as in frequency-division multiple access), but instead by using different pseudo-random code... WHATS NGN? Next Generation Networking (NGN) is a broad term for a certain kind of emerging computer network architectures and technologies. ... The IP Multimedia Subsystem, IMS, is an architectural framework, originally designed by the wireless standards body 3GPP, for delivering IP multimedia services to end users. ... High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) (Sometimes known as High-Speed Downlink Protocol Access) is a 3G mobile telephony protocol in the HSPA family, which provides a smooth evolutionary path for UMTS-based networks allowing for higher data transfer speeds. ... It has been suggested that wireless network interface cards be merged into this article or section. ... High-Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA) is a data access protocol for mobile phone networks with extremely high upload speeds up to 5. ... Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) is a broadcasting service that can be offered via existing GSM and UMTS cellular networks. ... The IP Multimedia Subsystem, IMS, is an architectural framework, originally designed by the wireless standards body 3GPP, for delivering IP multimedia services to end users. ... Push To Talk Over Cellular (PoC) is an implementation of Push to talk over a cellular system that typically supports telephony services. ... The Generic Access Network (GAN), was formerly known as Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) until it was adopted by the 3GPP in April 2005. ... High Speed OFDM Packet Access (HSOPA) is a proposed part of 3GPPs Long Term Evolution (LTE) upgrade path for UMTS systems. ... Not to be confused with Get Some Mates The Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) is the most popular standard for mobile phones in the world. ... 3GPP LTE (Long Term Evolution) is the name given to a project within the Third Generation Partnership Programme to improve the UMTS mobile phone standard to cope with future requirements. ...

3GPP documents are made available freely on the organisation's web site. Whilst 3GPP standards can be bewildering to the newcomer, they are a remarkably complete and detailed resource and provide insight into how the cellular industry works. They cover not only the radio part ("Air Interface") and Core Network, but also billing information and speech coding down to source code level. Cryptographic aspects (authentication, confidentiality) are also freely specified in detail. 3GPP2 offer similar information about their system.. The German Lorenz cipher machine, used in World War II for encryption of very high-level general staff messages Cryptography (or cryptology; derived from Greek κρυπτός kryptós hidden, and the verb γράφω gráfo write) is the study of message secrecy. ... Authentication (Greek: αυθεντικός = real or genuine, from authentes = author ) is the act of establishing or confirming something (or someone) as authentic, that is, that claims made by or about the thing are true. ... Confidentiality has been defined by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) as ensuring that information is accessible only to those authorized to have access and is one of the cornerstones of Information security. ... The 3rd Generation Partnership Project 2 (3GPP2) is a collaboration agreement that was established in December 1998. ...

Deployment

3GPP systems are deployed across much of the established GSM market^[7][8] (primarily Release 99 systems to date, however as of 2006, growing interest in HSDPA is driving adoption of Release 5 and its successors). Since 2005, 3GPP systems are seeing deployment in the same markets as 3GPP2 systems (for example, North America^[9]). Industry commentators speculate constantly about the competing systems, with the outcome far from clear. For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... High-Speed Downlink Packet Access or HSDPA is a mobile telephony protocol. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ...

See also

• UMTS
• 3GPP Long Term Evolution
• Evolution to 3G
• IP Multimedia Subsystem
• 3GP
• 3GPP2 - The 3GPP's opposite number in the CDMA2000 hemisphere.
• GSM services
• TISPAN
• Open Mobile Alliance

Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) is one of the third-generation (3G) mobile phone technologies. ... 3GPP LTE (Long Term Evolution) is the name given to a project within the Third Generation Partnership Programme to improve the UMTS mobile phone standard to cope with future requirements. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into 3G. (Discuss) The Evolution to 3G describes the updating of cellular mobile telecommunications networks around the world to use new 3G technologies. ... The IP Multimedia Subsystem, IMS, is an architectural framework, originally designed by the wireless standards body 3GPP, for delivering IP multimedia services to end users. ... 3GP is a multimedia container format defined by the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) for use on 3G mobile phones. ... This article needs cleanup. ... CDMA2000 is a family of third-generation (3G) mobile telecommunications standards that use CDMA, a multiple access scheme for digital radio, to send voice, data, and signalling data (such as a dialed telephone number) between mobile phones and cell sites. ... GSM services are a standard collection of applications and features available to mobile phone subscribers all over the world. ... The Telecoms & Internet converged Services & Protocols for Advanced Networks (TISPAN) is a standardization body of ETSI, specializing in fixed networks and Internet convergence. ... The Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) is a standards body which develops open standards for the mobile industry. ...

References

1. ^ Open Standards, Helping NGN become a reality
2. ^ Overview of 3GPP Release 99, Summary of all Release 99 Features. ETSI Mobile Competence Centre, Version xx/07/04
3. ^ Overview of 3GPP Release 4, Summary of all Release 4 Features, v.1.1.0 (draft) ETSI Mobile Competence Centre 2004
4. ^ Summary of all Release 5 Features, ETSI Mobile Competence Centre, Version 9th September 2003
5. ^ Overview of 3GPP Release 6, Summary of all Release 6 Features, Version TSG #33, ETSI Mobile Competence Centre 2006
6. ^ Review of the Work Plan at Plenaries #31, 3GPP, SP-060232 3GPP TSG SA#31 Sanya, March 13-16 2006
7. ^ GSM/3G Fast Facts. GSM Suppliers' Association, December 10, 2006
8. ^ Resources: 3G/UMTS Commercial Deployments, Table listing commercially launched 3G/UMTS networks based on WCDMA technology, UMTS Forum
9. ^ Cingular to Deliver 3G Wireless Broadband Services, Press Release, Cingular Wireless, MediaRoom 30th November 2004

External links

• 3GPP
• Free download of 3GPP standards available at
  • 3GPP Specifications Home Page
  • ETSI GSM UMTS 3GPP Numbering Cross Reference