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To: foundation who wrote (5909)	1/4/2001 7:00:27 PM
From: Eric L	Respond to of 196781

Ben, << Seems like they're going to work within existing spectrum constraints? Would this not tip the scales toward 1x for upgrade path? >> Well they said they had ruled out EDGE which I would think would fit in their spectrum ... so maybe 1x? That statement of course was before the AWS decision. Think I'll just wait till they announce. I don't want to jinx anything. <g> Note: They dropped out because their stock went down about 25% as their bids went up so whatever is cheapest would be sage. - Eric -

To: foundation who wrote (5909)	1/5/2001 9:44:05 AM
From: Eric L	Respond to of 196781

Thread, Re: Ongoing 3G standardization (all IP network) Two important posts on "The New Qualcomm - write what you like thread" thread. S100 contributes an important article discussing eventual moves to an all IP network (I bookmarked this one because it is very informative): Message 15128118 Ben responds (on 2 points in the article related to other matters): Message 15128554 Back to the all IP network (3GPP Release 2000 is now Release 4 and Release 5): As you know 'Release 99' is the current 3GPP UMTS Standard (consisting of some 300 individual specifications). 'Release 2000' was in progress and would have completed UMTS Phase One standards. Release ’00, has now been replaced by Release 4 and Release 5, due out in March 2001 and December 2001, respectively. Release 4 and Release 5 will introduce an optional IP-based core network. Supposedly this change won’t affect any operators on the short haul because nobody is going to be rolling out all-IP-based 3G for several years. Supposedly 'R99' is "easily" upgradable to Release 4/5. TSG-T approved following Work Items for Release 2000 (now redefined as Releases 4 and 5) and all are foreseen to be complete by the end of 2001 except for the test specifications. More features for the terminals-related issues will be identified and added as the "IP-Multimedia" (IM) architecture takes shape as part of these new Releases. These include: * MExE Release 4/5: Support of a new small footprint Java classmark, interaction and co-operation with SDR capabilities and definition of user profile support * MMS Release 4/5: full description of the MMS architecture for Internet messaging, Enterprise messaging, Virtual Home Environment (VHE), (Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) based and IP based solutions and 2G messaging * vObjects and other constructs for Use in Data Synchronization: Creation of standards for, and management of the process of adding new vObjects and other constructs as data store types for use in data syn- chronization activities * Terminal Local Model: To introduce a generic model approach for the ME environment from a ME centric perspective to allow harmonious work with various applications and peripherals * Enhancements of alphabets & languages, technical realization of SMS and creation of a table of international EMC requirements * Inclusion of USIM related Common PCN Handset Specification (CPHS) features: data field for the operator name, enhancements to GID usage, and more to be included * Enhancement to (U)SIM secure messaging * support of Public Key encryption / decryption / signing / validation, support of additional bearers, addition of the ability to issue a 3GPP 31.111 style REFRESH command, and addition of the ability to initiate a SIM application * Standardization of USIM Toolkit interpreter: standardization of protocols for SIM resident SIM Toolkit interpreters * Technical Report on SIM / USIM application interworking within the UICC: The co-existence of these two applications is not described in existing specifications, specifically regarding how common information could be shared and linked when a multi-mode 3G/GSM terminal accesses GSM radio networks * Report of regional EMC requirements. * Conformance test documentation and test cases for the SIM API. * Feasibility study on UICC-ME fast protocol. - Eric -

To: foundation who wrote (5909)	1/5/2001 9:55:49 AM
From: Eric L	Respond to of 196781

Ben, Re: 3GPP (boring) standardization stuff in progress Here are some updates I've clipped from a few sources. Note that the chairman of 3GPP T1 is Bjarke Nielsen of Qualcomm. Qualcomm Europe SARL is a member of ETSI (has been since November 1997) and by virtue of that is active in several 3GPP working groups: >> Teminals" (TSG-T) Teminals" (TSG-T) focuses on the development of 3GPP specifications for terminals, covering terminal testing (Working Group T1), Terminal Services and Capabilities (T2) and USIM (T3). Significant parts of the 3rd Generation (3G) terminal are defined by other groups (e.g. radio aspects, security aspects etc.), yet TSG-T has to deliver specifications with a full understanding of the overall impact on the terminal from the system design. The Terminals group has contributed an important part of the Release 99 (R99) specifications in order for 3G terminals to interface correctly with other entities in the 3GPP system and to achieve the system as a whole. T1 T1, one of the three Working Groups in TSG-T (Chairman: Bjarke Nielsen, Qualcomm), is responsible for User Equipment (UE) conformance tests. The group has made significant progress, although further work is still required as a result of updates of the core specification. These remaining tasks will be completed by March 2001. R99 Radio Interface tests cover R99 based radio interfaces for FDD (Frequency Division Duplex) & TDD (Time Division Duplex). Features of Protocol Tests to be covered by prose and Tree and Tabular Combined Notation (TTCN) are Idle mode functions, Voice call functions including emergency call, Circuit switched data (up to 64 kbit/s) plus Fax, Auto-calling (restrictions) and Short Message Service (person to person and Cell Broadcast), as well as GSM/3G Hand-Over and GPRS packet data service. The prose for R99 is basically finished (updates coming only from core specification updates) and the TTCN (Circuit-Switched and FDD) for R99 should be stabilized in the March/May 2001 time frame. The big- gest issue to be solved is how to validate the TTCN test cases. A superset of identified regional electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) requirements for 3G terminals has been compiled in the EMC test specification. T2 Highlights of R99 deliverables from T2, UE Services and Capabilities group (Chairman: Kevin Holley, BT), are: Enhanced SMS capable of transmitting small pictures, sounds, and animations. AT commands for control of 3GPP Mobile Equipments (MEs) via an external Terminal Equipment (TE), Multiplexing protocol to allow a number of simultaneous sessions over the terminal interface, and a non real-time Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) including transmission of pictures, sounds, videos etc. from/to the mobile. The Mobile Execution Environment, MExE, provides a flexible Application Programme Interface (API) for the terminal for third party applications. R99 MExE includes enhancements of Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) MExE certificate management, security clarifications, and Quality of Service (QoS) aspects. Several T2 reports are included in R99. One deals with the concept of Wide Area Synchronization to allow data Module (ME/USIM) to be synchronized with the outside world. Another concerns the compilation form of requirements for UE Capability to "exist" in a 3GPP network, and also the provision of certain services such as speech, fax, and Short Message Service (SMS). Electrical safety requirements and regulations, and Specific Absorption Rate requirements in different regions have been discussed and brought together in two reports. T3 For R99, the USIM group, T3 (Chairman: Dr. Klaus Vedder, G&D), produced two parts of the 3G version of the GSM specification 11.11, the 3G "platform" standard comprising the basic physical, electrical and logical specification and an application specification. R99 also incorporates the GSM low voltage (3 and 1.8 V) interface and Interface Enhancements to support ISO/IEC T=1 block transmission protocol for more efficient data transfer between the terminal and the integrated circuit (IC) card. The 3G Universal Integrated Circuit Card (UICC) is capable of being used as the basis for a multi-application card so that several Universal Subscriber Identity Modules (USIMs) and/or other applications can co-exist on the card. Additional enhanced features of the R99 USIM include new flexible and user-friendly PIN handling, use of application identifiers as a simple means of searching for and selecting an application, and a USIM Phone book with a new concept of handling ADN, e-mail address and other personal data with easier data synchroni- zation with TEs. Backwards compatibility issues were considered in all cases. Most importantly, enhanced security features of new 3G authentication and other security features specified by the Security WG (S3) are fully implemented. The new ETSI Project "Smart Card Platform" (EP SCP - Chairman : Dr. Klaus Vedder) becomes the central focus for the standardization of a common IC Card platform for 2G and 3G mobile telecommunications systems across all technologies. Consequently the core contents of the 3GPP Technical Specification TS31.101 have been transferred to become EP SCP Technical Specification TS 102 221. Three funded projects involving expert teams have been installed in the Mobile Competence Centre for the timely completion of R99 UE conformance test (prose and TTCN) and USIM test specifications. << - Eric -