3GPP Management: working agreements

This page details working agreements arrived at in TSGs and WGs. "Working agreements" are tentative decisions reached by 3GPP groups in order to make progress on matters where consensus** cannot be reached. Such agreements are not explicitly covered by formal "rules" in, for example, the 3GPP Working Procedures, the TSG working methods, or the specification drafting rules; or, if covered, are considered sufficiently ambiguous to allow of multiple interpretations. See document PCG20_04 (slides 4 & 5) for further background information.

To propose additions to this page: mailto:3gppContact@3gpp.org. Only working agreements explicitly documented in meeting reports will be included. Where appropriate, reference may be made to a meeting contribution (TDoc) supporting the working agreement, or giving further details.

To challenge a working agreement, contact the chairman of the meeting where the challenge would be resolved. The challenge will normally result in a formal vote at the earliest possible meeting. See the 3GPP Working Procedures, articles 25 & 26.

#	text	date of inclusion	meeting at which created	supporting TDoc	challenge-by date	challenge to be addressed at meeting	status *

* Possible status values:

Not yet challenged
Challenged
Challenged but confirmed by vote
Challenged and overturned by vote
Unchallenged by date limit thus implicitly confirmed

** Consensus is defined as the lack of sustained opposition. A working agreement representing the majority view is typically arrived at if only a very small number of individual members sustain opposing views.

Last update:
2008-05-13: editorial modification of one possible status value
2008-04-30: first release

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