3GPP meets IMT-2020

November 28, 2020

Earlier this week the ITU issued a press release to publicise the approval - by the 193 member states of the Union - of their ITU-R Recommendation: 'Detailed specifications of the radio interfaces of IMT-2020.' (ITU-R M.[IMT-2020.SPECS]).

The document - not yet available on the ITU site - will be the end product of a long process, initiated in 2012, under the banner 'IMT for 2020 and beyond' where the ITU set out its agenda for a steady progression of 5G research activities that would nourish the 3GPP efforts on the new radio and 5G core specification work.

The ITU press release formally announces the radio interfaces that conform with the International Mobile Telecommunications 2020 (IMT-2020) performance requirements:

"The technologies are: 3GPP 5G-SRIT and 3GPP 5G-RIT submitted by the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), and 5Gi submitted by Telecommunications Standards Development Society India (TSDSI). During the multi-year development and evaluation process by the ITU Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R), these technologies were deemed to be sufficiently detailed to enable worldwide compatibility of operation and equipment, including roaming."

5G DNA in the 3GPP family

October 22, 2020

The 5G Deterministic Networking Alliance (5GDNA) has requested and has been granted MRP status in 3GPP.

Their Market Representative Partner (MRP) request was presented during the recent 3GPP Organizational Partners meeting (OP#44), by Daijisheng, President of 5GDNA.

Daijisheng told the 3GPP leadership that “5GDNA has over one hundred members, including leading vertical companies from the big 5 vertical groups of energy, media, manufacture, healthcare and transport.”