TSG-T Working Group 3 (USIM) meeting #3	TSGT3#3(99)-076
Helsinki 16th - 18th March 1999	
Agenda Item:	9
Source: 	ARIB SWG7 Chairman
Title:	Questions on GSM specification availability in 3GPP
Document for:	Discussion
Summary 
This document gives questions on availability of the GSM specifications in 3GPP. It is foreseen that a 3GPP deliverable refers to, or is even one of, the GSM specifications with or without modifications. Therefore it should be necessary to clarify if 3GPP documents can refer to the GSM specifications.

1.	Background
In the first T3 meeting in Nice, the work plan was agreed in T3-99028 including the subjects available in release April 1999 (Priority 1). Some of the subjects refer to the existing GSM specifications, for example the ‘SAT Download’ refers to GSM 03.48 and the ‘Support of SAT’ naturally to GSM 11.14.
In addition T3 plans to draft its stage 2/3 document based on GSM 11.11. It may be the case that the stage 2/3 document will refer to some of the GSM specifications since GSM 11.11 does so.

2.	Questions
There are questions how 3GPP (documents) can access to the GSM specifications, for example:
1)	If 3GPP adopts one of the GSM specifications with certain modifications, how those modifications should be applied to that GSM specification?
2)	Is it possible if 3GPP documents can directly refer to the GSM specifications?

3.	Conclusion
Some questions are given for the GSM specification availability in 3GPP. If T3 can not decide a policy, it is proposed that the issue should be raised to the TSG-T level asking a common understanding in 3GPP.