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Submitted by Anushree Goswami, on March 22, 2020
3GPP: 3rd Generation Partnership Project
3GPP is an abbreviation of the "3rd Generation Partnership Project".
It is a standards association group that builds up protocols for mobile telephony. Its finest recognized effort is the expansion, growth, and maintenance of:
- GSM and associated 2G and 2.5G standards, comprising GPRS and EDGE
- UMTS and associated 3G standards, comprising HSPA and HSPA+
LTE and associated 4G standards, comprising LTE Advanced and LTE Advanced Pro
5G NR and associated 5G standards
- An advanced IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) built up in an access self-governing approach
The seven 3GPP Organizational Partners are from Asia, Europe, and North America. They plan to establish the wide-ranging guiding principle and approach of 3GPP and carry out the following given responsibilities:
- The authorization and upholding of the 3GPP scale and possibility;
- The maintenance of the Partnership Project Description;
- Take the judgment to build or close down a Technical Specification Groups, and grant their reach and terms of suggestion;
- The authorization of Organizational Partner funding necessities;
- The allotment of human and financial resources made available by the Organizational Partners to the Project Coordination Group;
- Take action as an organization of petition on procedural issues and affairs alluded to them.
Mutually with the Market Representation Partners (MRPs) carry out the following given responsibilities:
- The maintenance of the Partnership Project Agreement;
- The authorization of applications for 3GPP partnership;
- Take the judgment in opposition to an achievable disbanding of 3GPP.
The Organizational Partners are:
Organization | Country/region | Website |
Association of Radio Industries and Businesses (ARIB) | Japan | ARIB |
Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) | USA | ATIS |
China Communications Standards Association (CCSA) | China | CCSA |
European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) | Europe | ETSI |
Telecommunications Standards Development Society (TSDSI) | India | TSDSI |
Telecommunications Technology Association (TTA) | South Korea | TTA |
Telecommunication Technology Committee (TTC) | Japan | TTC |
As of June 2017, the Market Representation Partners are:
Organization | Website |
4G Americas | 5gamericas |
5G Automotive Association | 5gaa |
5G Infrastructure Association | 5GIA |
Mobility Development Group (former CDMA Development Group) | MobilityDG |
Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) | coai |
CTIA | CTIA |
Global Certification Forum (GCF) | GCF |
Global Mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) | gsacom |
GSM Association (GSMA) | gsmworld |
IMS Forum | imsforum |
InfoCommunication Union | icu |
IPV6 Forum | ipv6forum |
Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN) | ngmn |
Public Safety Communication Europe (PSCE) Forum | PSCE |
Small Cell Forum (formerly Femto Forum) | smallcellforum |
TD-Forum | tdscdma |
TD SCDMA Industry Alliance | tdscdma |
TETRA and Critical Communications Association (TCCA) | tcca |
UMTS Forum | umts |
Wireless Broadband Alliance | WB Alliance |
Reference: 3GPP