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3GPP SA1 has completed a study (FS_CMED) on the potential requirements and use cases involving usage of 3GPP interoperable communication technologies between medical devices and critical medical applications (TR 22.826). 

This work item focuses on normative requirements to enable a 3GPP system to adequately provide the connectivity between medical devices and critical medical applications. This work draws on the potential requirements identified in TR 22.826.

Specifically, requirements relating to the following will be documented:

• 5G system performances (KPIs) required to enable use cases involving high quality and augmented imaging systems in hybrid ORs.
• 5G system performances (KPIs) required to enable use cases with tele-diagnosis.
• 5G system performances (KPIs) required to enable use cases with tele or robotic-aided operations.
• Security management in 5G systems for the sharing of medical data between care providers or with patients while still fulfilling national regulatory requirements.

The rapporteur of this work item is b>com, a French ICT institute. Supporting individual members from verticals include the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), BBC, Siemens, Philips and Sennheiser electronic GmbH, along with global vendors and operators. 

Latest update: June 2019 (SP-190316; Unique Identifier: 840033). All active (not completed) items under the sole responsibility of this working group are available here. 

The goal of this SA1 work item is to develop Stage 1 normative service requirements for multi-hop relay by enhancing the work done for “Indirect 3GPP Communication” in TS 22.278. 

This work will consider the potential requirements and KPIs in different domains (e.g. inHome, Smart Cities, Smart Farming, Smart Factories, Smart Energy, Public Safety, Logistics) identified and concluded in TR 22.866 and use them as the basis for developing stage 1 normative requirements. 

This work item aims to update TS 22.261 to include multi-hop support for UE-to-Network Relay UEs regarding the following aspects:

• General aspects.
• Permissions and authorization.
• Relay selection.
• Relays for IoT.
• Service continuity.
• Functionality Exposure to 3rd parties.
• Traffic scenarios.

Scenarios where the remote UEs and those UE-to-Network relay UEs in proximity to the remote UE are out-of-coverage are also in scope of this WI. Special attention to national regional regulatory requirements (e.g. emergency calls) shall be paid.

• Gap filling and evolutions:

While some verticals are already covered in earlier generations of mobile networks, others are new, each bringing their own set of requirements. However, one common requirement is better energy efficiency and more extensive coverage compared with what 3G and 4G can provide. Release 16 service requirements already include the possibility of having direct 3GPP communication or indirect 3GPP communication with the use of relays. Nevertheless, this may not be enough for the needs of the possible use cases from the area listed. Incorporating multihop relays into 5G will help to improve the energy efficiency and the coverage of the 5G system.

• Rapporteur and supporting members:

The rapporteur of this WI is KPN. Supporting individual members (SIMs) include TNO, Police of the Netherlands, French Ministry of the Interior and Philips alongside global supply-side companies.

• Latest update:

June 2019 (SP-190307; Unique Identifier: 840034). All active (not completed) items under the sole responsibility of SA1 are available here. 
 

5G brings the need to support different kinds of UEs (e.g., for the Internet of Things (IoT), services, and technologies is driving the technology revolution to a high-performance and highly efficient 3GPP system. The drivers include IoT, Virtual Reality (VR), industrial control, ubiquitous on-demand coverage, as well as the opportunity to meet customized market needs. These drivers require enhancements to the devices, services, and technologies well established by 3GPP. The key objective with the 5G system is to be able to support new deployment scenarios across diverse market segments.

• Technical Report Focus

TR 22.261 compiles requirements that define a 5G system. The 5G system is characterised, for example, by:

• Support for multiple access technologies.
• Scalable and customizable network.
• Advanced Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) (e.g., availability, latency, reliability, user experienced data rates, area traffic capacity).
• Flexibility and programmability (e.g., network slicing, diverse mobility management, Network Function Virtualization).
• Resource efficiency (both user plane and control plane).
• Seamless mobility in densely populated and heterogeneous environment.
• Support for real time and non-real time multimedia services and applications with advanced Quality of Experience (QoE).

• Latest update:

June 2019

3GPP TR 22.866, Enhanced relays for energy efficiency and extensive coverage (FS_REFEC), is a building block for Release 17 under SA1 (services) Working Group. 

This Technical Report examines several use cases and their respective KPIs in diverse market sectors, e.g. smart cities, smart farming, energy, public safety and logistics. It describes potential new requirements for energy efficiency and extensive coverage. Use cases include:

• enhancing coverage in industrial environments.
• container use cases.
• wagon use cases.
• indoor coverage for firefighters. 
• elderly healthcare.
• connected ambulance. 
• rural areas connected health.
• traffic scenarios (e.g. coverage in houses, smart factories and utilities - metering, containers stored in a port, wagons. 

Its unique identifier is WI #810018 (SP-180785), falling under WI #840048 - Enhanced Relays for Energy eFficiency and Extensive Coverage (REFEC).

Latest update: May 2019.

An evolution of the overall 3GPP system is required to ensure competitiveness in a long-term time frame. 

This Technical Specification marks such an evolutionary path from 3GPP Release 8 through to Release 16. 

TS 22.278 V16.2.0, Service Requirements for the evolved packet system (EPS), compiles requirements to ensure EPS can cope with the rapid growth in IP data traffic and demanding requirements for new multimedia type applications in terms of performance and quality, delivered to the user, while at the same time enabling cost-effective deployment and operation. 

The Evolved Packet System is characterised by:

• Reduced latency.
• Higher user data rates equating to broadband performance.
• Improved system capacity and coverage.
• Lower operational costs.

The TS describes high-level requirements in terms of user and operational aspects; basic capabilities; multi-access and seamless mobility; performance requirements for EPS; security and privacy; charging aspects. 

Last update: June 2019

This 3GPP work item under SA1 for Release 17 is aimed at identifying more specific 5G service requirements for cyber-physical control applications in vertical domains, 5G service requirements on enhancements for cyber-physical control applications in vertical domains, and new 5G service requirements for specific aspects with respect to the Rel-16 baseline. 

By specifying further cyberCAV Stage 1, the work focuses on:

• Industrial Ethernet integration, which includes time synchronisation, different time domains, integration scenarios, and support for time-sensitive networking(TSN).
• High-level requirements for network operation and maintenance in 5G non-public networks for cyber-physical control applications in vertical domains. 
• Positioning with a focus on vertical directions/dimensions for Industrial IoT. 

Work in eCAV may be updated to reflect further progress of FS_eCAV (TR 22.832; SP-190092), such as non-public network, further aspects of network operation and maintenance in 5G non-public networks, and network performance requirements descried in FS_eCAV. 

• Rapporteurs and Supporting Members (SIMs): The Rapporteur of eCAV Stage 1 840041 (SP-190310) is Siemens AG. EU SIMs include the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi), Volkswagen AG and Fraunhofer IIS alongside EU and global supply-side companies. 
• Related work: The work item is based on corresponding studies in Rel-17, especially FS_eCAV, and the assessment of respective mechanisms by individual members and relevant cyber-physical control and automation industry organisations, such as 5G-ACIA (Alliance for Connected Industry and Automation). 

3GPP TR 22.832 identifies further Stage 1 potential 5G service requirements for cyber-physical control applications in vertical domains. It describes specific use cases aimed at clarifying and motivating these additional service requirements for Release 17. With respect to the Rel-16 baseline, this Technical Report identifies more specific requirements or additional requirements for closely-related additional functionality to improve the applicability of 5G systems to vertical domains. 

Aspects addressed are:

• Industrial Ethernet integration, which includes time synchronisation, different time domains, integration scenarios, and support for time-sensitive networking (TSN).
• Non-public networks, non-public networks as private slices, and further implications on security for non-public networks (NPN).
• Network operation and Maintenance in 5G non-public networks for cyber-physical control applications in vertical domains.
• Enhanced QoS monitoring, communication service and networks diagnostics.
• Communication service interface between application and 5G systems, e.g. information to the network for setting up communication services for cyber-physical control applications and corresponding monitoring.
• Network performance requirements for cyber-physical control applications in vertical domains.
• Positioning with focus on the vertical dimension for Industrial IoT.
• Device-to-device/ProSe communication for cyber-physical applications in vertical domains.

The section on 'merged potential service requirements', e.g. industrial Ethernet integration; NPNs; network operations and maintenance; positioning and device to device/ProSe communication, also relates to the common requirements mapping driven by a sub-set of 3GPP Market Representation Partners, namely: 5G Infrastructure Association (5G-IA), 5G Automotive Association (5GAA), 5G-ACIA (Alliance for Connected Industry and Automation) and Public Safety Communications Europe (PSCE). This wrork is supported by H2020 project Global5G.org. 

3GPP TS 22.104 for Release 16 (V16.2.0) provides Stage 1 normative service requirements for 5G systems, in particular service requirements for cyber-physical control applications in vertical domains.

• Key definitions: Cyber-physical systems are defined as systems that include engineered, interecting networkd of physical and computational components. Control applications are defined as applications that control physical processes. 
• High-level requirements: Communication services supporty cyber-physical control applications need to be ultra-reliable. In some cases, end-to-end latency must be very low. For cyber-physical control applications, communication supports operation in diverse vertical industries, such as industrial automation and energy automation. 

Technical specification 22.104 (V16.2.0) describes aspects related to:

• End-to-end service performance requirements and network performance requires regarding these end-to-end service performance requirements.
• Support for LAN-type services specific to industrial/high-performance use cases. Related Ethernet functionalities include, for example, those in IEEE 802.1Qbv.

Related work and specifications for 3GPP Release 17: It is important to note that additional potential new requirements are under development also for Rel-17, including 3GPP TS 22.104 V17.0.0 (2019-06). At the time of publication on STANDICT.eu, Rel 16 TS V16.2.0 was under change control. 

This CWA addresses a broad set of Principles and Guidance to form a solid foundation for future practice with regard to SEP licensing for ICT standards such as mobile communication standards and other wireless communication standards. The CWA also includes information about licensing to those who are new to the implementation and use of standardised technology and the licensing of patents that cover those technologies.

This document establishes

• architectures of biometric comparison using an ICC,
• on-card biometric comparison, both in sensor-off-card systems and as part of biometric system-on-card,
• work-sharing on-card biometric comparison, and
• security policies for on-card biometric comparison.

This document does not establish

• requirements for off-card biometric comparison,
• requirements for biometric system-on-card (as defined in ISO/IEC 17839), or
• modality-specific requirements for storage and comparison.

After the initial delivery in late 2017 of ‘Non-Stand-Alone’ (NSA) NR (new radio) specifications for 5G, much effort focused in 2018 on timely completion of 3GPP Release 15 – the first full set of 5G standards – and on work to pass the first milestones for the 3GPP submission towards IMT-2020.

While initial specifications enabled non-standalone 5G radio systems integrated in previous-generation LTE networks, the scope of Release 15 expands to cover ‘standalone’ 5G, with a new radio system complemented by a next-generation core network. It also embraces enhancements to LTE and, implicitly, the Evolved Packet Core (EPC). This crucial way-point enables vendors to progress rapidly with chip design and initial network implementation during 2019.

As the Release 15 work has matured and drawn close to completion, the focus has shifted to Release 16 and Release 17, often referred to informally as ‘5G Phase 2’.

3GPP uses a system of parallel "Releases" which provide developers with a stable platform ("Freeze") for the implementation of features at a given point and then allow for the addition of new functionality in subsequent Releases. Hence futher developments continue for Rel-16 and Rel-17. 
 

3GPP Release 16 is a major release in relation to the planned IMT-2020 submission for an initial full 3GPP 5G system to its completion.

In addition to that formal process, work has started on around 25 Release 16 studies, on a variety of topics: Multimedia Priority Service, Vehicle-to-everything (V2X) application layer services, 5G satellite access, Local Area Network support in 5G, wireless and wireline convergence for 5G, terminal positioning and location, communications in vertical domains and network automation and novel radio techniques. Further items being studied include security, codecs and streaming services, Local Area Network interworking, network slicing and the IoT.

Technical Reports, or TRs for short, capture results of the initial study phase. These are also being developed on broadening the applicability of 3GPP technology to non-terrestrial radio access (e.g. satellites, airborne base stations) and to maritime aspects (intra-ship, ship-to-shore and ship-to-ship). Work also progresses on new PMR functionality for LTE, enhancing the railway-oriented services originally developed using GSM radio technology that is now nearing end of life.

As part of Release 16, MC services will be extended to address a wider business sector than the initial rather narrow public security and civil defence services for which they had originally been developed. If the same or similar standards can be used for commercial applications (from taxi dispatching to railway traffic management, and other vertical sector scenarios currently being investigated), this would bring enhanced reliability to those MC services through wider deployment, and reduced deployment costs due to economies of scale – to the benefit of all users. Release 16 is expected to be completed in March 2020.