1. 3GPP PCG#2_05 Moscow, Russia, 6 October 2008
TSG-RAN Report
To PCG#21
Source
TSG RAN Chairman

2. Many decision were taken during this session
Following the approval of at the previous meeting some presentation for an ITU-R workshop on IMT Advance was approved and will be made by Nicola Magnani the chairman of the ITU-R Ad hoc. This will be held during the PCG/OP meeting in Moscow
DOB WI has not been subject to progress. However some people have reinstated material already presented and already decided upon. It was preferred not to reopen the issue at this meeting. Currently the situation is as follows: WI approved but CRs rejected. Vote to close the WI will be held unless compromise is proposed by the involved parties.

3. And now some mathematics!!
Following some proposals to go for a tool to help in non controversial CRs approval
55 minutes do that during the last plenary
Block approval after the WG meeting as this is time necessary to prepare the approval
Non Availability of MCC personnel at the WG level during the plenary is highly objected by the RAN WG chairs
More classical the usual statistics on CRs handling during the last plenaries

4. Approved non-category A CRs by Working Group and Release at RAN#40
Total Of CRs
R99
Rel-4 1
Rel-5
Rel-6 4 2 3 12
Rel-7 16 43 19 6 81
165
Rel-8 89 52 26
147
333
Total of CRs
105
100 40 35
231
511

5. Approved non-category A CRs by Working Group and Release at RAN #41
Total Of CRs
R99
Rel-4 2 1 3
Rel-5 4
Rel-6 5 12
Rel-7 7 27 18 43
100
Rel-8
102 86 25 98
154
465
Total of CRs
110
121 46
109
198
584

6. Approved non-category A CRs by Release

7. Approved non-category A CRs by Release
Note: "Rapporteur CRs" are still applied to some specifications in RAN2 and RAN3 and therefore less CRs appear in the statistics

8. Comparison of all approved CRs in TSG-RAN#40 and RAN#41
Rel-4 1 3
Rel-4 Testing
Rel-5 4
Rel-5 Testing
Rel-6 9 11
Rel-6 Testing
Rel-7 84 57
Rel-7 Testing 81 43
Rel-8
186
311
Rel-8 Testing
147
154

9. Comparison of all approved CRs in TSG-RAN#40 and RAN#41

10. ITU-R IMT advanced
Two workshop were held to identify work to be done in this area.
Technical Report has been approved during TSG RAN#40 providing the requirement for evolution of LTE in the context of IMT advanced. The new name is LTE Advance
3GPP TSG RAN agreed to act as an evaluation group towards ITU-WP 5D towards this technology on behalf of SDO as previously discussed with the Ops
Next slides provide an overview of the foreseen calendar for this operation

11. RAN#41 9-12 September 2008 in Kobe, JP
Have a verification that the 3GPP requirements are equal or exceeding the ITU-R requirements
Update 3GPP LTE-Advanced requirements according to the verification results if needed
Make an early submission of the 3GPP concept to the ITU-R IMT-Advanced process
2007
2008
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2010
2011
LTE
CR phase
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#49 WS
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Study Item
Work Item #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9
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Circular letter
amendment with
requirements and eval.
methodology from WP 5D #2
Proposals
Evaluation
Consensus
Specification

12. ITU-R other aspects
Document for approval PCG21_15:
Updates of M.1580 and 1581
Updated material on IMT-2000 CDMA DS & IMT-2000 CDMA TDD for a Revision of Rec. ITU-R M.1801 of ITU-R WP5A
the preliminary element that needs to be approved for sending to ITU-R WP 5D as preliminary information for Release 9 of M.1457
For information PCG 21_14
LTE ADVANCED presentation that will be made on behalf of 3GPP to ITU-R WP5D workshop on IMT Advanced
Reminder to the OP to send the content of the tables of M.1457 Version 8 based on the June version of the 3GPP Specifications

13. ITU-R
For Approval Tdoc PCG21_13
Answer to ITU-R WP 5D “Liaison Statement to External Organisations - Request for parameters of IMT Radio Interface Technologies following WRC-07” Document 5D/TEMP/62 (Rev.1)
Parameters for studies in the frequency range MHZ liaison to JGE 5/6

14. R’99, Rel-4, Rel-5 & Rel-6 No Release 99 CRs.
Set of CRs on Release 4 for TDD on new bands and LCR TDD
For Release 5, apart from the corresponding ones to Release 4. A non backward compatible CR was approved on LCR TDD.
Correction on Release 6 is going on but load is still decreasing further in comparison with the previous term. Again TEI for the test aspects are introduced. In RAN WG2 a CR to enforce a work around a pb encountered on DSAC with UE has been agreed

15. Release 7

16. Release 7
In RAN WG1 CRs to FDD and TDD took place during the last cycle plus a few on FDD
In RAN WG2 Several corrections still under way during this meetings cycle (e.g. MBMS, MIMO, MIMO and 64QAM etc.)
In RAN WG3 only maintenance work still going on
In RAN WG4 still some CRs on Rel 7 for corrections
RAN WG5 is still working aggressively on completion of Test for Release 7 and has already completed several aspects

17. Release 8 and beyond

18. List of WI/SI completed at the RAN#40 meeting
UMTS 700MHz
Enhanced L2 uplink
Home Node B study item
Scope of future HSPA Evolution for 1.28Mcps TDD study item
Conformance Test Aspects – 16QAM for HSUPA (FDD)
Conformance Test Aspects – Continuous connectivity for packet data users

19. List of WI/SI closed at this meeting
UMTS in 2300 MHz Bands closed because there has been no progress on this issue following the proposal from the rapporteur : Interest for this has fallen.
UMTS 2300 MHz TDD completed
Combination of 64QAM and MIMO in HSDPA (FDD) completed
Enhanced UE DRX for FDD completed
Enhancements for SRNS Relocation Procedure completed
Conformance Test Aspects – UE Antenna Performance OTA completed
Conformance Test Aspects – 3.84 Mcps and 7.68 Mcps TDD Enhanced Uplink completed
Conformance Test Aspects – 1.28Mcps TDD Enhanced Uplink completed

20. Closed Work Item at this meeting
Conformance Test Aspects – MBSFN for HCR and VHCR TDD completed
Conformance test aspects – CS Voice Service over HSPA completed

21. Status of Rel-8 Work Items at this meeting:
LTE
Now all functionalities are frozen. However some problems depending on other groups external to TSG RAN see Annex A requesting handling urgent matters by SA WG2, SA WG3
In RAN WG1 even though most of the work is complete a few elements need to be finalized.
In RAN WG2 most of the work has progressed but unfortunately the ASN.1 freezing date has been postponed to March RAN WG3 prefers to keep aligned and hence ASN.1 will be frozen in March 2009.
Discussion on the optional / mandatory status for implementation of the LTE different features has started. Guidance on the grouping to be discussed by WGs
In RAN WG4 still some work required for the repeater part

22. Status of Rel-8 Work Items at this meeting:
LTE
Technical Specifications on test have been started and a first version has been presented for information and it is expected that the versions for approval will be presented at the next meeting
Discussion on the high and medium priority list of feature for test is till going on at the TSG level. Further work will be carried over for the next plenary
Following the eMBMS delay RAN decided that owing to the difficulties of certain configuration with shared carrier providing in the future eMBMS and normal release 8 channels that forward compatibility shall be ensured. Working Groups were tasked to investigate the impact on their specification

23. Status of Rel-8 Work Items after TSG RAN#41 meeting:
UMTS/LTE 3500 MHz completion level: 20%, completion date: March 2009
Enhanced Uplink for CELL_FACH State in FDD completion level: 90%, completion date is shifted to December 2008
Enhancements for FDD HSPA Evolution completion level: 70%, completion date shifted to December 2008
64 QAM for 1.28 Mcps TDD HSPA completion level: 90%, completion date shifted to December 2008

24. Status of Rel-8 Work Items at this meeting:
Enhanced CELL_FACH state in 1.28 Mcps TDD completion level: 70%, completion date shifted to December 2008
1.28 Mcps TDD Repeater completion level: 35%, completion date: September 2009
Continuous Connectivity for packet data users for 1.28Mcps TDD completion level: 30%, completion date December 2008
HSPA VoIP to WCDMA/GSM CS continuity completion level: 50%, completion date December The work item has been revised following the alignment of the work on the SA WG2 solution

25. Status of Rel-8 Work Items at this meeting:
HS-DSCH Serving Cell Change Enhancements completion level: 70%, completion date December 2008
MIMO for 1.28 Mcps TDD completion level: 15%, completion date March 2009
Support for Additional Navigation Satellite Systems (ANSS) for LCS completion level: 0% (but GERAN work is progressing), completion date is March Special case as the definition is done in GERAN and RAN aligned to this.

26. Status of Rel-8 Work Items at this meeting:
Dual-Cell HSDPA operation on adjacent carriers completion level: 50% (overall), completion date December 2008, RAN4 part June 2009
Support of UTRA HNB completion level: 40%, completion date shifted December 2008
FDD Home NodeB RF Requirements completion level: 50%, completion date shifted December 2008
UTRAN Architecture for 3G HNB completion level: 25%, completion date December 2008
Inbound Active Mode Mobility not in Release 8 scope
Same decision taken for eHNB

27. Status of Rel-8 Work Items at this meeting:
Conformance Test Aspects – Enhanced CELL_FACH state in FDD completion level: 70%, completion date shifted to March 2009
Conformance Test Aspects – Multimedia Telephony Services for IMS (MTSI) completion level: 70%, completion date shifted to March 2009
Conformance Test Aspects - Network Selection Enhancements completion level: 95%, completion date: December 2008
Conformance test aspects – Improved L2 for Uplink completion level: 5%, completion date: shifted to March 2009
Conformance test aspects – Performance Requirements for 15 code reception with 16QAM/QPSK (FDD) completion level: 30%, completion date: December 2008

28. Status of Rel-8 Work Items at this meeting :
Conformance test aspects – MBMS LCR TDD Pysical Layer Enhancement completion level: 25%, completion date: September 2009
Conformance test aspects – 64 QAM for 1.28 Mcps TDD HSDPA completion level: 10%, completion date: March 2009
Conformance test aspects – MBSFN for FDD completion level: 5%, completion date: March 2009

29. Status Study Items:
SI LTE Advanced
No progress could be made on the requirement. ITU-R WP5D is still working and collect elements to be
However a number of parameters have been agreed
New TRs for the RAN WG1 have been identified and the SI sheet has been updated.
Evaluation of the inclusion of Path Loss Based Technology in the UTRAN
completion level: 25%, completion date: shifted to March 2009
Dual Cell HSDPA operation is still on hold pending completion of the already agreed ongoing WI

30. New Work Items approved at TSG RAN#40:
- MIMO for 1.28 Mcps TDD
- Support for Additional Navigation Satellite Systems (ANSS) for LCS
- UTRAN Architecture for 3G HNB
- Dual-Cell HSDPA operation on adjacent carriers
- Conformance Test Aspects - Improved L2 for uplink
- Conformance Test Aspects - Performance requirements for 15 code reception with 16QAM/QPSK (FDD)
- UE conformance test aspects - MBMS LCR TDD
- Conformance test aspects – 64QAM for 1.28Mcps TDD HSDPA
- Conformance test aspects – MBSFN for FDD

31. New Work Items / Study Items approved at TSG RAN#41
New Work Items approved at this meeting
- UMTS 1880MHz TDD
- RF requirements for Multi-carrier and Multi-RAT BS
This work item has also a part covered already
by GERAN
- Conformance test aspects – Combination of 64QAM and MIMO for HSDPA (FDD
New Study Item approved at this meeting
- 1.28Mcps TDD Home NodeB Architecture with the FDD will be taken care by RAN WG3

32. Requirement agreed for LTE Advance
The objective of Further Advancements for E-UTRA is as follows:
Define a framework for further advancements of E-UTRA and E-UTRAN (to be referred to as Advanced E-UTRA and Advanced EUTRAN considering:
The time schedule of ITU-R
That the work on Advanced E-UTRA and Advanced E-UTRAN must not introduce any delay to the completion of the Release 8 specification of E-UTRA and E-UTRAN
That the general enhancements of specifications for Release 8 E-UTRA and E-UTRAN are maintained and progressed in a focused and efficient manner.

33. LTE Advance requirements (Cont’ed)
Define requirements for Advanced E-UTRA and Advanced E-UTRAN based on the ITU-R requirements for IMT-Advanced as well as 3GPP operators own requirements for advancing Release 8 E-UTRA AND E-UTRAN considering:
E-UTRA radio technology and architecture improvements
Support for all radio modes of operation
Interworking with legacy RATs (scenarios and performance requirements)
Backward compatibility of Advanced E-UTRA and Advanced E-UTRAN with Release 8 E-UTRA and E-UTRAN i.e.
an Release 8 E-UTRA terminal can work in an Advanced E-UTRAN,
an Advanced E-UTRA terminal can work in an Release 8 E-UTRAN and
non-backward compatible elements could be considered based on RAN decision
Newly identified frequency bands and existing frequency bands, and their advantages and limitations, in particular, the consideration of the WRC-07 conclusions, to ensure that Advanced E-UTRA can accommodate radio channel bandwidths commensurate with the availability in parts of the world of wideband channels in the spectrum allocations (above 20 MHz) and at the same time being mindful on the need to accommodate those parts of the world where the spectrum allocations will not have availability of wideband channels 

34. LTE Advanced Requirements
Identify potential solutions, technologies for the Advanced E-UTRA and Advanced E-UTRAN. The study areas include:
Physical layer
Radio interface layer 2 and RRC
E-UTRAN architecture
RF, including Aspects of wider channel bandwidth than 20 MHz
Advanced system concepts
To develop documents that will serve as a basis for the documentation to be submitted to ITU-R to provide the 3GPP proposals for IMT-Advanced:
An “Early Proposal” submission that would be sent to ITU-R, to be agreed at RAN #41 (9-12 September 2008), for submission to WP 5D #3 (8-15 October 2008).

35. LTE Advanced Requirements
A “Complete Technology” submission that would be sent to ITU-R, to be agreed at RAN #44 (26-29 May 2009), for submission to WP 5D #5 (planned for June 2009).
A “Final” submission to incorporate updates, additional specific details or feature additions, and the required self-evaluation that would be sent to ITU-R, to be agreed at RAN #45 (22-25 September 2009), for submission to WP 5D #6 (planned for Oct 2009).

36. Project management *Urgent Message To Senior management
TSG RAN has considered that for Release 9 no more WI for that release can be approved beyondJune This was noted by TSG SA
UMTS*: All companies required to ensure that expert are kept available for participating to the meetings
It is expected that RAN WGs will provide exception sheets at the next plenary so that RAN can propose a way forward for completion of Release 8 to TSG SA Plenary in Athens
*Urgent Message To Senior management

37. Sep 2008
TITLE
TYPE
DATES
LOCATION
CTRY
3GPPRAN#41 OR
Sep 2008   
Kobe 
JP 
3GPPRAN2#63-BIS
29 Sep - 3 Oct 2008   
Prague 
CZ 
3GPPRAN1#54-BIS
3GPPRAN4#48-bis
Edinburgh 
GB 
3GPPRAN3#61-BIS
30 Sep - 3 Oct 2008   
Oct 2008
3GPPRAN5#40-BIS
6 - 9 Oct 2008   
Sophia Antipolis FR
Nov 2008
3GPPRAN1#55
Nov 2008   
3GPPRAN2#64
3GPPRAN3#62
3GPPRAN4#49
3GPPRAN5#41
Dec 2008
3GPPRAN#42
2 - 5 Dec 2008   
Athens 
GR 
3GPPRAN5#41-BIS
Dec 2008   
Munich 
DE 

38. Jan 2009
TITLE
TYPE
DATES
LOCATION
CTRY
3GPPRAN1#55-BIS OR
Jan 2009   
Ljubljana 
SI 
3GPPRAN2#64-BIS
3GPPRAN4#49-BIS
Feb 2009
3GPPRAN1#56
Feb 2009   
Athens 
GR 
3GPPRAN2#65
3GPPRAN3#63
3GPPRAN4#50
3GPPRAN5#42
Mar 2009
3GPPRAN#43
3 - 6 Mar 2009   
Biarritz 
FR 
3GPPRAN1#56-BIS
Mar 2009   
South Korea 
KR 
3GPPRAN2#65-BIS
3GPPRAN3#63-BIS
Mar 2009   
3GPPRAN4#50-BIS
3GPPRAN5#42-BIS
Seoul 
Apr 2009
3GPPRAN5#43
Apr 2009   
TBC 

39. May 2009
TITLE
TYPE
DATES
LOCATION
CTRY
3GPPRAN4#51 OR
4 - 8 May 2009   
US 
3GPPRAN3#64
3GPPRAN2#66
3GPPRAN1#57
3GPPRAN#44
May 2009   
Jun 2009
3GPPRAN5#43-BIS
Jun 2009   
TBC 
3GPPRAN4#51-BIS
29 Jun - 2 Jul 2009   
3GPPRAN2#66-BIS
29 Jun - 3 Jul 2009   
3GPPRAN1#57-BIS
Aug 2009
3GPPRAN1#58
Aug 2009   
China 
CN 
3GPPRAN2#67
3GPPRAN3#65
3GPPRAN4#52
3GPPRAN5#44

40. Thanks for your attention!!!