Vienna (TSG#74), December 2016

With Adrian Scrase, ETSI CTO and Georg Mayer, 3GPP CT Chairman.

There are more than 7.2 billion wireless connections, including 1.45 billion LTE connections, around the world today that are operating with the technology standards developed by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) [Ovum].

How can the next LTE release help meet the growing need for more capacity and higher data rates? Stefan Parkvall, Principal Researcher at Ericsson, shows us in this Tech Talk video.

LTE, the technology behind 4G, will be a vital part of future 5G networks.

A new phase of work on Critical Communications specifications has started with the first meeting of 3GPP SA6 working group for Mission-critical applications.

In this recorded Webinar by Aptilo and our partner Ericsson you will learn how to monetize Wi-Fi with 3GPP Wi-Fi access. What is needed in order to get 3GPP Wi-Fi access work in real world-deployments? What about traffic steering?

Filmed during the 3GPP Plenary - TSG#65 - this video gives some indication of the status of the current releases in 3GPP and some of the key features that are being considered.

3GPPⁱ RAN has started a new innovation cycle which will be shaping next generation cellular systems.

This video covers the Radio Access Networks and Service and System Aspects.

Interviews with two African officials, on the prospects and challenges facing LTE in the region. The last part of the video features Atle Monrad, CT Chairman, giving his thoughts on the priorities for the EPC evolution - with an eye on the differences encountered in Africa.

This 4G Americas whitepaper is intended to provide a brief review of some of the key specifications in 3GPP Release 11. 

3GPP Rel-11 standards for HSPA+ and LTE-Advanced were frozen in December 2012 with the core network protocols stable in December 2012 and radio access network (RAN) protocols stable in March 2013.

Since its introduction, LTE is continuously worked on in terms of improvements. 3GPP groups added technology components into so called releases. Initial enhancements were included in 3GPP Release 9, followed by more significant improvements in 3GPP Release 10, also known as LTE-Advanced.