Feedback to 3GPP

XCHANGE 09/01/2025 - Status of standards tickets by end 2024

Issues that should have been resolved earlier in the year

[#] Title Assignees Status Labels Milestone
#122 QoE Metrics Reporting: M1 Provisioning - reportingInterval shall be greater than zero rjb1000 Published 3GPP Rel-16, 3GPP Rel-17, 3GPP Rel-18, 3GPP TS 26.510, 3GPP TS 26.512, 5GMS Metrics Reporting, Improvement  
#123 QoE Metrics Reporting - M1 Provisioning - samplingPeriod can be negative rjb1000 Published 3GPP Rel-16, 3GPP Rel-17, 3GPP Rel-18, 3GPP TS 26.510, 3GPP TS 26.512, 5GMS Metrics Reporting, Improvement  

Issues with CRs approved at SA#106 (Madrid) December 2024

MCC has very recently implemented these CRs, targeting publication of new specifications by mid January. Drafts not checked yet.

[#] Title Assignees Status Labels Milestone
#106 TS 26.512: Discrepancy between tables and YAML for properties marked as read-only rjb1000, tlohmar Approved for publication by Technical Body 3GPP Rel-16, 3GPP Rel-17, 3GPP TS 26.512, 5GMS Content Hosting, 5GMS Dynamic Policies, 5GMS Edge Applications, 5GMS Metrics Reporting, 5GMS Network Assistance, Adopted, Improvement 3GPP SA4#130→SA#106
#146 TS 26.512 V17.9.0: Discrepancies between normative tables and OpenAPI YAML rjb1000 Approved for publication by Technical Body 3GPP Rel-17, 3GPP TS 26.512, 5GMS Consumption Reporting, 5GMS Content Hosting, 5GMS Dynamic Policies, 5GMS Edge Applications, 5GMS Event Exposure, 5GMS Metrics Reporting, 5GMS Service Access/Launch, Correction 3GPP SA4#130→SA#106
#149 TS 26.510: Gaps identified in support for Background Data Transfer at reference point M6 haudiobe, ibouazizi, rjb1000, tlohmar Approved for publication by Technical Body 3GPP Rel-18, 3GPP TS 26.501, 3GPP TS 26.510, 5GMS Dynamic Policies 3GPP SA4#130→SA#106
#148 TS 26.512: Gaps identified in support for Background Data Transfer at reference point M7 rjb1000 Approved for publication by Technical Body 3GPP Rel-18, 3GPP TS 26.512, 5GMS Dynamic Policies 3GPP SA4#130→SA#106

New issues adopted in current meeting cycle

A CR has been drafted for the following new issue, and was endorsed by the SA4 MBS ad hoc meeting on 8th Jan.

[#] Title Assignees Status Labels Milestone
#120 TS 26.346 FLUTE FDT Profile for 5MBS & delimiter usage chburdinat, haudiobe, jordijoangimenez, rjb1000, tlohmar Change contribution drafting 3GPP Rel-17, 3GPP Rel-18, 3GPP TS 26.346, Doubt 3GPP SA4#131→SA#107

Adopted issues that nobody is actively working on right now

[#] Title Assignees Status Labels Milestone
#104 TS26.512: M1 Policy Template Provisioning - Return codes for error handling of put operation rjb1000 Adopted 3GPP Rel-16, 3GPP Rel-17, 3GPP TS 26.512, 5GMS Dynamic Policies, Adopted, Improvement 3GPP SA4#131→SA#107
#106 TS 29.571: regex pattern allows all non-empty strings and will not apply restrictions as intended haudiobe, ibouazizi, jordijoangimenez, rjb1000, tlohmar, zooksy Adopted 3GPP Rel-17, 3GPP TS 29.571, Adopted, Correction, Improvement  
#35 ProvisioningSession resource returned by 5GMS AF at M1 does not include information about all its subresources fredericgabin, haudiobe, jordijoangimenez, rjb1000, tlohmar Adopted 3GPP Rel-16, 3GPP Rel-17, 3GPP TS 26.512, Adopted, Improvement 3GPP SA4#127→SA#103
#61 TS 26.512 Policy Template state change events fredericgabin, rjb1000, tlohmar Adopted 3GPP Rel-18, 3GPP TS 26.510, 5GMS Dynamic Policies, Adopted, Improvement 3GPP SA4#127→SA#103

Unadopted issues

[#] | Title | Assignees | Status | Labels | Milestone – | – | – | – | – | – #49|Discussion Item: Signaling of DRM information via ServiceAccessInformation | dsilhavy, haudiobe | Pre-Acceptance 3GPP Rel-19, 3GPP TS 26.512, 5GMS Service Access/Launch, Discussion, New Feature | 3GPP SA4#127→SA#103 #63|Discussion: 5GMSd Network Assistance - Synergy with CTA-Wave Common Media Server Data (CMSD) | fredericgabin, haudiobe, rjb1000, tlohmar | Pre-Acceptance | 3GPP Rel-19, 3GPP TS 26.510, 3GPP TS 26.512, 5GMS Metrics Reporting, 5GMS Network Assistance, Discussion | 3GPP SA4#127→SA#103 #103|TS 26.512: Add missing filterType parameter to ServiceDataFlowDescription | jordijoangimenez | Pre-Acceptance | 3GPP Rel-16, 3GPP Rel-17, 3GPP Rel-18, 3GPP TS 26.510, 3GPP TS 26.512, 5GMS Dynamic Policies, 5GMS Network Assistance, Improvement | 3GPP SA4#130→SA#106 #118|FAR Apply Action “FSSM” in PFCP Session Establishment for MBS |Borjis131, jordijoangimenez | Pre-Acceptance | 3GPP Rel-17, 3GPP TS 29.244, Doubt, MBS Broadcast| #124|Identical EARFCN assignment for E-UTRA bands 106 and 107 | jordijoangimenez | Pre-Acceptance | 3GPP Rel-18, 3GPP TS 36.101, Clarification #126|Common start of the first MCCH modification period | jordijoangimenez | Pre-Acceptance | 3GPP TS 36.300, Clarification

XCHANGE 10/10/2024

Resolution of issues found in 3GPP technical specifications

5G-MAG has been collecting feedback on 3GPP specifications since our last XCHANGE with 3GPP SA4. The issues raised by developers are in GitHub: Kanban · Specifications - 3GPP - Feedback (github.com).

[#] Title 3GPP TS impacted TDoc #
#104 TS26.512: M1 Policy Template Provisioning - Return codes for error handling of put operation TS 26.512 Rel-17 -
#146 TS 26.512 V17.9.0: Discrepancies between normative tables and OpenAPI YAML TS 26.512 Rel-17 S4aI240116
#141 Lack of support for preselecting a Service Operation Point TS 26.510 Rel-18 TS 26.512 Rel-18 S4aI240133
#148 Gaps identified in support for Background Data Transfer at reference point M6 TS 26.512 Rel-18 S4aI240146
#149 Gaps identified in support for Background Data Transfer at reference point M7 TS 26.512 Rel-18 S4aI240147

Note that:

  • The content of TS 26.512 Rel-17 CR0080 [S4aI240116] (issue #146) was agreed in the SA4 MBS ad hoc meeting preceding SA4#130.
  • Stage-2 fixes for issue #141 were agreed at the SA4#129e meeting and approved for publication at SA#105; for stage-3, TS 26.512 Rel-18 CR0081 is to be looked at by the present SA4 MBS meeting.
  • Issues #148 and #149 are raised in the context of the feasibility analysis and usage guidelines for the deployment of Uplink 5G Media Steaming (5GMSu) and RTC architectures (as mentioned above) and as described by the Discussion Paper S4aI240135.

XCHANGE 07/03/2024

Adopted TS 26.512 issues

[#] Milestone
#119 3GPP SA4#127-e-bis→SA#104
#102 3GPP SA4#128→SA#104
#104 Milestone 3GPP SA4#128→SA#104

Adopted TS 26.532 issue

[#] | Milestone – | – #110 | 3GPP SA4#128→SA#104 #111 | 3GPP SA4#127-e-bis→SA#104 #112 | 3GPP SA4#127-e-bis→SA#104 #113 | 3GPP SA4#127-e-bis→SA#104 #115 | 3GPP SA4#127-e-bis→SA#104 #116 | 3GPP SA4#127-e-bis→SA#104 #117 | 3GPP SA4#127-e-bis→SA#104

Adopted TS 29.571 issues

[#] | Milestone – | – #106 | 3GPP SA4#127-e-bis→SA#104