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`Delegates Corner
`Soma g&nellll information about a1111111 of intarast ID 3GPP dalagatas.
`
`Information about TSGa or WGa
`
`In tha Specfflcatlons Group aectlon of
`lhls sill:, you will see lhe structure of
`lhe Teehnlcal Specllk:aUon Groups
`(TSGs). Each oftha four TSGsls
`made up of etMnl WOI1dng Groups
`(WGs) which deal wllh specific par1ll of
`lha TSG's wor1l.
`All of the important information and
`documents rallltlng lo each TSG or
`WG can be ro..rd via the homepage
`for that gi'Oi4).
`
`Teach yourself 3GPP
`
`The flm 3GPP melhoda aemlnar wn
`held at ET'SI headql.laltiiJra In June
`2009. The pneaentatlona given lhelll
`era sUII ralevanl and alllfraaly
`BVBIIabla fnlm tha 3GPP W8b alta •
`(Click hall!) · Covering the following
`topics;
`
`Contents [Hide]
`ll!ach yauiSI!If 3GPP
`Whcl con partldplltl! as a dell!pte?
`HIPoN do I connKt ID the meetlrc servor?
`Realstnrtlon and partldpatlon
`l'lrtldpant llsta-whJ ""'thi!Y Important?
`Ofllcllls
`o.anae or employe~ restructurina of orpnizatian, etc.
`l•m • new doolopte. Horw do I dliCido which TSGs wWG"""' gfJnte,. ID mund ,., ..,pl...,..r?
`Documonta ,,.
`Contributirc
`l.oc:atian
`Hosd"i
`lorvttatian
`Document NumberinB
`Mel!ti"i Document Templlles
`Dnlftilg Tec:hric.ol Specifh:ationo ond Technic:&! Ropartl
`Responsible behll'ilour
`Feedback
`Centr~~liled editirc tools
`U..al'pm!!y-
`
`3GPP lntro, Buice, Moatings, Ria, FOllowing tha wotk, Preparing meeting&, organizing end cllairing meeting&, Work Plan,
`Work ltamt, WID Improvement, Spac numbamg, Dl'llftlng spacs, Changa R8cJ!astl, Chuman's Rola, Eldon~, voting,
`Elaclronic maatinga, Funding, l..agal aapects.
`
`The p~tlons wera ntnec~ - see lha mOllie ••••
`
`Who can participate as a delegate?
`
`Repraaentatives of members of participating OlganizatiDnal Parlnlls Q.e. Individual Mllmberll)
`Repraaentellvell of OlganlzallanBI Parlne111
`Repraaenlallvas ol Marlrlll. Rap.-ntallan Parlnara.
`Repraeenlallvas ol ~ In! Guests
`
`Pnldae dalalia ara given ., tha 3GPP Watling Procedures.
`
`How do I connect to the meeting sarver?
`
`All is ravealad hera.
`
`Registration and participation
`
`Delegate& must register - In advance of the meeting - their lntenaon to partldpeiB. RegltraUon Ia on.l.,e, using the URL given In
`lhe meeting lnvllatlon or via tha link shown against the meeting on the portal (Meetings tab) or web aile meectng page (e.g. for
`RAN1). Enaura you raglater under the c:onuct company or other orgenlz;etlon. lfthh II your ftn~t3GPP rneeUng end yol.l" era
`un~n to our detabaae, you wlll have 1o follow the ln.WUctlona for creaUng a new 'pen10n' record. See below for how to
`proceed If you change employer or If your employer re&lrudures Its busl1'11168. When you have su~ registered for a
`meetrg, you will racelve an automa11c acknowleclgrnent email. Keep th .. 11fet -you will need tiD ref8r to It for conftomlna
`
`Search
`
`3GPP Webelte: Search for ...
`
`s-t;/1 end~ IIPOCSo doce, CR8 end motU ,_
`the 3GPP FTP S..-=
`
`Recent news stories
`
`Llnkls to aoma of the naws stortea lhat wara racentJy
`on tha homa page and naws pagas:
`
`3GPP 5G DESCRIPTION FOR IMT -2020 (1 OF 3)
`
`SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE MILESTONE OF 50
`PHASE 1 IS ACHIEVED
`
`MISSION CRITICAL SERVICES IN 3Gf'P
`
`TOWARDS A BEITER PUBLIC WARNING SYSTEM
`(EPWS)
`
`MANAGEMENT, ORCHESTRATION AND
`CHARGIIIG FOR 6G NETWORKS
`
`News Feeds
`
`3GPPNIWB
`
`3GPPiweets
`
`3GPP webi!WII
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`your presence Ill the maatlng. This email also contains a hyperllnk to enable you to print your meeting badge: you are
`responsible for printing that badge, and you must wear It throughout the meeting. At the meeting venue, the host wtll provide a
`limited number of badge holders, but you are encouraged to retain your badge holder and to re-use it for each 3GPP meeting
`you attend.
`
`When you are at the meeting, - r your badge throughout the meeting, and once the meeting has started (and before It
`finishes), you must "check in" to confirm your presence. Instructions for how to check-in on line ere given in the registration
`acknowlegment email {which i8 why you must keep that email 811fe!).
`
`Occasionally- for example, at ad hoc meetings which, exceptionally, ere not supported by MCC, or at venues where it is
`technically imp088ible for MCC to install a local meeting server- it will be necessary to check in by signing against your name
`on a paper attendance sheet; in lhi& case, it is your signature which confirms your presence.
`
`If you do not check in at the meeting, the organization you represent may lose voting rights.
`
`3GPP etiquette demands that you
`
`do not check In using another colleague's token (or by forging his signature);
`at venues where several groups ar. holding parallel meatings, do not check in for mNtings other than those in which you ac:tually
`Jl'rtiCipate.
`
`If you have forgotten to register In advance, all Is not lost: register straight away and receive your check-In Ioken and badge
`URL. You remain responsible for printing - and wearing -your badge. Unless you have registered, you will not be able to check
`in, and your organization may lose voting rights.
`
`Note that registering for the meeting is quits independent of booking hotel accommodation I
`
`When you register for a meeting, you will have to identify yourself, either by your ETSI On-Une account coordinates or by your
`name and email address. If you have recently changed employer, or heve a new email address, DO NOT CREATE A NEW
`PERSON RECORD during the registration process, but follow the link to updata your existing record first.
`
`By default, you will be registered 88 representing your employer at the meeting, 88 long 88 that employer is a 3GPP Individual
`Member organization. If you wish to represent any other organization, select it from the appropriate list. When representing an
`organization other than your employer, altha moment you confirm your registration, an email will be automatically sent to both
`the TSGJWG Secretary and the official contact person of the represented organization informing them of the fact.
`
`If you wish to represent an Individual Member other than your employer, do not create a n- Person record in our database.
`Use your existing record, but&elect the appropriate "representad organization" from the pull~own list as described above.
`
`Participant lists -why are they important?
`
`Participation in TSG and WG meetings i8 recorded by the Support Team based on on-line check-in (or, exceptionally, signatures
`on the participants list). An Individual Member organization's right to vote in a particular group (TSG or WG) depends on its
`delegates' par11clpaUng - and being recorded as par11clpaHng - In meetings of that group. The official parllclpaUon record
`appears in the secretary's report of the meeting, and the Individual Member organization you represent will acquire I maintain
`the right to vote at that meeting.
`
`If you (or a colleague from the same organlzaUon) does not attend a group for three "ordinary" meellngs, the IM wtlllose the
`right to vote at subsequent meetings. Find more information on voting rights here (especially slide 18 ff).
`
`If you do not sign check in, you will be deemed not to have participated in the meeting! Nota that you will not be able to check in
`on-line after the meating has finished.
`
`Officials
`
`Each TSG ha& a Chairman and up to three Vice-Chairmen who are from member organization&, and a secretary from the 3GPP
`support taam. The arrangements for WGs are similar, but WGs may have a maximum of two Vice-Chairmen. Contact details of
`the officials can be obtained from the homepage of the individual TSG or WG (e.g. for SA4).
`
`See the Elections section of the site for details of the imminent elections and recent results.
`
`For mora lnformaUon on the election of offtclals; see the 3GPP Working Procedures.
`
`At the start of every meeting, the chairman shall reed out a statament concerning declaration of lntallectual Property and a
`statamant concaming compliance with antitrust (competition) law. Ha shall also mention the conditions of LAN and internet fair
`usage usage (cited balow).
`
`Change of employer, restructuring of organization, etc.
`
`If you change employer, let MCC know (mailto:3gppMember5hip@atsi.org) and- wll updata your records. If you change any
`other parameters of your Pe1110n record, e.g. your contact coordinates, you should immediately take steps to update your
`Pe!llon record held by 3GPP. If you have an ETSI-On-Line (EOL) account, you should update your own coordinates by
`visiting this page and correcting your own record. If your email address has changed, you should take particular care to tick the
`check box to force all exploder lists managed by 3GPP to be updated to raf1ecl that new address. If you do not have an EOL
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`account, you should send an email to 3GPP Contact with full details of your new coordinates, and MCC will update the record
`for you. However, If you change employer, your old EOL account will no longer be valid, and you should email us with full details
`of your new employer. We will issue a new EOL account and cancel the previous one.
`
`When a company restructures, or is involved in a taka.()Wr or merger, the company may itself inform the appropriate OP(s) of
`the change and In due course the OPs will Inform the 3GPP Support Team. In this case, we will make appropriate changes to all
`affected employees of the organizations concerned, and delegates need take no explicit action (other than to check that their
`new coordinates are correctly recorded).
`
`If you change employer, you are of course no longer eligible to represent the old employer, unless It Is within the same group of
`companies. If the new employer is a 3GPP Individual Member {or OP, MRP, etc) you are immediately able to attend meetings
`representing that new organization. If a member organization restructures itself, its delegates may find that they are no longer
`employed by their original organization. However, changes in 3GPP membership normally occur rather later, and the original
`memberships will persist for some time. Until the new structure becomes reftacted in the 3GPP membership, you may continua
`to attend meetings representing your former organization.
`
`If you are the official contact parson of a member organization, you can remove employees when they leave your organization
`by visiting htlps://portal.etsi.orglwabapplteldir/ListPers.asp. You will have to log in with your Eol account. Altemativaly, you can
`notify MCC (mallto:3gppMambershlp@atsl.org). Unless you taka this action, or the employee himself tells us he has taft your
`organization, the ex-employee will retain his identity as an employee and can continue to act in that capacity if he so wishes.
`
`I am a new delegate. How do I decide which TSGs or WGs are of interest to me
`
`and my employer?
`
`It is often dillicu~ for a company, especially a new member, to decide which 3GPP Groups to attend in order to be most effective
`in contributing to the work and to incorporating their ideas into the latest Release of &pacifications. This is particularly so for
`smaller organizations which may not have the resources to send a large enough number of delegates to cover all Groups. In
`order to make a sensible selection, you should review the Terns Of Reference of each Technical Specifications Group, and each
`Working Group, and look at the Work items and Specifications that each is responsible for. There is a structural map on the
`Specification Groups home page. Use the main menu item "Specification Groups" to select each Group of interest in tum. Each
`Group's page gives the latest Terms of Reference of that group, and in a table lower down you can link to lists of active Work
`Items and of active Specifications. You may also find the page listing the Specification series of interest.
`
`MCC can give you further information or guidance if need be.
`
`Documents area
`
`Each TSG or WG has a specific documents area allocated on the 3GPP lip server. This is where you will find the all meeting
`documente including invitations, agenda, reports, contributions (TDocs) relating to that group. Delegates are advised to
`download and read all documents prior to the meeting. This will avoid saturating the meeting network during the first
`minutes at the start of the meeting.
`
`During the meeting, new documente era made avaiable on the local meeting sarver in the lnbox folder pertaining to the group in
`question. The secretary may copy them to the main public server from lima to time during the meeting if time permits. After the
`end of the meeting, the secretary will ensure that the public server Is brought up to date with all documents created during the
`meeting.
`
`Downloading meeting documents individually using HTTP is vary time-consuming, and delegates are strongly encouraged to
`use FTP. Some organizations configure employees' PCs to inhibit the use of FTP: delegates may wish to ask their rr
`department to relax this restriction to enable mora efficient meeting participation. Bear In mind that some meetings deal with
`over a thousand TDocs.
`
`Archeological note: Written contributions are referred to as TDocs (or !docs). This is an abbreviation of "temporary document•
`and in the long-ago {pre~GPP) era of all-paper meetings, signified that such documents' lifespan wes limited to the meeting at
`which they were presented. Following the meeting, TDocs were destroyed. If any information presented in a TDoc was to have
`continuing validity afterwards, it had to be captured in a "parmenant document" or in the meeting report. For this reason, it was
`not legitimate for a publishable deliverable (TS or TR in 3GPP context) to use a TDoc as a reference. 3GPP has always
`operated 100% electronic (0% paper) as far as contribution documents are concerned. Documents are not deleted following the
`meeting, but are retained on the public server indefinitely. Neverlhess, the term "TDoc" persists. But 3GPP has no concept of
`"permanent documents•.
`
`Contributing
`
`IVly 3GPP Individual Member or OP or MRP may make a contribution to a 3GPP meeting. Each meeting invitation will contain
`details of how to register and provide contributions for that meeting. See the Meetings pages of the web site or, more usefully,
`the Meetings tab of the 3GPP Portal for more details. All bona fide 3GPP delegates will be issued with an ETSI-On-Line {EOL)
`account, and we will notify you of your usemama and your password. You should usa these credentials when registering for a
`meeting {see above) and you must log in on the 3GPP Portal to perform certain operations, in particular, reserving a TDoc
`number.
`
`Organizations which have bean granted temporary Guest or Observer status are not allowed to make technical contributions.
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`Organizations which are not Individual Members of 3GPP (or are not OPs or MRPs) must nat appear as the •source• of a
`technical contribuHon ather than those dasslfted as as Liaison Statements. Thera Is no restriction on organizations with which
`3GPP may exchange Liaison Statements other than outgoing LSs to the ITU, as identified in the 3GPP Worlling Procedures.
`
`You should familiarize yourself with the user instructions for the portal, and tu:a gl'llllt care to select tha correct TDoc type
`when nsservlng a number.
`
`Location
`
`Most 3GPP meetings are held in counllias I regions in which 3GPP Individual Members are based (Europe, North America,
`Asia.) Meeting locations tend to reflect the geographical diversity of the TSG and WG participants. Meetings may occasionally
`be hosled outside these regions by agraemenl of the delegates and, if nacassary, the PCG.
`
`Hosting
`
`Any 3GPP Individual Member or group thereof may host a meeting. For more information on hosting requirements see hare ....
`
`Invitation
`
`Invitations for 3GPP meetings supplying the necessary logistical information are to be distributed by the host at least 21 days in
`advance, to the TSG or WG membership via the appropriate email exploder, and also posted on the 3GPP website.
`
`You may consult the maalings page for individual TSG or WGs or the Meetings tab of the 3GPP Portal where you will lind the
`archives of past meetings, and information relating to any future maatings for that group.
`
`Document Numbering
`
`Each TSG or WG meeting has a structured numbering scheme for its documents. Delegates wishing lo make contributions must
`first obtain a document number via the 3GPP Portal.
`
`Note that the obsolete Automatic Document Numbering (ADN) tool is no longer in use.
`
`Meeting Document Templates
`
`Several templates exist for submitting contributions to meetings. Thasa can be found on the raspecllve meeting folder on the ftp
`server, based on generic templates available in the information directory
`
`Skele\I:Jn of Technical Report document
`Skeleton of Technical Specification document
`TSITR praaentatlon to TSG oovar sheet
`Change Request (CR) cover shaat
`Liaison Statement (I..S)
`Worll: Item Description (WID)
`Worll: Item status report
`Worll: Item ~ption shaat
`3GPP presentation
`Proxy vote fllnn
`[aee 11pa on the use of ltlla fllrm below]
`Meeting invitation [to follow]
`VIae application letter template
`Configuring WiFi access (presentation)
`
`Drafting Technical Specifications and Technical Reports
`
`Use the skeleton documents provided (via the section above).
`
`Follow the guidance of the on-line rapporteurs' tutorial.
`
`Follow the drafting rules (all of them I) given In 3GPP TR 21.801 .
`
`Also follow lhe procedural rules given in the 3GPP Working Procedures and lhe TSG procedures in 3GPP TR 21.900.
`
`Use common sense. If that fails, ask your group's Support Team Project Manager.
`
`Responsible behaviour
`
`Delegates are reminded that they share the meeting rr resources with their fellow delegates. You should not abuse the service
`by using bandwidth-hogging applications such as movie downloads, streaming video, web-based gaming, etc during the
`meeting. Use the internet service in your hotel rooms for thisl
`
`Delegates must respect the law of the hosting country, and should not visit prohibited inlsmal silas.
`
`In cases of persistent abuse of the lntsmet bandwidth, MCC may rest/lctlndlvldual's use of the service.
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`In particular, the PCG has laid down the following network usage conditions:
`
`1. Users shall not use the network to engage in illegal activities. This includes activities such as copyright violation, hacking,
`espionage or any other activity that may be prohibited by local laws.
`
`2. Users shall not engage in non-work-related activities that consume excessive bandwidth or cause significant degradation of
`the performance of the network.
`
`Since the network Is a shared resource, users should exercise some basic atlquatta when using the 3GPP network at a
`meeting. tt is understood that high bandwidth applications such as downloading large files or video streaming might be required
`for business purposes, but delegates should be strongly discouraged from performing these activities for personal usa.
`Downloading a movie or doing something in an interactive environmant for personal usa essantially wsstas bandwidth that
`others need to make the meeting effective. The meeting chairman should t'lilmind end users that the network is a shared
`resourca; tha mora one user grabs, tha less there is for another. Email and its attachments already take up significant bandwidth
`(certain email programs are not very bandwidth efficient). In case of need the chair can ask the delegates to restrict IT usage to
`things that are easential for the meeting itself.
`
`1. DON'T place your WiFi device in ad-hoc mode
`2. DON'T sat up a personal hotspot in the meeting room
`3. DO try 802.11a ifyourWiFi device supports it
`4. DON'T manually allocate an IP addrase
`5. DON'T be a bandwidth hog by streaming video, playing online games, or downloading huge files
`6. DON'T use packet probing software which clogs the local network (e.g., packet sniffers or port scanners)
`
`Feedback
`
`For many msatlngs, delegatas ara encouraged to provide feedback on their 3GPP maetlng axpar1anca via a short web-based
`survey. The URL of the survey will be made known to participants.
`
`Centralized editing tools
`
`Certain TSs contain formal SOL diagrams, MSC diagrams, and tests using TTCN. These require specialist tools to edit (see
`3GPP TR 21.801 annex H.5 and annex I. These tools are expensive to purchase or license, so ETSI graciou•ly makell a
`centralized instance of the tools available for the usa of 3GPP delegates.
`
`In order to use such tools, refer to the guideline document, then contact ETSI Helpdesk to obtain a personal account.
`
`Use of proxy votes
`
`The facility for voting by proxy is dSllcribed in the 3GPP Working Procedures, but the following tips will be useful for
`organizations wishing to usa this technique at TSG or WG meetings. The process Is Identical for both elections and technical
`votes.
`
`Consult the voting IIIII established fartha vote In quaatlon to ensure that your organization Is antllled to vote by proxy.
`Ask a fi1andly delegate who will attend the rnaatlng !!!J1raaanHng an !!llanlzatlon which Is el!glbla to vote In oarson If ha will agree to
`cast your organization's vote. This is imporlanll Note that
`
`You may request that the chosen parson casts your vote in a par1icular way, but you have no way of checking whether ha
`in fact did so!
`
`Thera is a maximum number of proxy votes which a given individual can carry. This is laid down in the 3GPP Working
`Procedures. Check that your organization's YOie will not violate that rule.
`
`The letter authorizing the chosen pen~on to vote on behaW of your organization must be drafted according to the pro farma available
`via the link on this page. The letlar should be Q!LYOIJ....L.Q[ljlanlzatlon'sleHerhaad (and not on the letterhead of the organization whose
`rapraaentatlva will actually cast the vote I).
`Ensure (by checking the participants list) that the parson who hils agreed to cast the vote on behalf of your organization
`
`has registered to participate in the m..ting in question, and
`
`has registered to represent the organization designated in the proxy leHer.
`
`The authorization leHer must be signed by a Mnior parson within lhll organization on bnlf of which lhll vola will be cast. ldaally, this
`will be the person designated as "olliciel contact• or "voting contact" far the organization. His manda!orv for all 3GPP member
`2_rganizations to designate at least one such ~- The letter should indicate the signer's job position and name. (MCC will reject a
`proxy latter If the person signing It cannot be Identified.)
`Under axcaptlonsl circumstances, another parson's signature may ba acceptable, as long as the person Is known (to MCCJ to be a
`bona fide repreantativa of the organization giving the proxy.
`The signed proxy letter should be scanned and sent by email to MCC's Voting Coordinator and to the Sec:tetary of the TSG or WG in
`quaatlon (both ldantllled on lhll MCC page on this alta).
`Prepare the proxy latter well In advanoa, baal1ng In mind all the steps above. Ideally, the signed letlar should be with the Sacratary at
`laast one waak in edvanoa of lhe m..ting at which lha vote will taka plaoa. This ensures that MCC can validate it and catalogue it to
`ensure il is taken into consideration during the actual casting of the bellots.
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`Page updated:
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`2018.(11-29: Additional info in Change of employer clause covering leaving employment. Update to the instructions for
`connecting to meeting server. New section giving guidance for for newcomers. (JMM).
`2018-01-15: Fixed broken link to 3GPP presentation template {JMM).
`2017-10-09: Section "Use of proxyvolell" added {JMM).
`2017.00-17: Meeting templates and links updated {JMM).
`2016-10-18 & -19: General bringing up to date (JMM).
`2015-10-20: New template for LSs (JMM).
`2014-06-03: additional PowurPoint skeleton added, 16:9111ipact ratio (JMM).
`2014-05-21: Hyparlink to 3GPP PawerPoint presentation updated (JMM).
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