[{"name":"R5-203219","title":"LS to 3GPP RAN5 on Requirement for Mission Critical Services (MCX) Testing and Certification 3GPP Release level","source":"GCF-TCCA Joint Taskforce #8","contact":"Ingbert Sigovich","contact-id":28887,"tdoctype":"LS in","for":"Action","abstract":"GCF and TCCA have created a temporary joint taskforce to pave the way for formal LTE\/5G Mission Critical Services (MCX) testing and certification. The initial focus of the taskforce is to create a certification programme for (LTE) mission critical products.\nAs part of the task force activities a survey amongst its members (85 representatives from 39 organisations  with a good representation of the mission critical industry) was conducted. The question of the survey was on which 3GPP Release they will base their implementation and deployments.\nThe survey was filled out by 33 organisations (14 were vendor and 19 were from purchasing organisations like public safety operators, government authorities or public safety end users).\nThe outcome of the survey is depicted in Figure 1\nPlease note that some responses have ticked more than one release. All response, who have selected Rel-14 have also selected Rel-15, except 2 responses.\nIn its meeting #7 the taskforce discussed \u2013 based on the survey results \u2013 about the starting 3GPP Release for certification. A majority expects formal MCX testing and certification from Release 15 onwards. The GCF-TCCA joint taskforce decided to start MCX certification based on Release-15.\nLater Releases (Release-16 onwards) will be considered and included into the certification in due time.\nUntil the 3GPP conformance test specifications for Release-15 are available, the usage of Release-13 or Release-14 conformance test specifications may be considered for MCX Certification as long as the signalling is backward\/forward compatible with Release-15,\nActions: The GCF-TCCA Joint Taskforce kindly ask 3GPP RAN5 to:\n1.\tTake the results from the survey into account and take action to align the MCX related 3GPP RAN5 conformance test specifications 3GPP TS 36.579-x with Release-15.\nThe (temporary) GCF-TCCA Joint Task Force was closed in June 2020.\nIts activities will be continued by the permanent GCF Mission Critical Agreement Group (MCAG).\nTCCA will continue to support the MCAG and Mission Critical related certification activities.","secretary_remarks":"","agenda_item_sort_order":356,"ainumber":"6.2","ainame":"\tReview incoming LS (fm A.I. 3) & new subject discussion papers","tdoc_agenda_sort_order":32190,"status":"noted","reservation_date":"2020-07-16 15:02:50","uploaded":"2020-07-28 15:43:06","revisionof":"","revisedto":"","release":"","crspec":"","crspecversion":"","workitem":"","crnumber":"","crrevision":"","crcategory":"","tsg_crp":"","lsreplyto":"","lsto":"","Cc":"","lsoriginalls":"MCC-JTF-20-062r2","lsreply":"","link":"https:\/\/www.3gpp.org\/ftp\/TSG_RAN\/WG5_Test_ex-T1\/TSGR5_88_Electronic\/Docs\/R5-203219.zip","group":"R5","meeting":"R5-88-e","year":2020,"uicc_affected":null,"me_affected":null,"ran_affected":null,"cn_affected":null,"clauses_affected":null,"crsinpack":null,"crsinpacknumber":0}]