[{"name":"R5-198830","title":"LS on Testing and Certification of 3GPP Mission Critical features\nA GCF-TCCA Joint Approach to Develop and Manage MC Certification","source":"TCCA","contact":"Ingbert Sigovich","contact-id":28887,"tdoctype":"LS in","for":"Information","abstract":"TCCA would like to request GCF to set up a joint GCF-TCCA taskforce to investigate and develop a testing & certification scheme for mission critical products.\n2.\tBackground\nIn February 2017 TCCA and GCF signed an MoU. GCF has since included MCPTT conformance test cases in its work program and has further engaged with the mission critical community at TCCA events to encourage the use of GCF certified products in mission critical deployments. TCCA is grateful for this support which goes in the right direction and would like to thank GCF for the support so far.\nHowever, we believe that further steps are now needed in order to ensure the adoption of certification by the mission critical industry to meet the specific needs of the critical communications community.\nOn top of the certification which GCF currently carries out for consumer devices there are specific requirements which mission critical users have. Mission Critical users heavily rely on the availability and reliability of the critical communications services, many of the users trust their lives to this communication.\nThe specific mission critical requirements need to be explored, understood and agreed in the context of certification. These issues include:\n\u2022\tEnsuring the availability of suitable conformance test equipment for Mission Critical products.\n\u2022\tEnabling a certification to be developed with inputs from the mission critical vendors, user and operators of mission critical networks.\n\u2022\tEnsuring end to end interoperability of mission critical products (devices and servers), applications, services and networks\n\u2022\tEnsuring the security of mission critical products\n\u2022\tInvestigating the need to define mission critical device profile(s)\n\u2022\tHow would a developed mission critical certification be managed and governed?\n3.\tPurpose of the proposed new joint GCF-TCCA working group\nTCCA would like to build on the very fruitful and existing collaboration with GCF.\nSpecifically, we believe that with the creation of a joint GCF-TCCA task force we can combine the expertise of both organisations to investigate and develop a suitable testing and certification scheme for the mission critical community.\nThis would enable key stakeholders from both GCF and TCCA to collaborate in this special field and would be a valuable next step towards a trusted certification which fits the purposes of both organisations. Possible topics for inclusion in the terms of reference of any new group could include:\n\u2022\tScope of the Mission Critical Certification (which elements, which interfaces)\n\u2022\tRequired types of Testing (Conformance, Interoperability, Field, Performance)\n\u2022\tOrganisation, Management and Governance of an ongoing scheme\n4.\tSupport for this approach\nTCCA, with the support of the GCF office, held a first workshop on 30 Oct 2019 with its members regarding testing and certification strategies. A summary of the workshop results was presented in the CCBG (Critical Communications Broadband Group) on 6 Nov 2019 and received very positive feedback and wide support from the TCCA members.\nTCCA would welcome support from GCF members and active participation in the proposed joint GCF-TCCA working group.\n5.\tRequest to GCF SG\nTCCA politely requests GCF SG to consider setting up a joint GCF-TCCA taskforce to investigate and develop certification for mission critical products. TCCA believes this would be a valuable extension to our existing MoU and would be to the benefit of both, the mission critical and the mobile industries, that are represented by our respective members.\nTCCA thanks GCF for the existing collaboration and looks forward to ongoing future collaboration.","secretary_remarks":"","agenda_item_sort_order":6,"ainumber":"3","ainame":"\tIncoming Liaison Statements","tdoc_agenda_sort_order":883000,"status":"noted","reservation_date":"2019-11-26 18:03:36","uploaded":"2019-11-26 18:08:01","revisionof":"","revisedto":"","release":"","crspec":"","crspecversion":"","workitem":"","crnumber":"","crrevision":"","crcategory":"","tsg_crp":"","lsreplyto":"","lsto":"","Cc":"","lsoriginalls":"","lsreply":"","link":"http:\/\/www.3gpp.org\/ftp\/TSG_RAN\/WG5_Test_ex-T1\/TSGR5_85_Reno\/Docs\/R5-198830.zip","group":"R5","meeting":"R5-85","year":2019,"uicc_affected":null,"me_affected":null,"ran_affected":null,"cn_affected":null,"clauses_affected":null,"crsinpack":null,"crsinpacknumber":0}]