School of Specs 21.900v20.0.0

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4.10.3 Release mechanisms

Taught in 3. What a Release is, and what freezing one costs (How standards actually get made, in depth), 4. The change request and the release (How standards actually get made, overview).

It is important that the 3GPP release structure provides a sound basis for implementations and equipment interoperation. Key principles important to ensure this are:

  • A Release shall consist of a well-defined, stable and internally consistent set of functions.
  • A Release shall be documented in a maintained, consistent stream of specifications.
  • Essential corrections to a stable or frozen release shall be included in the applicable Release.
  • New or changed functionality shall be included in a new (rather than retrospectively in an old) Release.

These principles will ensure successful interoperability (roaming) amongst different instantiations of 3GPP systems.

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