General and generalized mobility

• Recommendation Q.1702 (06/02) - Long-Term Vision of Network Aspects for Systems Beyond IMT-2000
  

  This Recommendation addresses the envisaged network environment, network design objectives, and architecture concepts of Systems Beyond IMT-2000.This Recommendation, together with a draft ITU-R Recommendation which covers the radio aspects, form the ITU long-term vision for Systems Beyond IMT-2000.

• Recommendation Q.1703 (05/04) – Service and Network Capabilities Framework of Network Aspects for Systems Beyond IMT-2000
  

  This Recommendation specifies the service and network capability framework for Systems Beyond IMT-2000, from the network aspects, in order to attend the high level end-user needs delineated in the ITU long-term vision for Systems Beyond IMT 2000, as specified in ITU T Recommendations Q.1701 and Q.1702 and ITU-R Recommendation M.1645.
  It is expected that various advanced services can be offered via the combination of radio aspect of service capabilities and network aspect of service capabilities, the ones described herein. This recommendation follows the vision described in ITU-R (Recommendation M.1645) and ITU-T (Recommendation Q.1702). To fulfill the vision and accomplish the objectives for Systems Beyond IMT-2000, this recommendation identifies the general capabilities and/or requirements framework. These capabilities and/or requirements framework can be studied in order to develop the detailed capabilities and/or requirements for Systems Beyond IMT-2000.

• Recommendation Q.1704 (10/08) - Functional network architecture for IMT-Advanced
  

  This Recommendation specifies a long-term high-level network architecture for IMT-Advanced specified by [ITU-T Q.1703], [ITU-T Q.1702], and [ITU-R M.1645]

• Recommendation Q.1706/Y.2801 (11/06) – Mobility Management Requirements for Next Generation Networks
  

  This Recommendation describes the requirements for mobility management (MM) for Next Generation Networks (NGN). For this purpose, this Recommendation describes the considerations for mobility management in the NGN, classifies the types of mobility management for NGN environment, and identifies a set of the MM requirements for NGN.

• Recommendation Q.1707/Y.2804 (02/08) - Generic framework of mobility management for Next Generation Networks
  

  This Recommendation describes a generic framework of mobility management for Next Generation Networks. This Recommendation describes the design considerations, conceptual framework, functional architecture, and high-level information flows for mobility management in the NGN.

• Recommendation Q.1708/Y.2805 (10/08) - Framework of location management for NGN
  

  This Recommendation specifies the framework of IP-based location management for Next Generation Networks. The location management is responsible for mapping among user identifier and location identifiers of the user equipment. This Recommendation describes the design considerations, functional architecture, and information flows for the location management function.

• Recommendation Q.1709/Y.2806 (10/08) - Framework of handover control for NGN
  

  This Recommendation specifies the framework of handover control for Next Generation Networks. The handover control functionality is responsible for providing seamless services for mobile users by minimizing service disruptions during handover. The handover control schemes are classified into the host-based and network-based schemes. This Recommendation describes the design considerations, functional architecture and information flows for handover control.

•  ​​Recommendation Q.1741.1 (04/02) – IMT-2000 References to Release 1999 of GSM evolved UMTS Core Network with UTRAN Access Network
  
  

  This Recommendation identifies the IMT-2000 Family Member, "GSM evolved UMTS Core Network with UTRAN Access Network". This release of the Family Member is known to the Standards Development Organizations (i.e. ARIB, ETSI, T1, TTA, TTC) as the "3GPP Release 1999".

• Recommendation Q.1741.2 (12/02) – IMT-2000 References to Release 4 of GSM evolved UMTS Core Network with UTRAN Access Network
  

  This Recommendation identifies a release of the IMT-2000 Family Member, "GSM evolved UMTS Core Network with UTRAN Access Network". This release of the Family Member is known to the Standards Development Organisations (i.e. ARIB, CWTS, ETSI, T1, TTA, TTC) as the "3GPP Release 4". An earlier release, known as "3GPP Release 99", of this Family Member is specified in the Recommendation Q.1741.1, while other IMT-2000 Family Members are specified in other Recommendations in the Q.174x series.
  This Recommendation combines and associates the relevant standards from a number of Standards Development Organisations for the core network for this IMT-2000 Family Member into a global Recommendation.

• Recommendation Q.1741.3 (09/03) - IMT-2000 References to Release 5 of GSM evolved UMTS Core Network
  

  This Recommendation identifies a release of the IMT-2000 Family Member, "GSM evolved UMTS Core Network". This release of the Family Member is known to the Standards Development Organisations (i.e. ARIB, CWTS, ETSI, T1, TTA, TTC) as the "3GPP Release 5". Earlier releases, known as "3GPP Release 99" and "3GPP Release-4", of this Family Member are specified in the Recommendation Q.1741.1 and Q.1741.2, respectively, while other IMT-2000 Family Members are specified in other Recommendations in the Q.174x series.
  This Recommendation combines and associates the relevant standards from a number of Standards Development Organizations for the core network for this IMT-2000 Family Member into a global Recommendation.

• Recommendation Q.1741.4 (10/05) - IMT-2000 References to Release 6 of GSM evolved UMTS Core Network
  

  This Recommendation identifies a release of the IMT-2000 Family Member, “GSM evolved UMTS Core Network”. This release of the Family Member is known to the Standards Development Organisations (i.e. ARIB, CCSA, ETSI, ATIS, TTA, TTC) as the “3GPP Release 6”. Earlier releases, known as “3GPP Release 99”, “3GPP Release 4”, and “ 3GPP Release 5”, of this Family Member are specified in the Recommendation Q.1741.1, Q.1741.2, and Q.1741.3, respectively, while other IMT-2000 Family Members are specified in other Recommendations in the Q.174x series.
  This Recommendation combines and associates the relevant standards from a number of Standards Development Organizations for the core network for this IMT-2000 Family Member into a global Recommendation.

• Recommendation Q.1741.5 (10/08) on architecture and specifications of Release 7 of IMT-2000 Family Member "GSM evolved UMTS Core Network"
  

  Recommendation ITU-T Q.1741.5 identifies a release of the IMT-2000 Family Member, "GSM evolved UMTS Core Network". This release of the Family Member is known to the Standards Development Organizations (i.e., ARIB, CCSA, ETSI, ATIS, TTA, TTC) as the "3GPP Release 7". Earlier releases, known as "3GPP Release 99", "3GPP Release 4", "3GPP Release 5", and "3GPP Release 6", of this Family Member are specified in Recommendations ITU-T Q.1741.1, Q.1741.2, Q.1741.3, and Q.1741.4, respectively, while other IMT-2000 Family Members are specified in other ITU T Recommendations in the Q.174x series.
  This Recommendation combines and associates the relevant standards from a number of Standards Development Organizations for the core network for this IMT-2000 Family Member into a global Recommendation.

• Recommendation Q.1741.6 (10/09) - IMT-2000 references to Release 8 of GSM-evolved UMTS core network
  

  Recommendation ITU-T Q.1741.6 identifies a release of the IMT-2000 Family Member, "GSM evolved UMTS Core Network". This release of the Family Member is known to the Standards Development Organizations (i.e., ARIB, CCSA, ETSI, ATIS, TTA, TTC) as the "3GPP Release 8". Earlier releases, known as "3GPP Release 99", "3GPP Release 4", "3GPP Release 5", "3GPP Release 6", and “3GPP Release 7”, of this Family Member are specified in Recommendations ITU-T Q.1741.1, Q.1741.2, Q.1741.3, Q.1741.4, and Q1741.5, respectively, while other IMT-2000 Family Members are specified in other ITU T Recommendations in the Q.174x series. This Recommendation combines and associates the relevant standards from a number of Standards Development Organizations for the core network for this IMT-2000 Family Member into a global Recommendation.

• Recommendation Q.1741.7 (Under study) - Architecture and specifications of release 9 of "GSM evolved UMTS core network"
  

  Expected completion – 2011

• Recommendation Q.1741.8 (Under study) - Architecture and specifications of release 10 of "GSM evolved UMTS core
  

  Expected completion – 1Q/2012

• Recommendation Q.1742.1 (12/02) – IMT-2000 References to ANSI-41 evolved Core Network with cdma2000 Access Network
  

  This Recommendation associates the published core network standards from standards development organizations (SDOs) with those 3GPP2 specifications that were approved as of 17 July 2001 for the IMT-2000 Family Member "ANSI-41 evolved Core Network with cdma2000 Access Network."
  3GPP2 specifications that were approved as of July 2002 will be associated with published core network standards in future ITU-T Recommendation Q1742.2. The radio interface and radio access network and standards from the SDOs for this IMT-2000 Family Member are associated in ITU-R M.1457. The associations for other IMT-2000 Family Members are identified in the ITU-T Q.174x series.
  This Recommendation combines and associates the relevant core network standards from a number of standards development organizations for this IMT-2000 Family Member into a global Recommendation.

• Recommendation Q.1742.2 (07/03) - IMT-2000 references (approved as of 11 July 2002) to ANSI-41 evolved core network with cdma2000 access network
  

  This Recommendation associates the published core network standards from the regional standards development organizations (SDOs) with those 3GPP2 specifications that were approved as of 11 July 2002 for the IMT-2000 Family Member "ANSI-41 evolved Core Network with cdma2000 Access Network."
  3GPP2 specifications that were approved as of 17 July 2001 were associated with the published core network standards from the regional standards development organizations in ITU-T Q.1742.1. 3GPP2 specifications that are approved as of July 2003 will be associated with published core network standards in future ITU-T Recommendation Q1742.3. The radio interface and radio access network and standards from the SDOs for this IMT-2000 Family Member are associated in ITU-R M.1457. The associations for other IMT-2000 Family Members are identified in the ITU-T Q.174x series.
  This Recommendation combines and associates the regional standards for the core network of this IMT-2000 Family Member into a global recommendation.

• Recommendation Q.1742.3 (01/04) - IMT-2000 References (approved as of 30 June 2003) to ANSI-41 evolved Core Network with cmda2000 Access Network
  

  This Recommendation associates the published core network standards from the regional standards development organizations (SDOs) with those 3GPP2 specifications that were approved as of 30 June 2003 for the IMT-2000 Family Member "ANSI-41 evolved Core Network with cdma2000 Access Network."
  3GPP2 specifications that were approved as of 17 July 2001 were associated with the published core network standards from the regional standards development organizations in ITU-T Q.1742.1. 3GPP2 specifications that were approved as of 11 July 2002 were associated with the published core network standards from the regional standards development organizations in ITU-T Q.1742.2. 3GPP2 specifications that are approved as of July 2004 will be associated with published core network standards in future ITU-T Recommendation Q1742.4. The radio interface and radio access network and standards from the SDOs for this IMT-2000 Family Member are associated in ITU-R M.1457. The associations for other IMT-2000 Family Members are identified in the ITU-T Q.174x series.
  This Recommendation combines and associates the regional standards for the core network of this IMT-2000 Family Member into a global recommendation.

• Recommendation Q.1742.4 (04/05) - IMT-2000 References (approved as of 30 June 2004) to ANSI-41 evolved Core Network with cmda2000 Access Network
  

  This Recommendation associates the published core network standards from the regional standards development organizations (SDOs) with those 3GPP2 specifications that were approved as of 30 June 2004 for the IMT-2000 Family Member "ANSI-41 evolved Core Network with cdma2000 Access Network."

  3GPP2 specifications that were approved as of 17 July 2001 were associated with the published core network standards from the regional standards development organizations in ITU-T Q.1742.1. 3GPP2 specifications that were approved as of 11 July 2002 were associated with the published core network standards from the regional standards development organizations in ITU-T Q.1742.2. 3GPP2 specifications that were approved as of 30 June 2003 were associated with the published core network standards from the regional standards development organizations in ITU-T Q.1742.3. 3GPP2 specifications that are approved as of 30 June 2005 will be associated with published core network standards in future ITU-T Recommendation Q1742.5.
  The radio interface and radio access network and standards from the SDOs for this IMT-2000 Family Member are associated in ITU-R M.1457. The associations for other IMT-2000 Family Members are identified in the ITU-T Q.174x series.
  This Recommendation combines and associates the regional standards for the core network of this IMT-2000 Family Member into a global recommendation.

• Recommendation Q.1742.5 (09/06) – IMT 2000 references (approved as of 31 December 2005) to ANSI-41 evolved core network with cdma2000 access network
  

  This Recommendation associates the published core network standards from the regional standards development organizations (SDOs) with those 3GPP2 specifications that were approved as of 31 December 2005 for the IMT-2000 Family Member “ANSI-41 evolved Core Network with cdma2000 Access Network.”
  3GPP2 specifications that were approved as of 17 July 2001 were associated with the published core network standards from the regional standards development organizations in ITU-T Q.1742.1. 3GPP2 specifications that were approved as of 11 July 2002 were associated with the published core network standards from the regional standards development organizations in ITU-T Q.1742.2. 3GPP2 specifications that were approved as of 30 June 2003 were associated with the published core network standards from the regional standards development organizations in ITU-T Q.1742.3. 3GPP2 specifications that were approved as of 30 June 2004 were associated with the published core network standards from the regional standards development organizations in ITU-T Q.1742.4. 3GPP2 specifications that are approved as of 31 December 2006 will be associated with published core network standards in future ITU-T Recommendation Q1742.6. The radio interface and radio access network and standards from the SDOs for this IMT-2000 Family Member are associated in ITU-R M.1457. The associations for other IMT-2000 Family Members are identified in the ITU-T Q.174x series.
  This Recommendation combines and associates the regional standards for the core network of this IMT-2000 Family Member into a global recommendation.

• Recommendation Q.1742.6 (08/07) - IMT-2000 references (approved as of 31 December 2006) to ANSI-41 evolved core network with cdma2000 access network
  

  ITU-T Recommendation Q.1742.6 associates the published core network standards from the regional standards development organizations (SDOs) with those 3GPP2 specifications that were approved as of 31 December 2006 for the IMT-2000 family member "ANSI-41 evolved core network with cdma2000 access network".
  3GPP2 specifications that were approved as of 17 July 2001 were associated with the published core network standards from the regional standards development organizations in ITU-T Recommendation Q.1742.1. 3GPP2 specifications that were approved as of 11 July 2002 were associated with the published core network standards from the regional standards development organizations in ITU-T Recommendation Q.1742.2. 3GPP2 specifications that were approved as of 30 June 2003 were associated with the published core network standards from the regional standards development organizations in ITU-T Recommendation Q.1742.3. 3GPP2 specifications that were approved as of 30 June 2004 were associated with the published core network standards from the regional standards development organizations in ITU-T Recommendation Q.1742.4. 3GPP2 specifications that were approved as of 31 December 2005 were associated with the published core network standards from the regional standards development organizations in ITU T Recommendation Q.1742.5.3GPP2 specifications that are approved as of 31 December 2007 will be associated with published core network standards in future ITU-T Recommendation Q.1742.7. The radio interface and radio access network and standards from the SDOs for this IMT-2000 family member are associated in ITU-R Recommendation M.1457-6. The associations for other IMT-2000 family members are identified in ITU-T Q.174x-series Recommendation. This Recommendation combines and associates the regional standards for the core network of this IMT-2000 family member into a global Recommendation.

• Recommendation Q.1742.7 (10/08) - IMT-2000 references (approved as of 30 June 2008) to ANSI-41 evolved core network with cdma2000 access network 
  

  This Recommendation associates the published core network standards from the regional standards development organizations (SDOs) with those 3GPP2 specifications that were approved as of 30 June 2008 for the IMT-2000 Family Member "ANSI-41 evolved Core Network with cdma2000 Access Network." 3GPP2 specifications that were approved as of 17 July 2001 were associated with the published core network standards from the regional standards development organizations in ITU-T Q.1742.1. 3GPP2 specifications that were approved as of 11 July 2002 were associated with the published core network standards from the regional standards development organizations in ITU-T Q.1742.2. 3GPP2 specifications that were approved as of 30 June 2003 were associated with the published core network standards from the regional standards development organizations in ITU-T Q.1742.3. 3GPP2 specifications that were approved as of 30 June 2004 were associated with the published core network standards from the regional standards development organizations in ITU-T Q.1742.4. 3GPP2 specifications that were approved as of 31 December 2005 were associated with the published core network standards from the regional standards development organizations in ITU-T Q.1742.5. 3GPP2 specifications that were approved as of 31 December 2006 were associated with the published core network standards from the regional standards development organizations in ITU-T Q.1742.6. The radio interface and radio access network and standards from the SDOs for this IMT-2000 Family Member are associated in ITU-R M.1457. The associations for other IMT-2000 Family Members are identified in the ITU-T Q.174x series. Summary This Recommendation associates the published core network standards from the regional standards development organizations (SDOs) with those 3GPP2 specifications that were approved as of 30 June 2008 for the IMT-2000 Family Member "ANSI-41 evolved Core Network with cdma2000 Access Network." 3GPP2 specifications that were approved as of 17 July 2001 were associated with the published core network standards from the regional standards development organizations in ITU-T Q.1742.1. 3GPP2 specifications that were approved as of 11 July 2002 were associated with the published core network standards from the regional standards development organizations in ITU-T Q.1742.2. 3GPP2 specifications that were approved as of 30 June 2003 were associated with the published core network standards from the regional standards development organizations in ITU-T Q.1742.3. 3GPP2 specifications that were approved as of 30 June 2004 were associated with the published core network standards from the regional standards development organizations in ITU-T Q.1742.4. 3GPP2 specifications that were approved as of 31 December 2005 were associated with the published core network standards from the regional standards development organizations in ITU-T Q.1742.5. 3GPP2 specifications that were approved as of 31 December 2006 were associated with the published core network standards from the regional standards development organizations in ITU-T Q.1742.6. The radio interface and radio access network and standards from the SDOs for this IMT-2000 Family Member are associated in ITU-R M.1457. The associations for other IMT-2000 Family Members are identified in the ITU-T Q.174x series. This Recommendation combines and associates the regional standards for the core network of this IMT-2000 Family Member into a global recommendation.

• Recommendation Q.1742.8 (06/10) - IMT-2000 references (approved as of 31 January 2010) to ANSI-41 evolved core network with cdma2000 access network
  

  This Recommendation associates the published core network standards from the regional standards development organizations (SDOs) with those 3GPP2 specifications that were approved as of 31 January 2010 for the IMT-2000 Family Member “ANSI-41 evolved Core Network with cdma2000 Access Network.”

• Recommendation Q.1742.9 (Under study) - ANSI-41 evolved core network with cdma2000 access network
  

  Expected completion – 4Q/2011

• Recommendation Q.1761 (01/04) - Principles and Requirements for Convergence of Fixed and Existing IMT-2000 Systems
  

  This Recommendation describes requirements for the use of fixed networks in the role of fixed access networks for IMT-2000 networks. This convergence of fixed networks and IMT-2000 networks enables mobile users to roam outside the serving area of their IMT-2000 network and still have access to the same set of services outside their IMT-2000 network boundaries as they do within those boundaries. This recommendation also describes the framework for fixed mobile convergence and the capability requirements for enhanced fixed terminals that may be utilized to enhance the roaming IMT-2000 user’s experience. This Recommendation also details the mobility management functional requirements in fixed networks in support of roaming IMT-2000 subscribers.
  The evolution of individual core network technologies towards common Internet Protocol (IP) based solutions provides long term opportunities for the convergence of diverse network technologies. This convergence provides, in turn, opportunities for extending the reach and scope of services that a user of one of these networks may obtain beyond what could be supported in a pre-converged environment.
  As these long term convergence opportunities emerge and stabilize, there are opportunities in the near to medium term that may be enabled by providing capabilities to enable IMT-2000 roamers to access their basic and enhanced services, possibly excluding terminal mobility, in environments where IMT-2000 is not yet deployed.
  This Recommendation describes the requirements for supporting a mobile IMT-2000 user roaming to a fixed network such that the IMT-2000 user may obtain basic services plus access to the user’s services per the subscription profile. A number of service level scenarios are possible. This situation provides personal mobility among fixed network users and may exclude terminal mobility.

• Recommendation Q.1762/Y.2802 (09/07) - Fixed-mobile Convergence General Requirements
  

  This Recommendation describes the requirements for Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC). For this purpose, this Recommendation describes the considerations for FMC, including the fundamental characteristics, service requirements, network capabilities, approach, scenarios and the relevant network environments.

• Recommendation Q.1763/Y.2803 (10/07) - FMC service using legacy PSTN or ISDN as the fixed access network for mobile network users
  

  In a Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC) network environment, convergence between legacy PSTN and ISDN and mobile networks is a typical example of a Pre-IMS FMC network environment. This Recommendation defines the service features, service architecture, and capability requirements of the convergence service between legacy PSTN and ISDN and mobile networks. An example of the implementation of the converged service is provided.

• Supplement 30 (12/00) to Series Q Recommendations - Framework for IMT-2000 Networks - Roadmap to IMT-2000 Recommendations, Standards and Technical Specifications
  

  This Supplement is an "information" document and is intended as a roadmap and a source of references for documents related to IMT-2000 specifications from ITU-T as well as from sources outside the ITU (e.g.,3GPPs and SDOs.) The list of documents contained in this Supplement should therefore be treated as "bibliographic" references. The scope includes any relevant standards that are targeted toward the specification of IMT-2000 systems.

• Supplement 47 to ITU-T Q-series Recommendations (11/03) - Emergency Services for IMT-2000 Networks - Requirements for Harmonization and Convergence
  

  This Supplement is an "information" document and is intended to outline the requirements and provisions for Emergency Services for IMT-2000 systems. This is a compilation from sources outside the ITU (e.g., administrations, Standards Development Organizations, and the Third Generation Partnership Projects (3GPP and 3GPP2)). The scope includes any relevant discussion concerning the provisioning of Emergency Services specifically addressing the IMT-2000 systems during Harmonization and Convergence periods.
  ITU-T Recommendation Q.1701 provides the framework for IMT-2000 networks and defines the IMT-2000 Family of Systems concept. This Recommendation identified the following Emergency call capabilities to be supported on IMT-2000 systems:

  • Identification of emergency call
    
  • Emergency call handling
    
  • Emergency caller location

  This Supplement to the Q-series of Recommendations identifies and discusses the requirements and provisioning of Emergency Services in IMT-2000 systems. For the purposes of this Supplement, Emergency Services includes supporting national emergency calls and the International Emergency Preference Scheme (IEPS), as found in ITU-T Recommendation E.106.

• Supplement 52 to ITU-T Q-series Recommendations (12/04) - Technical report on NNI mobility management requirements for systems beyond IMT-2000
  

  This Supplement identifies the mobility management requirements for Systems Beyond IMT-2000, based on ITU-T Recommendations Q.1702 [7] and Q.1703 [8] and ITU-R Recommendation M.1645 [23]. A number of mobility management protocols are reviewed and analysed according to the identified requirements.

• Recommendation Y.2807 (01/09) - MPLS-based mobility capabilities in NGN
  

  This Recommendation describes MPLS-based mobility capabilities in an NGN environment where the MPLS technology is deployed in the NGN core IP network. The MPLS-based mobility capabilities seek to provide QoS enabled mobility support in NGN.
  This Recommendation identifies service requirements, functional requirements, functional architecture and mobility scenarios for support of QoS enabled terminal mobility in NGN using MPLS-based capabilities.

• Recommendation Y.2808 (06/09) - Fixed mobile convergence with a common IMS session control domain
  

  This Recommendation describes principles, service and network capabilities, and architectures for IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) based fixed-mobile convergence (FMC).