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ITU-T A.5 justification information for referenced document 3GPP TS 33.102 V18.0.0 (2024-04) in draft Q.DMSA

Clear description of the referenced document:

Name:	3GPP TS 33.102 V18.0.0 (2024-04)
Title:	3G security; Security architecture. (Release 18)

Status of approval:

3GPP Technical Specification (TS) approved 2024-04-03. Not the latest version (v19.0.1, 2025-07-03)

Justification for the specific reference:

It is used in Q.DMSA "Principles for detection and mitigation of signalling attacks in telecommunication networks" developed by ITU-T SG11.

Current information, if any, about IPR issues:

IPR information is available at https://www.3gpp.org/about-us/legal-matters/call-for-ipr.

Other useful information describing the "Quality" of the document:

3GPP TS 33.102 V18.0.0 is published by 3GPP in 2024.

The degree of stability or maturity of the document:

3GPP TS 33.102 V18.0.0. Frequent updates are provided, the most recent as of this update was V19.0.1 (2025-07-03).

Relationship with other existing or emerging documents:

Other documents specifying the 3GPP 3G system Release 18, see the list of references in section 8 below.

Any explicit references within that referenced document should also be listed:

[1] 3GPP TS 21.133: "3G Security; Security Threats and Requirements"./
[2] 3GPP TS 33.120: "3G Security; Security Principles and Objectives"./
[3] 3GPP TR 21.905: "Vocabulary for 3GPP Specifications (Release 1999)"./
[4] 3GPP TS 23.121: "Architecture Requirements for Release 99"./
[5] 3GPP TS 31.101: "UICC-terminal interface; Physical and logical characteristics"./
[6] 3GPP TS 22.022: "Personalisation of UMTS Mobile Equipment (ME); Mobile functionality specification"./
[7] 3GPP TS 23.048: "Security Mechanisms for the (U)SIM application toolkit; Stage 2"./
[8] 3GPP TS 43.020: "Security related network functions"./
[9] 3GPP TS 23.060: "General Packet Radio Service (GPRS); Service description; Stage 2"./
[10] ISO/IEC 9798-4: "Information technology - Security techniques - Entity authentication - Part 4: Mechanisms using a cryptographic check function"./
[11] 3GPP TS 35.201: "Specification of the 3GPP confidentiality and integrity algorithms; Document 1: f8 and f9 specifications". /
[12] 3GPP TS 35.202: "Specification of the 3GPP confidentiality and integrity algorithms; Document/
2: Kasumi algorithm specification"./
[13] 3GPP TS 35.203: "Specification of the 3GPP confidentiality and integrity algorithms; Document/
3: Implementers' test data"./
[14] 3GPP TS 35.204: "Specification of the 3GPP confidentiality and integrity algorithms; Document/
4: Design conformance test data"./
[15] 3GPP TS 31.111: "USIM Application Toolkit (USAT)"./
[16] 3GPP TS 22.048: "Security Mechanisms for the (U)SIM Application Toolkit; Stage 1"./
[17] 3GPP TS 25.331: "Radio Resource Control (RRC); Protocol specification"./
[18] 3GPP TS 25.321: "Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol specification"./
[19] 3GPP TS 25.322: "Radio Link Control (RLC) protocol specification"./
[20] 3GPP TS 31.102: "Characteristics of the Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM)/
application"./
[21] 3GPP TS 22.101: "Service aspects; Service principles"./
[22] 3GPP TS 23.195: "Provision of User Equipment Specific Behaviour Information (UESBI) to/
network entities"./
[23] 3GPP TS 43.129: "Packed-switched handover for GERAN A/Gb mode; Stage 2"./
[24] 3GPP TS 35.215: "Specification of the 3GPP Confidentiality and Integrity Algorithms UEA2 &/
UIA2; Document 1: UEA2 and UIA2 specifications"./
[25] 3GPP TS 35.216: "Specification of the 3GPP Confidentiality and Integrity Algorithms UEA2 &/
UIA2; Document 2: SNOW 3G specification"./
[26] 3GPP TS 35.217: "Specification of the 3GPP Confidentiality and Integrity Algorithms UEA2 &/
UIA2; Document 3: Implementors’ test data"./
[27] 3GPP TS 35.218: "Specification of the 3GPP Confidentiality and Integrity Algorithms UEA2 &/
UIA2; Document 4: Design conformance test data"./
[28] 3GPP TS 33.401: "3GPP System Architecture Evolution: Security architecture"./
[29] 3GPP TS 33.402: "3GPP System Architecture Evolution: Security aspects of non 3GPP accesses"./
[30] 3GPP TS 33.220: "Generic Authentication Architecture (GAA); Generic bootstrapping/
architecture"./
[31] 3GPP TS 25.413: "UTRAN Iu interface RANAP signalling"./
[32] 3GPP TS 22.003: "Circuit Teleservices supported by a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN)"./
[33] 3GPP TS 22.101: "Service aspects; Service principles"./
[34] 3GPP TS 23.167: " IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) emergency sessions"./
[35] 3GPP TS 24.008: " Mobile radio interface Layer 3 specification; Core network protocols; Stage/
3"./
[36] 3GPP TS 43.020: "Security related network functions"./
[37] 3GPP TS 23.216: "Single Radio Voice Call Continuity (SRVCC); Stage 2"./
[38] 3GPP TS 25.420: "UTRAN Iur interface general aspects and principles"./
[39] 3GPP TS 33.210: "3G security; Network Domain Security (NDS); IP network layer security"./
[40] 3GPP TS 33.310: "Network Domain Security (NDS); Authentication Framework (AF)". /
[41] RFC 4301: "Security Architecture for the Internet Protocol"./
[42] 3GPP TS 33.501: "Security architecture and procedures for 5G system"./
[43] Ravishankar Borgaonkar, Lucca Hirschi∗, Shinjo Park, and Altaf Shaik (published online: July/
2019), "New Privacy Threat on 3G, 4G, and Upcoming 5G AKA Protocols",/
https://eprint.iacr.org/2018/1175.pdf.

Qualification of 3GPP:

3GPP is qualified under Recommendation ITU-T A.5 since 09/2020, applying ITU-T A.5 §7.3. Reference: SG15-R24 (2020-09)

10.

Other (for any supplementary information):

None.

Note: This form is based on Recommendation ITU-T A.5

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