The MCC Specs database
A guided tour
The Specifications panel …
Spec type:TS or TR
Spec number:GSM format – aa.bb
orUMTS format – aa.bbb
“U” suffix indicates initial UMTS work started in ETSI TC SMG.
Title
Working Group with primary responsibility
(List of) Working Group(s) with secondary responsibility
Rapporteur details
Support Team officer
General remarks
Date record was created
Date record was last updated
For pre-Rel-4 specs only:Spec number of 3G spec
which supersedes this one
Remarks relating to the transfer to 3G.
Spec-set flags:G = required for systems with GERAN radio accessU = required for systems with UTRAN radio access
For transposition by Partner SDOs (publication as own deliverables)
Spec abandoned or withdrawn(all Releases)
The buttons …
Search for spec dialogue box
Hint: set “match” parameter to “any part of field” for ease of use.
Simple list of all specs
List all known persons
(can be used to choose
Rapporteur)
List Support Team officers for all
TSGs/WGs
List all CRs for this Spec
Use these standard buttons for navigation from record to
record.
The Releases panel …
There is one record per Release (actual or envisaged).
Release.
Meeting at which this Release of this spec will be / was declared “frozen”
(see 21.900 for definition of this term)
Date this Release record was created.
Date this Release record was last
modified.
Remarks relating to this Release of the
spec.
Indicates whether this Release of this
spec has been abandoned / withdrawn
The Schedule panel …
The Schedule panel shows the history of eventsfor the selected Release.
Event giving rise to new version
(meeting names are “encrypted” as shown to allow
statistical measurements of production time, etc.)
New version arising from this event
Date new version supplied by Support Team officer
recently introduced field
Remarks(internal to Support Team)recently introduced field
Date this version became available on the 3GPP file server
Remarks relating to this version of this
Release of this Spec
The Control panel …
The Control panel consists of buttons which, when clicked, will provide useful reports / lists.
The nature of these reports should be obvious from the title of the button.
Of general use.
Only to be used during a meeting, as the new CR
table is being established.Unreliable if used outside a
meeting!
Admin use only
And finally …
… remember that you can configure the database yourself. You can use the stock of existing queries, and create new ones.
Save the database to your own PC and experiment.
And remember, if you think that the database should provide a new service, then simply ask the Specifications Manager to include a new report / query.
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