Foreword

23.1083GPPMobile radio interface layer 3 specification, core network protocolsRelease 17Stage 2TS

This Technical Specification (TS) has been produced by the 3^rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP).

The present document specifies the procedures used at the radio interface core network protocols within the 3^rd generation mobile telecommunications system and the digital cellular telecommunications system.

The contents of the present document are subject to continuing work within the TSG and may change following formal TSG approval. Should the TSG modify the contents of the present document, it will be re-released by the TSG with an identifying change of release date and an increase in version number as follows:

Version x.y.z

where:

x the first digit:

1 presented to TSG for information;

2 presented to TSG for approval;

3 or greater indicates TSG approved document under change control.

y the second digit is incremented for all changes of substance, i.e. technical enhancements, corrections, updates, etc.

z the third digit is incremented when editorial only changes have been incorporated in the document.