8 Other W1 interface specifications

37.4703GPPGeneral aspects and principlesRelease 17TSW1 interface

8.0 General

This clause contains the description of the other related 3GPP specifications.

8.1 E-UTRAN and NG-RAN; W1 interface: layer 1 (3GPP TS 37.471)

3GPP TS 37.471 [4] specifies the physical layer technologies that may be used to support the W1 interface.

8.2 E-UTRAN and NG-RAN; W1 signalling transport (3GPP TS 37.472)

3GPP TS 37.472 [5] specifies the signalling bearers for the W1AP for the W1-C interface.

8.3 E-UTRAN and NG-RAN; W1 application protocol (W1AP) (3GPP TS 37.473)

3GPP TS 37.473 [6] specifies the F1AP protocol for radio network control plane signalling over the W1 interface.

8.4 NG-RAN; NR user plane protocol (3GPP TS 38.425)

3GPP TS 38.425 [2] specifies the user plane protocol being used over the W1-U interface.

Annex A (informative):
Change history

Change history

Date

Meeting

TDoc

CR

Rev

Cat

Subject/Comment

New version

2018-05

RAN3#100

R3-183552

BL TS submission for approval.

2018-06

RAN3#100

R3-183602

Merging the agreements in R3-183571 and R3-183552.

2018-11

RAN3#102

R3-187270

Add definition of functions and procedure for the W1AP.

2019-02

RAN3#103

R3-191163

Add definition of functions and procedure for the W1AP.

2019-04

RAN3#103bis

R3-191970

Add procedure definition of Interface Management procedures and UE Context Management procedures.

2019-05

RAN3#104

R3-193174

Add Some descriptions and procedures

0.4.0

2019-08

RAN3#105

R3-194676

Add the description of procedure for the W1AP

0.4.0

2019-08

RAN3#105

R3-194562

Add the description related to SpCell and SCell management

0.4.0

2019-10

RAN3#105-Bis

R3-196138

Added the description of References, Definitions and abbreviations

,General aspects, – QoS notification, inactivity notification

0.4.0

2019-12

RP-86

RP-192951

TS submission to TSG RAN plenary for approval

1.2.0

2019-12

RP-86

TS approved by TSG RAN plenary

16.0.0

2020-03

RP-87-e

RP-200429

0001

F

Miscellaneous corrections to 37.470

16.1.0

2020-07

RP-88-e

RP-201084

0002

1

F

Miscellaneous corrections to 37.470

16.2.0

2022-03

SA#95-e

Promotion to Release 17 without technical change

17.0.0