This Specification was prepared by Technical Specification Group C of the Third Generation Partnership Project 2 (3GPP2). This Specification contains the Layer 3 layer of the IMT-2000 CDMA Multi-Carrier Mode, IMT-2000 CDMA MC, also known as cdma2000^®1. It provides a specification for land mobile wireless systems based upon cellular principles. This Specification includes the capabilities of Telecommunications Industry Association Standard TIA/EIA-95-B.

This Specification provides the Layer 3 Upper Layer signaling protocol architecture and functionality. Other specifications are required to complete the air interface and the rest of the system. Some of these specifications are listed in the References section.