International Telecommunication Union ITU-T Seminar – Kasane, July 2002 Main standardization areas Greg Jones ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T)

ITU-T July 2002 ITU-T Seminar – Kasane, July 2002 Overview o Study groups o Lead study groups o Special projects o Focus groups o Intersector coordination groups

ITU-T July 2002 ITU-T Seminar – Kasane, July 2002 ITU-T study groups o SG 2 Operational aspects of service provision, networks and performance o SG 3 Tariff and accounting principles including related telecommunications economic and policy issues o SG 4 Telecommunication management, including TMN o SG 5 Protection against electromagnetic environment effects o SG 6 Outside plant o SG 9 Integrated broadband cable networks and television and sound transmission o SG 11 Signalling requirements and protocols o SG 12 End-to-end transmission performance of networks and terminals o SG 13 Multi-protocol and IP-based networks and their internetworking o SG 15 Optical and other transport networks o SG 16 Multimedia services, systems and terminals o SG17 Data networks and software for Telecommunication o SSG Special Study Group IMT o TSAGTelecommunication Standardization Advisory Group

ITU-T July 2002 ITU-T Seminar – Kasane, July 2002 What are lead study groups? o Defined in WTSA Resolution 1 Designated by WTSA or TSAG Study core Questions Prioritization Consultation & Coordination o Listed in WTSA Resoulution 2 o Updated by TSAG

ITU-T July 2002 ITU-T Seminar – Kasane, July 2002 Lead study groups o SG 2service definition, numbering and routing o SG 4 TMN o SG 9integrated broadband cable and television networks o SG 11intelligent networks o SG 12Quality of Service and performance o SG 13IP related matters, B-ISDN, Global Information Infrastructure and satellite matters o SG 15access network transport and optical technology o SG 16multimedia services, systems and terminals and on e-business and e-commerce o SG17communication system security, frame relay, languages and description techniques o SSGIMT 2000 and beyond and for mobility

ITU-T July 2002 ITU-T Seminar – Kasane, July 2002 What are special projects? o Important standardization domains o Work sharing amongst study groups o Correspond to urgent market needs o Coordination of activities o Clarify areas of study

ITU-T July 2002 ITU-T Seminar – Kasane, July 2002 List of special projects o IMT-2000 Network Aspects (SSG) o Call Back (SG 3) o Accounting Rate Reform (SG 3) o TMN (SG 4) o IP Cablecom (SG 9) o Quality of service and performance (SG 12) o IP (SG 13) o Global Information Infrastructure (SG 13) o Access Networks (SG 15) o Optical Networks (SG 15) o Mediacom 2004 (SG 16) o E-commerce and E-business (SG 16) o ASN.1 & Language coordination (SG 17) o Communication system security (SG 17)

ITU-T July 2002 ITU-T Seminar – Kasane, July 2002 Accounting rate reform o Transition from accounting rates to cost orientation to develop general principles and guidelines for the establishment of accounting rates; to determine cost components to be included in the telephone accounting rates; to expedite work on developing appropriate costing methodologies; to establish a transition period to avoid drastic changes, particularly for the developing countries. o termination charge procedure, allows governments or operators to establish a single charge for terminating traffic in their country, provided the charge meets certain multilaterally agreed criteria. o the settlement rate procedure, allows them to negotiate cost-orientated and asymmetric settlement rates, better suited to the new market situation. o commercial arrangement, between countries that have introduced liberalization. Recognized operating agencies will agree bilaterally on the remuneration procedure that is most appropriate to their needs.

ITU-T July 2002 ITU-T Seminar – Kasane, July 2002 Callback o ITU Resolutions o Resolution 21 - Plenipotentiary Conference Kyoto 1994 Resolution 21 o Resolution 21 (Minneapolis 1998) Resolution 21 o Resolution ITU Council (1996) Resolution 1099 o Resolution 29 - WTSC, October 1996 Resolution 29 o Resolution 29 (Montreal 2000) Resolution 29

ITU-T July 2002 ITU-T Seminar – Kasane, July 2002 TMN project o TMN related project includes standardization work covering TMN architecture, methodology, common requirements, communication protocols, TMN resource information modeling for generic, switching, V5/VB5 access, transport network view and service management. o TMN standards have to cope with changes in the industry while also satisfying current needs. o TMN Recommendations will result from cooperation with regional and national bodies and industry forums o The specification of information to be exchanged is the essence of TMN. o Requirements need to be understandable to management experts and not necessarily to the modeling experts. o SG 4 work plan addresses IP and to create a TMN framework for the unified management of integrated hybrid circuit- switched (PSTN) and packet-based networks. o The study of TMN requires various expertise and TMN-related Recommendations are being developed in various Study Groups within ITU-T.

ITU-T July 2002 ITU-T Seminar – Kasane, July 2002 TMN project areas o Architecture o Interface specification methodology o Management services o Management functions (protocol independent) o Management information models and catalogue o Management information registration o Communication protocols o Systems management services and management messages o Conformance requirements o International standard profiles o Terminology o Security

ITU-T July 2002 ITU-T Seminar – Kasane, July 2002 IPcablecom project o Time-critical interactive services over cable television network using IP-protocol, in particular Voice and Video over IP o Services Residential/Business IP Telephony Video IP telephony Voice/data/video unified messaging Enhanced conferencing and media services Entertainment Services Real-time multiplayer interactive gaming o

ITU-T July 2002 ITU-T Seminar – Kasane, July 2002 IP project o Y.1000 to Y.9999 reserved for IP- related Recommendations. o For each area, the IP Project identifies: scope and focus of the work area issues for consideration status of current work within ITU-T related work within IETF

ITU-T July 2002 ITU-T Seminar – Kasane, July 2002 IP project Areas and Questions

ITU-T July 2002 ITU-T Seminar – Kasane, July 2002 Global Information Infrastructure o Global Information Infrastructure – a set of 38 Projects to ensure: Global standards, which are needed because of the globalization of business Enable users to manage the creation, storage, delivery & use of information Technological convergence & interconnection of telecommunications equipment with computers Satisfaction of the new demands on the communications infrastructure by information providers and users o

ITU-T July 2002 ITU-T Seminar – Kasane, July 2002 QoS overview o QoS framework/definitions exist (E.800, G.1000), application requirements are well known (G.1010), assessment/monitoring methods well underway. o Different approaches to QoS taken by different ITU-T study groups tend to be as follows: SG12 provides the user application requirements; SG13 provides UNI-UNI IP network QoS classes capable of supporting most use applications; SG 16 provides a third-party “agent” control and signaling of QoS using future vertical protocols o NI-NI QoS classes capable of supporting most user applications exist for ATM (I.356) and IP (Y.1541), although new signaling is needed for the IP case. o SG 16 has a futuristic QoS Architecture direction to deliver QoS dynamically, over multiple networks.

ITU-T July 2002 ITU-T Seminar – Kasane, July 2002 QoS viewpoints There are four viewpoints of QoS that make the definitions and frameworks meaningful and practical for everyone – users, vendors, network operators, service providers etc.

ITU-T July 2002 ITU-T Seminar – Kasane, July 2002 QoS o The relationship between service and network reliability will be addressed due to the critical need with the rapid deployment of IP-based network and services. o SGs 2, 4, 11, 12, 13 & 16 must make this work converge

ITU-T July 2002 ITU-T Seminar – Kasane, July 2002 OTNT project o The standards area covered relates to optical transport networks and technologies. The optical transport functions include: multiplexing cross connect, including grooming and configuration management physical media o An Optical Transport Network (OTN) is composed of a set of Optical Network Elements connected by optical fibre links, able to provide functionality of transport, multiplexing, routing, management, supervision and survivability of optical channels carrying client signals, according to the requirements given in ITU-T Rec. G.872. o See

ITU-T July 2002 ITU-T Seminar – Kasane, July 2002 ANT project o Based on definitions specified in G.902 o Provides transport bearer capabilities for the provision of telecommunications services inside the AN between a service node interface (SNI) providing customer access to a service node and each of the associated interfaces towards the Customer Premises Network(s) which are being grouped as XNI interfaces (this would include ISDN UNIs) o Comprises transmission media and access NEs entities. o See

ITU-T July 2002 ITU-T Seminar – Kasane, July 2002 Work topics o Refinement of the concept (objectives, architecture) o Refinement of the study areas (IP,GII,IMT-2000 …) o Standardization of services, systems and terminals for multimedia applications over existing and future platforms, providing end-to-end interoperability. o Co-ordination of the studies within ITU-T and ITU-R o Coordination with relevant standardization bodies o Promotion of workshops to increase public awareness on the subject and to improve coordination

ITU-T July 2002 ITU-T Seminar – Kasane, July 2002 Scope of MEDIACOM 2004 o End-to-end multimedia systems and services over all network types including the Internet: videophone/videoconference, multipoint/multicast multimedia systems, multimedia on demand, electronic commerce, distance learning, telemedicine, interactive TV services, web-casting, MBone, etc, including their distribution within the home environment. o End-to-end multimedia systems and services using wireless access, e.g. IMT-2000, Wireless Application Protocol Forum, Bluetooth, HomeRF, IrDA, etc. In this environment, computer or consumer information appliance devices can be used. o Security infrastructure in multimedia systems and services (watermark in audio-visual contents, authentication, user verification, non-repudiation, etc). o Multimedia broadcasting systems that interactively handle audio, video, and data (e.g. Internet browsing, electronic business, etc). o The extension of and the WWW for the exchange of multimedia ‘documents’

ITU-T July 2002 ITU-T Seminar – Kasane, July 2002 MEDIACOM 2004 Framework Study Areas o Project MediaCom 2004 o MM Architecture o MM Applications and Services o Interoperability of MM Systems and Services o Media Coding o QoS & E-to-E performance in MM Systems o Security of MM Systems and Services o Accessibility o Emergency Telecommunications (Q.A/16) (Q.B/16) (Q.C/16) (Q.D/16) (Q.E/16) (Q.F/16) (Q.G/16) (Q.H/16) (Q.ETS/16)

ITU-T July 2002 ITU-T Seminar – Kasane, July 2002 What are Focus Groups? o Defined by ITU-T Rec. A.7 o Help advance the work of the ITU-T parent study group o Encourage the participation of members of other SDOs o Participation of any individual from a country which is a member of ITU

ITU-T July 2002 ITU-T Seminar – Kasane, July 2002 Checklist criteria for the creation of a focus group o The output will help advance the work of the study group o A parent study group has been determined o Clear terms of reference o Deliverables planned to be completed prior to next parent study group meeting o Realistic plan for financing its activities

ITU-T July 2002 ITU-T Seminar – Kasane, July 2002 Full Service – VDSL (FS-VDSL) Focus Group o ITU-T has agreed to establish under SG 16 o Follows the initiatives taken by ITU-T to develop closer cooperation with external Forums and Consortia o the FS-VDSL Committee requested ITU-T to establish such a Focus Group to enable its specifications to be migrated to ITU-T. o The FS-VDSL Committee defines specifications for a multi-service video-centric service platform based upon VDSL access technology. o Made up of over 70 companies o First meeting planned for 4-6 September 2002, in San Francisco. o Creation of the Focus Group was approved by a Focus Group Review Committee and will be formally approved at the next meeting of Study Group 16 in October o See also: itu.int/ITU-T/studygroups/com16/fs-vdslitu.int/ITU-T/studygroups/com16/fs-vdsl

ITU-T July 2002 ITU-T Seminar – Kasane, July 2002 ICG on Satellite Matters o Performance and availability of satellite networks o Interconnection of satellite networks including GMPCS with public switched networks o Routing, signalling, numbering, protocols o IP over satellite o The multimedia services and systems o Satellite terminal portability o Convergence o Secure Time Stamping Coordination areas

ITU-T July 2002 ITU-T Seminar – Kasane, July 2002 Next Generation Networks o The concept of Global Information Infrastructure (GII) enables people to securely use a set of communication services supporting an open multitude of applications and embracing all modes of information, any time, anywhere, and at an acceptable cost and quality. o The term Next Generation Network represent certain technologies, on which the GII concept can be based. o The general principles for NGN can be found in various Y ‑ Series Recommendations. NGN’s are considered to be part of the GII’s “federation of networks”. o See: