1. Stephen J. Trowbridge, Chairman, ITU-T Study Group 15
Joint IEEE-SA and ITU Workshop on Ethernet
Welcome
Stephen J. Trowbridge,
Chairman, ITU-T Study Group 15
Geneva, Switzerland, 13 July 2013

2. ITU Structure and organization
Plenipotentiary Conference
ITU Council
General Secretariat
ITU-R
(radiocommunication)
WRC & RA
ITU-D
(development)
WTDC
ITU-T
(standardization)
WTSA

3. ITU-T Membership
Member States Governments and regulatory bodies Sector Members Private sector and regional/international organizations Associates Private sector (focus on one study group) Academia Universities and research establishments

4. Major ITU-T Groups
World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA)
Telecommunication Standardization Advisory Group (TSAG)
SG2 - Operational aspects
SG12 - Performance, QoS and QoE
SG3 - Economic and policy issues
SG13 - Future networks including cloud computing, mobile and next-generation networks
SG5 - Environment and climate change
SG9 - Broadband cable and TV
SG16 - Multimedia
SG11 - Protocols and test specifications
SG17 - Security
SG15 - Networks, Technologies and Infrastructures for Transport, Access and Home
Geneva, Switzerland,13 July 2013

5. ITU-T Study Group 15
Networks, Technologies and Infrastructures for Transport, Access and Home Optical transport network, access network, home network, and power utility network infrastructures, systems, equipment, optical fibres and cables, and their related installation, maintenance, management, test, instrumentation and measurement techniques, and control plane technologies to enable the evolution toward intelligent transport networks, including the support of Smart Grid applications.

6. ITU-T Study Group 15 Networks, Technologies and Infrastructure for Transport, Access and Home
Working Party 1/15 - Transport aspects of access, home and smart grid networks
Q1/15 - Coordination of access and Home Network Transport standards
Q2/15 - Optical systems for fibre access networks
Q4/15 - Broadband access over metallic conductors
Q15/15 - Communications for Smart Grid
Q18/15 - Broadband in-premises networking
Working Party 2/15 - Optical technologies and physical infrastructures
Q5/15 - Characteristics and test methods of optical fibres and cables
Q6/15 - Characteristics of optical systems for terrestrial transport networks
Q7/15 - Characteristics of optical components and subsystems
Q8/15 - Characteristics of optical fibre submarine cable systems
Q16/15 - Outside plant and related indoor installation
Q17/15 - Maintenance and operation of optical fibre cable networks
Working Party 3/15 - Transport network characteristics 
Q3/15 - General characteristics of transport networks
Q9/15 - Transport network protection/restoration
Q10/15 - Interfaces, Interworking, OAM and Equipment specifications for Packet based Transport Networks
Q11/15 - Signal structures, interfaces, equipment functions, and interworking for transport networks
Q12/15 - Transport network architectures
Q13/15 - Network synchronization and time distribution performance
Q14/15 - Management and control of transport systems and equipment