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ITU-T – ITS PROCESS, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES. Ardhendu Ganguli Consultant ITU-TSB ganguli@itu.int. WHY THIS PRESENTATION. ITU PROVIDES UNPARALLELED PLATFORM PRIVATE SECTOR RECOGNIZE THE VALUE OF ITU MEMBERSHIP IS WORTHWHILE IDENTIFYING ITU-T ACTIVITIES
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ITU-T – ITS PROCESS, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES Ardhendu Ganguli Consultant ITU-TSB ganguli@itu.int
WHY THIS PRESENTATION • ITU PROVIDES UNPARALLELED PLATFORM • PRIVATE SECTOR RECOGNIZE THE VALUE OF ITU • MEMBERSHIP IS WORTHWHILE • IDENTIFYING ITU-T ACTIVITIES • INCREASING VISIBILITY,KNOWLEDGE AND HENCE INFLUENCE • SUBMIT TECHNICAL CONTRIBUTION • GAINING A PRACTICAL INSIGHT • LEARNING FROM OTHERS ITTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS UNION
ITU-T : STANDARDIZATION • REGARDED BY INDUSTRY AS ITU’S MAIN FUNCTION • THE LARGEST PLATFORM • THE PARTICIPANTS • STUDY QUESTIONS • WORK PROGRAMMES • PARTICIPATION TO STANDARDIZATION WORK • INFLUENCE ITTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS UNION
ITU-T RECOMMENDATIONS DEVELOPMENT • Recommendations (standards), are non-binding, generally complied with because ; • GLOBAL standards, agreed on CONSENSUS basis • THOROUGH and TRANSPARENT technical study • Guarantee INTERCONNECTIVITY / INTEROPERABILITY ITTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS UNION
ITU-T RECOMMENDATIONSDEVELOPMENT (Cont.) • provide a hallmark of RELIABILITY • provide ‘ECONOMY OF SCALE • 2,800 Recommendations on 82,000 pages ITTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS UNION
ITU-T RECOMMENDATIONSDEVELOPMENT (Cont.) • SPECIAL PROJECTS • IMT-2000 Network Aspects (SSG) • Call Back (SG3) • Accounting Rate Reform (SG3) • TMN (SG4) • ASN.1 (SG17) • IP Cablecom (SG9) • QoS and Performance (SG12) ITTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS UNION
ITU-T RECOMMENDATIONSDEVELOPMENT (Cont.) • IP (SG13) • NGN/GII (SG13) • Access Networks (SG15) • Optical Networks (SG15) • Mediacom 2004 (SG16) • E-commerce and E-business (SG16) ITTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS UNION
WEB access to Study Groups Study Group 4 (T.M. lead SG on TMN) as an Example • Information • Documents • Meeting Information • TIES account and access to the iFTP area required for the following • Recommendations • Guides, Tools and Templates • Special Projects and Issues • Alternative Approval Process (AAP) http://web.itu.ch/ITU-T/com4/aap/index.html ITTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS UNION
INTERNET PROTOCOL(IP) DOCUMENTS • Internet Protocol (IP)-based Networks (Contribution to the Secretary-General’s Report to the Council) [ WinWord | PDF ] • Version 5 of the IP Project description [ WinWord | PDF ] • Framework for the Y.1000 Recommendation Series on IP Related Issues ITTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS UNION
Framework for the Y.1000 Rec. Series on IP Issues • Y.1000 Series General • Y.1100 Series Services and Applications • Y.1200 Series Architecture, Access, Network Capabilities and Resource MGMT • Y.1300 Series Transport • Y.1400 Series Interworking • Y.1500 Series QoS and Network Performance • Y.1600 Series Signalling • Y.1700 Series OAM • Y.1800 Series Charging ITTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS UNION
MEADIACOM 2004 • MEDIACOM 2004 Project Description - Version 2.0, June 2001 • Actual list of Recommendations related to the MEDIACOM 2004 Project • Contact persons for the updating of the MEDIACOM 2004 Project ITTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS UNION
MEADIACOM 2004 LIST OF REC.S • Architecture • Applications & services • Interoperability • Coding • Security • Accessibility ITTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS UNION
Relationship with other Standards Development Organizations (SDO) • Foster awareness (with other SDOs, forums and consortia) within ITU-T • Coordinate and cooperate • To reduce duplication, inconsistencies • Assure that ITU-T work provides added value • Continue to participate in appropriate coordinating bodies ITTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS UNION
Relationship with other Standards Development Organizations (SDO) (Cont.) • Examples • International Organizations (e.g. ISO, IEC) • National or Regional SDOs ; e.g. IEEE, ETSI, TTC, TTA • Forums and Consortia ; e.g. IETF, ATMF, FR Forum, TM Forum. ITTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS UNION
ITU-T MEMBERSHIP • HOW MUCH IT COSTS TO BE A MEMBER • MEMBER STATES • SECTOR MEMBERS • ASSOCIATES • CONTRIBUTORY UNITS • VALUE OF THE UNIT FOR 2000 AND 2001 • SECTOR MEMBERS CONTRIBUTORY UNIT • FOR AN ASSOCIATE ITTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS UNION
LOOKING AHEAD • New Technologies • The building blocks for tomorrow’s high-speed networks • Enhance the capacity of existing networks • Optical Switching, ATM, SDH, WDM and DSL technologies • Study of IP based systems in nearly all of the 13 ITU-T Study Groups • Changeover to IP can not be overnight ITTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS UNION
LOOKING AHEAD (Cont.) • Neither can it be for most of the Operators, isolated and exclusive • Operation and Management solutions for PSTN-IP hybrid networks are being planned • For third generation mobile networks standards defining enhanced management and security • Basic works on fourth generation mobile networks ITTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS UNION
CONCLUSIONS • DEMONSTRATED ITS ABILITY TO COPE WITH THE REGULATORY CHANGES • EVOLVED IN THE FACE OF TECHNOLOGICAL DEMANDS • ADAPTED TO THE RAPIDLY CHANGING MARKET PLACE • USERS BELIEVE ITU-T AS THE PRE-EMINENT GLOBAL STANDARDS BODY • PRESTIGE AND CREDIBILITY OF A LONG-STANDING GLOBAL STANDARDIZATION BODY ITTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS UNION