ITU-T – ITS PROCESS,

PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

Ardhendu Ganguli
Consultant ITU-TSB
ganguli@itu.int

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 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

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 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

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 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

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ITU-T RECOMMENDATIONS
DEVELOPMENT (Cont.)
 provide a hallmark of RELIABILITY
 provide ‘ECONOMY OF SCALE
 2,800 Recommendations on 82,000
pages

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 ITU-T RECOMMENDATIONS
DEVELOPMENT (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)

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ITU-T RECOMMENDATIONS
DEVELOPMENT (Cont.)
 IP (SG13)
 NGN/GII (SG13)
 Access Networks (SG15)
 Optical Networks (SG15)
 Mediacom 2004 (SG16)
 E-commerce and E-business (SG16)

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 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

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 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

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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

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 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
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MEADIACOM 2004 LIST OF REC.S
 Architecture
 Applications & services
 Interoperability
 Coding
 Security
 Accessibility

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 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

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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.

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 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

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 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

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 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

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 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
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