ITU Regional Workshop
on Bridging the Standardization Gap for CIS States
Chisinau, Moldova, 7 October 2011
Experience of International
Telecommunication Testing Centres
in CIS Region
Konstantin Savin
Deputy Director of Technopark ZNIIS,
Editor of Q.8/10/11 SG11 ITU-T
ITU Regional Workshop on Bridging the Standardization Gap for CIS States
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Contents
1.Experience and main projects of Technopark
ZNIIS
2.Preparation of ITTC project
3.ITTC Project description
4.ZNIIS projects statistics
5.ITTC Results and Impact
6.Conclusion
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Technopark NGN testing experience
Testing of Softswitch equipment for
the biggest national operator JSC
“Svyazinvest”
Retrieval a lot of experience in
NGN testing and high-qualified
specilists
‘Field testing’ of NGN protocols for
regional operators (JSC “Volgatelekom”,
JSC “Uralsvyazinform”, etc. )
Remote testing of NGN equipment for
compatibility/interop (Alcatel –
Iskratel – JSC”Sakhatelekom”, etc.)
Creation of powerful Model
network for different types of
testing
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Preparation of ITTC project 1/2
Creation of Model
network in ZNIIS for
interoperability testing
Moscow, 2003
Lunch of the project
for JSC “Svyazinvest”
on NGN equipment
testing
Moscow, 2004
Regional preparation
meeting RCC.
Approved initiative of
Russia on creation of
International centre
for RCC contribution
on WTDC-06 (Doha,
Qatar) Moscow,
October 2005
Creation in ITU-T of the
new question Q.8
«Testing of NGN
protocols»
WTSA Brazil, 2004
Lunch of the Q.39хх
Recommendations series
in the scope of Q.8 SG11
ITU-T on testing of NGN
technical means
Switzerland, 2004
Termination of the JSC
“Svyazinvest” project
on NGN interoperability
testing for 15 leading
vendors
Moscow, 2004-2005
Resolution 17 WTDC,
approving RCC
contribution on creation
of International centers
of introduction and
testing new technologies
Doha, March 2006
RCC operators Council.
Presentation of ZNIIS
on principles of
creation and
functioning of
International centers.
Moscow, March 2006
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Preparation of ITTC project 2/2
Speech on seminars ITUD/ITU-T on thematic of testing
on Model networks
ITU-ATIS specialists forum
USA , March 2006
African region forum
Tanzania, October 2006
ITU-ETSI specialists forum
Switzerland, December 2006
Arabian region forum
Bahrain, May 2007
ETSI-ZNIIS joint
project on testing.
10 vendors.
Moscow, April 2007
Recommendations:
Q.3900
(in force, 2006)
Q.3901
(in force, 2007)
Q.3902
(in force, 2007)
Q.3903
(in force, 2008)
Q.3904
(in force, 2010)
ITU Project
«International Telecommunication Testing
Centre»
Switzerland, November 2007
Approved in project department of ITU-D
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ITTC project
International Telecommunication Union
Telecommunication Development Bureau
Central scientific-research Institute of Communication
(ZNIIS)
Russian Federation
Project Title:
International Telecommunication Union – Central
Science Research Telecommunication Institute
International Telecommunication Testing Centre
Shot project name:
ITTC ITU-ZNIIS
Start data:
January 2008
Deadline:
June 2011
Government agencies, attracted to work:
Administration and the Ministry of
Communications
Agency implementing the project :
International Telecommunication Union
Project location:
ITU Regional Representative Office in Moscow
Countries in whose favor a project:
CIS and other developing countries
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Project description
In this project, the ITU and ZNIIS start to cooperate for
creation of the International Telecommunication Testing
Centre (ITTC), operating in an environment of new technologies,
and training for professionals from developing countries in the
field of telecommunications. Methodical testing of next-generation
networks (NGNs), in particular, planning realized in ITTC through
the creation of a model network, through which enables
simulation of various network parameters and use a variety
manufacturers equipments. The results of these tests will be
documented and disseminated.
This project is developed in strict accordance with the
recommendations of the 2006 Qatar World Telecommunication
Development Conference (WTDC), establishing the International
Centre for NGN Testing.
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The project purpose
The main objective of the Project was to establish an
International Telecommunication Testing Centre (ITTC) to:
reduce the digital gap in the developing countries of the
Region;
test new telecommunication equipment and services;
harmonize methods for the provision of new services
within a region;
harmonize
the
introduction
of
telecommunication
standards issued by different international organizations in
one or more regions;
resolve system/network issues associated with the
modernization of communication networks, taking into
account previous communication network development
experience within a given region;
train specialists from developing countries.
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Expected results
Knowledge DataBase in according with of
Q.3903 ITU-T recommendation
Testing manuals
Methodology for NGN testing
New technologies introduction examples on
the operators network
Results archive of technology and
communication services testing
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Work Plan
№
Activities/Milestone
2007
9 10 11 12
1
2
3
4
5
2008
6 7
8
9 10 11 12
1
2
3
4
5
2009
6 7
8
9 10 11 12
1
2
3
4
5
2010
6 7
8
9 10 11 12
1
2
3
2011
4 5
Preparation of the project proposal
1
with basic requirements and
estimation of the project costs
2
Seeking funds from external Partners
and other sources
Setup of the System Network sub-
3
centre and installation of equipment
to create a Model Network
Developing effective testing
4
strategies and training material on
the Model network at the System
Network sub-centre
Testing on the Model Network at the
5
System Centre Network sub-centre
and Reporting
Installation of equipment to create
6
the Conformance Testing sub-centre
Developing effective test strategies
7
and training on the Model network at
the Conformance Testing sub-centre
8
9
10
Conformance Testing and Reporting
Workshop on Conformance Testing
Installation of equipment to create
the QoS testing sub-centre
Testing and training on the Model
11
network using QoS testing subcentre. Workshop on the result of
testing
12
13
14
15
Creation Knowledge centre and
preparation knowledge database
Workshop of Results Testing
Identification of further needs and
requirements
Project assessment and conclusion
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7
8
Project Activities 1/2
Initial stage:
• Development of general documentation on ITTC functional processes
and ITTC Workflow system;
• Creation of Model Network for ITTC based on ITU-T Recommendation
Q.3900 and common for all ITTC sub-centers.
System-network testing stage:
• Creation of experts group for the System Network sub-centre;
• Developing effective NGN system-network solutions test strategies for
CIS Region;
• Developing training materials on NGN system-network solutions
testing;
• Organization and carrying out Training seminar on NGN system-network
solutions testing;
• Carrying out testing of NGN system-network solutions on the Model
network at the System Network sub-centre and development of the
corresponding reports.
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Project activities 2/2
Conformance testing stage:
•Creation of experts group for the Conformance sub-centre;
•Developing effective Conformance test strategies for CIS Region;
•Developing training materials on Conformance testing;
•Organization and carrying out Training seminar on Conformance testing;
•Carrying out conformance testing of NGN protocols on the Model network at the
Conformance sub-centre and development of the corresponding reports;
•Carrying out Workshop on Conformance Testing.
QoS testing stage:
•Creation of experts group for the QoS sub-centre;
•Developing methodological materials (handbook) on QoS testing;
•Organization and carrying out Training seminar on QoS testing;
•Carrying out QoS and Network Performance (NP) parameters testing on the Model
network at the QoS sub-centre and development of the corresponding reports;
•Carrying out Workshop on QoS Testing.
Final stage:
•Development concept on Knowledge Database;
•Creation of ITTC Knowledge Database;
•Development Knowledge Database User Manual;
•Carrying out Final Workshop on the ITTC Project results;
•Project assessment and conclusion, development of Project Closure Report.
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Project budget
ITTC Project Budget
Description
US$
Project Personnel
267 500
Evaluation
7 500
Training
60 000
Miscellaneous
10 000
ITU Admin Support Cost (7.5%)
25 875
SUB-TOTAL:
370 875
Cost Sharing
Description
US$
ITU
370 875
ZNIIS in-kind contribution
399 125
TOTAL:
770 000
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ITTC Model Network
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ZNIIS projects statistics 1/3
Tested solutions:
o Softswitch
o Fixed/Wireless Broadband access
o IMS
o DWDM
o PON
o IP/MPLS
o IPTV
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ZNIIS projects statistics 2/3
Alcatel
Siemens
Huawei
Ericsson
Lucent
Nortel
Marconi
Mera
Networks
Cisco
Systems
Sentito
ZTE
ECI
Telecom
Italtel
Iskratel
Tekelec
MFI Soft
Informtech
nika
NEC Neva
Sitronics
Nateks
ALSiTek
Eltex
ZyXel
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ZNIIS projects statistics 3/3
Amount of tests performed- 6973
6657
Amount of successful tests - 6657
Amount of problems - 316
316
Amount of repaired
problems - 141
Overall amount of problems- 316
175
141
Amount of unsolved
problems - 175
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Results and impact 1/3
For the purposes of ITTC Project there was created
special Knowledge Database, developed in full
conformance with ITU-T Recommendation Q.3903.
Currently this Knowledge Database contains all results
and documents of the ITTC Project activities. The
Knowledge Database is accessible via the following link:
http://www.itu.int/ITUD/tech/NGN/ConformanceInterop/indexProject.html
or http://zniis.ru/ITTC.html
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Results and impact 2/3
There overall amount of training seminars and Workshops organized within the
framework of ITTC Project equals to 6, including:
•System-network solutions training «Testing of system and network solutions», 1517 December 2008 Moscow
•Conformance training «Conformance testing», 10-11 December 2009 Moscow
•Conformance Workshop «Experience of testing and introduction of NGN», 8-9 July
2010 Moscow
•QoS training «Approaches on network performance parameters testing to ensure
services quality», 17-18 March 2011 Moscow
•QoS Workshop «Implementation experience of network performance parameters
control systems and granting required level of services quality on the operator
networks. Sensor networks – as optimization tool for vehicular traffic flow», 27-29
April 2011 Moscow
•Final Workshop «Innovative research directions in the field of telecommunications
in the World», 21-22 July 2011 Moscow
There was also developed a Handbook on QoS and Network Performance
parameters testing. This handbook has been contributed to the ITU-T SG11 Meeting
(17-21 November 2011).
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Results and impact 3/3
The overall number of participants attended the ITTC Project events is 318 specialists
from 19 countries
The overall number of experts participated in the ITTC Project events
is 31 specialists from 15 countries
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Other results of the ITTC project for
CIS Region
Practical experience of specialists from developing countries of
CIS Region on NGN testing using Model networks and
corresponding methodological base;
Professional Social Network based on Facebook ‘groups’
facilities which is used for communication between colleagues,
uploading/downloading photos, posting links to presentations
under Project events and other tasks. This open group is
accessible via the following link:
http://www.facebook.com/groups/ittc.cis
 Created a draft new Project under CIS Regional Initiatives
(WTDC-10, India, 23rd May – 4th June 2010) with the following
name «Creation virtual laboratories for remote equipment,
technologies and services testing under Resolution 76 WTDC-08,
ITU database filling and providing remote experts of
development countries training». This project is the continuation
of ITTC successful experience.
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The common directions of the ITTC
development
Development
of
recommendations
on
telecommunications
development
strategy
with
national strategies for RCC operators networks
Develop standards for system-network solutions,
protocols and services for operators of RCC operators
networks
Develop recommendations to ensure quality of service
and principles of formation of service level agreements
on RCC operators networks
Research of NGN Information Security for RCC
operators
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Conclusion
 Work Plan of the Project has been completed successfully and more than 300
specialists from 10 countries of the CIS Region were trained on aspects of NGN testing
and introduction. This Project definitely resulted in the reduction of the digital gap in
the developing countries of the Region.
 All the Project objectives and all the expected outputs have been achieved:
 A model network for practical NGN testing and for lab exercises during training has
been built in full conformance with ITU-T Recommendation Q.3900;
 Effective testing strategies (methodologies) on the model networks
conformance, interoperability and QoS/NP testing have been developed;
for
 Training programs and training material on NGN testing aspects have been
developed and uploaded on the ITU-D website;
 Public access to the Knowledge Database of NGN tests results have been provided
from the ITU-D website.
 At the output of the Project specialists from CIS countries got the following ITTC
products: Model Network, Knowledge Database, Professional Social Network – which
could accelerate process of new technologies introduction within the Region.
 ITTC has mandatory strategy significance for Region and ITU as a whole.
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Konstantin Savin
Deputy Director of Technopark ZNIIS,
Editor of Q.8/10/11 SG11 ITU-T
tel: +7-495-368-9111
mobile: +7-926-561-7261
fax: +7-495-368-9105
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E-mail: savin@zniis.ru
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