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Workshop Objectives
Peter Wery
Chairman ITU-T Study Group 15
Nortel Networks
ITU-T Workshop All Star Network Access
Geneva, 2-4 June 2004
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o Network Access, still considered the
bottleneck to affordable broadband transport
• Subscriber Network Access
•  kbits/s to Mbit/s
• Core Transport Network
•  multi Gbit/s
o Network Access, a candidate for convergence
• Services
• Service providers
• Technologies
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Organized within framework of ITU-T New
Initiatives, and in cooperation with
representatives from ITU-R, Committee T1E1.4,
ETSI TM6, DSL Forum, FSAN, IEEE, MEF, OIF
Broad spectrum of participating organizations
(the ‘All Star’)
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Executives from Operators, Industry and Research
as Keynote Speakers
Tutorials, Session Coordinators, Presenters from
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other ITU Study Groups
other Standards Development Organizations
Forums, Consortia
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o Broad spectrum of topics
• Different technologies
• copper, fiber, wireless, power lines
• Wide range of issues
• requirements, evolution of technologies and standards,
realizations, regulatory, etc.
• Panel discussion on co-operation between SDOs,
Forums and Consortia
o Exhibiton and poster area
• Vendors will showcase their products
• Operators and vendors will demonstrate B-PON
interoperability
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o Awareness
• Increase awareness of network access related
studies, projects, standards, products, services in
ITU-T
• Increase awareness of network access related work
in other organizations
o Co-operation
• Take advantage of each other’s achievements
• Improve co-operation and delineation of work
programs
• Avoid duplication of effort
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o Reassessment
• Scope of standardization activities
• Expected benefits (economical, regulatory)
• Push the frontiers of network access
• Identify new market needs/trends/technologies, priorities
• Identify new areas for standardization
o Follow-up
• Establish and follow-up on specific action items
• Enhance related work programs and timelines
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Process
o Key note addresses (3)
o Tutorial Sessions (4)
o Technical sessions on specific topics (7)
o Each Session Coordinator summarizes results (1-3
slides)
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Reassessment
New market needs and priorities
New items for standardization
Needs for cooperation
Proposed action items
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Process (cont’d)
o Closing Session  Improving Cooperation
• Panel discussion
• Review current methods for cooperation
• Proposals for improvements
o More submissions than timeslots
• All submissions on post-workshop Web Site and CD
o Session summaries on post WS Web Site and CD
Thank you
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