ITU-T / ATIS Workshop
“Next Generation Technology and Standardization”
Las Vegas, 19-20 March 2006
ATIS – IPTV Interoperability
Forum (IIF)
Steven Wright
BellSouth
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2005 and Current TOPS Work Areas
o Next Generation Network (NGN)
• Part I - NGN Definitions Requirements and Architecture:
• Part II - NGN Roadmap 2005
• Part III: Gap Analysis -- Currently in development
o IPv6 Task Force
o IPTV Exploratory Group (IEG)
• Organized in March 2005
• Recommended creation of IIF in June 2005
• ATIS BoD established IIF in June 2005
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ATIS- IIF
o ATIS Structure
ATIS
Board of Directors
Forums and
Committees
Board Committees,
e.g., TOPS
Members
Staff
Functional Platforms
Universal Functions
Performance,
Reliability, and
Security
Interoperability
(network
reliability)
Protocol
Interworking
Committee
(PI)
(formerly
T1S1T1S1signaling)
TFPC
(signaling,
protocol
standards)
NRSC
(fraud )
Network
Performance,
Reliability,
and Quality of
Service
Committee
(PRQS)
(formerly
T1A1)
OAM&P
Network Integration,
Operations, and
Administration
Forum (NIOAF)
- INC
- IITC*
- NIIF*
- BCSC
*includes signaling
testing and
implementation
issues
Telecom Management
and Operations
Committee (TMOC)
(formerly T1M1T1M1OAM&P)
(internetwork OAM&P
standards)
(performance,
reliability,QoS,
reliability,QoS,
and security
standards)
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Ordering and
Billing
User
Interface
ESIF
OBF
(ordering, billing)
(emergency
services)
IVR
(voice
response
systems)
TTY
(text
telephony)
Circuit
Switched and
Plant
Infrastructure
Network
Interface,
Power, and
Protection
Committee
(NIPP)
(formerly
T1E1)
(access,
interface,
power, spectral
compatibility,
and electrical
protection
standards)
O5
(wood poles)
Wireless
Multimedia
Optical
Packet
Based
Networks
IFAST
IIF
(ANSI(ANSI-41
interworking)
interworking)
(IPTV
InteroperInteroperability
Forum)
Optical
Transport and
Synchronization
Committee
(OPTXS)
(formerly T1X1)
Packet
Technologies
and Systems
Committee
(PTSC)
(formerly
(T1S1(T1S1-packetpacketbased)
IOC
(international
roaming)
Wireless
Technologies
and Systems
Committee
(WTSC)
(formerly
T1P1)
(electrical
transport, digital
hierarchy,
synchronization
standards)
(packet(packet-based
technology
standards,
contributions to
IETF
standards and
standards not
pursued by
IETF)
(wireless/
mobile
standards)
Notes on this chart:
• The 10 areas defined on the chart represent a functional framework for organizing the work of
ATIS and for marketing it externally. They are not actual committees or individuals with
administrative or oversight responsibilities.
• The remaining layers of the chart identify where the existing ATIS committees fall in the functional
structure.
• PEG (Protection Engineers Group) is not included on this chart as it meets only once annually for
an information exchange meeting, rather than for developing technical standards.
• It is intended that the structure presented on this chart will be dynamic and will grow and change
over time as work flows through ATIS.
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Las Vegas, 19-20 March 2006
IPTV Interoperability Forum (IIF)
Mission Statement:
The IIF enables the interoperability,
interconnection, and implementation of
IPTV systems/services by developing ATIS
standards and facilitating related technical
activities. This forum places an emphasis
on North American and ATIS Member
Company needs in coordination with other
regional and international standards
development organizations.
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IPTV Interoperability Forum (IIF)
The scope of the work in the IIF includes the
following areas:
o Coordinate standards activities that relate to IPTV
technologies. This includes providing a liaison function
between the various Standards Development Organizations
(SDOs) and Industry Forums that are each working on
important components of IPTV, but may not have visibility
to other aspects of the application.
o Develop interoperability agreements, technical reports, or
other types of ATIS standards where appropriate.
o Provide a venue for interoperability activities.
o Provide a venue for the assessment of IPTV issues in the
context of NGN directions
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IIF Goals
Long-Term: to fully specify all appropriate interfaces in
the IPTV architecture, and to identify and specify
metrics that are appropriate to measure the quality of
IPTV service across those interfaces.
Near-Term: Work from Top-Down:
1. Develop Architecture Requirements and Reference Model
2. Address Interoperability issues in Content Security (DRM)
3. Identify QoS Measurement Points, Metrics and Methods
o
o
Organized in Task Forces aligned with near-term goals
Issue Oriented – can take on new issues
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IIF Leadership
o
IIF Convener: Kevin Schneider, ADTRAN (Term expires March 2006)
o
Architecture Taskforce (ARCH) Co-chairs
o
o
o
o
• Dipan Patel, Accenture
• Steven Wright, BellSouth
Digital Rights Management Taskforce (DRM) Co-Chairs
• Mike Fargano, Qwest
• Andre Jacobs, Widevine
Quality of Service Metrics (QoSM) Taskforce Co-Chairs
• Vandana Upadhyay, Symmetricom
• John Williams, JDSU/Acterna
Technical Advisor
• Dan O’Callaghan, Verizon
Testing and Interoperability (T&I) Taskforce Co-Chairs – Open
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IIF – Architecture Group
o Active Issue Statements
• IIF-Issue-002 Requirements & Roadmap
— Issue accepted Sept 14, 2005
— Target Resolution date March 30, 2006
— IIF-WT-010 in progress
• IIF-Issue-005 Packet Loss Issue
— Issue Accepted Oct 25th, 2005
— IIF-WT-009 in progress
• IIF-Issue-003 Definition of reference Architecture
— Issue accepted Sept 14, 2005
— Target Resolution date September 30, 2006
— WT Not started – pending Requirements & Roadmap document
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IIF – Digital Rights Management Task Force
o Active Issue Statements
• IIF-Issue-001 DRM Requirements
—Issue accepted Sept 14, 2005
—Target Resolution date March 31, 2006
—IIF-WT-008 in progress
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IIF – Quality of Service Metrics Task Force
o Active Issue Statements
• IIF-Issue-004 Quality of Service Metrics
—Issue accepted Sept 14, 2005
—Target Resolution date September 30, 2006
—IIF-WT-004 QoSM Network in progress
—IIF-WT-005 QoSM V-Model in progress
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Current Meeting Schedule
o First IIF face to face meetings:
• September 13-14, 2005, Washington, D.C.
• October 25-27, 2005, Las Vegas NV
o Quarterly face-to-face meetings in 2006:
• January 17-19, Orlando FLA
• March 21-23, Las Vegas, NV
• July 18-20, location TBD
• October 10-12, location TBD,
— Possible co-location with NIPP, OPTXS, PTSC, and PRQC
o Task Forces meet biweekly via virtual meetings
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Participating Companies Include:
Accenture
Alcatel
Bell Canada
British Telecom
Coaxsy
Entrisphere
Intelsat
Hewlett Packard
Leapstone Systems
Myrio/Siemens
Nielsen
Qwest
Scientific Atlanta
TDS Telecom
Tellabs
UTStarcom
Widevine
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ADTRAN
AMDOCS
BellSouth
Cingular Wireless
Digital Fountain
Ericsson
Iowa Network Systems
JDSU
Lucent
NDS
Nortel
Real Communications
Sun Microsystems
Telchemy
Thomson
Verizon
Agilent
AT&T
Big Band
CISCO
ECI Telecom
Ineo Quest
ipdr.org
Juniper
Microsoft
Neustar
Optical Solutions (Calix)
Rogers Wireless
Symmetricom
Telcordia
Trendium
Westell
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(backup) IPTV Context
o
IPTV SERVICE DEFINITIONS CONSIDERED
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•
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•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Linear/Broadcast TV
Linear Broadcast with Trick Modes
PPV
Video/TV On Demand (VOD)
Interactive TV (iTV)
Download Based Video Content Distribution
Services.
Customer Originated Video
Music (Audio)
Games
Pictures
Regulatory Services/Requirements
Advertising
Communication/Messaging
Service Information
Hybrid Services
Content
Provider
Delivery
Network
Home
Network
1
2
Core
ƒ Transports regionregion-Independent video content
– Premium channels, Broadcast network feeds,
centralized video servers
Region-Independent
Video Content
Region-Dependent
Video Content
Multicast
Traffic
Unicast
Traffic
Metro / Aggregation
Multicast
Traffic
Unicast
Traffic
…
ƒ Transports regionregion-Independent video content
ƒ Transports regionregion-specific video content
– Community content, local network feeds, distributed
video servers
…
VHO
SHE
Core
Segment
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Service
Provider
VSO
Metro / Aggregation
Segment
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DNG
Access
Segment
Home Network
Segment