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GSC13-PLEN-02
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Presentation
SOURCE:
ETSI
AGENDA ITEM:
4.4
CONTACT(S):
Jørgen.Friis@etsi.org
ETSI activity since GSC-12
Jørgen Friis
Deputy Director-General
ETSI
Submission Date:
June 27, 2008
ETSI Membership
(GA#51 March 2008)
546 Full Members from 40 European countries
(but many headquartered outside Europe)
37 Observers from 19 countries
124 Associate Members from 20 non-European
countries/provinces
-------------------707 TOTAL from 62 countries/provinces
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124
Full Members
546
Associate Members
Observers
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Elected Officials
GA Chair: John Philips, Nortel Networks Europe
GA Vice Chair: Armin Toepfer, Vodaphone D2
GA Vice Chair: Nicola Collechia, ANUIT
Elections due in November 2008 !
(→11/2008)
(→11/2008)
(→11/2008)
Board Chair: Francisco da Silva, Portugal Telecom
Board Vice Chair: Alistair Urie, Alcatel Lucent
Board Vice Chair: Claudio Gentile, Telecom Italia
Elections due in November 2008 !
(→11/2008)
(→11/2008)
(→11/2008)
Director-General: Dr. Walter Weigel
Deputy Director-General: Jørgen Friis
(→6/2011)
(→6/2009)
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Annual Production*
All Technical Bodies and all deliverable types
* Values for 2008 and 2009 are forecast
3000
2800
2600
2474
2317
2400
2200
Number of deliverables
2234
2172
2038
1939
2000
1725
1800
1600
1812
1640
1394
1400
1200
869 897
1000
760
800
544
600
400
200
185 175
637
273
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*: values for 2008 and 2009 are predicted values.
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ETSI Board Strategy 2008
Technical Topics
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Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Communication
Radio Spectrum
“The Internet of Things” (including RFID)
Service level Interconnection of IP-based Services
Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)
Core Network Harmonization
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ETSI Board Strategy 2008
Organizational Topics
• Enablers for new ETSI members – SMEs, universities and micro
enterprises
• Innovative technologies and competition
• Pre-Standardisation Groups
• Creation of an ETSI journal
• Development and Protection of ETSI Brand
• Cooperation with China
• ETSI Green Agenda
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New technical activities (1)
• TC ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems)
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created October 2007
Søren Hess (Daimler AG) appointed as Chairman
two meetings held already (December 2007 & April 2008)
meeting #3 planned for October 2008
• TC RRS (Reconfigurable Radio Systems)
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created January 2008
Peter Olanders (Telefon AB LM Ericsson) appointed as Chairman.
two meetings held already (March 2008 & June 2008)
meeting #3 planned for September 2008
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New technical activities (2)
• TC INT (IMS Network Testing)
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created March 2008
Giulio Maggiore (Telecom Italia) appointed as Chairman
1st meetings held already (May 2008)
meeting #2 planned for September 2008
• Starter Group on “Digital Content Distribution” (D-COD
– created June 2008
– Truls-Erik Langeggen (Telenor) appointed as convenor.
– 1st meeting planned for July 2008 to review:
• interworking on heterogeneous systems (IPTV, MobileTV, between IPTVs,
between MobileTVs), starting with specific use cases,
• content distribution standards in support of : operator content distribution,
internet tv content distribution, internet p2p distribution, with the idea to
make better use of the booming operators peering traffic.
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IPR issues
• IPR Special Committee (under ETSI GA)
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Committee activated December 2007
Chaired by Karsten Meinhold (Nokia Siemens Networks)
4 meetings held already
Main issues:
• Disclosure and IPR undertaking/licensing declarations with regard to
Patent Families,
• Scrutiny of Competition/antitrust law issues in standardization process ,
• Irrevocability of IPR undertaking/licensing declarations,
• Continuity of IPR undertaking/licensing declaration when Ownership of a
Patent that is subject to such undertaking/licensing is transferred,
• Revision of IPR Licensing Declaration forms,
• Improvements to the ETSI IPR Database.
– Meeting #5 planned for September 2008
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ETSI and EC FP 7 projects
• ETSI is a partner in 4 new EC projects
– WALTER: Wireless Alliance for Testing Experiment
and Research, (UWB)
– CUTELOOP: Customers in the loop (RFID)
– GRIFS: Global RFID forum for Standardization (RFID)
– CASAGRAS : Framework for Standardization of
RFID and Internet of Things
• ETSI invited to join other EC projects
– TRUSTGRID
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Jørgen Friis, Deputy Director General, ETSI
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Interoperability is key
ETSI Centre for Testing and Interoperability
•Protocols and Testing
– Supporting ETSI committees on the application of formal techniques
in standards on a daily basis
– Development of test specifications (conformance and
interoperability)
• Interoperability testing (Plugtests™)
– Validation of standards and prototypes through interoperability
events www.etsi.org/plugtests
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Standards Enabling Services
Idea - to - Product solutions for standardization activities
Two main questions – Two main services
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When will our first
specification allowing
development of products
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When can we place products
or services in the market with
confidence?
PRODUCT
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