Presentation of WP 1/13
activities
ITU-T SG13 meeting
Caracas, May 14th, 2001
Jean-Yves Cochennec Chairman WP1/13
J.Y. Cochennec FT R&D
SG13 Caracas meeting, May 14 - 25, 2001
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WP 1/13 activities
• WP 1/13 is in charge of the management and the
coordination of the two ITU Projects for which SG13 is the
lead SG, i.e. the GII Project and the IP Project.
• The GII (Global Information Infrastructure) started
in 1996 ;
• The IP Project started in 1999.
• WP 1/13 consists in two Questions :
• Q.12/13 (Global coordination of networks aspects).
• Q.15/13 (General network terminology including IP
aspects).
J.Y. Cochennec FT R&D
SG13 Caracas meeting, May 14 - 25, 2001
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Activities on the GII
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The current state of definition of the GII has been
finalised in 1999, the corresponding text (TD6 WP1/13)
has only been updated to take into account the new
Questions of 2001-2004 study period.
For the short term, technical revisions have to be
provided :
– due to recent advances from related Questions or from
other Study Groups.
– to take into account the definition of the IP Project in
order to harmonise and to avoid overlaps.
J.Y. Cochennec FT R&D
SG13 Caracas meeting, May 14 - 25, 2001
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Activities on the GII
• The recent introduction of the NGN (Next Generation
Network) concept will impact on GII activities : the GII
should take into account current proposal for NGN(s)
which, in fact, follow the same philosophy
• A result of the IP-Mediacom Workshop held last month in
Geneva, is that ITU activities related to NGN may become
the natural continuation of the GII
• Therefore a complete revision / redefinition of the GII may
be envisaged with the goal to focus on NGN as a means to
implement the GII
J.Y. Cochennec FT R&D
SG13 Caracas meeting, May 14 - 25, 2001
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Activities in the IP Project
• The IP Project definition (TD7 WP1/13) has been recently
updated (March 2001), some minor revisions are still to be
provided.
• The IP Project is crucial for ITU as it coordinates all
activities related to IP in all Study Groups and also the
relations with other SDOs, mainly the IETF.
• The major goal of the IP Project is to assure commonality
among the specifications related to all IP activities in ITU-T.
• An important task is to verify that the IP Project is consistent
with the evolution proposed for IP networks both in ITU and
in the IETF.
J.Y. Cochennec FT R&D
SG13 Caracas meeting, May 14 - 25, 2001
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Activities in the IP Project
• In the short term, in each of the twelve areas of the IP
Project, a thorough investigation will be organised in order
to manage the current related activities in ITU, and to
further refine the existing specifications.
• An important actvity of Q.12/13 is to assure the promotion
of the IP Project, i.e. to inform ITU-T Study Groups and
SDOs working on IP about the role that ITU intends to
play for the future standardisation of IP networks.
• As a result, this Caracas meeting should provide a number
of liaison statements to inform SGs and SDOs of the
advances of this meeting.
J.Y. Cochennec FT R&D
SG13 Caracas meeting, May 14 - 25, 2001
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