ITU-T – ITS PROCESS,
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
Ardhendu Ganguli
Consultant ITU-TSB
ganguli@itu.int
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WHY THIS PRESENTATION
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ITU PROVIDES UNPARALLELED PLATFORM
PRIVATE SECTOR RECOGNIZE THE VALUE OF
ITU
MEMBERSHIP IS WORTHWHILE
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IDENTIFYING ITU-T ACTIVITIES
INCREASING VISIBILITY,KNOWLEDGE AND
HENCE INFLUENCE
SUBMIT TECHNICAL CONTRIBUTION
GAINING A PRACTICAL INSIGHT
LEARNING FROM OTHERS
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ITU-T : STANDARDIZATION
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REGARDED BY INDUSTRY AS ITU’S
MAIN FUNCTION
THE LARGEST PLATFORM
THE PARTICIPANTS
STUDY QUESTIONS
WORK PROGRAMMES
PARTICIPATION TO STANDARDIZATION
WORK
INFLUENCE
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ITU-T RECOMMENDATIONS
DEVELOPMENT
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Recommendations (standards), are nonbinding, generally complied with because ;
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GLOBAL standards, agreed on CONSENSUS basis
THOROUGH and TRANSPARENT technical
study
Guarantee INTERCONNECTIVITY /
INTEROPERABILITY
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ITU-T RECOMMENDATIONS
DEVELOPMENT (Cont.)
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provide a hallmark of RELIABILITY
provide ‘ECONOMY OF SCALE
2,800 Recommendations on 82,000
pages
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ITU-T RECOMMENDATIONS
DEVELOPMENT (Cont.)
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SPECIAL PROJECTS
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IMT-2000 Network Aspects
Call Back
Accounting Rate Reform
TMN
ASN.1
IP Cablecom
QoS and Performance
(SSG)
(SG3)
(SG3)
(SG4)
(SG17)
(SG9)
(SG12)
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ITU-T RECOMMENDATIONS
DEVELOPMENT (Cont.)
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IP
NGN/GII
Access Networks
Optical Networks
Mediacom 2004
E-commerce and E-business
(SG13)
(SG13)
(SG15)
(SG15)
(SG16)
(SG16)
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WEB access to Study Groups
Study Group 4 (T.M. lead SG on TMN) as an
Example
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Information
Documents
Meeting Information
TIES account and access to the iFTP area required for
the following
Recommendations
Guides, Tools and Templates
Special Projects and Issues
Alternative Approval Process (AAP)
http://web.itu.ch/ITU-T/com4/aap/index.html
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INTERNET PROTOCOL(IP)
DOCUMENTS
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Internet Protocol (IP)-based Networks
(Contribution to the Secretary-General’s Report
to the Council) [ WinWord | PDF ]
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Version 5 of the IP Project description [ WinWord
| PDF ]
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Framework for the Y.1000 Recommendation
Series on IP Related Issues
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Framework for the Y.1000 Rec. Series
on IP Issues
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Y.1000 Series General
Y.1100 Series Services and Applications
Y.1200 Series Architecture, Access, Network
Capabilities and Resource MGMT
Y.1300 Series Transport
Y.1400 Series Interworking
Y.1500 Series QoS and Network Performance
Y.1600 Series Signalling
Y.1700 Series OAM
Y.1800 Series Charging
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MEADIACOM 2004
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MEDIACOM 2004 Project Description Version 2.0, June 2001
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Actual list of Recommendations related to
the MEDIACOM 2004 Project
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Contact persons for the updating of the
MEDIACOM 2004 Project
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MEADIACOM 2004 LIST OF REC.S
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Architecture
Applications & services
Interoperability
Coding
Security
Accessibility
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Relationship with other Standards
Development Organizations (SDO)
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Foster awareness (with other SDOs, forums
and consortia) within ITU-T
Coordinate and cooperate
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To reduce duplication, inconsistencies
Assure that ITU-T work provides added value
Continue to participate in appropriate
coordinating bodies
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Relationship with other Standards
Development Organizations (SDO)
(Cont.)
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Examples
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International Organizations (e.g. ISO, IEC)
National or Regional SDOs ; e.g. IEEE,
ETSI, TTC, TTA
Forums and Consortia ; e.g. IETF, ATMF, FR
Forum, TM Forum.
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ITU-T MEMBERSHIP
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HOW MUCH IT COSTS TO BE A MEMBER
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MEMBER STATES
SECTOR MEMBERS
ASSOCIATES
CONTRIBUTORY UNITS
VALUE OF THE UNIT FOR 2000 AND 2001
SECTOR MEMBERS CONTRIBUTORY UNIT
FOR AN ASSOCIATE
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LOOKING AHEAD
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New Technologies
The building blocks for tomorrow’s high-speed
networks
Enhance the capacity of existing networks
Optical Switching, ATM, SDH, WDM and DSL
technologies
Study of IP based systems in nearly all of the 13
ITU-T Study Groups
Changeover to IP can not be overnight
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LOOKING AHEAD (Cont.)
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Neither can it be for most of the Operators,
isolated and exclusive
Operation and Management solutions for PSTNIP hybrid networks are being planned
For third generation mobile networks standards
defining enhanced management and security
Basic works on fourth generation mobile
networks
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CONCLUSIONS
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DEMONSTRATED ITS ABILITY TO COPE
WITH THE REGULATORY CHANGES
EVOLVED IN THE FACE OF
TECHNOLOGICAL DEMANDS
ADAPTED TO THE RAPIDLY CHANGING
MARKET PLACE
USERS BELIEVE ITU-T AS THE PREEMINENT GLOBAL STANDARDS BODY
PRESTIGE AND CREDIBILITY OF A LONGSTANDING GLOBAL STANDARDIZATION
BODY
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