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Sector Board 4 – Infrastructure of Telecommunications Networks

International Electrotechnical Commission. Sector Board 4 – Infrastructure of Telecommunications Networks Bringing market views into the standardization process Michel P. de Vecchis Director, Standards Alcatel – Optical Fiber Division Chairman Sector Board 4. IEC’s mission.

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Sector Board 4 – Infrastructure of Telecommunications Networks

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  1. International Electrotechnical Commission Sector Board 4 – Infrastructure of Telecommunications Networks Bringing market views into the standardization process Michel P. de Vecchis Director, Standards Alcatel – Optical Fiber Division Chairman Sector Board 4

  2. IEC’s mission • Founded in 1906 to promote international co-operation on all questions of standardization and related matters in the field of electrotechnology

  3. IEC’s mission (cont.) • To achieve this mission, the IEC • through its National Committee members, • through cooperative agreements, and • directly • encourages national use of IEC International Standards and IEC Conformity Assessment Schemes • stimulates world trade and business by continually striving to assure • product results are globally market relevant, • suitable for conformity assessment use, and • applicable for worldwide use and voluntary adoption • provides the framework for Conformity Assessment in global markets

  4. Types of participation • Membership: one member per country • 52 members • 11 Associate members • Total members: 63 • Affiliate Country programme • 51 countries have joined* *2002-04-30

  5. NCs: what they are • Member bodies of the IEC are the National Committees, NCs – one per country • NCs represent in IEC each nation’s electrotechnical interests: • manufacturers, providers, distributors, vendors • consumers, users • governmental agencies (all levels) • professional societies, trade associations • standards developers

  6. NCs: what they do • Support the use of IEC conformity assessment schemes and standards within each nation and region • Coordinate each nation’s consensus viewpoint and present in IEC via participation in the meetings: • International consensus standards development, • Conformity assessment scheme operations, and • IEC governance • Members may vote on all policy issues and technical matters: one country, one vote

  7. TCs: how they work • Technical committees and subcommittees are made up of • a secretariat • a chairman • members, which are NCs • All NCs are free to take part in the work of any TC, either • actively (P-members), carrying the obligation to vote on drafts and to attend meetings; or • as observers (O-members), with a right to vote on FDIS

  8. IEC COUNCIL National Committees COUNCIL BOARD CENTRAL OFFICE The Executive MANAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEES EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (IEC Officers) INDUSTRY SECTOR BOARDS CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT BOARD Management of Certification STANDARDIZATION MANAGEMENT BOARD Management of International Consensus Standards Work TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES TECHNICAL COMMITTEES CA SCHEMES Organization chart

  9. Direct industry influence • President’s Advisory Committee on future Technologies (PACT) • top-level industry players; long-term planning • Industry Sector Boards • brings industry managers into the priority-setting process for standardization; medium-term planning • Direct industry liaisons • designed for IEC-PAS • Systems committees • groups related TCs and SCs

  10. Benefits to business • Influence the developments and content of IEC standards • Early warning of developing markets, establish customer contacts • Improve product safety and quality • Rationalization and cost reduction in design and manufacturing

  11. Benefits to business (cont.) • Acceptance of products on world markets • Meet future environmental demands • Access to the latest technology Adds up to: • Reduced transaction costs • Increased trade

  12. Benefits to governments • International standards are best source for governments for • legislation/regulation • issuing tenders • Recognized source for WTO compliance • contributing towards fulfilment of the World Trade Organization’s Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trades • Standards provide detailed technical interpretation of the law

  13. What are Sector Boards? • Advisory committees to the SMB (Standards Management Board) • In one industry sector • Main objectives: • setting of priorities by market relevance • systems approach to standards needs • long-term strategy for standards in the sector • Not responsible for coordination or implementation

  14. Priority setting • Main task of a Sector Board • May involve: • proposing work on an urgent item not (yet) in work program • raising the priority of an existing work item • recommending no effort, or less effort, on an existing work item whose market priority is seen to be lower • Chief criterion is always market relevance • Technical complexity / maturity may also play a role

  15. Effect of SB’s recommendations • SB must express opinion on new work proposals (NP) and work items • recommend high or low priority • If SB recommends terminating a project: • frees up experts’ time for something more important • quality image of IEC work is improved • If SB recommends high priority for a project: • increases strength and legitimacy of project • Recommendations only: can always be discussed

  16. SB 4’s industrial sector • Infrastructure of telecommunications networks:“Basic building blocks to support telecommunications systems” • expected lifetime longer than the applications using it • used by different applications sequentially or simultaneously

  17. SB 4’s industrial sector (cont.) • Includes: • all types of physical media & their means of interconnection • physical interface to the media • installation, testing, validation and maintenance • rules of safety, compatibility (e.g. EMC), non-interference

  18. SB 4 in brief • Established in 1998 • 13 countries • About 20 members representing: • industrial companies (MNCs and SMEs) • users (telecom operators) • end consumers • Meetings: 12/98, 5/99, 10/99, 3/00, 9/00, 4/01, 10/01 and 4/02

  19. SB 4 in brief (cont.) • Recommendations to the SMB in 10/99, 3/00, 10/01 and 4/02 • 3 task forces on specific items: • Future Watch Group (FWG) • industry participation • review group: New Work Proposals (NWP)

  20. SB 4: main points • Produce recommendations based on market relevant priorities (installation, EMC, xDSL, DWDM) • Establish a Future Watch Group (FWG) with internal reports • Launch a New Work review process • Promote and support IEC work (support experts’ work, promotional event)

  21. SB 4: main points (cont.) • Need for high speed publications (pre-standards) accepted in Oct. 2000 • for fast moving technologies • help IEC to maintain its pre-eminent position over consortia/fora • Recommendations on relationships between system and component committees to avoid confusing the market

  22. Related technical committees • TC 46: Cables, wires, wave guides, R.F. connectors and accessories for communication and signalling • TC 48: Electromechanical components and mechanical structures for electronic equipment • TC 86: Fibre optics

  23. Related TCs (cont.) • TC 100 / TA 5: Cable distribution networks • ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 25 : Interconnection of information technology equipment • Cooperation with ITU-T ( SG6 and SG15 in particular)

  24. Main priorities • “Pre-standards” for high-technology (fibre optics) • Standardizing installation conditions & instructions • DWDM-techniques: optical amplifiers, fibres • xDSL-techniques: installed/new passive infrastructures • Major changes in fibre types: influence on standards

  25. Future Watch Group • First report published • Describes: • expected (future) traffic growth • telecommunications services offered • techniques used • migration paths • developments needed to realise traffic expansion • Recommends standardization in: • five items listed on previous slide, and also for • new developments in Multimedia Home Cabling

  26. Pre-standards background • Need for a quick way of publishing orientation documents identified by SB 4 • For quickly evolving technologies it is important to provide orientations to the market when: • there is a sufficient technical consensus • it could be a basis for a future Standard • it is not possible to wait for the time needed to reach a full consensus • Example of foreseen field of application: • optoelectronic components

  27. Pre-standard situation • Proposal made by SB 4 to the IEC Standardization Management Board: • accepted on a trial basis of three years in the Stockholm General Meeting, October 2000, as “internal” PAS (Publicly Available Specifications) • already several Pre-Standard proposals made and accepted or under voting

  28. Strategic review of TCs • First time in Firenze (10/01) with TC 86 and SCs • Five priorities for future discussions: 1. Cooperation IEC SC 86A / ITU-T SG6 on “Cable Systems” concerning new solutions - ?? 2. Possibility of having a single, joint type of deliverable from ITU-T SG15 and IEC SC 86A concerning fibre - ?? 3. Is the number of connector standards too large? 4. Need to consider new Plastic Optical Fibres - ?? 5. Access loop and FTTx

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